Rafael Deliano wrote:>>> What's happened over the last five years >> or in any other country. > > I am usually only lurking in english but active in german newsgroups: > there people using funny pseudonyms are politely reminded to use > their own names or are simply ignored. That has a healthy effect.That would very likely work here too, but I'm not comfortable with insisting that someone abandon his alter ego. It may be worth it for the greater good. Jerry -- it's really me -- Avins -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
Additive White Gaussian Noise Question
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Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes:> Randy Yates wrote: > ... > >> Ayup ... > > Randy, > > Do you have any New England in your background?Heck no - I didn't even make it above the Mason-Dixon line until I was over forty. I picked it up from Eric. I don't say it verbally, but it seems to convey a useful meaning when written. -- % Randy Yates % "She tells me that she likes me very much, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % but when I try to touch, she makes it %%% 919-577-9882 % all too clear." %%%% <yates@ieee.org> % 'Yours Truly, 2095', *Time*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
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Randy Yates wrote:> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: > >> Randy Yates wrote: >> ... >> >>> Ayup ... >> Randy, >> >> Do you have any New England in your background? > > Heck no - I didn't even make it above the Mason-Dixon line until > I was over forty. > > I picked it up from Eric. I don't say it verbally, but it seems to > convey a useful meaning when written.It's a distinctive word. "Yup" is common in northern New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. In New Hampshire, "ayup" often used with emphasis on the second syllable (aYUP) to signify strong agreement. In northern Vermont and Maine, the first syllable is often drawn out and usually emphasized, and it's laconic acknowledgment. (Personal observation, small sample.) Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
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On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:43:46 -0400, Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> wrote:>Randy Yates wrote: >> Jerry Avins <jya@ieee.org> writes: >> >>> Randy Yates wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>> Ayup ... >>> Randy, >>> >>> Do you have any New England in your background? >> >> Heck no - I didn't even make it above the Mason-Dixon line until >> I was over forty. >> >> I picked it up from Eric. I don't say it verbally, but it seems to >> convey a useful meaning when written. > >It's a distinctive word. "Yup" is common in northern New York, >Connecticut, and Massachusetts. In New Hampshire, "ayup" often used with >emphasis on the second syllable (aYUP) to signify strong agreement. In >northern Vermont and Maine, the first syllable is often drawn out and >usually emphasized, and it's laconic acknowledgment. (Personal >observation, small sample.) > >JerryNeither is unusual around the northern central plains states, especially in the norhoovian (aka Scandinavian) areas, which are plentiful in Minnesota and North and South Dakota. It often comes out "Yep", too. I'm assuming I picked it up in childhood, but since I was half military brat and lived way too many places by the time I was in high school, there's no accounting for a lot of stuff I say. ;) At least that's my story... ;) Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms Abineau Communications http://www.ericjacobsen.org
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Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> writes:> The boy has no freaking clue whatsoever, and it's apparent that > nobody's going to be able to explain it to him, either.The bizarre thing is that "the boy" seems to have been around on usenet since 1999. At least radio913@aol.com has been: http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?hl=en&enc_user=Zi9eHhAAAACwX9X6zXpKCYzDYeE3RbFR And he's even been civil previously: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dsp/msg/fb1df8f87fc2b0dc He even says that he's a "strictly RF guy" in that post... so he must have known some of this stuff at some stage.> What's happened over the last five years or so that we get this sort > showing up regularly now? Has the internet finally reached the > furthest backwaters of the world so that statistically it's > inevitable?Nope, we're just getting old(er). ;-P Ciao, Peter K. -- "And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended And at night the wondrous glory of the everlasting stars."
