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The obligatory Amiga joke... all's well with the world.
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:18:54 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God "Science Guy"
Good t
Good thing I write these on an Amiga
Mike
On 9/4/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > 1. A "moderator" who doesn't moderate means there is no moderating,
> >which makes this an unmoderated list. Which was my point. How did it get
> so
> >important to you that I be wrong?
>
> This
> 1. A "moderator" who doesn't moderate means there is no moderating,
>which makes this an unmoderated list. Which was my point. How did it get so
>important to you that I be wrong?
This list is moderated. If I don't like your posts we send thugs to your
house. If you have a Mac the thugs
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Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:07:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God "Science Guy"
At 06:01 AM 8/22/07, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I did not take particular offense to your "rant"
Maz
Dear Bobers,
I really don't care any longer. I've said my piece in the matter and have
no desire to waste any more time on your asinine pedantry.
Really. Truly.
Hug and kisses,
Jeff
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At 03:39 PM 9/4/07, chad evans wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, everyone. We've heard all of "bob's" variations.
Ignorantly and erroneously spoken. Boo!
Time to ignore him.
Arrogantly and presumptuously spoken. Yay!
It appears that you have taken it upon yourself to dec
Use pop on a gmail account or forward through it to an account you
use if you do not like the web tool.
On 9/4/07, Jordman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OOps! Or perhaps my head is a bored board.
>
> mike wrote:
> > gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited.
> >
> >
I used to like email on my main system, but it's a lot faster on theirs.
heh
Mike
On 9/4/07, Jordman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> That's OK, I dug through the trash to refresh my memory.
> I have gmail accounts, but I don't like dealing with web mail tools. I
> like doing email on my computer.
OOps! Or perhaps my head is a bored board.
mike wrote:
gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited.
mike
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That's OK, I dug through the trash to refresh my memory.
I have gmail accounts, but I don't like dealing with web mail tools. I
like doing email on my computer.
Are we board enough?
Jordan
mike wrote:
gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited.
mike
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gmail...delete nothing...or for that matter the new yahoo with unlimited.
mike
On 9/4/07, Jordman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> If I had known this was going to get so interesting, I would not have
> deleted the original exchange last week.
>
> Jordan
>
>
> **
If I had known this was going to get so interesting, I would not have
deleted the original exchange last week.
Jordan
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OK, everyone. We've heard all of "bob's" variations.
Time to ignore him.
Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
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At 06:01 AM 8/22/07, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I did not take particular offense to your "rant"
Mazel tov. Neither did I. Possibly because, your characterization
notwithstanding, it wasn't a rant.
and thought it reasonably harmless given that the person in question had
lef
At 08:08 AM 9/4/07, Tomás de Torquemoderator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This list is moderated. If I don't like your posts we send thugs to your
house. [snipparoonie] In any event, the offending party is never heard
from again.
So! Youse gonna send your thugs around, or what?
I got
At 09:31 AM 8/26/07, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. I don't want listmembers to attempt to censor others, but label such
behavior "moderating the list."
How can anyone "censor" anyone else here?
I believe I specified attempts at censorship, particularly those
which are decep
At 04:43 PM 8/25/07, Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Because of my Brobdingnagian package, I've never been in what you could
call a "contest." All other entrants got beaten like a Sunday boner.
Are you talking about your ego?
No, I'm not. However, for a modest additional fee
> 1. I don't want listmembers to attempt to censor others, but
> label
> such behavior "moderating the list."
How can anyone "censor" anyone else here? Do you think you missed out on
some special power that can reach out and retroactively wipe a sent message?
As much as I would like for you
Are you talking about your ego?
Stewart
At 06:34 PM 8/25/2007, you wrote:
Because of my Brobdingnagian package, I've never been in what
you could call a "contest." All other entrants got beaten like a Sunday boner.
OK
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Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Pe
At 07:02 PM 8/21/07, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I guess then you were only kidding about that "100 moderators" comment.
Not in the slightest.
You don't want to be moderated,
1. I don't want listmembers to attempt to censor others, but label
such behavior "moderating
From: Robert Michael Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:45:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God "Science Guy"
At 08:48 PM 8/19/07, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob, can I call you Bob?
We
think that venting (especially near the line of OT)
is an appealing feature of this list?
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From: Robert Michael Abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:45:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God
I guess then you were only kidding about that "100 moderators" comment. You
don't want to be moderated, just encouraged.
Have fun at the pissing contests. Ta!
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> >Bob, can I call you Bob?
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At 08:48 PM 8/19/07, Jeff Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob, can I call you Bob?
Well, they often call me "Speedo," but my real name is Mister Earl.
As someone who's probably been over the top on more than one occasion in
my years on the list,
I don't remember you being over
Seeing the Bill Nye post, I was reminded of a favorite song fragment ...
[quote]
he sun's a moon that warms you
the moon's a sun with no heat
the sky above is to remind you
what's under your feet
[unquote]
--- Ben Harper, "Engraved Invitation" - Both Sides of the Gun
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there's always that delete key...
