Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!nuchat!sugar!ficc!korenek From: korenek@ficc.uu.net (Gary Korenek) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: In Moderation: A Moderator's Re Summary: what's signal and what's noise? Message-ID: <4588@ficc.uu.net> Date: 16 Jun 89 18:23:45 GMT References: <3300@epimass.EPI.COM> <197600001@inmet> Organization: Ferranti Int'l Controls Lines: 18 In article <197600001@inmet>, justin@inmet writes: > Re: In Moderation Network > FACT: The signal/noise ratio on the net has been steadily declining for ... > well, at least the couple of years that I've been around. Probably Longer. Ok, can someone provide an example of what's signal and what's noise? I see many references to 'noise'. I say noise has different meaning to each individual reading the net. I enjoy the net as it is now. I am not familiar with the net as it looked 2 or more years ago. Remember: the only constant is change. -- Gary Korenek (713)274-5357 korenek@ficc.uu.net Ferranti Int'l Controls Corp. PO Box 5012 Sugar Land, Texas 77487-5012