Hey, couldn't help but notice you scrolling there. Tell me, what do you think "excellence" in scrolling is?
I think is managing to find the best threads while scrolling.
>>7857208
And the "best threads," being good, naturally partake in the good?
>>7857213
Of course.
>>7857213
of course
>>7857220
>>7857219
Then you have only told me that excellence is that which finds excellence. Good job, dumbass.
>>7857225
Excellence in scrolling is all about speed. To scroll is to move down the page. One may say that they do it to find new content but the truth is that the scrolling in and of itself is the fundamental, eternal process going on here.
One must excel in scrolling technique to maximise speed in order to become an 'excellent' scroller.
>>7857239
Does it not seem to you that you have mistaken the horses for the charioteer and his end? Rather you should be like Antilochus as he spurred his own team of mares, and as the Poet relates,
>Pick up the pace—as fast as you can run!
>My task will be to think ...
For any task or craft done with overmuch haste may be spoiled through too little care. Rather that haste should serve the doer's end, which is excellence in his art. And so we may say that appropriate haste is the servant of excellence, rather than its driver.
So it seems we have come round again to our initial line of question: What is this excellence?
DELETE THIS.
>>7857522
relax, he is being ironic
>>7857546
But Anon, the virtue of the scrolling mouse is not the same excellence involved in the arrows of the keyboard.
>>7857573
And are the arrows of the keyboard not eclipsed by Page Up, Page Down, Home, and End?
>>7857590
Yes.
>>7857290
Pure sophistry Socrates.
You are corrupting the youth with this foolishness. Please stop or matters may become toxic.
>>7857596
So clearly, there is no excellence in scrolling, but only in meaningful key presses.
i don't know what excellence in scrolling is, but sure know what it aint: Windows fucking 10 on a HP laptop that misinteprets your two-finger fucking scroll swipe to open some god damn start menu ass thing, they deleted the start menu in windows 8 but after everyone bitched about they decided to go the other way and spam u with start menus all fucking day every time u scroll up or down, bam start menu all up in ur shit, oh but if u scroll a litttle sideways instead of a start menu all up in ur shiz the fucking text shrinks to hell or expands to 30 point font, man windows is seriously shit, but i don't browse 4chan on my mac which i save for professional work, i don't know how u "gamers" can put up with this all day
I am Thrasymachus, and I am here to fuck you up, old man!
Excellence in scrolling is that which benefits he who is in control of the mouse.
>>7857623
What a fool! One is able to control what gestures the operating system utilizes, but this one ignores it!
What are you guys talking about? Want to see this sick dump I just took?
>>7857189
Supreme excellence in scrolling is finding a good thread without scrolling
But threads cannot be both good and bad simultaneously, so if this thread is shit then all threads must also be shit.
>>7857863
Why is he wearing a hat?
>>7857546
Holy shit it's like a plane taking off
>>7857867
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwk-apo0_uM
>>7857546
Science > Philosophy
>>7857623
>not using GNU/linux
>>7857627
Would be clicking another discretion acquired by being in control of a mouse?
Scrolling with the quality that satisfy s you, or reasonable standards you set as excellent.
Excellence in scrolling is about finding the perfect point between speed and accuracy
>>7857546
>>7857189
That which produces smooth effluvia
>>7858121
Why not?
>>7857189
Scrolling conductive to serious engagement with the text being scrolled.
>>7858133
>no DFW drinking from coffee cup
pretty weak collection, sempai
>>7857189
>>7857239
Scrolling is information absorption by proxy. The purpose of scrolling is to view more information, since if all of the information were already on the screen the need to scroll would not exist.
To excel in the science of "Scrolling" one must tread the middle way. A moderate speed, neither so swift one cannot see the threads, and not so slow and plodding that valuable reading time is wasted.
The mind is like a cup, and information is like wine. If too much wine is poured too quickly it will spill over and not be retained. I have calculated various speeds that information flows into the mind mathematically based upon the flow of wine into a cup (See: On the Flow of Liquids and Aqueous Elements). Some minds; like your own Socrates; are large enough to hold much wine at a time, others are not so. Thus, each should choose a scrolling speed that allows them to absorb the optimum flow of information.
Let us extend this to the book. What is the optimum speed of reading? If you desire to *read* the book or study then the optimum speed is that which allows the greatest comprehension. My old friend Harilaos can read 1000 pages an hour while retaining 80<x<100 (percent) of the information. If an ordinary man were to attempt this he would no doubt even fail to retain 10%. However, If this man were to read 10 pages an hour and retain >90% of the information, he would have improved his reading skill.
Sophistry will be the death of you Socrates!
>>7860034
You've forgotten to mention the Aristotelian bravery, but that aside, good job, I brekked.
Excellence in scrolling is being able to scroll past the flame wars fast enough to not get involved, for the finding of shitposts would be considered the norm, and the finding of gold posts would be far beyond excellence.
this is a good thread, thank you op and all those who replied
this thread is dumb
>>7857225
>The soul of Dionysodorus shitposts from the afterlife
Excellence in scrolling is not merely about finding threads that expand one's cognition and discarding ones that do not -- but also the enjoyment of the scrolling itself
Why condemn scrolling to being a mere tool when it can be a valued pastime by its own merits?
>>7857189
>>7857225
The 'excellence' in scrolling consists of the same excellence found in everything.
When is a knife 'excellent'? When it cuts well. When is a ship 'excellent'? When it sails well. When is a torch 'excellent'? When it shines well.
When is a road excellent? when it facilitates your travel to a destination well.
'Excellence' itself then is nothing other than when any particular thing performs or fulfils its function exceedingly well. Thus, the 'excellence' of scrolling lies in how well the act fulfils its function.
A good scroller has no fixed speed, and is not intent on F5-ing.
>>7860972
it would have been better if he just asked "what do you think "excellence" is
Excellence in scrolling is using pageup/pagedown, not the mouse wheel or arrow keys like a dirty peasant
>>7857627
kek
