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Message 246 of 653 (645985)
01-01-2012 11:32 AM
Reply to: Message 243 by Admin
12-31-2011 4:41 PM


Re: Ratings Still Suck
Hi percy,
I agree with Chuck that there should only be a mark for good posts - particularly if you want to key it to post of the month selections (would you need more than 1?)
If you are going to go +/-, then there should be some way to normalize the results for the numbers of people of the + and - persuasions.
I would think that the default and average would be 5 and then skew the below 5 to go from 1 to 5 and the above 5 to go from 5 to 10.
Someone with no cheers or jeers should be a 5.
It would also be interesting to be able to click on a members rating and see a link to the most cheered and most jeered posts.
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Message 251 of 653 (648206)
01-13-2012 10:15 PM
Reply to: Message 248 by herebedragons
01-13-2012 8:40 PM


Re: Member Ratings. what about comment rating?
Hi herebedragons,
I have noticed that some people just go down the posts in a thread and, (or at least it appears) they cheer those posts they agree with and jeer those they disagree with regardless of quality of content.
I see any way for a rating system to avoid being a popularity vote.
Perhaps a "like" button in addition ...
It used to be like\dislike, and still ended up being a popularity vote.
I am sure that is not what you intend for the rating system.
As I understand it, the rating system is an attempt to identify good quality posts for the Post of the Month thread.
Initially (iirc) it was a numbered scale. This too became a popularity vote.
Personally I think only "cheer" "like" or "+" should be allowed if the intent is to identify good posts. Perhaps it should be labeled "well written" ...
Another kick that may be cool but difficult to implement would be a highlight and "like" the highlighted quote, then when the "well written" button is hovered it would either pop out the section or highlight it.
It ends up that creationists have a low score and evolutionists have a high score.
Only because there are more evolutionists that use the rating system than creationists. I've been on other boards and the ratings and distribution of people were reversed.
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Message 257 of 653 (648290)
01-14-2012 8:43 AM
Reply to: Message 252 by Coyote
01-13-2012 10:30 PM


Re: Member Ratings. what about comment rating?
Hi Coyote
Post of the day
Post of the week
Post of the month
with a toggle filter such that you could not pick more than 1 a day for best of day, 1 a week for best of week and 1 a month for best of month?
fun filter coding
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Message 261 of 653 (648301)
01-14-2012 9:40 AM
Reply to: Message 253 by herebedragons
01-14-2012 7:59 AM


Re: Member Ratings. what about comment rating?
Hi again herebedragons
I was just kinda thinking that it would be nice to look at a members rating and have an idea of whether it would be worthwhile to enter into a debate with them or not; rather than whether they are creationist or evolutionist.
Yeah, that is kind of the crux of the matter, and it depends on how objective people are rather than on how subjective\emotional they are.
I wonder if there would be some way to set it up with a grid
pro con
good good
pro
good
con
bad bad
pro
bad
con
OR, with radio buttons
I Agree with this position and rate this a goodbad argument
I Disagree with this position and rate this a goodbad argument
(Default no rating)
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Message 287 of 653 (682634)
12-04-2012 9:06 AM
Reply to: Message 285 by foreveryoung
12-04-2012 4:41 AM


Re: Ocean acidification
Hi foreveryoung,
CO2 + H2O = H2CO3 = H + HCO3 = 2H + CO3
Don't know how to type the ions in.
You got the subscript down, and superscript is similar: H- = H-

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Message 288 of 653 (682638)
12-04-2012 9:31 AM
Reply to: Message 285 by foreveryoung
12-04-2012 4:41 AM


Re: Ocean acidification
Hi foreveryoung,
CO2 + H2O = H2CO3 = H + HCO3 = 2H + CO3
Don't know how to type the ions in.
You got the subscript down, and superscript is similar: H- = H-
So you could do:
CO2 + H2O = H2CO3 = H- + HCO3+ = 2H- + CO3++
When carbon dioxide is dissolved in the ocean, does all of it immediately react with water to form carbonic acid or is there dissolved, unreacted carbon dioxide in the water too?
All three can exist in the ocean, but more so at the surface. See Dr. Adequates article on
Introduction To Geology Message 118
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Message 304 of 653 (684892)
12-19-2012 9:15 AM
Reply to: Message 303 by Faith
12-19-2012 2:40 AM


