Member Status Revisited

Well On-topic posts should only go to Guru count IMO (that means that i am still not there yet)

and there should be a special title for large offtopic posters like Catduck?

Off topic seems to be some of the best reading.

So the title should be Offtopic Meister?

"to Blog or not to Blog, that is the question"

You should know by know, that it is not about the information, but how the information is presented.

Same goes about or may be about anything.

PS: Gremlins don't mind water thrown on them (as has been misrepresented) we love it, especially when we are in front of a power board or a delicate electronics circuit.

We can Duck but those can't

Where's ducky...............I didn't see him!!!!!

Just in case you forgot.

NO..........it wasn't him it was this one

Farrago fatigans!

Succem....tash

oops.....sorry

Thuffering thuccotash............you said it.

No you didn't .............He did

Yes the marketing of knowledge for good answers seems immoral on one hand but if you sell the OP on information that they need does the end justify the means.

Brad

shouldn't the *asker* have the sole privilege of awarding a GA?

I am surprised after seeing the type of responses in this

show you are still asking this question. Here there is no asker (may be askew) which is the 6 levels above asker (r-s-t-u-v-w)

Hence being at higher level we can always give GA points.

But I really want to know who is giving the OT points to me in my perfectly tropical posts ? (in the other thread- the one can I join an engineering forum ) and my perfectly Ot posts still remain at 5 only.

I AM POSTING IT AS NON OT POST.

sb, I raised the issue. shouldn't that make me the *asker*? and shouldn't I be the one to say that I'm satisfied by any one or more answers? otherwise, what is the meaning of a GA? ?

and, surely, it was not I who took the topic to it's what you call "looney" direction, raising the topic's status to "multiple star"! :D

How could you judge if one answer is correct under a myriad of answers? especially if one gets several similar answers

it's simply called "satisfaction".

10 answers can be given which are alike, even similar, in approach and methodology, but only 1 will win the "asker's" nod. in short, the best presentor wins.

don't you think that's a fair call?

Yes, when he is knowledgeable of the subject, if not he just has to try all 10 answers (or its information).

Your assertion is flawed...
If we assume the asker is asking a technical Q to which he doesn't know the answer, then he isn't necessarilly in a position to know which answers are good.

Whereas other respondents who have experience may well know which answer really works.

Del

Yes and no, not all askers are knowledgeable about their technical questions(if you haven't noticed some of the questions).

They just use all that is handed to them.

not unless it worked for him! :D

Now you get a GA from a askew

I must go look at this thread everyone is talking about.

Clearly CR4 admin don't think that way, or availability to award GA's would be set to operate as you'd like (not that this, in itself, invalidates your case). A question posed becomes public property. Someone else may come along later with exactly the same question, and want to make their decision about what the good answers are/is.

Luckily, I've thought of a solution. At the end of your questions, ask for replies by PM. You can block the receipt of further messages from those who are no help/OT, ponder the useful ones, and send a box of chocolates to the response you deem best. Of course, you would have to extend this courtesy to others, and just post responses to other threads by PM. That way you wouldn't risk upsetting anyone else's judgement value, and never have to read a single thread. 'Fairs fair' and all that.

Sorry if that sound a bit harsh, but I get tetchy between poster shoots.

I never got the chocolate from that - I don't remember lapping issue or something like that, even that blind hole fluid entrapment case

I didn't even get a single GA for those

Can you see the puddle (don't worry del/kris it's not poodle)

So there.

Now please go to the thread and give me at least 10GAs each (along with 20 OTs) so it will add 20 OTs to my kitty

(GA and OTs annhiliate each other do they ?

Respected Gentlemen,

It is pleasing to see the numerous responses and reactions elicited by the seed of an idea, coming mostly from leaders, who are undoubtedly respected in their own fields.

Please note that it was not intended to ruffle anyone's feathers, much less "dethrone" or demote anyone, for new laws cannot be made retroactive, or punish the good doer, as hammers are not meant to bruise the carpenter (although they have been used as murder weapons, just as laws have been).

The proposal was rather intended for newbies, with the a dual purpose. The first, being to challenge newbies to "earn their stripes" in the forum, and the second of further elevating the credibility and respectability of CR4, not that it's not credible or respectable, but I am looking forward to the day when no self-respecting engineer on planet earth hasn't heard of CR4.

I believe CR4 has helped hundreds, perhaps thousands already, who were struggling with an engineering or technical problem, and only saw the brilliant solution from the many members who supplied their own facet to the gem.

This added feature would surely be a feather to CR4's cap.

Upon reflection, I see no need for statuses to be given, I have no need to be a Guru for example.

