Hi,
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Bruno Randolf wrote:
> another question is how to name the manual controls. ANI is pretty un-
> intuitive and actually means "Adaptive Noise Immunity", but has been refered
> to as "Ambient Noise Immunity" and even "Anti Noise Immunity" (i got this
> wrong before), so would actually imply the auto mode. manually we'd rather
> talk about sensitivity, right? otherwise you always have to think "negative"
> ANI-high actually means sensitivity low, this can be confusing... any ideas on
> that?
it has to be in the positive - always.
You can take an example from programming, consider a boolean variable,
bool b where b is given some value
The Expression
if (!!b) {
} is of course "obvious", but you have to think about it fora bit.
better to have
if (b) {
}
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There is an example from English language,
"Did you not go to work today?".
If I answer "yes", that means I did not go to work today.
Which is weird, cause if the listener misheard the question, and did not
hear the "not" bit, then the reply is minsinterpreted.
Far better to ask, "Did you go to work today?"
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The same principle applies to the code.
it should be "sensitivity level"
cck-detection-on/off
ofdm-detection-on/off
yes, yes, you can have it in the negative, and we can cope. But, it is far
clearer to put it all in the positive. To no cpu cost.
Further, we have to consider that the english words we select will be used
by non english speakers, who may have translated them to their language.
Thus, we should select words that are as clear and simple and accurate as
possible.
Derek.
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