Hello, I've posted about 3 questions that were pratically "untouched"
and I do not believe they are very difficult to answer.

I simply dont understand what I've done wrong. I really need them
answered but I cant do much other than hope and wait. Is there a
secret of some kind ?

Perhaps its the section that Im putting them in ? Would someone please
advice on where I should place them instead ? Thank you

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=468535
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=466554
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=468116

Here they are:

Your first question about printers got some pretty good comments from
GA Researchers

- I'm surprized that nobody has hit you with a really comprehensive Answer

Perhaps it is because the other two questions look as if you are
contemplating criminal activity
- police radio scanners and pinhole cameras sound as if you are
looking into rigging ATMs

I have another take on this which may surprise you.

Given the relative simplicity of the printer question and lack of
details you provided I suspect you may have overpriced it. Researchers
are leary of giving simple answers to expensive questions because of
the chance the answer will be rejected.

As for the others, you can tell from the comments that your question
has made some researchers nervous, especially since you apparently
haven't taken the simple step of going to a scanner shop and asking
them or you did and didn't like the answer they gave.

I'm not judging you or your motives, merely trying to show what might
have happened.

you can try reposting at a lower price or give some convincing details
about precisely what you intend to do - this is always a good idea
since it helps researchers pinpoint the kind of informaiton you are
really seeking.

Thank you guys for your comments.


Its strange enough to think that there is any criminal activity
involved with posessing or even using a police scanner. They are
called as such because of their ability to pick up the PD radio, but I
believe their real name is "trunk radio" or so. The only reason I've
wanted the information is because I had a discussion about the
question weeks ago, and a certain individual was telling me how
everything is digitized in the city and someone who owns a "trunk
radio" would not be able to tap into the police radio broadcast unless
they have a very expensive digital system. I got very curious and
posted the question.

Regarding the pin hole camera, I dont understand how ATMs can be
related to it, are you trying to say Im building one ? Otherwise I
dont know what you are referring to as "rigging ATMs". I've seen such
cameras and other devices in a "Spy Shop" in the city, and once again,
got extremely curious. But unfortunately they all cost around $300-400
each. When I went on eBay and saw that most of them were selling for
$30-50 each, I got overexcited and decided to become a "spy" of my
own, heheh.

Thank you for your comments folks.

criminal activity and scanner?

About ten seconds after the police got car radios some enterprising
criminal discovered that the radios of the day could pick up the
transmissions and tell them exactly where police cars were and whether
a silent alarm had been tripped.

Do you really have no idea why people are nervous about answering such questions.

As for pinhole cameras, they are often used to spy on the keypad at
ATMs to transmit PIN numbers to nearby vehicle stations.

A pinhole camera small in total than the 9V battery that powers it and
its transmitter costs $230.

I hope you understand that I am merely pointing out facts, not in any
way impuning your motives which are probably entirely innocent - you
asked WHY researchers are reluctant to answer. Well, that's why, we
don't want to end up being questioned by the FBI under the Patriot Act
which essentially voided the Bill of Rights.

Hi, I?new to google and might not understand this, but it appears that
SS is a researcher with a pretty good record while I can?t locate any
answers given by steph53.

Does that mean something I should know? Why don't Steph's answers show
up in a search?

Steph says that SS only has 64 answered questions but doesn?t say how
many he or sh has. Does that mean anything? Is 64 a low number?

Just wondering.

I was attracted to this question since I want my future questions answered.

Comments that were here earlier today have been removed.  This
occurrence was mentioned in: 
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=329452
of 13 Apr 2004.

Someone suggested then that it would be better for G... to attach a comment
to posts instead of just deleting them.  "... Had it been annotated
rather than mysteriously deleted, I would have noticed the annotation
immediately. Wikipedia
does this with articles, and it seems to work well. ..."
In order to avoid confusion, I would agree with that suggestion.

Anyone reading the last comment above (15 Feb 2005, 16:09 PST) has no
way of knowing what bgoldie is referring to now.

I think that if a comment must be removed, the "Subject" and "From"
lines should be left in place.

For bgoldie:
Like myself, Steph53 is not a Researcher.  You will notice that the
usernames of Researchers are underlined and are clickable.  Commentors
cannot provide official answers to questions, and their usernames are
not clickable.