Poly "Impact Factor"

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Asher
Do you not know who Ron Jeremy is?

I think he was trying to be funny again.

[Asher]

Seriously, can we ban AAHZ? I don't think he's ever posted something relevant in a thread.

[ZEE]

the circle jerking and attention whoring by people that have known each other for years here is borderline disturbing.

[MrFun]

(throws a couple shoes at Imran)

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by snoopy369


You misunderstand my objection. It is not that people cite works they oughtn't (though they often cite inferior works that appear in larger journals or from larger labs over superior works that did not make their way up the ladder, but that is not relevant to my point). It is that people forgo doing important science because it is not 'sexy' right now and thus will not be cited by numerous others. When gaining citations is the sole point of science, we have a problem...

We attempt to demonstrate that the multiple-equilibrium model proposed by snoopy369 (2008) is unsustainable under reasonable assumptions. The recent interest in mathematical "impact factor" formulas for the determination of the merit of Apolyton posters (KH (2008), Felch (2008)) is indicative of significant deficiencies in the current postcount system (KH (2008)). This problem requires further study.

[ZEE]

oh ill always be here to throw the wrench in obvious ******ry such as threads like this

hell id hate my ass with a passion too

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Felch


Sounds reasonable. I'm also assuming that these ranking are limited, so that a poster can only "give a point" once per day, or perhaps based on some function of their own impact factor.

In response to Felch's work on impact factors (2008) we demonstrate that the proposed system may be desirable, but only under the assumption that the postulated rating function r(I) is a monotonic function of the impact factor and is piecewise continuous across the entire domain of posters.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by AAHZ
oh ill always be here to throw the wrench in obvious ******ry such as threads like this

hell id hate my ass with a passion too

Stop acting like a stupid homophobe.

[ZEE]

but i AM a stupid homophobe.

threads like this is a moth to a flame, roll up your sleeves, queeries and get ready to bleed.

[rah]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Thank you for demonstrating fully how inappropriate the current system is, rah. Such succinct and on-point arguments are sorely lacking right now.

Glad to help. It was easier to type them "bite me". (serious on-point arguement)

[KrazyHorse]

Though further demonstrations of the necessity of an impact factor are technically unnecessary given previous work (KH(2008), Felch(2008), rah(2008)) the recent paper by rah(2008) provides an interesting alternate formulation of the argument. Research into the area based on this may be fruitful.

[MrFun]

(throws a couple shoes at KH)

[KrazyHorse]

Got Ming to bite pretty hard.

Snoopy seems to be taking it somewhat seriously too.

[MrFun]

Yeah, I know! I just cannot fathom why anyone would take you seriously.

[ZEE]

dammit and i thought i was going to get in a 6 page long flamefest again