this used to be a very active newsgroup. nothing happening since Oct 17 and now it's Nov 2. sorta gets eclipsed by Stack Exchange (which allows for formatting math equations and pasting in graphics). r.i.p. comp.dsp i guess we all die sometime or 'nother. r b-j
wow. it starting to look like USENET is getting pretty dead.
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Reply by ●November 2, 20172017-11-02
On 11/02/2017 08:25 AM, robert bristow-johnson wrote:> this used to be a very active newsgroup. > > nothing happening since Oct 17 and now it's Nov 2. > > sorta gets eclipsed by Stack Exchange (which allows for formatting math equations and pasting in graphics). > > r.i.p. comp.dsp > > i guess we all die sometime or 'nother. > > r b-j >So, you haven't contributed for over 2 weeks? No wonder this place is going downhill. :) Steve
Reply by ●November 2, 20172017-11-02
Steve Underwood wrote on 11/2/2017 12:39 PM:> On 11/02/2017 08:25 AM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> this used to be a very active newsgroup. >> >> nothing happening since Oct 17 and now it's Nov 2. >> >> sorta gets eclipsed by Stack Exchange (which allows for formatting math >> equations and pasting in graphics). >> >> r.i.p. comp.dsp >> >> i guess we all die sometime or 'nother. >> >> r b-j >> > > So, you haven't contributed for over 2 weeks? No wonder this place is going > downhill. :)Then there is the sort of replies you get in an unmoderated forum. -- Rick C Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms, on the centerline of totality since 1998
Reply by ●November 3, 20172017-11-03
On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 3:25:44 AM UTC-5, robert bristow-johnson wrote:> this used to be a very active newsgroup.We've solved all the world's signal processing problems, and the solutions have been amalgamated in a Matlab toolbox. Look for it in R2018a.
Reply by ●November 3, 20172017-11-03
rickman wrote:> Steve Underwood wrote on 11/2/2017 12:39 PM: >> On 11/02/2017 08:25 AM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >>> this used to be a very active newsgroup. >>> >>> nothing happening since Oct 17 and now it's Nov 2. >>> >>> sorta gets eclipsed by Stack Exchange (which allows for formatting math >>> equations and pasting in graphics). >>> >>> r.i.p. comp.dsp >>> >>> i guess we all die sometime or 'nother. >>> >>> r b-j >>> >> >> So, you haven't contributed for over 2 weeks? No wonder this place is >> going >> downhill. :) > > Then there is the sort of replies you get in an unmoderated forum. >80-100% of the useful replies I have gotten from Stackoverflow ( which I find with Teh Googles ) are marked "off topic", which apparently means "not a tautology with the original question." -- Les Cargill
Reply by ●November 4, 20172017-11-04
On 03/11/17 22:44, Les Cargill wrote:> rickman wrote: >> Steve Underwood wrote on 11/2/2017 12:39 PM: >>> On 11/02/2017 08:25 AM, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >>>> this used to be a very active newsgroup. >>>> >>>> nothing happening since Oct 17 and now it's Nov 2. >>>> >>>> sorta gets eclipsed by Stack Exchange (which allows for formatting math >>>> equations and pasting in graphics). >>>> >>>> r.i.p. comp.dsp >>>> >>>> i guess we all die sometime or 'nother. >>>> >>>> r b-j >>>> >>> >>> So, you haven't contributed for over 2 weeks? No wonder this place is >>> going >>> downhill. :) >> >> Then there is the sort of replies you get in an unmoderated forum. >> > > 80-100% of the useful replies I have gotten from Stackoverflow ( which > I find with Teh Googles ) are marked "off topic", which apparently > means "not a tautology with the original question."Stackoverflow is only useful for questions like "which button do I push to get X", or "can I have a code snippet to do Y". In other words, technician level questions. It is designed not to be able to have discussions of the characteristics of different approaches and solutions to problems. In other words, engineer level questions. Several other forums seem to copy that concept; they are all uninteresting.
Reply by ●November 5, 20172017-11-05
On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 04:51:49 -0700 (PDT), Greg Berchin <gjberchin@charter.net> wrote:>On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 3:25:44 AM UTC-5, robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> this used to be a very active newsgroup. > >We've solved all the world's signal processing problems, and the solutions have been amalgamated in a Matlab toolbox. Look for it in R2018a. >How do I click "like" on Greg's post?
Reply by ●November 6, 20172017-11-06
On Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 5:30:11 PM UTC-6, Eric Jacobsen wrote:> How do I click "like" on Greg's post?Oh, the irony! And thanks for the acknowledgement, Eric. - Greg
Reply by ●November 8, 20172017-11-08
Reply by ●November 9, 20172017-11-09
On Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 9:05:03 AM UTC-5, bule...@columbus.rr.com wrote:> We need to find someone to call everyone stupident to get the views back up.many other usenet groups have been infected by OT trolls arguing politics. the people interested in the actual topics have left. i hope we can keep this group alive and on topic m
