for at least 3 days. i wonder if the stack exchange site is the beginning of the end of USENET. -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
looks like Deadsville around here.
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Reply by ●May 18, 20142014-05-18
On Sun, 18 May 2014 00:20:14 -0400, robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> wrote:> >for at least 3 days. > >i wonder if the stack exchange site is the beginning of the end of USENET.I sure hope not ! This group has the highest S/N of any tech group AFAIK. boB K7IQ
Reply by ●May 18, 20142014-05-18
On 18/05/14 05:20, robert bristow-johnson wrote:> > for at least 3 days. > > i wonder if the stack exchange site is the beginning of the end of USENET.Usenet has competition, but it will be invaluable so long as stackexchange has a see-the-trees-and-ignore-the-concept-there-might-even-be-a-wood attitude like this... closed as not constructive by Tim, Andrew Barber♦, Daniel Mann, Henry, Mark Jan 29 '13 at 16:52 As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or expertise, but this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. If you feel that this question can be improved and possibly reopened, visit the help center for guidance.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Reply by ●May 18, 20142014-05-18
maybe people are getting fed up with being told they are asking the wrong questions. And it can't be that hard to give a simple answer to a simple question, i.e. what is the best way to perform dental surgery with a pneumatic jackhammer. _____________________________ Posted through www.DSPRelated.com
Reply by ●May 18, 20142014-05-18
"mnentwig" <24789@dsprelated> writes:> maybe people are getting fed up with being told they are asking the wrong > questions. > And it can't be that hard to give a simple answer to a simple question, > i.e. what is the best way to perform dental surgery with a pneumatic > jackhammer.I suspect it's simpler than that - people are getting too lazy to use anything other than a browser for their internet experience. -- Randy Yates Digital Signal Labs http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
Reply by ●May 18, 20142014-05-18
On Sun, 18 May 2014 14:19:35 -0400, Randy Yates <yates@digitalsignallabs.com> wrote:>"mnentwig" <24789@dsprelated> writes: > >> maybe people are getting fed up with being told they are asking the wrong >> questions. >> And it can't be that hard to give a simple answer to a simple question, >> i.e. what is the best way to perform dental surgery with a pneumatic >> jackhammer. > >I suspect it's simpler than that - people are getting too lazy to use >anything other than a browser for their internet experience.Actually I think many if not most of the folks coming to ask questions over the last few years do so through browsers, like dsprelated.com or similar venues. I think that's part of why the formatting gets so wonky sometimes. The number of online tutorials, vids, pages, etc., grows constantly, so the number of potential resources to visit besides comp.dsp just keeps getting larger. And in most of those places nobody gets called out for trying to get their homework solved or being a bit douchy or worse. So I'm not surprised at all. Eric Jacobsen Anchor Hill Communications http://www.anchorhill.com
Reply by ●May 18, 20142014-05-18
On 5/18/14 2:27 PM, Eric Jacobsen wrote:> On Sun, 18 May 2014 14:19:35 -0400, Randy Yates > <yates@digitalsignallabs.com> wrote: > >> "mnentwig"<24789@dsprelated> writes: >> >>> maybe people are getting fed up with being told they are asking the wrong >>> questions. >>> And it can't be that hard to give a simple answer to a simple question, >>> i.e. what is the best way to perform dental surgery with a pneumatic >>> jackhammer. >> >> I suspect it's simpler than that - people are getting too lazy to use >> anything other than a browser for their internet experience. > > Actually I think many if not most of the folks coming to ask questions > over the last few years do so through browsers, like dsprelated.com or > similar venues. I think that's part of why the formatting gets so > wonky sometimes. > > The number of online tutorials, vids, pages, etc., grows constantly, > so the number of potential resources to visit besides comp.dsp just > keeps getting larger. And in most of those places nobody gets called > out for trying to get their homework solved or being a bit douchy or > worse. > > So I'm not surprised at all.for me, the pros of stack exchange is that it has access to LaTeX for math (so also does physicsforums.com or wikipedia) and that it doesn't need eternalseptember or googlegroups or something. but there's a few douchebags at those sites (not to mean we never get them here). just for my own interest, i also hit the Christianity SE page and had the audacity to get 100 points deducted because of a theological answer to a question about Young Earth Creationism vs. "Science". anyone get hit with -100 points at the signal processing SE page? -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Reply by ●May 19, 20142014-05-19
On Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:20:14 PM UTC-5, robert bristow-johnson wrote:>Looks like Deadsville here for at least 3 days.Well, you (rb-j) **could** stir the pot by posting again on comp.dsp your impassioned rebuttal of the notion that the DFT does not induce periodicity in the time domain. It's been a while since we last had that brouhaha here. Dilip Sarwate
Reply by ●May 19, 20142014-05-19
On 5/19/14 12:11 AM, dvsarwate wrote:> On Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:20:14 PM UTC-5, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > >> for at least 3 days. >> >> i wonder if the stack exchange site is the beginning of the end of USENET. > > Well, you (rb-j) **could** stir the pot by posting again > on comp.dsp your impassioned rebuttal of the notion that > the DFT does not induce periodicity in the time domain. > It's been a while since we last had that brouhaha here. >naw, we have LaTeX at SE. -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Reply by ●May 19, 20142014-05-19
robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> writes:> On 5/19/14 12:11 AM, dvsarwate wrote: >> On Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:20:14 PM UTC-5, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> >>> for at least 3 days. >>> >>> i wonder if the stack exchange site is the beginning of the end of USENET. >> >> Well, you (rb-j) **could** stir the pot by posting again >> on comp.dsp your impassioned rebuttal of the notion that >> the DFT does not induce periodicity in the time domain. >> It's been a while since we last had that brouhaha here. >> > > naw, we have LaTeX at SE.So you've now become a LaTeX advocate? Welcome to the club. (it took you long enough...) -- Randy Yates Digital Signal Labs http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
