Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-07-04 Thread cornflakeguy
finally -- cornflakeguy cornflakeguy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79845

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-07-02 Thread rajm
I've been lurking on and off for about 2 years now. Don't think I've ever posted b/c usually I've been able to find the answer I was looking for in one of the threads. In any case, in all that time I had no idea this was NOT an official Logitech forum until reading through this thread. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-07-02 Thread brucegrr
rajm;559244 Wrote: _until_ I got it through my head that this was not an official forum. This forum predates Logitech's purchase of Slim Devices by many years. (though I assume Logitech owns this forum domain) In the old days I am not sure if the forum was considered an official support

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-07-02 Thread snarlydwarf
brucegrr;559249 Wrote: This forum predates Logitech's purchase of Slim Devices by many years. (though I assume Logitech owns this forum domain) In the old days I am not sure if the forum was considered an official support forum but the CEO and staff at Slim Devices participated on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-23 Thread Muele
First of all: I didn't bother reading the entire thread. Just a few pages of it. But this is how I observe the senior members (whatever defines that) act when someone screams that their SB is a PoS: They let the poster know that noone at Logitech reads this forum anyway (except ofcourse the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-23 Thread Muele
mherger;557283 Wrote: Please let's let this thread die now and forever. Nobody is going to win a useless battle, neither Junior nor Senior. Thanks. Sorry I didn't see that. -- Muele BR Mogens 2 Radios (1 battery), 2 Controllers, 2 Receivers, 1 Squeezeplay. Served by an old 800 mhz IBM

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
Wow, you guys are a treat, nothing like attacking the messenger. This is a fine example of what I would like to see stop, and I think almost all of you are represented. Bravo! -- Nazgul Nazgul's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread garym
Nazgul;556985 Wrote: Wow, you guys are a treat, nothing like attacking the messenger. This is a fine example of what I would like to see stop, and I think almost all of you are represented. Bravo! It's called having a sense of humor. The actual point of this thread was over 30 posts ago.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
Phil Leigh;556752 Wrote: This post is informative... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=556362postcount=101 4 years is a long time to lurk amongst the community. Not that I have anything against lurking (I do it myself on a small number of other forums) - but then again I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Soulkeeper
*Plonk* -- Soulkeeper Soulkeeper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35297 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79845 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Fluffdaddy
Thank you..Nazgul All you said needed to be said. -- Fluffdaddy Fluffdaddy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35268 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79845

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread brucegrr
Nazgul;556985 Wrote: Wow, you guys are a treat, nothing like attacking the messenger. This is a fine example of what I would like to see stop, and I think almost all of you are represented. Bravo! Glad we could help you with your Squeezebox related problem. :) The Backoff problem you are

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread garym
The senior members being accused of bad behavior have hundreds of posts helping complete strangers resolve issues with their squeezeboxes (with quite a success rate it appears). Nazgul doesn't have a single post assisting another user; it appears that 100% of his posts have been merely to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
garym;557049 Wrote: The senior members being accused of bad behavior have hundreds of posts helping complete strangers resolve issues with their squeezeboxes (with quite a success rate it appears). Nazgul doesn't have a single post assisting another user; it appears that 100% of his posts

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
brucegrr;557041 Wrote: Really?Yea, really. -- Nazgul Nazgul's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79845

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Phil Leigh
Nazgul;556995 Wrote: I thought I was on your ignore list? And again Phil, this is not your forum and it's not a private forum, it's a public forum for a consumer product. You are not them. Them is all of the old users and the new users who deserve to be able to say what they'd like about

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread brucegrr
Phil Leigh;557057 Wrote: I haven't figured out how to do that yet - I've never needed to until now... Anyway, I wasn't replying to you. Same here.I have never used the ignore function so I am not even sure how it works. All I know is that the Squeezebox forum is becoming a place that I no

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Phil Leigh
iPhone;557063 Wrote: Phil, Its easy to add a Troll to the Ignore List. Goto User Control Panel, scroll down to Edit Ignore List, click, add Troll to the list, save, then enjoy the lack of Forum Noise. iPhone - you have just violated (new) Forum Rule #1 - never offer unsolicited help to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread iPhone
brucegrr;557066 Wrote: Does this block them from everything then? By everything do you mean the Forum, no it doesn't. I don't use it, but one would think that it would act as a filter and just not show the posts in threads of a Forum Member that is in 'your' ignore list. So I would think one