I think as long as someone can see the relationship from GAs to OTs, eg. just how many of each have been attained, that is enough......

Agreed with AG

You will see too many (including a few of me ) which has sorted out the OPs doubt or problem and landed up in 0 GA points.

Who really bothers about GAs, through the posts, we learn and disseminate else we will all be islands.

You ask anybody on the forum (Min qualification > 500 posts and hence Guru or as per your definition > 50GAs and hence Master and find how many times he has said to himself (not posted ) hey I didn't know that/ let me go to the link and find.

Number of times in fact we get GAs when the links are provided, but that does not take out the credit from unlinked ones.

It has occurred to me that this string MIGHT be getting a bit silly, jury is still out though. Further research is obviously required.

Don't forget to walk the DOF... sorry inside joke

"Don't forget to walk the DOF"

As each day passes, I begin to look more and more like my DOF...

I hope it is not a St Barnard or Newfoundlander.

cute puppy, my condolences on your looks.

His Pa bought him that suit hoping he'd grow into it.
(Didn't we all suffer that indignity)

Del

Let me guess, sb as a child, (or spawn), gremlin?

"Let me guess, sb as a child, (or spawn), gremlin?"

that is one ugly DOF

How did you guess?

I really don't remember seeing you then, (anyway had I seen you then you wouldn't have been here), now a days we have mellowed quite a lot. I always feel ashamed that my great grand gremlin while spawning did a such minor thing for graduation- only chernobyl I still feel ashamed to call him a Gremlin. He is gust a _Gremnil.

You earhlings can only guess - if and then. We do't, we are technically more advanced - we do and see.

Experimentation is the essence of life. And like essence sometimes life too gets lost/dissipated. We have to see that too.

Del?

Del the Kitten.

So what if they were my parents? I would've litigated anyway.

Del will be furious with you for pulling all his "feathers" out.............how could you, europium...........I don't think that I have seen anything so mean for a long time!!!!!

Actually, my girls look more like this:

Much better looking than the old man....

You've been bad. Very bad.

Mr Europium, you have insulted me for the last time! I can no longer perceiver your constant and relentless taunts and insinuation's!

There for, kind sir, I challenge you to a duel, to the death. As the gentleman and Nobel Prince that I am, I will allow you to choose the weapons. I shall choose the field of honour.

Familiarize yourself with the Code_Duello. I give you 24 hours to respond.

Can I respond before that time? If so, consider it done!

With so much levity amongst you all, I suggest getting together and designing some levitation devices.

"With so much levity amongst you all, I suggest getting together and designing some levitation devices."

Well, then. Here's a question for Jorrie:

"If black holes emanate gravity, do white holes emanate levity?"

that's an easy one

No it isn't. Black holes "evaporate," and the smaller they get the faster they fizz off, eventually detonating in a blinding flash (the explosion being fueled by extreme levity). Just ask Steven Hawking! (but if you wanna see him ROFL, you'll have to give it time)

It would but wh ever heard about a white hole?

Holes are always black

Considering the recent invasion by questionable claims and conduct it is my opinion that a Bozo should button be added as a selection when grading the viability of answers.

Not a fool, being a fool is a time honored profession dating back many centuries, one I am proud of being accused of.

No we need a Bozo button that will add a flashing 'red bozo' as voted by their peers notification that will appear on the avatar block.

Good answers can come from any sector and 'out of the mouths of babes' as it were.

Bozo statements take a very special individual, many of who actually get voted into office, scary.

"Bozo statements take a very special individual, many of who actually get voted into office"

An auspicious observation, to be sure!

Now, if you add a measley little 'n' to Bozo, you get Bonzo, right? Now, didn't one of our recent presidents star in a film making mention of a certain Bonzo? My goodness yes!

(Notice that the wife sleeps in her own bed, but the chimp does not. Hmm...)

You can not get bozos selected so easliy.

I propose that minimum ten B grades are mandatory to get a GB point.

This is logical since

2 Clicks = A,

B should be more than A (With the curves I propose 10 a la Bo Derek - see again B ) Again I miss a smiley with a lecherous look

Then at least 10 GBs will select you to be a BG (Bozo Guru)

10th Dan GB = MB (Master Bozo) = 100 GBs

10th Dan MB = GMB (Grand master Bozo) - beyound that I don'y know.

Now gimme a GB point. and be fast.

one GB you you....

With all this series Talk, it seems that we need more silly statuses.

Anyway is it Duck season? no witty remarks from Duckinthepond

All the ducks are in thir wintering ponds, maybe our esteemed duck has joined them.