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 Captain Avatar  Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0 
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BillHyland  Send message Joined: 30 Apr 04 Posts: 907 Credit: 5,764,172 RAC: 0
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Later today I enabled the policy that you have to have a RAC over 10 in order to rate posts. Mute points are good, but I prefer 'moo points' (like a cow's opinion, they just don't matter!) ID: 318204 · |
Michael     Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4603 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 41
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I'd love to get HALF his farm, lol ID: 318057 · |
Hans Dorn  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2262 Credit: 26,448,570 RAC: 0 
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Since he has 10 million hours of seti classic CPU time, I would guess he has been with us for quite a while :o) Regards Hans ID: 317798 · |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles  Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
It's over a million. If any one person has that high of a RAC, I'm impressed. No. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me 
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The Simonator  Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 114 
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It's over a million. If any one person has that high of a RAC, I'm impressed. Did we ever find out how he got that high? Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. 
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Misfit  Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21803 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0
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It's over a million. If any one person has that high of a RAC, I'm impressed. Then I'd say NEZ has a lot of work to do. ;) me@rescam.org ID: 315961 · |
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Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21803 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0
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Edit: I can't believe I missed that... Nevermind me@rescam.org ID: 315828 · |
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Captain Avatar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0
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Later today I enabled the policy that you have to have a RAC over 10 in order to rate posts. The point is mute and why raise the dead. just try and minus someone won't work.
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Rom Walton (BOINC)  Send message Joined: 28 Apr 00 Posts: 579 Credit: 130,733 RAC: 0
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It's over a million. If any one person has that high of a RAC, I'm impressed. ----- Rom BOINC Development Team, U.C. Berkeley My Blog ID: 315823 · |
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Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21803 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0
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Later today I enabled the policy that you have to have a RAC over 10 in order to rate posts. I recommend raising that to 100 just to make sure. me@rescam.org ID: 315821 · |
AC  Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0
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AC Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0
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@ admin: Please, could you finally get rid of the plus/minus option? It's too disruptive, and causes some of the bad stuff that goes on around here. And many people are too tempted to use it. Well anyways until it's gone I'm gone. [edit] On second thought f*ck it I'm gone. I'll remember you my friends. Bye. :( [/edit] ID: 311205 · |
Scary Capitalist  Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0
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If not eliminated altogether perhaps it should be limited to only positive ratings so that some of the above problems could still be addressed. When someone posts in the 'What color is the sky?' thread and they post 'the sky is blue' and they receive multiple negative ratings because of the name attached to their post it is a bit lousy, and dishonest. ID: 310774 · |
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Darth Dogbytes™ Send message Joined: 30 Jul 03 Posts: 7512 Credit: 2,021,148 RAC: 0
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I wholeheartedly concur. You can even see it in this thread as well. Account frozen... ID: 310507 · |
RDC  Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 544 Credit: 1,215,728 RAC: 0
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Every board I've ever gone to that has rating abilities has had the problem of rating abuse. I personally see no need for having ratings given the widespread abuse they seem to have. The argument of it allowing offensive posts to be hidden or quality posts to be highlighted holds little water for me. Too often I've seen good quality posts rated poorly while having poor quality posts rated high. To me, most sites I've seen end up using ratings more as a popularity contest as well as a way to try and silence some, regardless of the post relevance, instead of as a useful tool to legitimately weed out poor posts.  To truly explore, one must keep an open mind... ID: 310328 · |
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AC Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0
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What I am suggesting is that current crunching contributors are included in the minimum RAC to post rule? It sounds fair, but if someone really want's to log on just to minus people, than they'll just slowly increase thier RAC or credit to get around it. But yes, I think it's possible. It might have to be programmed into the system. ID: 310262 · |
John Clark  Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0
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That sounds like a good idea to me. I think that it might have been discussed before, but how about not having a rating system at all? It might help in getting rid of some of the tension. If it is possible, I would suggest, as well, as the "minimum RAC to post" this RAC should be active. That is maintained so the "Show Active Computers over 30 Days" is also implemented What I am suggesting is that current crunching contributors are included in the minimum RAC to post rule? I am not suggesting they should have an increasing RAC over this minimum, but show a slowly increasing total credit. Any thoughts as to this, and whether it is possible? It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues  
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AC Send message Joined: 22 Jan 05 Posts: 3413 Credit: 119,579 RAC: 0
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That sounds like a good idea to me. I think that it might have been discussed before, but how about not having a rating system at all? It might help in getting rid of some of the tension. You're right, it probably has that effect as well. Another thing is, it might not be a big deal for many people here, but for someone more sensitive or not used to usenet, seeing minus ratings on thier post can be losy. ID: 310247 · |
Es99  Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10872 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 
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That sounds like a good idea to me. I think that it might have been discussed before, but how about not having a rating system at all? It might help in getting rid of some of the tension. I totally agree. They often act like a cheering or jeering crowd egging the participants of a dispute on. Reality Internet Personality ID: 310244 · |
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