The 100 Hour Board
There's a website at BYU called the 100 hour board. Check it out at http://theboard.byu.eduSeems like it's a pretty interesting concept - people write in and ask it questions, and within 100 hours of the time you ask the question they will provide an answer for it, unless they think the question isn't good enough - which is understandable.
I found out 1 week ago about the existence of this board, when somebody (Heretical in Heritage) asked a question which included a link to my blog. You can see the question here: Heretical in Heritage's question and then down below you'll notice an explanation that I wrote, which I thought would give less bias and more understanding to the people responding to the question.
The funny part is that I think Heretical in Heritage got gipped. The people on the board thought I was the one who wrote in, and they answered the questions like they were trying to talk to the author. I tried to write in to explain this, but I think the editor must've deleted my question from ever going to 'B.C.', because I manipulated the URL to find my question, and I couldn't find it. Oh well.
I just wanted to state that I did NOT post the question on The Board. I was not out looking for publicity though I thought it might be kind of a sweet idea. I also must admit that I am not beyond the idea of trying to get free publicity for my blog, and have even gone so far as to encourage one of my friends to write a letter to the Daily Universe claiming that they were offended by my blog in hopes that my blog would be featured in the newspaper. It never appeared either - oh well. You win some, you lose some.
Read on if you wish to read my response to B.C. that got erased.
Dear 100 Hour Board,
In response to B.C.'s answer to question 20884, I (the author of the flyer) am not Heretical in Heritage. Heretical in Heritage was just wondering what your opinion of the actual flyer was. I wrote the explanation (the latter half of the question) to your board 1 day later and the editor meshed them (Heretical's question & my explanation) into one question instead of two - if you go back and reread it you'll notice that it's 2 sections instead of 1, each independently written by different people.
I have no idea who Heretical in Heritage is. I didn't even know about the existence of an online 100 hour board until Heretical in Heritage wrote in with a question to my blog, and when you guys linked there I found the URL for the board in my web counter. The question appearing on here was just an accidental result from me passing out the flyers on campus in the first place. I did not try to place a link to my blog on this site in an attempt to gain publicity, nor did I encourage anybody I know to do so.
Other than that mistake in your response, thanks for your review of the flyer and your opinions of it. I just hope that my writing the explanation didn't mar the answer to Heretical in Heritage's question by causing you to focus the attention on me instead of him/her.
It's still obvious though that you never had any experience in dealing with Dr. Garner's calculus book. I do agree that all math books are horrible, but this book is 1000 times worse. The monopoly on the calculus book isn't enforced by the bookstore, but rather by the math department of which Dr. Garner is the chair. Dr. Garner is gaining commission off of each book, and the requisite use of his calculus book seems like an abuse of power to me and many other people.
We need to go elsewhere besides the math department, because the math department has failed us in the past. We did not try coming to you - that was merely a faithful reader (Heretical in Heritage) of your board asking you a question. I have not had nor do I have any plans to try to twist the nature of this board into an agenda of any sort.
Thanks for your time,
The Author of the Calculus Flyer
I found out 1 week ago about the existence of this board, when somebody (Heretical in Heritage) asked a question which included a link to my blog. You can see the question here: Heretical in Heritage's question and then down below you'll notice an explanation that I wrote, which I thought would give less bias and more understanding to the people responding to the question.
The funny part is that I think Heretical in Heritage got gipped. The people on the board thought I was the one who wrote in, and they answered the questions like they were trying to talk to the author. I tried to write in to explain this, but I think the editor must've deleted my question from ever going to 'B.C.', because I manipulated the URL to find my question, and I couldn't find it. Oh well.
I just wanted to state that I did NOT post the question on The Board. I was not out looking for publicity though I thought it might be kind of a sweet idea. I also must admit that I am not beyond the idea of trying to get free publicity for my blog, and have even gone so far as to encourage one of my friends to write a letter to the Daily Universe claiming that they were offended by my blog in hopes that my blog would be featured in the newspaper. It never appeared either - oh well. You win some, you lose some.
Read on if you wish to read my response to B.C. that got erased.
