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Super User has a history tag, so these question might be suitable for SU. – Kaveh May 13 at 6:21

This proposal is now in the Commitment phase — example questions are locked!

67 Example Questions (11 closed)

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added by miku, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Nov 5 '11 at 10:44

up vote 22 down vote

added by BigEndian Jun 27 '10 at 3:07

up vote 18 down vote

added by DonnyD Jun 26 '10 at 4:24

up vote 16 down vote

added by Chris W. Rea Jun 26 '10 at 16:09

up vote 16 down vote

added by IAbstract Jun 29 '10 at 18:28

up vote 12 down vote

added by Lee Jun 26 '10 at 4:15

up vote 11 down vote

added by DonnyD Jun 26 '10 at 2:55

up vote 10 down vote

added by miku, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Nov 5 '11 at 10:43

What is the question? Could you stick an "Are there any" before, or something? Proper grammar is good... – Lennart Regebro Feb 1 '11 at 6:45

up vote 10 down vote

added by Vebjorn Ljosa Sep 27 '10 at 17:48

up vote 10 down vote

added by Nikko Jul 22 '11 at 7:50

up vote 8 down vote

added by Knu Aug 24 '10 at 0:24

perfect for SuperUser.... – CrazyJugglerDrummer Jul 22 '11 at 21:56

up vote 7 down vote

added by dthorpe Aug 24 '10 at 23:46

up vote 6 down vote

added by Chris W. Rea Jun 26 '10 at 16:06

This sort of question would be of particular interest to people who deal with viruses. Half of what lets viruses spread is that people are unaware of security holes that we consider obvious today. – David Frenkel Oct 27 '11 at 6:12

up vote 5 down vote

added by Lee Jun 26 '10 at 4:14

up vote 5 down vote

added by Chris W. Rea Jun 26 '10 at 16:07

up vote 5 down vote

added by rascher Jun 27 '10 at 2:54

closed as off topic by Blake, Jaime Soto, Lennart Regebro, Traroth, Louis Rhys Apr 28 '11 at 5:24

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Isn't this a question that really only K&R can answer ? – Miro A. Jul 10 '10 at 17:45

K&R probably have answered this criticism somewhere along the line. I think it's a fair question, on-topic. – dthorpe Aug 26 '10 at 16:52

up vote 4 down vote

added by DonnyD Jun 26 '10 at 4:12

up vote 4 down vote

added by miku, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Nov 5 '11 at 10:44

closed as off topic by DonnyD, Chris W. Rea, Andrew, Traroth, Paul Sonier Jun 30 '11 at 20:47

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

up vote 4 down vote

added by BigEndian, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Nov 5 '11 at 10:43

closed as off topic by RCIX, Blake, warren, ja72, Jaime Soto Dec 6 '10 at 14:37

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	This is off-topic because this is targeted more at a company rather than computer technology. – DForck42 Aug 26 '11 at 14:49
	I think the companies play a very large role in computer technology, also the proposal name says "computers and computing", and computer companies can be part of "computing". Voting on-topic. Think it could yield some interesting answers as well. – Felix Dombek Sep 7 '11 at 4:54

up vote 4 down vote

added by RCIX Jul 7 '10 at 10:24

up vote 3 down vote

added by Chris W. Rea Jun 26 '10 at 16:10

up vote 3 down vote

added by RCIX, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Nov 5 '11 at 10:42

closed as off topic by DonnyD, Miro A., Chris W. Rea, Blake, dthorpe Aug 26 '10 at 16:53

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

good off-topic, although I'd still like to see the answer – DonnyD Jul 7 '10 at 19:17

up vote 3 down vote

added by Vebjorn Ljosa Sep 27 '10 at 17:47

up vote 2 down vote

added by Lee Jun 26 '10 at 4:12

closed as not constructive by Dori Oct 7 '11 at 21:54

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.

Flamewar fest!! – Lennart Regebro Feb 1 '11 at 6:47

up vote 2 down vote

added by Chris W. Rea Jun 26 '10 at 16:08

up vote 2 down vote

added by dthorpe Aug 24 '10 at 23:51

up vote 2 down vote

added by Louis Rhys Sep 6 '10 at 7:54

up vote 2 down vote

added by Paul Sonier Jun 29 '11 at 23:40

How about when the last one was produced? Many continued running "in retirement" to the present – Erik Olson Nov 4 '11 at 5:39

up vote 2 down vote

added by Paul Sonier Jun 29 '11 at 23:43

up vote 2 down vote

added by Paul Sonier, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Nov 5 '11 at 10:39

up vote 2 down vote

added by Paul Sonier Jun 30 '11 at 23:37

up vote 1 down vote

added by George Edison, edited by Robert Harvey Jun 27 '10 at 5:34

...and other "who invented [indirectly related product]?" questions. – George Edison Jun 26 '10 at 3:15

I'm actually OK with this, although I would hope that the answerer would relate also how this invention influenced computers and computing. If you added that to the question, you'd have my support. – DonnyD Jun 26 '10 at 3:21