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread aubuti
iPhone;557072 Wrote: Somebody using it might know more how it actually works. see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79851 -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Soulkeeper
It does show the post, but the only text you'll see is: This message is hidden because (name of troll) is on your ignore list. -- Soulkeeper Soulkeeper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35297

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Phil Leigh
iPhone;557072 Wrote: By everything do you mean the Forum, no it doesn't. I don't use it, but one would think that it would act as a filter and just not show the posts in threads of a Forum Member that is in 'your' ignore list. So I would think one would see a whole in the tread sequence

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread iPhone
Phil Leigh;557071 Wrote: iPhone - you have just violated (new) Forum Rule #1 - never offer unsolicited help to another member. Anyway, thanks for tip... :-) I didn't get the New Forum Rules. Guess it didn't get sent out to Senior Forum Members. And thanks for the heads up but didn't you

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
Phil Leigh;557065 Wrote: Now I'm replying to you. This service of which you speak - what is it exactly? Nothing appears to have changed... People still come here for help and where possible they get it. People still come here with issues that can't be addressed via the forum community

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread tcutting
iPhone;557078 Wrote: I didn't get the New Forum Rules. Guess it didn't get sent out to Senior Forum Members. And thanks for the heads up but didn't you *-Just-* violate the New Rule #1 by telling me about the new rule? One of those endless code loops ;=} That's OK... the whole ignore

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread brucegrr
tcutting;557095 Wrote: That's OK... the whole ignore thing for me was actually anonymously unsolicited as I haven't been actively participating in this thread... but as posted in another thread, my sanity is already improving by seeing certain posts hidden by the line This user is on your

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread iPhone
tcutting;557095 Wrote: That's OK... the whole ignore thing for me was actually anonymously unsolicited as I haven't been actively participating in this thread... but as posted in another thread, my sanity is already improving by seeing certain posts hidden by the line This user is on your

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
Hands firmly over ears. Too funny. -- Nazgul Nazgul's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79845

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread funkstar
Nazgul;557089 Wrote: This is a public forum and all opinions are valid and worthy of the disk space they take up. So lets be clear, you are also contradicting what you are trying to argue in this thread then? If all opinions are valid and worthy then so are those of the senior users that you

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
funkstar;557134 Wrote: So lets be clear, you are also contradicting what you are trying to argue in this thread then? If all opinions are valid and worthy then so are those of the senior users that you disagree with. This thread is redundant* *also a valid and worthy

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread maggior
Nazgul;557143 Wrote: And fantastically that's led to all these attacks and claims that I'm a troll. I hope that makes sense to someone here. Nothing fanstatic about it at all...makes 100% sense to me. Please make it STOP!!! -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Soulkeeper
maggior;557160 Wrote: Please make it STOP!!! Huh? Make what stop? Come to think of it, I'm not sure I want to know. But if some user is bothering you, you can always ignore him/her. The instructions on how to do it are to be found earlier in this thread. :) I assure you, it is very

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread maggior
Very effective indeed. Ahhh. -- maggior Rich - Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeBoxServer 7.5.0, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 33,060 songs, 2,656 albums, 484 artists.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
Well, I guess I'm done with this, I think I made my point and defended it quite well. For those that took my words to heart I hope that things change. To those that attacked me and childishly put me on their ignore lists, you know what I think of you at this point, and I'm glad I exposed some

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread Nazgul
You've got to be kidding. I actually doubted myself for a second and re-read everything I wrote, pretty dang civil I think for all the attacks made on me for defending my point. -- Nazgul Nazgul's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread brucegrr
I asked the original poster: Time to put up here..Please give some specific examples of what you are complaining about. I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt...Point us to the exact posts that you believe are so offensive. This will allow us all to see the context AND who wrote

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread peterw
brucegrr;557234 Wrote: I asked the original poster: Time to put up here..Please give some specific examples of what you are complaining about. I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt...Point us to the exact posts that you believe are so offensive. This will allow us all to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread brucegrr
Nazgul;557200 Wrote: Well, I guess I'm done with this, I think I made my point and defended it quite well. For those that took my words to heart I hope that things change. To those that attacked me and childishly put me on their ignore lists, you know what I think of you at this point, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread bluegaspode
brucegrr;557238 Wrote: (whom you refuse to name or give any illustration of your charge) Bruce - I think Nazgul is talking about the thread starting here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77459page=10 If one looks at it one might find the posting of iPhone a bit offending

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread brucegrr
Thanks for the thread reference. The OP implied this was a major problem. So, is his post the result of one thread or a large number of threads? Each of us responds to things differently. Generally, I try to help those I can. (and my skill set is not anywhere near some of the senior members on

