Designated "Expert" Forum Users?

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7.83 Hz must be the brown note

[Brumby]

Hi All .

Hi ... and welcome to the EEVblog forum.

This may not be the best place for a newbie  .

This particular thread would not be my first recommendation.

Being a fast reader I have over the few days been reading many interesting posts

Then I saw this after, 19 pages . I got totally confused ..
Thinking Yes I would like some help from an Experts  in electronic .

This particular thread is exactly about how that could be done better by having members formally identified as being "expert".  The discussion has made it clear that such a direct "label" (as it were) is extremely problematic.

Sorry I might be told this is not a good thing to say on a first post .  But I just have to say ..
I am so put off by so many Experts bickering amongst them selves  .

This is not a new issue:  Beginners, don't run away, please!

Sometimes it may be bickering ... sometimes it may be debate.  Almost always differences of opinion come from each individual's experience being unique.  The result is as you have experienced - which gave rise to one member making a statement which I felt worthy of framing:


This forum draws involvement from a global community of people having vast diversity in language, culture, experience and temperament.  This is no different from the real world and, as such, learning some discernment is highly beneficial.  We are not an "homogenised" group in any way, shape of form.  We are just a bunch of people with an interest in electronics that found our way here.

It is also worth noting that everybody here contributes voluntarily, in their own time, for their own reasons ... and for free.

The topic deviation has covered every angle  .. Without coming close to 1 sensible answer .

It depends on what you call a sensible answer.

If you are talking about this thread in particular and you were expecting to see the "Expert" system in place, then you won't get that answer.  This is because there has been extensive discussion about the mechanics, the problems and the repercussions of doing so which have, for now, lead to an answer in the negative.

Which some how is telling me
I am in the Wrong electronic forum

I would suggest you interact with people here a bit more before considering walking away.  There have been other members who have found the EEVblog forum a much more palatable alternative to what is on offer elsewhere on the internet.

[rstofer]

This thread has covered a lot of territory and has input from most of the more active members.  AFAIK, it has achieved its purpose and the proposal has been canned.  We won't be getting our complimentary "Expert" badges any time soon.  That works for me!  I didn't like focusing on "Thanks" either.  I sometimes give replies and sometimes they are helpful.  That's all I expect to do and that's all anyone can expect of me.

Forget this thread or review it after you have been here a while and understand the dynamics of this site.  It is an unusual site in the sense that there is almost never a single right answer given.  That's because there is never a single right answer to give.  There are some very talented people contributing replies and yet, almost none want to be identified as an "Expert".  Just a bunch of individual contributors.

Watch how threads flow from what seemed like a simple question to a series of posts trying to get the question straightened out and then watch how many different solutions are offered.  Some solutions will be cheaper, easier, higher performing or whatever.  But there will likely never be just one answer.  And that's the beauty of this site.  Diversity of opinion...  "Gee, I never thought of that!".

[EEVblog]

Hi All .
This may not be the best place for a newbie  . Being a fast reader I have over the few days been reading many interesting posts
Then I saw this after, 19 pages . I got totally confused ..
Thinking Yes I would like some help from an Experts  in electronic .
 Sorry I might be told this is not a good thing to say on a first post .  But I just have to say ..
I am so put off by so many Experts bickering amongst them selves  .
  The topic deviation has covered every angle  .. Without coming close to 1 sensible answer . Which some how is telling me
I am in the Wrong electronic forum

This is a community forum, the regulars hang out here because it's like hanging out around the water cooler at work. We discuss stuff, and argue about stuff in the way you'd expect a bunch of engineers to fuss of the finest details, expecially in the "general chat" section.
There is "1 sensible answer" that matters in this thread and it's mine when I said this change wasn't going ahead, which was obvious from the poll results. The rest is regulars just chatting about their community and how it works and how they see it, and how they'd like the see it etc.
This thread is doing precisely its intended function.

[7.83hz]

 @ Mr  Brumby

Your comment and explanation was from and educated person     Thanks 

Not like some of your  fellow members . ie
 

Answer to 1) That is a funny question and deserves a funny answer . Being an XAerospace now well in my 75 plus yrs.
                    I thought 7.83hz may have been an answer .

