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[rlortie]

Guys,

I really do appreciate all you input. I am printing it out so that I can check my system line by line.

Spiros I do not think that my Norton program is to blame. Pictures in my albums under "My pictures" that in the past opened with either "Windows Picture It 2000" and "MS fax and photo viewer" are all now opening in Paint. I can re-save and change name and install in a different location. when I click on it it opens back up in paint again.

Some how some way Paint thinks it is the default program for displaying pictures. I have isolated a few with Office Excel viewer and it does not seem to effect MS movie maker where I am doing a sequence on the Denis project.

Well I have cried on your shoulders long enough, thank you!

Ralph

[ME]

Ralph.. You may have a firewall issue which is blocking the transmission of possibly "unsafe" files

20:15 I just added the account to the 'Normal' Outlook, Now I have two jpegs (instead of winmail.dat)
21:13 repeat: Now I have two jpegs (2048x1536)
22:34 I have send (back) smaller versions (640x480) by E-mail

In short: Nothing wrong with his firewall...

Jpeg is not considered unsafe, It is not like WMF which is able to have executable code in it (stupid windows!). If Jpegs are blocked, then all is blocked, or get another firewall or viruschecker!

[graham]

Hi there Scott, I have a question for you about the option "Notify me when a reply is posted"

A couple of weeks ago I changed my isp and so ended up with a new email address.
I changed it in my "profile" to the new address but since then have NEVER had any notification on the topics I'm watching.

Curiously I did get a "new private message has arrived" email sent to the new email address.

Can you help solve my problem Scott
Thanks
Graham

[scott]

Hi Graham. No I'm not sure why that would happen. Spam filter maybe? If not you can try resetting your watched topics from scratch. There is a link to manage them all in one place on the index page when you are logged in where it says "You are watching X topics."
Good luck,
Scott

[graham]

Hi Scott , curiosity has me to ask about the "rep" levels.

There are two more levels above and beyond the highest rep level , that being "Highly regarded". I've never seen a ranking higher than that being awarded to a member.

What are the next two levels , and what would it take for someone to climb to those lofty heights ?

My creative unconscious has gone off on vacation but I just had to post something just to keep busy.

Graham

[rlortie]

Please be advised that due to inactivity on my part and those of registered members. I am closing down my blog. It was thought to be a worthwhile avenue when started, but is now found no interest in keeping it open. Hopefully this will help clear up some room on the old hard drive as well as the header page.

I apologize to Scott for the time and effort he went to for our convenience. It seems as jim_mich and John Collins were correct when they stated we did not need another forum.

General discussion and Community Buzz seems to handle it very well except for private posting.

Scott,

I thank you and feel free to delete what ever I cannot.

Ralph

[scott]

OK Ralph, that's fine. Sorry it didn't work out for you. As far as your blanket statement about blogs being unnecessary in general though I strongly disagree. I have found my own blog to be a great venue for posting thoughts and links that are not Bessler related but are interesting and worth sharing nonetheless.

http://www.besslerwheel.com/forum/weblog.php?w=3

-Scott

[scott]

Hi Scott , curiosity has me to ask about the "rep" levels.
Graham

Hi Graham,
All of the rep system details can be found in the FAQ. The next two levels are Admired and Revered. I am holding off on enabling those until the total user base increases in size to an appropriate level. To my mind, you can only be Admired or Revered if there are a LOT of people involved. Currently only 153 out of the total 391 members have a reputation at all (meaning they have been given a positive or negative vote by another member). When this number doubles or triples, I will consider opening up the "loftier heights."

Best,
Scott

[scott]

Oh boy, here we go. I know this will probably induce a flame frenzy at me from some quarters, but it needs to be done.

As described in the FAQ, I try to periodically check over the reputation system to make sure it is working fairly and accurately as designed. In my last perusal, I noticed that some members had about the same number of positive and negative votes, but still had quite positive reputations overall. Some, in fact, had quite a few more negative votes than positive ones. It seemed to me that since the positive and negative votes for these members was pretty even, that fact should be better reflected in their overall reputation with a more neutral value.

I soon realized that the discrepancy was caused by the multipliers. The idea behind the multipliers is twofold: a.) members with a higher reputation should have more influence and b.) it should be easier to earn a good reputation than a bad one.

