I asked about fans of librivox.org, knowing there are a gazillion audiobook-listening Dopers, ten gazillion readers, and at least two Librivox reader/Dopers; not one of them came crawling out of the woodwork.
I once asked the “proper” way to cite articles in which you are professionally quoted/interviewed/cited when trying to cite such things on a resume or cover letter.
I don’t believe I ever received a response.
Best First Post, EVAR.
14 k of g in a f p d… pretty sure the consensus was that this was made up. The OP claimed it came from a quiz with many similar puzzles, and many such quizzes existed all over the net. Yet, no one could ever find this particular puzzle, and the OP disappeared with no explanation. Case closed, if you ask me.
But what I wanna know is, when did man visit the deepest part of the world’s oceans, and for how long?
And, most importantly, how many times?
What about the person who wrote the original riddle? Hasn’t he or she disclosed the answer since no one has been able to solve it?
A lot of technical questions never get asked here because this would be a relatively bad place for them. For example, I doubt anyone here has first-hand experience with any Lisp machines, or would know much about CLOS, or would have a great deal of insight about plug-board computers, or would know why the Unibus turned out that way. The best the SDMB could do would be to point the querent to a more specialized reference or forum. That might qualify as a success by the definition the OP has in mind, though.
In two separate threads, nobody was able to answer my question of whether a navy or merchant vessel would legally be able to hang or shoot pirates while in international waters.
I’ve had two threads bomb completely (no responses), both in Cafe Society. Admittedly one was about a British show that a lot of people wouldn’t have the opportunity to see or even know about but another was asking if anyone had seen a particular Cirque du Soleil show that has been touring in a lot of different locations over the last two years. I would have (at least) have expected someone to say “I’ve not seen that show but I’ve been to see Cirque and it was great/crap/something else”. Instead I got tumbleweed.
Once, in the 1920s, with a stylish death ray.
Nobody managed to answer a question I had in Cafe Society (about the name of the mysterious Fourth Motorette on The Hoobs. So, not exactly earth-shaking, but I would still like to know … )
They were in a paper tray, wiseacre. :rolleyes:
And a half-dozen or so who are not experts, but seldom let that stop them from posting their mis-information anyway.
It’s alway a brief, blissfull moment when that happens and then a few posts later, someone who doesn’t post in every other thread provides a concise, accurate answer to the original question. That’s why I love this place.
I once asked a question about spider solitaire and got no answers.
I can understand that though 
Spooky, I’ve just downloaded some software for my dad to play spider solitaire on his new laptop!
What makes native Taiwanese harmony singing sound so distinctively Polynesian? (Thread too old to find in search.)
Was anyone ever executed for exporting a sheep?
Why is my Panettone not stale? (FWIW, this experiment is now ended due to withdrawal of spousal support.)
Hey, I love spider solitaire! I learned it from one of those el-cheapo game disks with about a hundred versions. I picked up a few that I still play, but spider is my favorite.
Because Polynesians originated from Taiwan? If by “native Taiwanese” you mean the aboriginal people, I’d guess that might answer your question.
Thanks Koxinga. I’m after why it sounds musically the same. I knew about the shared ancestry. I think I’ll start a new thread in Cafe Society.
Nobody could ever tell me for sure who had the first vanity phone number. I suspect it was this guy.
:head scratching smiley: I guess I don’t get your point then. I thought indications of a common cultural background would be as much answer as you’d be likely to get.
I’ve yet to see an “Ask the Quaker” thread.
And no one here has actually prepared and dined on human flesh.