This topic would go under the category of pointless babble? lol I haven't gotten to read all of this yet (lord knows, my reading skill has increased by 2 already and I'm not even half way through) but wanted to say that addiction to social media is a real thing. It becomes evident in conversations similar to these (this does not mean this particular conversation does or does not apply). People will mindlessly protect something such as this they love to the death if they are addicted and truly believe it's a wonderful thing... even if the usefulness isn't really justified. Just like playing an MMORPG. People get a sense of duty playing it and feel they are accomplishing things when they earn gold etc thinking it has actual value like real world money. Though part of that is true, the real reason most people play is out of pure addiction.
If the bees nest wasn't stirred before now, surely I've done it. This is how I feel about the topic though. Facebook, twitter, and even cell phones are modern day conveniences that aren't necessary. We've effectively established ten fold more methods of communication than we had 20 years ago, yet we the amount of heart felt conversations has dropped. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:33 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-03-15 at 17:15 -0400, Mike Rathburn wrote: >> >> > We have much to learn from the animal world. Like harmony with nature and >> > balance, be it on land or in the oceans. >> > >> >> Is that your final answer? Wink. >> >> I was just testing to see if there's an end to this, > > Is there a reason it needs to come to an end? > > Keep in mind I never jumped topics to Egypt, monkeys, or ocean life. > Though I am picking up the bandwidth bill for it all, much less my time > to keep the list, wiki, etc alive. No offense but if I want to ramble > on, I think I have earned that right, no? At the same time you don't see > me stopping anyone else from topic jumping or pointless babble :) > > I look at it all as allot of good keywords for the bayesian filter. > Which should reduce the frequency of legit email being rejected as spam. > >> since there's obviously no one else on the face of the planet with as >> much knowledge, intellect, and unparalleled experience as you in >> pretty much all subject matter - even that babble about monkey balls. >> Smiley face. > > Who ever said I know it all? I think my comment above, with the > reference of we, as well as the others to humans I snipped, includes > myself. Otherwise I would have said everyone but me.... > > I have no idea how you read into what I typed as me knowing one way or > another. Considering I concluded with a statement saying we have much to > learn. If you know something, you need not bothering to learn it, > right? :) > > The one thing I do know is the more I learn, the more I realize I do not > know anything. If you see me suggesting things most times, I will say I > think vs I know, bit of a difference there. I have been wrong many times > before, and will be wrong many times again. I rather be wrong than right > most times. You tend to learn more, and being wrong doesn't boost your > ego, it humbles you. > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. > Obsidian-Studios, Inc. > http://www.obsidian-studios.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
