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Forum surfing tip
Bored and surfing around forums for entertainment? Here's a tip: sort any forum by the number of replies (click the "Replies" column heading). The ones with the most replies are the best hunting grounds for entertainment. Typically, they start with a presumptuous premise that invites disagreement (e.g. "why ITB mixes sound worse than analog"). If it's a broad enough generalization you can be sure that many will have a contrary opinion, informed or otherwise.
Try it on any of the forums at Gearslutz. Even the staid Acoustics forum has some good ones. My favorite is the long thread pitting Dan Lavry against Apogee marketing weenies. Entertaining and educational!
Curiously, this method is less effective here in the CH. Our #1 thread is SteveStrummer's innocuous "crap jokes" thread. There is some entertainment value there, of course, but no controversy or flame-baiting. We're just too polite here, although the #2 thread suggests otherwise.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/01 15:30:09
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#2 - Ah the infamous Carissa thread. Guys oogling over a picture. Speculations abounded. Fun times. Do a reverse search on the Coffee House (with the "from the beginning" option of course, and see who Am the proud owner of the least replies.)
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/01 15:33:37
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What is this infamous Carissa thread and how can I find out about it????
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/01 15:33:50
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I mean, I know I'm ignored around here but this is ridiculous! 
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/01 15:36:22
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do you have yourself on ignore?
but of course, you won't see this.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/01 15:46:50
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Wouldn't that cause an implosion of the space-time continuum?
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 00:05:34
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I finally found the original "20-40%" thread from 2004. 678 posts before being locked by Ron Kuper. He closes with " I am still working on getting to the bottom of the sonic differences reported by shea. I will definitely report my findings once I have some solid data to provide." I wonder if that ever happened.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 00:19:27
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Hi Bit,
Can you provide a link to the Lavry thread? I can't find it and I'd kind of like to read it.
Thanks,
Bub.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 02:28:46
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Better set aside an entire afternoon, Bub. It's a long one. Here it is.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 03:51:40
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bitflipper
Better set aside an entire afternoon, Bub. It's a long one. Here it is.
Holy cow! You weren't kidding. Thanks for the link.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 04:39:12
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bitflipper
Better set aside an entire afternoon, Bub. It's a long one. Here it is.
Just curious... I clicked on your "Here it is" link when I meant to click on the first one (the 20%, etc. one) however all I get is a blank page. I tried the link with IE, Chrome and Firefox - all the same: a blank page. Now that I've realized that I had the wrong link, I probably don't need to use the link, but I'm puzzled as to why the link only went to a blank page for me since it obviously worked for Bub.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 08:44:38
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bitflipper
Better set aside an entire afternoon, Bub. It's a long one. Here it is.
Just curious... I clicked on your "Here it is" link when I meant to click on the first one (the 20%, etc. one) however all I get is a blank page. I tried the link with IE, Chrome and Firefox - all the same: a blank page. Now that I've realized that I had the wrong link, I probably don't need to use the link, but I'm puzzled as to why the link only went to a blank page for me since it obviously worked for Bub.
Perhaps you are one of the lucky ones?
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 09:46:09
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I'm puzzled as to why the link only went to a blank page for me since it obviously worked for Bub. The sucking forum software?
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 10:41:32
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The link works for me, so I dunno, Craig.
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 15:19:19
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Evidentally the site was down when I tried (it was around 2am) - it works now.
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re:Forum surfing tip
2011/05/02 17:02:52
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Phuket Ling-Ling is still my favorite on these forums.
Second would be the Chad Donelly(sp?) thread.
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