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The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answeranswer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

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The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked herehere about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

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The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

RobotoRoboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

The question you pointed to is not computer related and it can't be answered by any of us; I would have voted to close as well. However, not all Wolfram|Alpha questions are strictly not computer related. I'll explain below:

Roboto, in a comment to Shog9's answer, said:

So my question that I posted last week about a Windows XP problem I was having should of been directed to a Microsoft support forum? Just curious

It's a completely different thing (most of the times). When you have a Windows XP problem, it can usually be solved one way or another via a workaround, a hack, some simple app or even by following a tutorial.

However, when something doesn't quite work the way you want to in a web app, such as Wolfram|Alpha, you can't just edit the registry (or use a Greasemonkey script) and make it do what you want, it's a simple support question, something the site owners must fix. This is the main difference; there was absolutely nothing we could have done to help him.

This can be applied to software as well. For instance, if you ask a question about volume licensing, or some other legalese stuff that's not in the EULA or on a Microsoft page, it becomes a support problem that we can't fix or can't help you with.

And, for reference, one of the Facebook questions Diago closed after reading your question was partly computer related. Someone asked here about exporting contacts from Facebook. Both the answers given pointed to software that was able to solve his problem, thus making the question computer related. Let's not try to blindly fit everything into categories without actually looking at the bigger picture!

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