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FLZapped
09-26-2005, 08:01 PM
The place has gone completely to hell now. Sir Terrence the Terrible, a moderator, first took to leveling personal insults at another member. If that wasn't bad enough, he then moved the thread to a place where no one was likely to see it and then proceeded to perform charater assasination on that member using quotes out of context without a reference as to where they came from.
Oddly enough the thread was titled "What ever happened to..."
I think the behavior of the moderators there speaks clearly about what happened.
-Bruce
jaxvon
09-26-2005, 08:18 PM
That's too bad. Makes me want to try my best to keep this forum upstanding!
Rob Babcock
09-26-2005, 10:31 PM
What thread are you referring to? :confused: Please post a link to it and I'll investigate.
mtrycrafts
09-26-2005, 11:11 PM
The place has gone completely to hell now. Sir Terrence the Terrible, a moderator, first took to leveling personal insults at another member. If that wasn't bad enough, he then moved the thread to a place where no one was likely to see it and then proceeded to perform charater assasination on that member using quotes out of context without a reference as to where they came from.
Oddly enough the thread was titled "What ever happened to..."
I think the behavior of the moderators there speaks clearly about what happened.
-Bruce
And you still hang out there??? :p
Time to switch :D
brian32672
09-27-2005, 03:40 AM
Here is the thread over there.
http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=13467
I thought it was funny, actually it jumps all over mtrycrafts (I assume mt - that you quit or got banned) If you did get banned, I hope it was not from that loser TerrenceTT. Wow, he is a jerk. He IMO should not be a moderator with those kind of remarks. He not only jumps on mt, but also other members, and even other forums like ours here. I actually had to join over there, so I could use the search tool for that thread....
BTW, I won't be visiting there often - thats for sure.... However, if STTT wants he can ban me.. :p
The place has gone completely to hell now. Sir Terrence the Terrible, a moderator, first took to leveling personal insults at another member. If that wasn't bad enough, he then moved the thread to a place where no one was likely to see it and then proceeded to perform charater assasination on that member using quotes out of context without a reference as to where they came from.
Oddly enough the thread was titled "What ever happened to..."
I think the behavior of the moderators there speaks clearly about what happened.
-Bruce
Amazing.... I think that guy has become worse[more rude] since I was banned from the place way back when. However, I think the real problem at that forum is the extremely poor administration for allowing such behaviour. Sir Terrence is just doing what he does best. Sir Terrence is worthy of being banned in a respectable place even as a user, based on his frequent use of personal insults. That he is a moderator... and is allowed to act like this... is mind-blowing...
-Chris
FLZapped
09-27-2005, 09:25 AM
What thread are you referring to? :confused: Please post a link to it and I'll investigate.
http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=13467
-Bruce
FLZapped
09-27-2005, 09:26 AM
And you still hang out there??? :p
Time to switch :D
Must be a glutton for punishment :eek:
Khellandros66
09-27-2005, 09:38 AM
Never seen this here so stick around you will find AH more user freindly..
~Bob
racquetman
09-27-2005, 10:48 AM
I only post on this forum, but I did read the thread that you guys are talking about.
How you can continue to call that guy "sir" anything without throwing in a few colorful expletives is beyond me.
He certainly has the last part of his name correct, though. He is a terrible at spelling and grammar, terrible at being tactful, and most certainly a terrible moderator.
Rob Babcock
09-27-2005, 04:04 PM
Ooops...I thought you were complaining about a mod here. :o
racquetman
09-27-2005, 04:09 PM
Ooops...I thought you were complaining about a mod here. :o
No, but Sir Babcock the Terrible does have a nice ring to it :eek:
Steve1000
09-27-2005, 06:23 PM
I've never been banned from anywhere before but that might be a first I'd be proud of. :rolleyes:
Here is the thread over there.
http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=13467
BTW, I won't be visiting there often - thats for sure.... However, if STTT wants he can ban me.. :p
anamorphic96
09-27-2005, 06:52 PM
Yes he may have moved it but he put it in the Steel Cage and ANYTHING GOES in the cage at AR. Sorta a new part of the site.
brian32672
09-27-2005, 09:29 PM
Yes he may have moved it but he put it in the Steel Cage and ANYTHING GOES in the cage at AR. Sorta a new part of the site.
That may be, but it still should not allow a moderator to go for an individual attack. Heck, I have seen most forums that are looking for moderators, and prerequisite is that they must get along with others. Oh btw, go screw yourself with a nut and bolt :p Just kidding. Of course, unless you want a mod job over there :eek:
Edit:: BTW, I see you hang out there :confused: Whats really up with that :mad:
mtrycrafts
09-28-2005, 12:39 AM
Here is the thread over there.
http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=13467
I thought it was funny, actually it jumps all over mtrycrafts (I assume mt - that you quit or got banned) If you did get banned, I hope it was not from that loser TerrenceTT. Wow, he is a jerk. He IMO should not be a moderator with those kind of remarks. He not only jumps on mt, but also other members, and even other forums like ours here. I actually had to join over there, so I could use the search tool for that thread....
