[time-nuts] Group S/N

[John Miles]

The list has about 900 subscribers, if I remember correctly.  If, before
posting, we took a moment to ask ourselves, "What are the odds that more
than 1% of the subscriber base is interested in what I'm about to say?", the
S/N problem would pretty much take care of itself.

-- john, KE5FX
(seldom one to follow his own advice, of course...)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
> Behalf Of Chuck Harris
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 5:59 AM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Group S/N
>
>
> And by posting this, you (and I) just added to the noise
> level of this group.
>
> Be tolerant, you just might learn something from the noise.
>
> -Chuck Harris
>
> Rex wrote:
> > I don't post much because I usually don't have much knowledge that might
> > add to the discussions. I might ask a question if I thought the group
> > was the right place, but not much of that recently either.
> >
> > A couple years back we would have long threads that were about
> > subtleties of the thing being discussed, which may have been excessive
> > but were justifiable and in context.
> >
> > As a casual observer and fan of the group, I have noticed a trend where
> > dozens of comments get made on pretty much any topic that gets posted.
> > Many of these posts seem to me to be kinda stream-of-consciousness where
> > not much is there except a chatty kind of interaction. A bit of that is
> > ok in any group, but I miss the days of the high S/N of yore.
> >
> > So, with the intemperance given me by some alcohol consumption (during
> > the Giants WS game) might I implore some of you guys who are frequent
> > posters in the last couple of years to consider some restraint on making
> > every post that might pass through your brain and just make it if it
> > really might add some information that isn't conjecture or chit-chat?
> >
> > There's fabulous brain power here and I appreciate that, but lately I
> > find myself mostly deleting chaff to get to the wheat. Many times I'm
> > not sure if I missed something good in that slash and burn. A couple of
> > years ago that was less necessary, and (my opinion) I liked it better.
> >
> > -Rex
>
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