-Mike
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Michel David Lowe
Purcellville, VA
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric S. Sande
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:30 PM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re
The problems with this situation is that the whole discussion centers
around interpretation. On one side is the fact that fundamentalists
center their beliefs on the King James translation of ancient Hebrew
texts (which were, of course, transcriptions of even more ancient oral
tradition). And e
It may be a bit late in the thread to return to the original debate.
However, being a highly secular person myself, I have to fault Mr. Nye for
having pointed out the "inaccuracy" of the biblical text as part of his
lecture. Anybody who made it through elementary school knows that the moon
doe
> >He's signed off, so he didn't see any of that.
> >
> >What a waste of effort.
>
> Thanks for your comment and your sentiment, Eric, but, if you
> look
> closely at my post, you'll see that I cc'd him. That was my way of
> taking
> such an eventuality into account.
>
> Bo
Thanks for your comment and your sentiment, Eric, but, if you look closely
at my post, you'll see that I cc'd him. That was my way of taking such an
eventuality into account.
Whatever. His beliefs are clear and as I see it there's no need to beat it
into the ground. If he doesn't want to be h
At 05:46 PM 8/19/07, Eric S. Sande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thinking clearly and logically is hard. If it were easy, everyone would
do it.
He's signed off, so he didn't see any of that.
What a waste of effort.
Thanks for your comment and your sentiment, Eric, but, if you look
closel
Thinking clearly and logically is hard. If it were easy, everyone would do
it.
He's signed off, so he didn't see any of that.
What a waste of effort.
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At 05:29 PM 8/18/07, Jeff Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm going to remove myself from membership from this list.
Buh-bye!
My question is a simple one. When did this list get hijacked by
extremists who think it's a forum to insist on socialized medicine and to
bash Christians?
On Aug 19, 2007, at 2:43 AM, mike wrote:
OK, I did click the link..it sent me to someone's blog. When I
clicked on
the trib article from Waco, I got an error page. So my question is has
anyone actually read the article?
Apparently so. The Waco newspaper appears to have deleted the
artic
Jeff Morris
> My question is a simple one. When did this list get
> hijacked by extremists who think it's a forum to
> insist on socialized medicine and to bash Christians?
I started the thread about medicine looking for a link
to get information about nationalized medicine versus
the status qu
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Michel David Lowe
Purcellville, VA
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric S. Sande
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 10:30 PM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God "Sc
So my question is has anyone actually read the article?
That's an excellent question. I haven't, but it appears that this
might have happened.
I find it hard to believe that hundreds of Internet references could
be wrong.
:-)
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OK, I did click the link..it sent me to someone's blog. When I clicked on
the trib article from Waco, I got an error page. So my question is has
anyone actually read the article?
Mike
On 8/18/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> As the resident theologian or heretic (dependi
As the resident theologian or heretic (depending on who you ask) let
me comment.
I have not read the article that was pulled from the Waco paper, but
it does not surprise me. The acceptance of technology is difficult
in a culture that wants to stay uninformed and uneducated (Oh by the
way I
07 10:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Bill Nye, the anti-God "Science Guy"
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> >I think he enjoyed the computer talk here, but didn't like some of the
> >people.
>
> Well, he seems to prefer orthodoxy to anarchy. I don't th
I think he enjoyed the computer talk here, but didn't like some of the
people.
Well, he seems to prefer orthodoxy to anarchy. I don't think the medicine
discussion belongs here either, and what they do or don't do in Waco is a
matter of supreme indifference to me.
But I know how to read select
On Aug 18, 2007, at 8:29 PM, Jeff Morris wrote:
I know you don't care. I don't care that you don't care. I wanted to
voice my opinion about it before I left. It's too bad...
For those of you who do stick to topic of computers and I know you are
here...good luck and thank you for the help I
LOL, nice rant, having nothing to do with computers.
--
John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
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"Some moder day countries..."--our own comes to mind.
Jeff Myers
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> From: Tony B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Bill Nye, the anti-God "Science Guy"
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> The "lesser light" referred to is moonshine. I see no contradic
I'm going to remove myself from membership from this list. I was a member
years ago and what a great list it was. I enjoy helping people with computer
problems when I can...but more importantly, I learned a lot from the members of
this list. I haven't been a member for a few years and rejoine
Having lived a bit of my childhood in the Great Lone Star State, I can tell you
that the town isn't called "Waco" for nothing.
And the Texas Board of Education, because of its command of market share,
exerts a strong effect on the content of the nation's textbook supply.
Oh, and the President l
The "lesser light" referred to is moonshine. I see no contradiction.
The person to be ashamed here is the people's pastors, who clearly
haven't made much effort to teach them how to read the bible.
Then again, some modern day countries are run by people like those, so
I guess it's our duty to try
Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy,"
managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a
presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but
instead reflects the light of the sun.
As even most elementary-school graduates know, the
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