Previously, the multiplier for a negative vote was exactly half of that for a positive one. This meant that if you had twice as many negative votes as positive ones, you could still remain even. This does not seem right to me.

So I raised the multiplier to about three-fourths, which means a negative vote now counts about 3/4's as much as a positive one, rather than half as much, as before.

With the new multipliers in place, the overall ratings now reflect the total votes cast much more accurately.

I believe this was a bug in the system all along, which needed real world use by lots of users to uncover.

The bottom line is that some reputations have gone up and some have gone down. Overall though, they are now much more balanced and more accurately reflect the total votes cast.

-Scott

[Sevich]

Hi Scott,

I frankly think this reputation system is not working and is only used for personality preferences and hardly much in judgement of free energy research.

This forum has been split in two a while back and seems to be a situation of the educated wannabes (the ones that suck up to the top high raki....."yes men") and on the other hand you have the average independents



"Independents" .........(battling to keep the forum interesting with variable input without being stabbed/pressured)

V's

"Yes men" ......... (group of Untouchables, gently wispering "if you'd like to be like us (high rating) clever, smart..... just kiss our butt as many times as it takes and above all, agree with all we say"! (this group is the one that scratch each other's back)


PS.......at times it's necessary to mow down many civilians in the hope a few colaborators are caught out! .........that can be the only option at times..........it's the only payback way!

Scott, I don't mean to offend, but you're responsible for this frankestein reputation system.

[ovyyus]

Sounds like the voice of paranoia and jealousy again? Or is it just our old friend Complete Frustration :D

Anton, in your mind I'm sure the forum IS split between your "educated wannabe suckups", your "average independent battlers" and, of course, your untouchable whispering "Yes men". Your world certainly sounds much more interesting than mine. But hey, don't let me spoil your fantasy!

I've been wondering why you seem to have issues. I guess that's another minor mystery settled... for me at least... moving right along now...


EDIT: BTW, your avatar looks pretty angry recently. I think you need to figure out what to be angry about, though. Casting false accusations won't do you any good at all.

[Sevich]

Bill,

Some members wish to let you know what they really think! but unfortunatly caint without you wispering into Scott's ear ? ...mmmmm ...I always wondered who pulled the "besslerwheel.com" strings, you or Scott ?? ....mmmm or maybe one of you are retiring soon and are prepairing Ralph for the job ?? seeing he was pretty much running the forum lately. Is he being groomed for something bigger? :D


Bill, it's a case of you and the rest of management upstairs with their (undeserved) bloated high salary's and perks to match, strictly eyeing out those poor workers on the factory floor. They the workers know that if they want to get to the top, they'll need to kiss...kiss...kiss...

So this company is partly owned by scott and bill, and now Ralph is wedging his way in and want's his share of control......yeeeeee..hhaa!

All in good humor!



EDIT: BTW.....unlike your avatar, mine does'nt show me hiding behind another person. :D

Come to think of it..... I hope it's a not guy standing behind you,......might turn out another saucy....yeeeee..hhaaaaa :D

[rlortie]

Sevich,

And why do you feel that members cannot say what they think. Why should Bill whisper into Scotts ear, when Scott can read it for himself!

Pulling the strings is done my Moderators, Scott is owner and primary moderator. Others control only their own private or open sub forums.

Pulling the strings of a desirable forum is done by the consensus of the majority. You have an opinion of what is said and done here as much as any other member. Unfortunately as per replying to your above post, more is said than done!

No one is preparing Ralph for anything, I work on my own and not unlike other prominent members who have left this forum due to individual member influence, find myself asking "What am I doing here" Almost all of my productive research and working with other members is done by private mail.

"Running the forum", I suggest you take a look at the stats to see who is doing the most posting and then compare that figure to the reputation bars!

Ralph is busy enough building wheels and doing research to be groomed by anyone. I have my own facilities and need not involve myself with armchair philosophers bickering over irrelevant Bessler objectives.

Wedging my way into what? It is remarks such as this that the only productive end result ,is running down the batterys in my wireless keyboard and mouse!

Ralph

[John Collins]

I'm curious about your avatar Anton, as it is similar to my own, except your's is in red and blue and has added features. Can you explain the thinking behind it?

John Collins

[Sevich]

John Collins,

Has been rectified.......my apologies!


Resemblance seemed mynute at the time.