        Didn't you know that should be written as 7.83 Hz ? 

    No!!   7.83hz  is written 100% correctly   . Why did you assume it meant Frequency    .
 Just plain,  I can't think of a sensible answer. So I must jump to the first thing that just popes in to my head 
 I find that the same as you call your self  Xrunner  .  X = abbreviation ::  You run away from anything in a skirt . Does it HERTZ ?

[Zero999]

@ Mr  Brumby

Your comment and explanation was from and educated person     Thanks 

Not like some of your  fellow members . ie
 

Answer to 1) That is a funny question and deserves a funny answer . Being an XAerospace now well in my 75 plus yrs.
                    I thought 7.83hz may have been an answer .

        Didn't you know that should be written as 7.83 Hz ? 

    No!!   7.83hz  is written 100% correctly   . Why did you assume it meant Frequency    .
 Just plain,  I can't think of a sensible answer. So I must jump to the first thing that just popes in to my head 
 I find that the same as you call your self  Xrunner  .  X = abbreviation ::  You run away from anything in a skirt . Does it HERTZ ?

I suggest you try to be a little less sensitive. It was a reasonable assumption to make. I wouldn't be surprised if most people thought it meant frequency. I certainly did. You said you're a beginner and writing hz, rather than Hz is a very common error.

Alright. What does your username mean then? I'm genuinely interested.

[Nominal Animal]

7.83hz  is written 100% correctly. Why did you assume it meant Frequency

Well, 7.83 Hz is the fundamental frequency of the Schumann resonance of Earth, and thus of interest to anyone doing RF stuff or planetary physics et cetera. A lot of members here are the sort that might recognize the frequency as something significant, and therefore assume your username is related.

Note, I'm only saying that it is easy to see why many humans would assume your username to be a reference to this frequency.  I'm not saying it is good or bad to assume so, just pointing out why.

[magic]

There is no other meaning but you will keep falling for a troll

[7.83hz]

@ Zero999

  Alright. What does your username mean then? I'm genuinely interested.

 Its the Helium used to clean out the thrust engine  @ zero  .   Use at High altitude

[xrunner]

Answer to 1) That is a funny question and deserves a funny answer . Being an XAerospace now well in my 75 plus yrs.
                    I thought 7.83hz may have been an answer .

        Didn't you know that should be written as 7.83 Hz ? 

    No!!   7.83hz  is written 100% correctly   . Why did you assume it meant Frequency    .

Uh, because it does in that context, if you would Google it you'll find this -

This global electromagnetic resonance phenomenon is named after physicist Winfried Otto Schumann who predicted it mathematically in 1952. Schumann resonances occur because the space between the surface of the Earth and the conductive ionosphere acts as a closed waveguide. The limited dimensions of the Earth cause this waveguide to act as a resonant cavity for electromagnetic waves in the ELF band. The cavity is naturally excited by electric currents in lightning. Schumann resonances are the principal background in the part of the electromagnetic spectrum[2] from 3 Hz through 60 Hz,[3] and appear as distinct peaks at extremely low frequencies (ELF) around 7.83 Hz (fundamental), 14.3, 20.8, 27.3 and 33.8 Hz.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonances

So I did look it up because, as you will find (and are finding), that if you don't do a meager amount of research before you make a statement here, you will soon learn to do so.

Just plain,  I can't think of a sensible answer. So I must jump to the first thing that just popes in to my head 

Just plain, you're wrong.

I find that the same as you call your self  Xrunner  .  X = abbreviation ::  You run away from anything in a skirt . Does it HERTZ ?

If you'd Google "xrunner" you'd have easily found it refers to a Toyota truck model that I happened to have owned for many years. Quite a cool looking truck but it's not made anymore. Very simple and easy thing to do. Did you do it? 

[Labrat101]

@ Zero999

  Alright. What does your username mean then? I'm genuinely interested.

 Its the Helium used to clean out the thrust engine  @ zero  .   Use at High altitude

I would not have guessed that 1.