A question for Scott.

[VANDUGEGS]

Scott,

If you would like me to stop posting on your Discussion Board, Just say, Goodbye Darrell and I will never post again.
I will continue to see what is happening on this Board and protect my name, but I will never post again.
To all members, say goodbye or forever hold your piece.

Darrell Vandusen Sr
VANDU GREEN ENERGY GRAVITATIONAL SYSTEMS

March 24/05

Scott

I would like to apologize for my quick and immature posting, that you see above. This will not happen again.

Some people may wonder about the word Goodbye. It has been a bad habit of mine for many years, for when I say goodbye, it's just a polite way of saying, I will have nothing more to do with you, in any way, or form.

Your forum remains as imformative as always, especilly to one with both, vision and an open mind.

Their have been two pictures posted in the past of machines that would work, with the correct adjustments in weight, measurement and ratio.
For those that are wondering, no, they are not in my postings.

Thanks again for your time.

VANDUGEGS

[racer270]

Scott,

I will never post again.
To all members, say goodbye or forever hold your piece.

Darrell Vandusen Sr
VANDU GREEN ENERGY GRAVITATIONAL SYSTEMS

protect your name.....?
you have had plenty of time to do that.....
just prove-up your claims, give pete his money back, and everyone else you took money from,,,

build it, sell it...................and BECOME the ......"KING OF THE WORLD" DARRELL....JUST STOP BLOWING SMOKE

IF YOU CANT......... JUST SAY GOODBYE....!

[Oxygon]

this is getting foolish...

perpetuating this is just stupid...

let it go... all of you...

you could save face by not groveling to the mod. and just fly straight...

It never ceases to amaze me, the behavior of people in internet forums...

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[Ed]

and you are PART of that behavior...

:-/

[Jonathan]

LOL, having fun with the different text styles Ed? Not even Cosmo Kramer could pronounce a line with so many different emphases! :D

[ovyyus]

Actually, I think Ed is right - LOL

[ovyyus]

oops - clicked submit twice. In fact I have nothing more to say, except maybe - GOODBYE!!!

[Sevich]

oops - clicked submit twice

There is a delete tab, did'nt you know!

[Oxygon]

see what I mean...

unpredictable....

A seemingly serious discussion explodes into weirdness...

;P

[Clarkie]

Please guys, let it drop, I'm the one who has lost out here and I'm saying drop it now, its not helping anyone, lets get back to the task.

Move on.

Pete.

[ovyyus]

Sorry Pete, you lost out bigtime but others lost too.

Only just now received this from his majesty, who is a bit slow on the uptake me thinks :P

Bill, March 24th/05

After some thought, I have decided it is time that you now delete any and all information, relating to my machine, as per our non-discloser agreement.
I don't foresee any dealings with you in any way.

Goodbye Bill!

Darrell

[Silver Eyes]

http://www.amasci.com/freenrg/fnrg.html

[scott]

If you would like me to stop posting on your Discussion Board, Just say, Goodbye Darrell and I will never post again.

The way I see it Darrell, it is not up to me to determine when you should stop posting. It is up to you.

What I have set out to do here is create a marketplace of ideas about the Bessler mystery and free energy in general.

But a thriving marketplace is always based upon an underlying system of trust and respect, and an individual's success or failure in any marketplace is always tied to his or her reputation. That's why Ebay, Amazon, and so many others have all had to address the issue of reputation at some point or another. Now it is besslerwheel.com's turn.

My job, as I see it, is to implement a fair and effective reputation system to make sure that everyones' reputations are accurately reflected in all of their dealings in the marketplace.

On a related note, I am going to change the lowest reputation rating from "Disregarded and disrespected" to "This member should be banned." I have also decided to assign this reputation to whomever at least 50% of members give a negative ranking. Whenever a member drops to this lowest threshold and stays there for one month, he or she will be automatically banned.

To all members, say goodbye or forever hold your piece.

Now Darrell, watch your Freudian Slips there. Remember, this is a family discussion board. ;-)

-Scott

[ovyyus]

On a related note, I am going to change the lowest reputation rating from "Disregarded and disrespected" to "This member should be banned." I have also decided to assign this reputation to whomever at least 50% of members give a negative ranking. Whenever a member drops to this lowest threshold and stays there for one month, he or she will be automatically banned.

Bravo Scott!

However (oh no), I might point out that about 1/3 of all registered members have made zero total posts and well over 1/2 of all registered members have only made 5 posts or less each.

The actual participation rate here is obviously far less than the total current member count of 197. A typical poll will draw only about 20-25 total votes from a membership of nearly 200 = 12% participation rate, at best. I'm sure you see what I'm getting at in relation to the required 50% of membership to achieve a banning.

[scott]

Hi Bill, yes I see your point and it's a good one. For the reputation system to matter at all, it must have real consequences.

Here's what we'll do: if a member receives a negative rating from 50% of all the members *who have a rated someone*, for one month, then that member will be automatically banned.

To put this into context, so far there are 23 members who've given a rating to another member. Of those 23, only 7 have given a negative rating to one particular member. So that particular member is just 5 votes away from a 50% negative rating.

I'm trying to make the system as "self-regulating" as possible, and this solution seems like the right way to go.

In that same vein, I'm working on packaging and producing this reputation system as an open source phpbb modification, which I think might be quite useful to a lot of phpbb administrators out there.

As I envision it now there will be an administrator control panel where you can set all the various parameters, and even customize the "Dear John" email that is sent along when a user is automatically banned by the system.

To my mind this approach really does remove almost all subjectivity. Everyone knows the rules up front, and everyone knows that the rules will be applied in a fair and consistent manner. It's kind of like life. That way, administrators like me can just sit back and relax! This is *supposed* to be a fun hobby, after all. ;-)

-Scott

P.S. Now that there's been a spread in the reputation ratings (points all started at 1000, now range from about 990 to 1050), I will start adjusting the category limits to provide a little more granularity in the distribution.

P.P.S. Here is the current ranking by points. The system is completely transparent, and this info will be available on the main statistics page anyway when I'm finished with the mod. So here's a snapshot in case you're curious in the meantime:

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points  username 
 
1049    jim_mich 
1042    Fletcher 
1038    John Collins 
1037    Stewart 
1036    ovyyus 
1032    Vic Hays 
1031    scott 
1031    Jonathan 
1029    Michael 
1028    coylo 
1028    Oystein 
1024    rlortie 
1023    Clarkie 
1023    ken_behrendt 
1023    Trev 
1020    Ed 
1019    graham 
1018    MrTim 
1012    racer270 
1012    Oxygon 
1012    jtolan 
1010    Smithy 
1009    Sevich 
1009    Jeff L. 
1005    Patrick 
1005    etjoe 
1005    John Lindsay 
1005    Madmax 
1005    MC 
1005    trevie 
1005    Nathaniel 
1005    Tausen 
1005    Gravmaster2000 
1005    Gill Simo 
1005    murilo 
1005    Tinhead 
1005    chap 
1005    sequeen 
1004    Joel Wright 
1004    epistemologicide 
1001    Georg Künstler 
1000    spinner 
1000    testuser 
 999    Silver Eyes 
 999    bluesgtr44 
 999    TommyK 
 998    PM NIZI 
 993    VANDUGEGS