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[aron]

The thread about Tom and some other threads I have read reminded me that just because someone has been posting in this forum, doesn't automatically make them trust-worthy. Remember, there's a lot of people posting under psuedonyms and that alone should let you know that you don't know who they are.

I made a mistake when I started my forum - I should have asked for real names. If you take a good look at the people that post under their real names, most of them post valuable information. This is not to say that people that post under psuedonyms don't, because I know a lot of them that do. All I am trying to say is that a lot of times you really don't know who you are dealing with.

If you are attempting to deal with someone in the forum, do a search of their posts to see what kind of person you are dealing with. You can read a lot from their posts in the past.

Another issue is deletion of entire posts. When I started this new forum, I gave everyone the ability to edit their posts. This was so that you can fix annoying typos, not so that you can go crazy and delete entire posts that you decided to retract because you made a "bad post" and later decided to wipe out the entire post.

Finally, please remember that a lot of people here are helping out of kindness. Do not abuse their helpfulness because these sites would not exist without them.

[Rain Dog]

Hey now... :wink:  I'm trust worthy, I'm just not very usefull...... yet!

[Lonestarjohnny]

Thats good advice Aron !
And RainDog, you remind me of my youngest Son, he Graduated highschool 4 years ago and instantly put on a T-Shirt that Say's { Won't Work For Nuthin } He He !
I can Barely read it anymore, He He !, He just enrolled at USTA so I guess Mom's Bleach did the Trick on that old T-Shirt :wink:  :wink:
JD

[Fret Wire]

Good points, Aron. As someone who post's under a psuedonym, I don't feel it affects what I say or don't say, nor the quality of my information. Or...lack of it :lol:  Nor would I say that a higher percentage of posts under real names have a more useful content. Having said that, there's You, RG, Doug H, Mark H, and so on, who do provide the large majority of the educational posts.

Other than the above, some of the posters who use first and last names, may not even be using their real names. If their advise works for me, I'm happy. And I agree that it is easy for some types to write differently under the guise of a psuedonym. Also, some people may just automatically trust posts more that appear to use real names.

I have no qualms about using my real name. I participate in several forums, and weighed this issue and decided on a psuedonym. What factors did I consider? For one, the sheer amount of alerts daily on my firewall, the virus' and infected emails my anti-virus catches. Don't forget that some of us may do online investing and banking too. Not everyone is an EE, but may have an occupation that makes a psuedonym a better choice or a security issue. Yes, this is a very friendly forum as far as forums go, but as you said, you never really know who you are talking with, real name or not.

If you use proper internet etiquitte, and stick to basically pedals, all can be judged equally on the content of their posts, and their respect for one another. It really doesn't have to be deeper than that with this type of  forum.

[Rain Dog]

Thats good advice Aron !
And RainDog, you remind me of my youngest Son, he Graduated highschool 4 years ago and instantly put on a T-Shirt that Say's { Won't Work For Nuthin } He He !
I can Barely read it anymore, He He !, He just enrolled at USTA so I guess Mom's Bleach did the Trick on that old T-Shirt :wink:  :wink:
JD

Well, that's cool! I'm glad I seem younger than my actual age.

[Arno van der Heijden]

Other than the above, some of the posters who use first and last names, may not even be using their real names.

Hey!! Do you think I would pick this name if I had to choose a fake first and last name??!!  

[Fret Wire]

I'm not so sure.....give me your address, ID #, phone #, drivers license #, bank account numbers...and of course ALL credit card numbers, and I'll get back to you. :lol:   :twisted:

Seriously, I hope you got more out of my post than that. Not accusing anyone of using fake names, just pointing out that not every name here may be real. And it's not for deceitfull reasons, probably the same reasons as psuedonyms. I could easily call myself Robert Johnson, or EC. It may not be my real name, but I could get amusment out of the fact that after every post, I could say, "EC was Here".

