In a message dated 5/17/2006 2:50:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: most of us have been hanging around long enough that we have finally discussed everything several times, and know each other's opinions about every subject under the sun. At worst, we can probably predict them just by going to the same shelf that the rest of them came from. Except for mine, naturally, because I have rethought everything from first principles and am therefore right.
Almost. I have never contributed to a thread about batteries, so nobody knows my opinions about batteries. Not even me. Maybe I don't even have one. Opinion, that is. Obviously I have plenty of batteries. So, to short-circuit further long, involved and ultimately pointless threads, somebody needs to trawl the archives and set up a database of subjects and opinions, cross-referred to people or simply categorized (pinko, fascist, God-botherer, Satan-worshipping atheist liberal, philistine, aesthete, cat-lover etc.). Doug's hosting software need only scan incoming messages for controversial content, generate the appropriate war and post it automatically to a separate archive for all to enjoy - newbies, people with short memories or who lived through the 60s, unfortunates who stumble across an ancient controversy in a Google cached page, and so on. Replies would never show up on the list and nobody would be any the wiser (an increase in wisdom not being a requirement anyway). Obviously such a database could only be hosted on Windows, because Macs are crap for that sort of thing. As any fule kno. Hope this helps. Bob http://www.stcustards.free-online.co.uk/ ========= LOL. Best laugh I've had all week. Marnie aka Doe
