mixed signals...

A thread of 2 messages, 19 May 1994 to 19 May 1994, in the order they were sent.

#7660 mixed signals...

Roger Sanger · 19 May 1994

Dear Whoevercares,

What does "signal-to-noise ratio" mean, anyways?

rodge

#7667 Re: mixed signals...

TML Administrator · 19 May 1994 · reply to #7660

[email removed] (Roger Sanger) writes:
> What does "signal-to-noise ratio" mean, anyways?

"When used in reference to Usenet activity, 'signal-to-noise ratio'
describes the relation between amount of actual information in a
discussion, compared to their quantity. More often than not, there's
substantial activity in a newsgroup, but a very small number of those
articles actually contain anything useful."

	-Brendan P. Kehoe, _Zen & the Art of Internet, A Beginner's
	Guide to the Internet_, January 1992, p. 88.

James

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