Edit: I just remembered something. I think I was one of the first posters to remind people to remove their email address links from posts. It was one of the threads where someone had a hot schematic and everybody wanted it. It may have been Doug Hammond's H-Way 89. And most people left their email links up.

Just remember, not everyone who looks here on this forum is a registered member.

[RDV]

RickyDonVance

Just makes it easier to type me name.

[Arno van der Heijden]

Fret Wire,

I totally agree with you. Of course I understand what you were trying to say, but I was just joking, hence the smiley.... :wink:

[Fret Wire]

Another issue is deletion of entire posts. When I started this new forum, I gave everyone the ability to edit their posts. This was so that you can fix annoying typos, not so that you can go crazy and delete entire posts that you decided to retract because you made a "bad post" and later decided to wipe out the entire post.

Aron, that's interesting point with two equally good sides. I'm not sure that's such a bad thing to be able to do that. If someone has a bad day or string of bad days, do they have to be reminded of it? I know it does preserve reality to keep a thread intact, warts and all. In real life, words are like bullets, hard to call back once you fire them off. If someone says something they feel they shouldnt have, maybe it's good to let them delete it. Most religions preach forgiveness, so maybe a poster doesn't need to have his off-moments preserved as an embarrassing reminder. Anything the matter with a deletion and a apology?

Would it serve the best interests of the Forum to leave it or delete it? If, for instance, Rodger Mayer visits and participates in a very helpful thread. Someone starts flaming him, and makes an ass of himself. A deletion and apology may be the best course, maybe Rodger doesnt come back because the thread was kept intact, and it angers him to see that everybody can see him get disrespected forever. Who Knows?

That very recent post that we are talking about got me curious. I've seen flame threads locked faster for less. And that person, for whatever reason, did wish to retract his statements and stop the thread from carrying on. There was really no new info there to be a benefit to the Forum. Usually You or Peter comes in, and locks it down, and in this case, the person in question, was requesting that it be locked down. I may be wrong, but I got the feeling that it was left unlocked so some members could give him a verbal slapdown that maybe was felt to be justified or warranted.

I don't know, just my 2 cents I've only participated in forums, and have no experience in their running or moderation. I've love to learn more from you and Peter on this.

[Fret Wire]

Fret Wire,

I totally agree with you. Of course I understand what you were trying to say, but I was just joking, hence the smiley.... :wink:

lol!!  Does that mean I can't have your credit card numbers? :lol:  :lol:

I think you have a cool name, impressive sounding  The image it conveys to me is that of a powerful person, who speaks with a deep voice, and everyone stops dead in their tracks like E.F. Hutton just spoke.

Regards,

Pete F....   If I tell you my whole name, I'll have to....make you listen to sampled rap music at 120db's. :lol:

[Brian Marshall]

I'd just like to take a moment to thank aron for maintaining, the forum, and keeping the archives arround so we can all reference back to them.

This site has been a valuable resource to me over the last year or so.  Also I'd like to thank everyone on the forum that particitpates in the asking and answering of questions.  I come from an electrical background, but my electronics knowlege is pretty basic to say the least.  Im pretty good at some things like engineering, and laying out parts in a box.  I can look at schematics, and usually tell what is going on pretty easilly, which is something i could not do a year and a half ago.  I try to answer questions, both here and on the HC formus as best i can.  Over on the HC forums people actually seem to think i 'know' what im talking about.  You guys here know better.

[Arno van der Heijden]

I think you have a cool name, impressive sounding  The image it conveys to me is that of a powerful person, who speaks with a deep voice, and everyone stops dead in their tracks like E.F. Hutton just spoke.

Wow!! :oops:  I don't know who E.F. Hutton is, but this sounds good....

I'm only a 23 year old student, so not really a good guess.
I guess it's the "van der" part of my last name. It always seems to confuse English speaking people.... I can even make it more confusing by abbreviating it to v.d. and it will surely be mistaken for my middle names...

[Fret Wire]

I'd just like to take a moment to thank aron for maintaining, the forum, and keeping the archives arround so we can all reference back to them.