Re: Searching for a very old post
Hi Faith
How do I find a very old post of mine that probably goes back to 2005 or so?
Try google site search:
site: EvC Forum: Home Page faith grand canyon
it found a couple of old posts
EvC Forum: reply to Faith: Deposition and erosion
EvC Forum: Are Grand Canyon Sediments the result of the worldwide flood?
the more information you can put in the search the more likely you are to find the posts you are looking for
Enjoy
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Message 308 of 653 (687351)
01-09-2013 6:03 PM
Reply to: Message 307 by Dogmafood
01-08-2013 7:53 PM


Re: Polling Feature
Would it be difficult to add an active polling feature here?
Yes No
Does anyone else think that it would be useful?
Yes No
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Message 345 of 653 (753468)
03-20-2015 8:40 AM
Reply to: Message 341 by New Cat's Eye
03-19-2015 3:26 PM


Re: rights
For some reason, my girlfriend has a hard time accepting that I'm thinking about nothing...
Just say "sex" because they already believe that

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Message 394 of 653 (785451)
06-05-2016 10:23 AM
Reply to: Message 366 by coffee_addict
04-12-2016 5:57 PM


Re: FYI, I've shamelessly stolen EvC technology
So did you put a counter on it to see how much activity it got?

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Message 395 of 653 (785452)
06-05-2016 10:36 AM
Reply to: Message 385 by Percy
05-05-2016 8:27 AM


Re: A song........
that always takes me back to university daze lying on the quad grass with that playing out someone's window ... when I wasn't playing frisbee ...
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Message 404 of 653 (786716)
06-25-2016 2:00 PM
Reply to: Message 402 by Emotive
06-25-2016 1:23 PM


Re: PM notifications?
Yes. the tab button Messaging blinks.
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Message 427 of 653 (795048)
12-05-2016 9:00 AM


Is there a way to embed facebook videos? they provide this coding:
and it works!

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Message 429 of 653 (795311)
12-10-2016 9:21 PM


Moon Earth Impact - for Adminnemooseus
in Message 8 of proposed thread Mediterranean sea, Hudson bay and the Mississippi embayment
Adminnemooseus writes:
There may be some germs of truth buried in there, but much is fantasy.
...Moon impacted 13kya...
I think that the Moon impacting the Earth ever is an outlandish concept, much less this having happened 13kya.
Actually more like 4.5 billion years ago:
quote:
Giant-impact hypothesis
The giant-impact hypothesis, sometimes called the Big Splash, or the Theia Impact suggests that the Moon formed out of the debris left over from a collision between Earth and an astronomical body the size of Mars, approximately 4.5 billion years ago, in the Hadean eon; about 20 to 100 million years after the solar system coalesced.[1] ... Analysis of lunar rocks, published in 2016, suggests that the impact may have been a direct hit, causing a thorough mixing of both parent bodies.[3]
The giant-impact hypothesis is currently the favoured scientific hypothesis for the formation of the Moon.[4] Supporting evidence includes:
See article for list.
So yes impact, but no not 13kya, long after Homo sapiens walked into prehistory, and yes it pretty likely destroyed the prepubescent earth at that time.
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Message 546 of 653 (863060)
09-19-2019 2:20 PM
Reply to: Message 544 by dwise1
09-19-2019 1:31 PM


Re: Speedometer Scales in Different Countries
Canada has dual ring speedos. (only for special swimming events).
Of my two classic minis, the 1967 one built in england for export (to finland) has dual rings, while the 1970 one assembled in italy from kit has single ring km's.
I not only use 100= 40 (50 = 30) but 80 = 50 (40 = 25)
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