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  • #61
Down to 40! Is it possible to reach 0 this summer?
 
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  • #62
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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  • #63
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.
 
  • #64
Down to 30, but there are some very specialized questions that are hard to answer.
 
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  • #65
Seem like a fairly crucial feature.
 
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  • #67
Greg Bernhardt said:
Down to 11, can we send it to 0?
Nah. It's like brushing your teeth. You'll just have to do it again tomorrow anyway. :smile:
 
  • #68
phinds said:
Nah. It's like brushing your teeth. You'll just have to do it again tomorrow anyway. :smile:
and... don't you...? :biggrin:
 
  • #69
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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  • #70
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:
 
  • #71
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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  • #72
Hey Greg's seen the future, he's been to India.
 
  • #73
jedishrfu said:
Hey Greg's seen the future, he's been to India.
The future has delicious paneer makhani :smile:
 
  • #74
There are no dumb questions... only unanswered ones! :-p
 
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  • #75
9 unanswered threads. Down to 1 digit!
 
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  • #76
Back up to 22! I beat it down back to 9 a couple of times today, but couldn't make any more progress, Dang.
 
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  • #78
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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  • #79
The school season is almost upon us. Let's try to get the count down as much as possible to make room for the flood of new threads :biggrin:
 
  • #80
We're creeping back up past 50. See what YOU can do to bring that number down :smile:
https://www.physicsforums.com/unanswered/threads
 
  • #81
I check regularly. But too many homework questions for this old goat. :)
 
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  • #84
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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  • #86
It's all those smileys.
 
  • #87
DaveC426913 said:
It's all those smileys.
Well, also I just make stuff up.
 
  • #88
I deleted some.
 
  • #89
mfb said:
I deleted some.
Oh, now that's cheating :smile:
 
  • #90
I prefer to call it effective.

;)
 

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