I took an arrow to the knee (from Dave Jones)

[Dan Frederiksen]

I was blocked on youtube, presumably because I dared disagreeing with you Dave, however courteously I did it.
that doesn't seem right to block me for that. that's really something you should correct. it's not like I spammed or were abusive or rude. and more importantly I'd argue the points were correct which makes it all the more tragic.

in one of your videos you even invited feedback and said you could take it...

for one who rather blatantly criticizes others you handle it poorly yourself.
could you please unblock me Dave so I can subscribe again.

[FreeThinker]

Yawn!!!!!!

[siliconmix]

why the knee ?

[Dan Frederiksen]

it's an internet meme : ) look it up

[siliconmix]

thanks for that 

[SgtRock]

Greetings EEVBees:

 
--Dave is sure making a lot of people angry in this new year. First he forgets thank every single person who ever made a suggestion, then he makes big big money on YouTube and uCurrents, now he is blocking people from YouTube for no reason. Perhaps on Dec. 31st the real Dave Jones was replaced by a forgetful, greedy, unreasonable Space Alien, or Man From The Future. Just a thought.

"But leave the Wise to wrangle, and with me
The Quarrel of the Universe let be:
And, in some corner of the Hubbub couch'd,
Make Game of that which makes as much of Thee.
"Omar Khyayyam" 1048 1131

 
Best Regards
Clear Ether

[AntiProtonBoy]

care to post what the argument was about?

[bullet308]

My only observation is that if you go through life looking for things to be insulted or upset about, you will reliably find them.

[Simon]

Why make a public thing over this which has not been described. If you think you have a valid qualm then just stae it instead of going around the houses. not knowing what this is about all I can say is that there is constructive feedback and there is just having a go, as you have not explained no one know which category you are part of.

so shall we have some straight talk or shall we just end it here ?

[HLA-27b]

A quote from Hayyam!
I'm impressed. I never red Hayyam (Turkish spelling and pronunciation) in English, a worthy challenge to the English language if you ask me.

And in order to stay somewhat on topic here is a little something from Hayyam or Yunus possiibly.

A trial was put to a wise man, to hold the end a thin thread, without breaking it, for ever after. The other end of the thread was held by a mad man, he wanted all of the thead to himself. The mad man would jump and prance, would jerk the thread andtry to tangle it. Knowing that his temperament was short lived and his passions were shallow, the wise man would pay off of the thread to the mad man during his fury, only to gather it back during the moments of calm. This is how a mad man and a wise man held a thread by the ends for forty years without breaking it.

[ndictu]

not knowing what this is about all I can say is that there is constructive feedback and there is just having a go, as you have not explained no one know which category you are part of.

Exactly. If you decided to make this public instead of just sending Dave a mail/PM, at least tell us what you did. (Video and your comment...) Without that the discussion is pointless.

[IanB]

Dan Frederiksen is a well known Internet troll. He does the rounds of different YouTube channels and tries to stir them up, and unfortunately he seems to have discovered Dave's. If you ignore him he will eventually go away.

[bullet308]

A quote from Hayyam!
I'm impressed. I never red Hayyam (Turkish spelling and pronunciation) in English, a worthy challenge to the English language if you ask me.

If you mean me, well, I have never read  Hayyam. I suspect that some wise figure in most major civilizations has expressed a similar sentiment at one time or another, and the Persians certainly count as a major civilization, and  Hayyam as a wise figure.

[Dan Frederiksen]

I did write Dave an email but got no response.

I don't know precisely why I was blocked. I suggested a couple of times that a switchmode bench supply design would be more interesting. at one point 23 people voted that comment up.
I also suggested some of the conclusions in the meter shootout weren't ideal, that he overlooked the accuracy qualities of the vichy which he judged to be the loser in the shootout etc
I've also remarked that I think the fluke87 is overpriced which may be a bit of a sacred cow for some.
always a sober and factual tone. furthermore I was right.

yet I was blocked without warning.

[Lightages]

If someone's first action on a forum is to complain about something that happened somewhere else to people who do not know him nor have any power to do anything anyway, it is just trolling. The OP should complain to the only person who can do anything, go away, or both.

Please don't feed the troll.

[Simon]

I also suggested some of the conclusions in the meter shootout weren't ideal, that he overlooked the accuracy qualities of the vichy which he judged to be the loser in the shootout etc

Really ? if you think so much of that piece of shit of a meter feel free to buy mine off me. I'm pondering whether it is worth my ebay reputation trying to sell such an unpredictable and unreliable piece of garbage, and yes in case you didn't notice I speak from experience, what a waste of 50 bucks (or in my case 30 quid !) that was.

switch mode designs are more complicated and if you look at the overall picture Dave is taking this in steps, I would not be surprised to see a switchmode tutorial in the future. Having a bunch of newbies like your comments because they also expect someone to give them a switchmode schematic just like they want it for free does not make you right. Daves blogs, it is his choice what he does,

[Lightages]

Simon! Stop feeding the troll! 

[IanB]

Simon! Stop feeding the troll! 

Seconded 

[Dan Frederiksen]

Simon, you are irrationally defensive, even blaming me the victim.
even if my points were wrong, that is not reason for blocking. but I happen to be right as well.

as for the Vichy's merits I merely pointed out his results in his own video.

[EEVblog]

I did write Dave an email but got no response.

I did send you a response.
I said I blocked you for the same reason every other channel you inhabit has blocked you.

Dave.

[EEVblog]

Dan Frederiksen is a well known Internet troll. He does the rounds of different YouTube channels and tries to stir them up, and unfortunately he seems to have discovered Dave's. If you ignore him he will eventually go away.

Correct, and many other technology channels have had to block him as well.
He is a persistent very well known troll, and I tried to ignore him for a long time and see if he would go away, or just post sensible stuff without shit stirring, but he kept at it and it was getting very tedious. Occasionally he posts useful comments, but his SNR/troll ratio can't make up for that. He just keeps posting the same stuff and attempting to shit stir or post useless comments slyly attacking me in most videos. I don't need that on Youtube, not do we need it to start here.
*plonk*

Dave.

[Time]

I wonder if he has Aspergers...

[Uncle Vernon]

I wonder if he has Aspergers...

Not sure, but after coming here to bitch, he's left things wide open for another knee borne arrow injury. 

[damo]

I wonder if he has Aspergers...

I would have thought it would be more of an ADHD thing. Aspergians usually don't act that way.

[RJSC]

This is not to feed the alleged troll (I've never hear of him until now), but for Simon Dave and others, about the Vichy VC99.
I watched the multimeter shootout and despite Dave's rants I found it good value for money.

Measuring a 1% metal film resistor using the same test leads with the VC99 reads within the 1%, my UNI-T UT50A doesn't.
I will get a sample of a precision voltage reference to test the voltage measurement accuracy later, but juding from the video, it was damn close to the fluke, it should behave good considering the cost.
I've also added a nicely integrated IR diode for RS232 output, and considering I've paid 36USD for each, I'm pretty satisfied!
It's not the absolute best, but it is good value for money.
I also love that it uses AAA batteries which are cheaper than 9V ones, and since I use exclusively rechargeable batteries, the cost difference from 9V to AAA is even greater than using disposables. When using rechargeables, the 9V ones (which are actually 8.4V nominal) last a short time per charge, but the AAA's are much closer to the disposables.

There is at least one thing I don't like about it: the slow reacting continuity test, and slow measurement in auto range.