# And the Winner of GQ is... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 12, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526 "2012-09-12T17:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/1 "2012-09-12T17:12:54Z")
I’m procrastinating wildly here. So I thought I’d look up which GQ question has had the most views without a reply. Could it be said to be the hardest question ever asked on the forum? Well, probably not considering some of the things that get asked. I have to wonder though, why **toadspittle** ’s question about iCal could be so tricky to answer. At time of writing his question has had 8,219 views without reply. > **[iCal (.ics) file format question: DTSTAMP vs CREATED](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=564931)** > > I’m trying to set up my CMS to create .ics files of our org.'s future events. One question: What’s the purpose of DTSTAMP, and how does it differ from CREATED? Here’s the documentation: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.txt What the heck is a... ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/2 "2012-09-12T17:32:28Z")
Now that you’ve posted it, **Fiendish** , it’ll get even more views. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/3 "2012-09-12T19:11:47Z")
The thread has been reported. SDMB rules state all posts should be in english. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/4 "2012-09-12T19:16:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The thread has been reported. SDMB rules state all posts should be in english. Are you seriously saying you can’t understand what’s being said in the OP? It’s not like the OP is using any jargon or anything like that. In fact, I’m not sure I can simplify, other than to point out that “views” means the number of times the webpage (you know, those things you see when you go on the Internet) has been viewed by people on the Internet. We are here to fight ignorance, so what part do you have trouble understanding? ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/5 "2012-09-12T19:27:08Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Are you seriously saying you can’t understand what’s being said in the OP? It’s not like the OP is using any jargon or anything like that. Not this thread, **toadspittle** ’s. And it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/6 "2012-09-12T19:29:00Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Are you seriously saying you can’t understand what’s being said in the OP? > > (snip) > > We are here to fight ignorance, so what part do you have trouble understanding? I believe **Loach** was referring to the linked post. (Which, unless you’re a programmer, reads like gibberish.) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/7 "2012-09-12T19:30:35Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Are you seriously saying you can’t understand what’s being said in the OP? It’s not like the OP is using any jargon or anything like that. In fact, I’m not sure I can simplify, other than to point out that “views” means the number of times the webpage (you know, those things you see when you go on the Internet) has been viewed by people on the Internet. > > We are here to fight ignorance, so what part do you have trouble understanding? - iCal (.ics) file format question: DTSTAMP vs CREATED I’m trying to set up my CMS to create .ics files of our org.'s future events. One question: What’s the purpose of DTSTAMP, and how does it differ from CREATED? … What the heck is a calendar store? Are these engineers saying that DTSTAMP is a property employed by the event hosts, and CREATED is a property employed by the end-user (i.e., to specify when the app on her local machine first stored the event information on her hard drive)? \* What does that mean? Can you answer it? ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/8 "2012-09-12T19:48:23Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > We are here to fight ignorance, so what part do you have trouble understanding? Oh dear. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/9 "2012-09-12T20:13:35Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > I believe **Loach** was referring to the linked post. (Which, unless you’re a programmer, reads like gibberish.) No it doesn’t. I understand gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Library\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@Library\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Library_Boy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/10 "2012-09-12T20:22:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > \ > > We are here to fight ignorance, so what part do you have trouble understanding? For me, it’s understanding your role in that fight. Also, in case anyone still cares, CREATED is when a user created the event in the original calendar, while DATE/TIME STAMP is when the .ics file referencing the event was created. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/11 "2012-09-12T22:16:47Z")
Heh, it looks like I changed the result by posting about it - an example of Fiendish’s Uncertainty Principle perhaps. I’m guessing the reason the post got so many views was because of Google searches by people trying to find their own answers about iCal or associated files. The next most viewed GQ post without a reply had something like 6,000 views. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/12 "2012-09-13T00:51:23Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Are you seriously saying you can’t understand what’s being said in the OP? It’s not like the OP is using any jargon or anything like that. In fact, I’m not sure I can simplify, other than to point out that “views” means the number of times the webpage (you know, those things you see when you go on the Internet) has been viewed by people on the Internet. > > We are here to fight ignorance, so what part do you have trouble understanding? oy vey ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/13 "2012-09-13T04:27:05Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > We are here to fight ignorance, so what part do you have trouble understanding? I always have trouble understanding the ignorant part. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/14 "2012-09-13T12:33:19Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > oy vey Its hard work being the moral compass for the entire board. Sometimes you slip. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/15 "2012-09-13T12:40:07Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Its hard work being the moral compass for the entire board. Sometimes you slip. It will even worse when the magnetic poles switch. Imagine the posts then. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/16 "2012-09-13T12:41:39Z")
Has a whoosh ever caused an actual sonic boom? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/17 "2012-09-13T15:33:32Z")
**BigT** , I think you should petition the mods to change your username to **Don Quixote.** ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-gq-is/634526/18 "2012-09-13T15:45:34Z")
> [@Library\_Boy](#): > > For me, it’s understanding your role in that fight. Ouch, that’s gonna leave a mark.