BTW, I won't be visiting there often - thats for sure.... However, if STTT wants he can ban me.. :p
I just left without a word. Best that way, on my terms. :D Been there way too long as that place went to the dogs.
anamorphic96
09-28-2005, 09:30 AM
That may be, but it still should not allow a moderator to go for an individual attack. Heck, I have seen most forums that are looking for moderators, and prerequisite is that they must get along with others. Oh btw, go screw yourself with a nut and bolt :p Just kidding. Of course, unless you want a mod job over there :eek:
Edit:: BTW, I see you hang out there :confused: Whats really up with that :mad:
I really only have a beef with about 3 people over there. Besides I dont play sides with sites. I try to stay neutral. It's a bit stupid if you ask me. I also like following a few peoples threads over there. Besides I also like the music formum there. Very few issues in that forum.
AH is far superior in the moderation department and is more proffesionally run compared to AR but im not gonna let a few bad apples spoil the bunch. There are some smart people there. :D I primarily post here. So PISS OFF you POS.
JK ;)
Resident Loser
09-28-2005, 10:37 AM
...so much for the "steel cage" bravado...I seem to have made TtT disenchanted with AR...at least in dealing with me...
I simply said a few words in support of mtrycrafts and AH in general(as did PatD) in light of some of the rhetoric spewed forth over there...spew is a good word...
jimHJJ(...much like some of the advice given, terrible, simply terrible...)
P.S. OH WOW!!! 200 posts...do I get a cookie?...
jneutron
09-28-2005, 02:15 PM
...so much for the "steel cage" bravado...I seem to have made TtT disenchanted with AR...at least in dealing with me...
I simply said a few words in support of mtrycrafts and AH in general(as did PatD) in light of some of the rhetoric spewed forth over there...spew is a good word...
jimHJJ(...much like some of the advice given, terrible, simply terrible...)
P.S. OH WOW!!! 200 posts...do I get a cookie?...
Boy, terrence certainly has a hard on for you..what's going on over there??
John
Pat D
09-28-2005, 02:16 PM
...so much for the "steel cage" bravado...I seem to have made TtT disenchanted with AR...at least in dealing with me...
I simply said a few words in support of mtrycrafts and AH in general(as did PatD) in light of some of the rhetoric spewed forth over there...spew is a good word...
jimHJJ(...much like some of the advice given, terrible, simply terrible...)
P.S. OH WOW!!! 200 posts...do I get a cookie?...
Thenk yo for the kind mention. Sir TtT is OK when not on a rant but watch out when he is, which happens often now.
E-stat also took some swipes a mtry, pretended he said things he had not. And mtry is such a nice guy. As I have said somewhere before, mtrycrafts is a legend in his own time, and his ghost still haunts AR and AA at times. They certainly remember him!
I avoid the segregated Audio Lab at AR like the plague--and apparently, so does practically everyone else. :D
jneutron
09-28-2005, 02:24 PM
I avoid the segregated Audio Lab at AR like the plague--and apparently, so does practically everyone else. :D
Yup..who'd want to go there? Heck, even this place with that mechanical engineer guy near the top is better.. ;)
Cheers, John
philh
09-29-2005, 09:37 AM
Yup..who'd want to go there? Heck, even this place with that mechanical engineer guy near the top is better.. ;)
Cheers, John
Hey, at least mechanical numbers don't deal with imaginary number :)
FLZapped
09-29-2005, 10:11 AM
...so much for the "steel cage" bravado...I seem to have made TtT disenchanted with AR...at least in dealing with me...
I simply said a few words in support of mtrycrafts and AH in general(as did PatD) in light of some of the rhetoric spewed forth over there...spew is a good word...
jimHJJ(...much like some of the advice given, terrible, simply terrible...)
P.S. OH WOW!!! 200 posts...do I get a cookie?...
For what it's worth, I reported two of his posts. It got Eric's attention, but he is the one who came up with that stupid Steel Cage thing, which violates AR forum rules. Says you and I were the only one's complaining about TTT.....well, why should anyone have a complaint about a moderator and his behavior towards any member in the first place?
Ah ain't gonna hold mah breath on this one.....
-Bruce
Mudcat
09-29-2005, 11:11 AM
Heck, even this place with that mechanical engineer guy near the top is better.. ;)
Cheers, John
Meeeeeee, I'm not at the top of anything, cept maybe the Drapers (I wish).
Resident Loser
09-29-2005, 11:24 AM
...pardon my mass response...PatD, JN, FLZ...
In no particular order, TtT seems to think he's BMOC. Everything is cool so long as no one dares dispute him...
He's made some big errors with some of his post's and tossed around jargon like it's supposed to impress everyone, like he can do no wrong...unfortunately there's me...Being an iconoclast at heart, I took issue with one such bit of supposed "info", even providing background info (easily corroborated) re: digital recording history...he ignored it, no actually worse than that, he claimed it was a typo(however I pre-empted that contingency in my presentation). Without going into all the boring details, I've brought it up on three separate, yet somewhat related, occasions. I've even offered to apologize if I somehow misrepresented the facts...all I've gotten has been insults re: my age and/ or abilities...he don't like to be wrong.
Then there was, as one of the AR members put it "The battle of New Orleans" and we went toe-to-toe on that for any number of posts...then the mtry, AH flap, which has developed into a whole 'nother thing...most recently, TtT gave what I considered really poor info to some newb re: false walls and loudspeakers...so I was a bad boy and pretty much said it might not be a good idea for any number of what I see as valid reasons. Well, TtT don't like it when someone questions his omniscience and we're off to the races again...
This character has the world convinced of his infallibility...well, 'ceptin' me of course...again, I'm just presenting info as a counter to his "I am the mighty THX-empowered master of all things HT" act. IMHO he's really full of it, and no one has the moxie to call him on any of it...and his position of "im"moderator(he didn't like that) only reinforces that persona...
I haven't complained to ericl for a long while re: TtTs behavior...in fact the only time I did(some while ago) I seemed to get a tacit acknowledgement of there actually being a problem with his performance as mod...in fact he was conspicuous by his absence for a month or so...I like to think ericl gave him a distinct time-out, but that's probably not it, just a coincidence.
So as it happens, we have what started out as a look back on ARs past which has morphed into "whatever" in the "steel cage" because twinkletoes fails at reading comprehension and abstract thought. But say that, and all the threats start...
We'll see...
jimHJJ(...je suis que je suis et ne plus pas rien...or sumphin like that...)
jneutron
09-29-2005, 12:16 PM
Meeeeeee, I'm not at the top of anything, cept maybe the Drapers (I wish).
Drapers?? :confused:
Isn't Gene's brother a mech eng? Or was it Gene??
I dunno...I won't quibble...I'll just look down my nose at both of em... ;) (equal opportunity snobbery) :p
Cheers, John
jneutron
09-29-2005, 12:22 PM
Hey there Jim..
Discontinue all attempts at evaluating him based on intellect or logic..you will fail.
You represent a threat. period. And you are dealt with as such.
Taint logic driving the responses..tis emotion. My guess is insecurity.
Lots of that goin around on the web. Just look at AA.
jimHJJ(...je suis que je suis et ne plus pas rien...or sumphin like that...)
Oh yah??? well, same to you..buddy.. :confused:
Cheers, John
PS...didn't that "discontinue all...." sentence sound intellectual-like?? Oh man, I'm cool.. :cool: frosty, even...
Mudcat
09-30-2005, 04:53 AM
Drapers?? :confused:
Yeah,the Charles Stark Draper Prize, that annual $0.5 mil award given to engineers by the National Academy of Engineering because the Swedish academy of sciences (Nobel Prize) dissed engineers.
I was floated around as a nomime back in the 80's for some magneto-hydrodynamic work but the Navy wouldn't let any details so it didn't go far. But there were also other drawbacks
1)it took over 7000 kW to make a 140 foot yacht go 7 knots
2)every compass around Tokyo bay pointed to the boat
3)we had to dump several pound of radioactive cesium into the water to make it work
4)we gave up when a JAL 747 tried to land on the boat (see #2)
Isn't Gene's brother a mech eng? Or was it Gene??
Steve
jneutron
09-30-2005, 07:47 AM
Yeah,the Charles Stark Draper Prize, that annual $0.5 mil award given to engineers by the National Academy of Engineering because the Swedish academy of sciences (Nobel Prize) dissed engineers.
I was floated around as a nomime back in the 80's for some magneto-hydrodynamic work but the Navy wouldn't let any details so it didn't go far. But there were also other drawbacks
1)it took over 7000 kW to make a 140 foot yacht go 7 knots
2)every compass around Tokyo bay pointed to the boat
3)we had to dump several pound of radioactive cesium into the water to make it work
4)we gave up when a JAL 747 tried to land on the boat (see #2)
Steve
Well, congrats on the distinction, even if ya couldn't get the press.. Yah, if someone gets the nobel on something I made, I also will be a very small pimple on the backside...
1. Shoulda had a superconducting magnet..once you cool the persistance switch, it requires zero external power to maintain the field..then, it's all fridge losses and water drop.