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-22 Thread mherger
Please let's let this thread die now and forever. Nobody is going to win a useless battle, neither Junior nor Senior. Thanks. -- mherger Michael - http://www.herger.net/slim-plugins - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-21 Thread brucegrr
Nazgul;556422 Wrote: I'm not saying the senior people should vanish, I'm saying that the folks who tell other people that their comments have no place here need to stop. This is a FORUM. It is for discussion by definition, positive and negative. Trying to shut people up on a forum is

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-21 Thread erland
Nazgul;556672 Wrote: Are you all so proud that you can't simply not tell people to stop posting without ending your helpful posts as well? Besides that you don't seem to really listen to what people say in this thread, I'm not quite sure I understand what you are trying to say. As I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-21 Thread Phil Leigh
This post is informative... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=556362postcount=101 4 years is a long time to lurk amongst the community. Not that I have anything against lurking (I do it myself on a small number of other forums) - but then again I wouldn't dream of then joining them

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-21 Thread garym
I'm post #36 I believe. That's about 35 replies too many to the original post. Obviously, I can't help myself either (tried for a day), but the old internet discussion board adage of don't feed the trolls is particularly appropriate here. -- garym

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-21 Thread brucegrr
Phil Leigh;556752 Wrote: This post is informative... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=556362postcount=101 4 years is a long time to lurk amongst the community. Not that I have anything against lurking (I do it myself on a small number of other forums) - but then again I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-21 Thread Phil Leigh
Hmmm... Nazgul, Trolls Balrog anyone? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-21 Thread garym
Phil Leigh;556759 Wrote: Hmmm... Nazgul, Trolls Balrog anyone? Oh boy, I wasn't even thinking about that. Ok, what better than this to signal that the end of this thread is near. (and by the way, loved the books/movies...) The Nazgûl, also known by many other names, were evil servants of

[SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Nazgul
I've been reading these forums for a bit now and I see a pattern of BS coming from some senior members that try to control how people discuss the SBW. Look, if you folks don't like reading negative comments about the radio then feel free to not read them or possibly comment about how you

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread bluegaspode
Hi Nazgul, I for my part only tell members that repeat their rants over and over again that I don't want to listen to it anymore. And even telling those users that their complaints were better somewhere else in my opinion is a way of helping them (thats the reason I'm here - to help them) -

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Phil Leigh
Nazgul;556323 Wrote: If you don't like it then feel free to say so, but telling people they shouldn't write it is WRONG. This is a public user forum, if people are posting about the SBR then they are in the right place no matter what they say as long as it meets the forum rules. Everyone

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Pat Farrell
On 06/20/2010 07:19 AM, Nazgul wrote: I've been reading these forums for a bit now and I see a pattern of BS coming from some senior members that try to control how people discuss the SBW. Look, if you folks don't like reading negative comments about the radio then feel free to not read them

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Skinny
The fact is that SBR (and related talk) schould be taken elsewhere. The proper place would be the Duet forum.. -Skinny -- Skinny This sentence says less than a list of audio equipment. Skinny's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Phil Leigh
Nazgul;556368 Wrote: I think your context is a little skewed with this jab. Think about what I wrote and what you're insinuating. Valid? I am insinuating nothing. I am asking you to look in that mirror too. People who live in glass houses... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Nazgul
I'm not saying the senior people should vanish, I'm saying that the folks who tell other people that their comments have no place here need to stop. This is a FORUM. It is for discussion by definition, positive and negative. Trying to shut people up on a forum is wrong. And let me be

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread 0xdeadbeef
Well, there are senior members and senior members. Indeed it's only a small club of senior members who try to scare away people with a a non-euphemistic opinion on SB products. Then again, if this soothes you, even a senior member is not welcome to utter the truth about the Radio here. Each and

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread bluegaspode
Nazgul;556432 Wrote: This, however, is the public forum for a consumer product and all discussion about the product, positive and negative, is valid whether you like it or not. The silencers in the crowd are the annoyances, not the complainers. I think you have a very valid point here.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Nazgul
bluegaspode;556442 Wrote: Oh by the way - remember your first post ;) : Exactly why I haven't named names and am reluctant to be more specific than senior users. And please, putting quotes around words does not always entail direct reference, it can also express generalities, like reasonably

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Back off

2010-06-20 Thread Nojelc
Let me see, Do I want to visit a forum that is primarily full of people who are a) struggling to get their SBs working as they wish them too and are mostly bitching, moaning complaining. or b) people with a great deal of experience and technical knowledge who are very happy with their SBs