[opendtv] Re: being professional

Jeroen;

You are not a one-note Johnny.  Your interest in interlaced issues is a
small part of what you post here, so it's not your only contribution.  I
read your posts ravenously, even though I have little to no interest in
displays or optics.

One-note johnnies ONLY and exclusively contribute -- to the extent what they
do can be called contribution -- to "serve" their narrow interests.
Regardless of their background, everybody who disagrees with them are
beneath contempt and anybody who agrees with them in even a small aspect is
a friend for life -- or until there is a disagreement.

I heard in a discussion at NAB with three other list members that your posts
from your company email account had been squelched by management, and that's
too bad.  I suspect that it had more to do with the postings of others than
anything you've ever said here.  By us mentioning it publicly, I suspect
that at one list member will now spend some time trying to spin an
all-encompassing conspiracy theory to cover this.  Heck, I suspect the guy
will now interject himself into this thread to expose himself.

I am developing right now two products: EtherGuide Prophecy, a PSIP (ATSC
A/65) generator and it looks like I've got my first sale which will require
me to travel in the next month or so to do the installation.  It will be the
first entry of mine in that market segment, but I also plan to address other
market segments, including DVB-SI.

There will also be a variation of this product called EtherGuide Squirrel,
intended to be sold into test & measurement and cable tv markets.  I offer
no additional details at this point, except to say that it addresses a
market segment that my competitors don't intentionally address.

A separate product is called EtherGuide Ferret.  It takes in (initially
ATSC) transport streams, processes the MPEG-2 PSI and PSIP metadata,
compares them against each other, and validates them against the underlying
essence streams, and clearly indicates any errors or ambiguities.  It will
compete with systems offered by Triveni Digital and Pixelmetrics (which have
larger price tags and greater features) with the intention that it will be
easier to use.  Unlike systems offered by Tektronix and Rohde & Schwarz, it
will be for non-scientists.  I already have one company that flew me across
the country in the spring and is interested in licensing this system.

These two devices are intended to work together to provide what I call
"closed loop broadcast metadata."  There will be additional products based
on this aspect, one with the project name "flipper" that will address an
issue that several encoder manufacturers who don't want to re-write their
firm ware are now having in the ATSC world due to changes in ATSC A/53.

I work on these every day.  I may not be the most productive system
developer in the world, but I'm also not waiting for someone else to give me
a reason not to enter a market.  This week has been an exception.  Usually I
spend 5 days a week in isolaiton, writing and debugging code.  My relief is
when I come into the U.S. to make telephone calls and answer email.

And, am startled with an email inbox full of unbaked conspiracy theories,
people blaming others because the poster lacks the cojones to enter a
market, or the water torture of people who are intelectually inconsistent
between posts on the same thread.

If there is any doubt, I am addressing just three list members in the above
paragraph.  I suspect they're capable of better: but they don't provide
anything better.

If shunning can't or won't work, then I turn to outlawry (burning down their
house).  It's a win-win situation, as far as I can see.  If I get kicked off
the list, then I at least don't have to listen to their drivel.  If they
change their behaviour, all the better.  I admit it creates a few sparks,
but revolution is a painful process, and I'm revolting.

I remember this list before these folks arrive here.  There was a much
higher level of discourse.  There can be again, were other list members not
resigned to tolerate the intolerable.

If I get criticized in a professional manner, I can deal with that in kind.
There is a rational, intellectual basis in virtually everything I do, even
if I appear to be a street fighter from time to time.

Bold or innovative, or intellectually challenging ideas, bring them on;
that's information.  What has gone on on this list for years from Tom Barry,
Bob Miller and 'Bert -- or, shudder, when they all get into a daisy chain of
their own making -- is just intolerable.  I have nothing to lose by going
after it: in the end, either I or the list will be saved from being nibbled
to death by these ducks.

I've yet to see a professional post to this list from any one of these
folks.  I take that back -- Bob's posts about his trials with 8-VSB
receivers almost approach the professional standard, amid much noise.

That said, Bert has gotten better over the years, but still is sub-par.  His
"gee-whiz" attitude is great, but is overshadowed by his water-torture
"debating" style.

Sure, I've changed the focus on this thread to others.  You raised the point
in a civil manner.  I doubt that it's possible for anybody to have much in
the way of a civil and rational discourse with the above-named individuals.

I will concede that I use way too much ridicule in my rhetoric, and I've
been working on that for a while.  But, were I to eliminate it altogether,
the "entertainment" value of my posts would be abated.

John Willkie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeroen Stessen" <jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: being professional


> Dear John (Willkie),
>
> > I have a very difficult time tolerating idiotic, non-thinking responses
> > and parries.
>
> A.k.a. "opinions". Or "religion". Hey, it's a free world.
>
> > Another pet peeve is one-note johnnies.  I have encountered such
> > types on this list and on other lists.  Their only contribution is
> > to advance their commercial interests and to denigrate any ideas
> > they view to be contrary to their commercial interests.
>
> Count me as one of them. If my company has an interest in de-interlacing
> then I will sing the praise of interlace. I am not permitted to give my
> own opinions with the company's e-mail domain attached to it, you know.
> You should not, and will never, know what I personally think of it. It
> could swing either way, don't bother go guess. It's irrelevant to you.
>
> > Since I have no boss, they can't appeal, except through me personally.
>
> That reminds me of the first (and only) time that I got flamed...
> I think the flame contained some reference to my boss, not that that
> impressed me very much. I guess it was just his standard letter.
>
> So, who or what are you ? Which business do you represent, if any ?
>
> > Between a rock and hard place, they sometimes get the message.
>
> No, it only gets you kill-filed. Or filtered, or "ruled", or whatever
> it is called now. Rudeness gets you nowhere in the digital world.
>
> > Your criticisms are well-put, Jeroen.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > The other part of the story, however, is the large number of
> > industry folks that are either lurkers on this list because they
> > find the threads driven by these non-participants to be pure drivel.
>
> Hey, those of us who are under management are not free to write
> what we want. Sometimes lurking is the only option, if your company
> prefers to talk to the masses through the proper channels only.
> I have been in trouble already once or twice. It's always safer to
> only listen and shut up. You seem to be one of a few people who can
> speak anyway he wants. You should not abuse that privilege...
>
> > I tend to not put my random or idle thoughts on this list.
>
> Okay, I grant you that sometimes this list seems like an old ladies'
> club, full of gossip and rumour but low on facts. Makes me wonder
> if these people have nothing better to do, a job perhaps ?   ;-)
>
> But that goes for you too, don't you have anything better to do ??
>
> > I am told by a few people that at least there is entertainment
> > value in some of my posts.
>
> There is a lot of entertainment here, not just in your messages.
> Which is probably why I still hang on, sigh...
>
> Okay guys, I'm signing off for a long vacation now. I'll be back
> by the end of August. I can be found (not !) in beautiful Belgrade,
> capital of Serbia, home of my wife, by the river Danube. Ha ha.
>
> Bye,
> -- Jeroen
>
>
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