This site has been a valuable resource to me over the last year or so.  Also I'd like to thank everyone on the forum that particitpates in the asking and answering of questions.

Thanks Brian for saying what I forgot to say in all my rambling :oops:

[jimbob]

Fretwire wrote

If you use proper internet etiquitte, and stick to basically pedals, all can be judged equally on the content of their posts, and their respect for one another. It really doesn't have to be deeper than that with this type of forum.

Thats makes a lot of sense to me. To be honest i really hate my posting name-jimbob--yeee haaa!! :lol: I dont even know where i got that. But I really didnt know what to expect from this place when I started so I didnt want to use any real info.

I do have to say I have been fortunate with those in this forum that ive traded with and ect.. Never got taken and everyone's been kind and polite to such a newbie at all this. It really turned out to be a great/addictive hobby. I hope one day I can give really give back like the big dogs here. But I have to say there might be a bad element here-like anywhere in the world- but I havnt came across them. A little silliness here and there though. No biggie.

And a big thanks to everyones help, honesty, adult behavior. I appreciate it.  

real name- james (jim) felix

[WGTP]

Hey, this is my real name.  

Actually I'm using my Rap name, cause my real name is sort of boring and this whole virtual deal is sort of a fantasy anyway, so I'm using my fantasy name that ... well you know where it came from.

I love this place and think Aron will have to REALLY screw up to not end up in Heaven.  People need to be kind, there is enough BS in the real world and :lol:  I don't come here for that.  XCAPE      :oops:

Thanks to those that have taught me so much and Moutains of Joy to all.

Yes, I've had a few drinks.

[RDV]

For the record:

I do know Tom's real name. It's on his website. I didn't use it cause I assume when people use a pseudonym when posting, then that's the way they want to be refered to.

I become concerned when regular contributors to the forum disappear suddenly. I have a bit of a brotherly like affinity for most of you out there. I don't actually 'see' my real brothers either very often, but I still wonder how they are if I don't hear from them for a while.

Regards

RickyDonVance

[Alpha579]

yeh, good advice aron,
being 13, i still generally go by my old folks rule of keeping myself anonymous, but most of you have gained my trust so much that i usually sign my First name!    
  Ill vouch for the fact i dont lye, but i also happen to be as useless as ever   ...

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

I can even make it more confusing by abbreviating it to v.d. and it will surely be mistaken for my middle names...

ahhhh....here's some medical advice, don't abbreviate it to VD!  
A friend of mine who is a 'van' recently became father of a little girl.. some of us wanted them to call the baby "Kombi" but the mum wouldn't go for it.

[Bluesgeetar]

Well.  I think Fret Wire pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Fret Wire your reading comprehension is excellent.  I wish everyone could follow your lead.  I mean I'm serious not being sarcastic.  God I swear sarcasm is killing the English language!  I can't figure out what anyone is saying or means anymore.

Even RG apparently went back and read my question again and made a suggestion or two and I clarified what I was saying.  So he apparently got it and I got what he was saying but some others apparently didn't get it and wanted to keep kicking the dead horse.  
So like Fret Wire said I tried desperatly to get Peter to remove the post cause I saw right away it was heading into bad waters and no good was gonna come out of it continuing.

I still can't figure out what was wrong with my initial question about the power supply.  I even said "please"  But nowadays Please doesn't mean the same I guess.  There is a sarcastic please and a genuine nice please.  Some people obviously had a chip on their shoulder and was ready to assume I mean the sarcastic please.

I think I had posted a simular question in the past and the GEO power supply always comes up.  And I have read that GEO article at least 10 times.  So instead of having the GEO thang come up again I nicely (I thought )  asked please don't refer me to that cause I already crossed that bridge and didn't want to go across it again.  I just wanted some help on the little simple idea I had.  Everything was totally innocent!  So I thought?  It would seem though that some people were just waiting for an excuse to jump on someone instead of being helpful.

I am still at a lose. :?: