Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
and it would change its behaviour when observed. Can also be active in several places at once and affect directly at enormous distances the behaviour of others unfortunate enough to be entangled with it. Quantum troll. On 18 Mar 2010, at 18:56, seanadams wrote: erland;526148 Wrote: Just to get a reference point, I'm really interested if there are any known 10/10 trolls ? The perfect troll, by definition, is perfectly stealthy. Thus it could never be detected so as to receive a rating. This may seem paradoxical but it is elegantly explained by a sort of warping of the thread fabric, which occurs as the limit is approached. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
The trained educators among us know that a simple X/10 scale as Sean has proposed does nothing to illuminate: 1. the criteria/attributes that best describe the ideal troll 2. explicit descriptors of levels of performance for such criteria 2. a particular troll's performance for such criteria for a given thread I'm sure there are some valid troll rubrics out there. They might just need slight modifications to fit this particular forum. How can we expect our trolls to achieve excellence in their work without first establishing a proper standard? -- esbrewer Server: 2.4GHz Intel iMac running Mac OS 10.6.2, SBS 7.5, Inguz DRC Sources: SB3 (2), SB Boom, NAD C542, NAD T515 Amplification: NAD C720BEE Loudspeakers: Paradigm Studio 20 (v.1), SVS SB-12 Plus Headphones: Grado SR60, Etymotic ER4P http://www.last.fm/user/esbrewer esbrewer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
esbrewer;526505 Wrote: 1. the criteria/attributes that best describe the ideal troll 2. explicit descriptors of levels of performance for such criteria 2. a particular troll's performance for such criteria for a given thread As in audio testing, the details of our methodology are proprietary. Furthermore, we have finely honed senses and decades of experience that no layman could hope to match. There is no point disclosing the criteria since you have no means to evaluate them. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
seanadams;526518 Wrote: as in audio testing, the details of our methodology are proprietary. Furthermore, we have finely honed senses and decades of experience that no layman could hope to match. There is no point disclosing the criteria since you have no means to evaluate them. 4/10 ;-) -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...- (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
FWIW, these forums have both thread rating and user reputations enabled. They could possibly benefit from some tweaking and publicity, but they are there. Almost no one ever uses them. -- Mark Miksis Mark Miksis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Mark Miksis;525992 Wrote: FWIW, these forums have both thread rating and user reputations enabled. They could possibly benefit from some tweaking and publicity, but they are there. Almost no one ever uses them. Where is the user reputations seen ? To make it useful it feels like it at least needs to be indicated somehow in the heading of each forum post. Still, I suspect in most cases the post count or registration date of the user will give you a better indication unless we get people to actually start adding points to the reputations of different users. The trolls often have a low post count or have just registered. Another problem is that many senior members uses the mailing list and not the forum. If we like to get rid of pointless posts, it might be a better way to do more moderation. Although, this is a tricky road as it can easily backfire and give a lot of negative critique creating even more pointless posts. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
erland;525995 Wrote: Where is the user reputations seen ? To make it useful it feels like it at least needs to be indicated somehow in the heading of each forum post. Heh, this is less than obvious at best... In the upper right hand corner of each post is a block of info with a small colored square at the bottom. If you hover your mouse over that square, it will displace an alt-text such as erland is on a distinguished path. To make matters worse, that particular phrase means you are somewhere between +10 and +30, but there's no way for users to know that. AFAIK, the text descriptions can be changed, but we are stuck with the tiny traffic light icons instead of just text. -- Mark Miksis Mark Miksis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
I'm also not sure how to give another user negative reputation points. -- Mark Miksis Mark Miksis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Ok, I've been searching for the last ten minutes - can someone point me to the Sean Adams response'o'matic multiple choice auto response post? Sounds like we could update and resurrect it... -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...- (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Mark Miksis;526005 Wrote: Heh, this is less than obvious at best... OK - this is the first time I've ever noticed those. Can the forum software change that graphic based on the score? That said, I don't think we have a problem. Spam posts are very much under control and trolling... well one readers troll may be some writer's honest rant. I haven't seen any that I would regard as trolling (post written to specifically be so off the wall that it gets at least some forum members riled up, and generates a long stream of responses). As at least some of us remember, this was a real problem with usenet discussion groups. There was even trolling in the .lang groups, and I hear that it got downright malicious in some of the .pets groups. And, frankly, that honest rant, although it's sometimes a bit of a pain to deal with, might serve as some sort of early warning system for any Logitech folks reading the forum. OK, well, knowing that some folks are getting antsy about the Touch delay probably isn't news... On the other hand, knowing that there's a strong constituency for funding 3rd party developer support and a stable API, might be good. There's likely a bit of a fight over where development dollars go, and those posts might give the folks on our side a bit of ammunition. Sorry to be so long-winded... -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
and in usegroups i had my very own scorefile, could ignore users, or threads, could highlight other users, or subjects, or ... usenet was superior to any forum i've seen. -- fragfutter fragfutter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35184 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
On March 18, 2010 fragfutter fragfutter.480r1b1268914...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: and in usegroups i had my very own scorefile, could ignore users, or threads, could highlight other users, or subjects, or ... usenet was superior to any forum i've seen. You can subscribe to the mailing list and use a newsreader to read the mail. That's what I do, works great! greg ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
getting off-topic, but i need to ask... how would i read a mailinglist with slrn? -- fragfutter fragfutter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35184 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
been a while since i played on lusenet, but nntps://snews.gmane.org/ should work as a news server. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Don't know if the green block is any help or even a so so indicator. I have yet to see any color but green. Even a new Forum member with only 5 total posts is on a distinguished path. When I look at my User information, I can see when people have taken the time to use the scales icon to rate/leave feedback but I don't believe others can see that only the member (please correct me if this is wrong). I think a good point was made that most trolls or trolling is done on purpose by somebody that just signed up. So again I will also voice that Forum Join Date and total number of posts has some degree of bearing on this subject. The few that become trolls over time tend to get to aggressive and end up getting banded from the Forum. I would also have to agree with Pat that some of the recent comments and frustration over the Touch release delay have been unwarranted and over the top at times. I responded to several of them out of attempting to correct errors and rumors but that only seemed to create more posting. I would guess the one that caused Pat to start this tread is the one that I started to answer 3 separate times and ended up deleting my reply each time before posting as typing it let me get my frustration out and better judgement enabled me to realize that if the poster actually felt that way then my post wouldn't help and would probably just cause more posting along the same lines. All in all this is an excellent Forum with level and equal moderation (great job administers). The members by and large follow the Forum Rules and I believe more often then not attempt to help other members. Lastly, this is one of the few Forums where members can speak their minds about the Company and Products without fear that negative posts will be deleted just because they are not glowing posts about company and its products. It is also my opinion that Squeezebox would not be where it is today without this open environment of a pretty much free to speak what is on ones mind Forum, open source software, pluggins, and the company listening to customers wants, dreams, and wishes as well as actively reading and replying to the Forum. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Points are awarded for the effectiveness of the troll, with consideration for style, originality, and stealthiness. Judges especially favor a convincing appeal to newly discovered pseudoscience and techno-jargon. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
seanadams;526123 Wrote: Points are awarded for the effectiveness of the troll, with consideration for style, originality, and stealthiness. Judges especially favor a convincing appeal to newly discovered pseudoscience and techno-jargon. Transporter: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
seanadams;526123 Wrote: Points are awarded for the effectiveness of the troll, with consideration for style, originality, and stealthiness. Judges especially favor a convincing appeal to newly discovered pseudoscience and techno-jargon. Is it a seven judge panel where the high and low scores are discarded then the remaining scores averaged? Are the judges appointed for life or on a rotating panel? And as far as what the judges favor, does one get bonus points for using newly discovered pseudoscience and techno-jargon in the Audiophile Forum then say General Discussion? Ending on a serious note, great to see you still checking in on the Forum, Sean. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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iPhone;526126 Wrote: Is it a seven judge panel where the high and low scores are discarded then the remaining scores averaged? Are the judges appointed for life or on a rotating panel? Yes, yes, and yes. However, note that we refer to judges in the -pluralis majestatis- sense. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
seanadams wrote: Points are awarded for the effectiveness of the troll, with consideration for style, originality, and stealthiness. Judges especially favor a convincing appeal to newly discovered pseudoscience and techno-jargon. OK, so if a post talks about newly invented pseudoscience, it gets more from the judges. If it uses well established nonsense such as jitter, it gets some, etc. The best score is 10/10, for perfect execution, creativity, and freshness. Note, a 1/10 is still troll food, just not as perfect. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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pfarrell;526132 Wrote: if it uses well established nonsense such as jitter 3/10. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
seanadams;526137 Wrote: 3/10. :-) - nice one. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Just to get a reference point, I'm really interested if there are any known 10/10 trolls ? Or is this like perfect audio quality, an unreachable level which no one is ever going to reach ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
erland wrote: Just to get a reference point, I'm really interested if there are any known 10/10 trolls ? Or is this like perfect audio quality, an unreachable level which no one is ever going to reach ? I've never seen one in six years. I think its the perfection, unreachable. Most common trolls seem to get 2/10 or 3/10, some rise to 5/10. The judges are fair, but not generous. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
I reckon anyone who mentions Firmware 15 must get 6... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
erland;526148 Wrote: Just to get a reference point, I'm really interested if there are any known 10/10 trolls ? The perfect troll, by definition, is perfectly stealthy. Thus it could never be detected so as to receive a rating. This may seem paradoxical but it is elegantly explained by a sort of warping of the thread fabric, which occurs as the limit is approached. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
seanadams;526162 Wrote: The perfect troll, by definition, is perfectly stealthy. Thus it could never be detected so as to receive a rating. This may seem paradoxical but it is elegantly explained by a sort of warping of the thread fabric, which occurs as the limit is approached. So if I follow this, as the elusive perfect Troll approaches perfection basically nearing something similar to an Event Horizon, as the Troll reaches 9.99/10 we still see him but he has actually disappeared and its really only a past image of him that we still see hence we never actually see the perfect Troll? Are we still on topic or did the Tread cross over the Event Horizon while I was typing? -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
how would i read a mailinglist with slrn? I'm not sure every newsreader can necessarily read mail, but some do. I use Gnus, an emacs based newsreader, which also handles email. If you're motivated, you could probably run a local news server, pipe the slim mailing list mail into it, and use any newsreader you want. greg ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Did anyone remember those fellas that claimed that the SB sounded different if you paused the music and then started it again ? They got the tread going for 5-6 pages and claimed that they would be back with measurements, but then it just stopped ? Id just now realized what it was 2 years after the fact, that was good trolling ! Nobody called them out when it was an active tread . It was in the Audiophile forum, they must have laughed their socks off. What would that score ? -- Mnyb Main hifi: SB3 (soon to replaced by a Touch :) It is on preorder) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Receiver (soon to be replaced by my SB3 and the SBR to be stuffed in a box in the attic ) Miscellaneous use: Radio (battery pack to be ordered) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Aha! Found it - who wants to have a go at a non-audiophile forum version?: You claim that an ( ) audible ( ) measurable ( ) hypothetical improvement in sound quality can be attained by: ( ) upsampling ( ) non-oversampling ( ) increasing word size ( ) vibration dampening ( ) bi-wiring ( ) replacing the external power supply ( ) using a different lossless format ( ) decompressing on the server ( ) removing bits of metal from skull ( ) using ethernet instead of wireless ( ) inverting phase ( ) reversing polarity of resistors ( ) ultra fast recovery rectifiers ( ) installing bigger connectors ( ) installing Black Gate caps ( ) installing ByBee filters ( ) installing hospital-grade AC jacks ( ) defragmenting the hard disk ( ) running older firmware ( ) using exotic materials in cabinet ( ) bronze heatsinks ( ) violin lacquer ( ) $500 power cords ( ) a universally applicable omnidirectional tweeter Your idea will not work. Specifically, it fails to account for: ( ) the placebo effect ( ) your ears honestly aren't that good ( ) your idea has already been thoroughly disproved ( ) modern DACs upsample anyway ( ) those products are pure snake oil ( ) lossless formats, by definition, are lossless ( ) those measurements are bogus ( ) sound travels much slower than you think ( ) electric signals travel much faster than you think ( ) that's not how binary arithmetic works ( ) that's not how TCP/IP works ( ) the Nyquist theorem ( ) the can't polish a turd theorem ( ) bits are bits You will try to defend you idea by: ( ) claiming that your ears are trained ( ) claiming immunity to psychological/physiological factors that affect everyone else ( ) name-calling ( ) criticizing spelling/grammar Your subsequent arguments will probably appeal in desperation to such esoterica as: ( ) jitter ( ) EMI ( ) thermal noise ( ) quantum mechanical effects ( ) resonance ( ) existentialism ( ) nihilism ( ) communism ( ) cosmic rays And you will then change the subject to: ( ) theories are not the same as facts ( ) measurements don't tell everything ( ) not everyone is subject to the placebo effect ( ) blind testing is dumb ( ) you can't prove what I can't hear ( ) science isn't everything Rather than engage in this tired discussion, I suggest exploring the following factors which are more likely to improve sound quality in your situation: ( ) room acoustics ( ) source material ( ) type of speakers ( ) speaker placement ( ) crossover points ( ) equalization ( ) Q-tips ( ) psychoanalysis ( ) trepanation (c) Sean Adams 2007 -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? -Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...- (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Phil Leigh;526154 Wrote: I reckon anyone who mentions Firmware 15 must get 6... *sigh* 6/10 You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down... :) -- Peter314 Peter314's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14028 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
Siduhe;526244 Wrote: Rather than engage in this tired discussion, I suggest exploring the following factors which are more likely to improve sound quality in your situation: ( ) room acoustics ( ) source material ( ) type of speakers ( ) speaker placement ( ) crossover points ( ) equalization ( ) Q-tips ( ) psychoanalysis ( ) trepanation (c) Sean Adams 2007 Exploring Sean's Q-tips tip has been found to be the biggest bang for the buck tweak as far as achieving better sound at the human receiving source! I am surprised that Sean left the almighty cryogenics treatments off his very through list. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
A really cool thing is if someone could write a nice bot software that auto responded to to posts with Seans form prefilled. Searching for key phrases like quantum purifiers, wav sounds better than flac -- Mnyb Main hifi: SB3 (soon to replaced by a Touch :) It is on preorder) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Receiver (soon to be replaced by my SB3 and the SBR to be stuffed in a box in the attic ) Miscellaneous use: Radio (battery pack to be ordered) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Proper scoring for troll postings, per seanadams
We seem to be attracting a lot of, er, unfounded and uninformed postings about the audio quality of various SD/Logitech devices, the brains or lack thereof of Logitech management, etc. The Touch seems to bring out nearly as many as the Audiophile forum does. I'm a fan of reputation based systems, where the community provides information on the value one should place on a posting's author. A while back, a well regarded forum member wrote into one of the Audiophile threads: 2/10 I think we should start scoring the trolls. This post lacks originality - you were doing better earlier with the bath tub business. The author seemed to know a lot about the legacy Slim Devices products, he uses a handle of seanadams. What's not clear to me is how the SeanTrollScore system works. is it like a signal to noise ration, where smaller numbers means worse (more noise, less signal) or does it mean this posting is only a 2 out of a 1 (no troll) to (10 100% troll food) so that a highly troll score is 10 and a good posting is 1 or 2. Seems to me that lower is more trollish, like a bad signal to noise ratio. But I'm not sure, and need input from the user community. Thanks Pat -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