2. If the external field of the MHD was that strong, you obviously needed some of the guys I work with. They'da designed the external field to be under half a gauss. It's all in a day's work for them.. :cool:
3. Guess the cesium was to ionize? Or, did it somehow suppress hydrolysis?. :confused:
4. Yah, but at least the nose gear was probably pointing in the right direction.. :eek:
Some of the stuff we work with is so cool, isn't it?
Cheers, John
Tom Andry
09-30-2005, 08:18 AM
Well, congrats on the distinction, even if ya couldn't get the press.. Yah, if someone gets the nobel on something I made, I also will be a very small pimple on the backside...
1. Shoulda had a superconducting magnet..once you cool the persistance switch, it requires zero external power to maintain the field..then, it's all fridge losses and water drop.
2. If the external field of the MHD was that strong, you obviously needed some of the guys I work with. They'da designed the external field to be under half a gauss. It's all in a day's work for them.. :cool:
3. Guess the cesium was to ionize? Or, did it somehow suppress hydrolysis?. :confused:
4. Yah, but at least the nose gear was probably pointing in the right direction.. :eek:
Some of the stuff we work with is so cool, isn't it?
Cheers, John
Damn! That was like four posts in a row where I understood every word (a record) then you drop this on me....now, where is my dictionary again.... ;)
jneutron
09-30-2005, 08:37 AM
Damn! That was like four posts in a row where I understood every word (a record) then you drop this on me....now, where is my dictionary again.... ;)
I was kinda hopin you'd provide some more daffynitions..was that you a while back that made those funny ones in the superconducting wire thread??
Persistance switch..if you make a magnet with superconducting wire, and can short the terminals together after the magnet is energized, the current will continue to flow long after the power supply has been disconnected. MRI guys do this, they ramp the current in the magnet, throw the shorting switch, then disconnect the supply..it will stay at the right field for weeks at a time. Sometimes they have a mechanical contact to short the terminals, sometimes they use superconductor shorting piece, but keep the shorting piece warm, like 20 Kelvin, and it is a resistor..when they let it cool down, it becomes the super short.. Since the magnetic field requirement for an mri is roughly 1 part in 10<sup>9</sup> stability, power supplies cannot regulate to that precision, and the persistant mode of operation is the best.
Water drop is the voltage across the water when they push current through it..if they have 1000 amps of current, and 100 volts of drop, that is 100 kilowatts of heat lost. Tracking a ship or sub would only require following the boiling water.. :(
A gauss is a unit of magnetic field. A Tesla is 10,000 gauss. Superconductor magnets run from 2 to 10 Tesla in industry, earth's magnetic field is about one half gauss. Regular copper wire magnets are very hard to make over 2 Tesla without melting the copper.
Ionize: Water is not very conductive. If you can ionize it, you might be able to increase the conductivity..that reduces the heating of the water..that 1000 amp times 100 volts...lower the resistance, that 100 volts goes down. Some radiation is called ionizing, because it has enough energy to remove an electron from an atom, causing it to be positively charged.
Hydrolysis is using electrical current to convert water to hydrogen and oxygen.
Nose gear: what is found on the cashier in the clothing boutique at the mall.
Cheers, John
Mudcat
09-30-2005, 09:45 AM
2. If the external field of the MHD was that strong, you obviously needed some of the guys I work with. They'da designed the external field to be under half a gauss. It's all in a day's work for them.. :cool:
Hey, we were just a bunch of MEs with funding, what did we know about magnets.
3. Guess the cesium was to ionize? Or, did it somehow suppress hydrolysis?. :confused:
Purely ionization.
FLZapped
09-30-2005, 10:47 AM
Hey there Jim..
Discontinue all attempts at evaluating him based on intellect or logic..you will fail.
You represent a threat. period. And you are dealt with as such.
Taint logic driving the responses..tis emotion. My guess is insecurity.
Lots of that goin around on the web. Just look at AA.
I think AA has been better off that AR of late....
-Bruce
markw
09-30-2005, 03:24 PM
I think AA has been better off that AR of late....
-Bruce...and, from the number of new posts at AR as of late, I'd say many, many people agree with you.
Them new mods certainly drew in the hits, didn't they?
FLZapped
10-01-2005, 04:32 AM
...and, from the number of new posts at AR as of late, I'd say many, many people agree with you.
Them new mods certainly drew in the hits, didn't they?
Well, yes, if you're thinking of a baseball bat between the legs.....
markw
10-01-2005, 07:18 AM
They wanted a more "upscale friendly" site that, IMNSHO, was more advertiser friendly. By frowning on any objective views in favor of subjective ones they think they will attain that goal.
And, I remember one of the mods looking down on this site by saying it's only for newbies and HT. And what, might I ask, is AR's main user base interested in?
I'm still waiting for some serious FAQ's and technical articles like this site has.
But hey, they should probably thank this site for the publicity it generates for them. As they say in the biz, bad publicity is better than none at all.
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