----- Original Message ----- From: "andy hopkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [etree] q's about etree terminology
> A good example of this is trey 7/4/01 (see below). The show has 'pa > problems' throughout - while this is all documented, the problems still > exist. What makes the show 'dank'? (I hate that fucking term) - Maybe you hate the term because you've imposed an incorrect definition on it? > 'danksters' seem to use this as their criteria: > Show is tracked well YES > Show plays seamlessly YES > Show has no dae gens YES > Show has lineage provided YES > Show has not been unneccesarily resampled YES > Show has no diginoise or dropouts YES > I have listened to this show all the way through, > It is flawless and is DANK and deserves to be > circulated YES > If this is the only criteara that is being used then what's the point? > 99% of all sources/shows have the potential of passing this. Really? Not in my 4 years of experience with etree. I've found that alot of shows I've downloaded have dumb, avoidable flaws. Granted, I stopped hounding random servers a little while ago, so this may have changed nowadays. > A show with PA problems is still just that, a show with PA problems. > should it be considered 'dank'? Yes, because if the show has PA problems, EVERY tape from that show has the same PA problems. Therefore, the PA problems are no longer obstacles to dank the show. But I'd rather have a show with PA problems that was transferred under the scrutiny of a bunch of anal retentive people who are seriously interested in long lasting archives of all these cool shows, than a show with PA problems that someone haphazardly transferred with sector boundary clicks, non-uniform naming conventions, neato yet pointless fades at the end of each disc, etc, etc. It's really all about peace of mind. Its just nice to know that a reasonable effort was made to find a nice source of a show, and then it was scrutinized by 5 people checking for errors, and if any errors were found, they were investigated. If any error is found to be completely unavoidable (ie, on the master DAT, such as PA problems) then it's allowed, but is DOCUMENTED. Some of us hate surprises. Of course we can always still just download standard non-danked etree seeds, I know I do, they're great. But why not just enjoy the dankseeds as well? Take care, Jeremy _______________________________________________ etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree
