5. Moving on from Garry's question, does hanging around guarantee a better response? Dunno, I've been here over 4 years and I'm still waiting for clear answers to at least two questions that I asked.
Hmm, we would need to see those 2 questions again, Do you remember where you posted them ? Can you post a link to them, ?
Just hanging around, no, it won't guarantee a better response, but bumping the posts, if you still are looking for a better , or more clear answer, don't get excessive with bumping it, but old posts/questions do get burred under the new stuff, and unless someone, you or somebody else, posts, add something new, no one notices them. Even if it just a "I am still looking for a more clear answer", still there is no guarantee, maybe there is no set/clear simple answer, or nobody knows one, .....
I will admit, one reason to give up could be because the person realizes the problem is more complex then they realized, and even with the details requested, there will not be any new solutions, thinking about it, I have had things I wanted to fix or solve, but when I realized I couldn't figure it out, and nothing in my searches did me any good, well, I was going to ask, but knowing that to help me, clear details would be needed, to get clear answers, and when I started trying to get the details that seemed relevant, and also how to best word my question, I realized I had a problem that could not be described clearly,to start with, and as for details, well, when I looked at my question, and the details I had, I realized, probably no body else would be able to sort it out either, and cancelled, gave up, never even posted the question. It can be hard to even word a question in a way that others will understand, even with good details as well, it is not like when you are there, and can see what is going on, and quickly go through configurations, checking them,
etc,...Hard to explain, but also usually, if and when I figure out how to word my question, so it is clear, and also have a text file, with my details, listed,... well , all of a sudden I start getting better search results, and using my "list", can see which results are probably most relevant, ...and bingo. the question never gets posted , because I found the answer, quite often, it is because someone else asked the same or very similar question somewhere,.....
So yea, some times maybe they actually do find the answer, and solve the problem, and I suppose, the " I give up, and no I am not telling any one what I did, because I am a selfish jerk " I suppose they are trying to get even, because they had to do some work to get a clear answer that works,... or it is they realize their non standard system is a mess, and the only solution is a re-install, restore default config files, and are to embarrassed to admit it "
"Sorry guys, when I started trying to get those details you ask for, I realized it was a mess, so I gave up and did a re-install, working good now."