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I fear I have to be the bearer of bad news (if I'm the first one, otherwise ignore this), the courtesy bump sometimes (not often as far as I can tell) marks a topic answered.
But it drops down the list once again.
Reason I mention this is that when I checked a recent topic of mine which got such a bump, I found another topic in the similar discussions box which suffered this faith.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/spectrum-of-the-reduced-matrixs-eigenvalues.778158/

I'm not sure how to think about this. It's sad some threads don't get solved, but that's just how it is.
Maybe there can be a new category, threads that have been bumped (with a possible expiration date) so people can see a list if they are interested in such a feature.
This however strongly depends on the "bumping technology" i.e. whether this is at all possible.

Joris

Edit; Down to 38 threads by the way
 
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JorisL said:
I fear I have to be the bearer of bad news (if I'm the first one, otherwise ignore this), the courtesy bump sometimes (not often as far as I can tell) marks a topic answered.

This is true. It's just an attempt to give it one last bit of visability.

JorisL said:
I'm not sure how to think about this. It's sad some threads don't get solved, but that's just how it is.

True as well. We just want to give every thread a reasonable chance of being seen and replied to.
 
Seem like a fairly crucial feature.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
and... don't you...? :biggrin:
Yeah, but I wouldn't if I didn't have to. The consequence of rotten teeth are even worse than having unanswered threads :smile:
 
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phinds said:
Yeah, but I wouldn't if I didn't have to. The consequence of rotten teeth are even worse than having unanswered threads :smile:
In 20 years science will prove otherwise :biggrin:
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
In 20 years science will prove otherwise :biggrin:
Uh, huh. Getting a bit smug about the power of PF are we? :smile:
 
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There are no dumb questions... only unanswered ones! :-p
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Down to 11!
Greg, what is it with you and your attempt to get things down to a single digit? I'll be happy to flip you a single digit any time you like :oldlaugh:
 
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I check regularly. But too many homework questions for this old goat. :)
 
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I'm on it Greg!

Gonna put a smiley icon in every one until we're back down to a dozen. :smile:
 
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It's all those smileys.