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Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-20-2001 11:07 PM

As I watch the posts of people with problems come in I often like to check to see how fast somebody can come up with the right answer.

The fasetest one I can think of was 15 minutes. I believe it was when a projector was jittering all over the place and it turned out that there was no oil in the machine.

So, what was the fastest response time? (with the right solution) And, while we are at it, who, if anybody, has the most right answers?

Seems to me that in future write-ups or ads about Film-Tech this might be a neat little factoid to bring up.

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 05-21-2001 04:10 AM

We'll have to bring in Evans to tackle that one!

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

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From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 05-22-2001 08:02 PM

Evans rules and I will abide by his choice.

Which one is Evans?

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 05-22-2001 11:32 PM

This cannot be decided by doing a pure mathematical analysis. Suppose a script were written that could look at every thread posted to the Film handler's forum and look at the time of the first message, then look at the time of the first response. Without going through and actually reading them, you cannot know if

1. The original poster asked a question that needed an answer.

2. The first response was actually an answer to the question.

3. The first response, if an answer to a question posed in the first post, was a useful answer.

Sorry, folks, this one is not really as mathematical as it sounds. This is a natural language processing problem, and the technology isn't really there yet.

Evans A Criswell
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with no stops to change pictures. These machines are of the latest
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Gordon McLeod
Film God

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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-23-2001 05:34 PM

Ithink the fasted response time would be John Allen's in Has anyone heard an HPS4000 system topic

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Scott Norwood
Film God

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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 05-23-2001 08:34 PM

As Evans points out, this is actually an interesting problem.

The standard rule on Usenet has long been that "the fastest way to get the right answer is to post the wrong answer." The same seems to hold true here.

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