Dear 100 Hour Board,
In response to B.C.'s answer to question 20884, I (the author of the flyer) am not Heretical in Heritage. Heretical in Heritage was just wondering what your opinion of the actual flyer was. I wrote the explanation (the latter half of the question) to your board 1 day later and the editor meshed them (Heretical's question & my explanation) into one question instead of two - if you go back and reread it you'll notice that it's 2 sections instead of 1, each independently written by different people.
I have no idea who Heretical in Heritage is. I didn't even know about the existence of an online 100 hour board until Heretical in Heritage wrote in with a question to my blog, and when you guys linked there I found the URL for the board in my web counter. The question appearing on here was just an accidental result from me passing out the flyers on campus in the first place. I did not try to place a link to my blog on this site in an attempt to gain publicity, nor did I encourage anybody I know to do so.
Other than that mistake in your response, thanks for your review of the flyer and your opinions of it. I just hope that my writing the explanation didn't mar the answer to Heretical in Heritage's question by causing you to focus the attention on me instead of him/her.
It's still obvious though that you never had any experience in dealing with Dr. Garner's calculus book. I do agree that all math books are horrible, but this book is 1000 times worse. The monopoly on the calculus book isn't enforced by the bookstore, but rather by the math department of which Dr. Garner is the chair. Dr. Garner is gaining commission off of each book, and the requisite use of his calculus book seems like an abuse of power to me and many other people.
We need to go elsewhere besides the math department, because the math department has failed us in the past. We did not try coming to you - that was merely a faithful reader (Heretical in Heritage) of your board asking you a question. I have not had nor do I have any plans to try to twist the nature of this board into an agenda of any sort.
Thanks for your time,
The Author of the Calculus Flyer
posted by CT at 8:49 PM
11 Comments:
Ahem. Heretical in Heritage here. I was a little put out that the Board seemed to misunderstand my motivation for asking the question-- but it wasn't that big of a deal, so I let it be. I am pretty amused that you mentioned me here, though. By the way, in what sense are you using the term "gipped"?
:) I meant 'gipped' as in you didn't receive the answer you were entitled to, and I think you might have received it if I hadn't written the extra explanation. I'm pretty sure they thought because of my extra explanation that I was Heretical in Heritage and was just trying to receive free publicity for my blog. What other senses for the word 'gipped' are there?
Oh, Heretical - just 2 questions:
1) Which one of the 'anonymous' comments were you on my blog?
2) What was your motivation for asking the question?
I was kind of ticked that they misunderstood my motivation for writing the explanation as well. All I wanted to do was provide background so that people who haven't used that book could understand a little of why the flyer was written.
Which one? That would be telling.
Dang. I shouldn't post before noon. I can't spell.
The only actual definition I can find for 'gip' is a transitive verb meaning "To clean (fish) for curing." You can see why I was confused :) As to your questions:
1) Hmm... as my sister pointed out, you put me in a bit of a precarious situation by asking. So, I don't think I'm going to tell you which comment was mine.
2) I like the 100 Hour Board, and I am a devoted reader. When I first read the flyer, I was curious to see what others thought of it. So, I chose to ask a group of intelligent people who have traditionally offered an open-minded forum for expression/discussion. That was my motivation-- to hear others' opinions on the matter.
If you go to this search here you'll see that dictionary.com says gyp or gip is "To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle." Not always by fraud with the way I use it, but as in if you didn't get an inheritance you were meant to receive, and you only found out about it 5 years later when all the money was gone you said say, "I've been gipped!" So in this case, you've definitely been gipped as to the ability to receive an intelligent discussion. You could try reposting the question, but I think the second the editor sees 'candidbyu.blogspot.com' or any reference to the calculus book flyer it will be deleted.
As to #1 - I'm betting that you were one of the negative comments. If it had been a positive comment, you woudln't realy be scared to reveal it to me and wouldn't consider your position precarious. Even so, I don't see why you're scared especially since you're still 'anonymous' except that I know your blog site now. I got your blog address the EXACT same way I found out about the 100 hour board - you put a link to my blog on there.
See ya later "the submissive daughter"!
Ouch. Now the family laundry is being viewed by outsiders? It's almost like that time I sent the link to my in-laws... Heh.
Lol - sorry - well -nice family blog anyway - I'll keep away from it - but I generally tend to check the things that are linked to my blog.
Wrong guess anyway. But thanks for respecting the boundary.
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