It's been very quiet here since the thought police manifesto.
Obvious Maru
what manifesto?
oblivious maru...
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On 19 Oct 2008, at 12:04, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
It's been very quiet here since the thought police manifesto.
Obvious Maru
what manifesto?
oblivious maru...
On 20 Aug 2008, at 15:12, Nick Arnett wrote:
I don't think we've ever moderated anybody for frequent off-topic
posting, but I'm
William T Goodall wrote:
On 19 Oct 2008, at 12:04, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
It's been very quiet here since the thought police manifesto.
...
On 20 Aug 2008, at 15:12, Nick Arnett wrote:
I don't think we've ever moderated anybody for frequent off-topic
posting, but I'm growing increasingly
William,
Nick never threatened to censor you, however much you wish to interpret
his email that way. He expressed concern that your posts were a
distraction and offensive to some who might otherwise participate
Seems he was right.
Maybe the posts have dropped off because people got so damn sick
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:05 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Indicating that my fears that Nick's threats of censorship would
discourage posting were fully justified.
There's a lot I'd LIKE to say in response, but I'll just let the cold, hard
facts -- the numbers -- tell the
Maybe the posts have dropped off because people got so damn sick of your
monotonous posts.
Or maybe it was because each one of his monotonous posts elicit dozens of
responses from people telling him how monotonous and irritating he is. I find
everyone's responses to William, and the energy
Olin Elliott said the following on 10/19/2008 5:59 PM:
Or maybe it was because each one of his monotonous posts elicit
dozens of responses from people telling him how monotonous and
irritating he is. I find everyone's responses to William, and the
energy that goes into villainizing him to
On 19 Oct 2008, at 22:48, Nick Arnett wrote:
During the weeks following my post, we had abnormally high activity
-- more
than two standard deviations from the mean. One of those weeks, we
were at
more than five standard deviations above the mean.
Obviously controversy always causes a
On 20 Oct 2008, at 00:01, Lance A. Brown wrote:
Olin Elliott said the following on 10/19/2008 5:59 PM:
Or maybe it was because each one of his monotonous posts elicit
dozens of responses from people telling him how monotonous and
irritating he is. I find everyone's responses to William,
On 19 Oct 2008, at 22:15, Dave Land wrote:
William,
Nick never threatened to censor you, however much you wish to
interpret
his email that way. He expressed concern that your posts were a
distraction and offensive to some who might otherwise participate
Seems he was right.
Maybe the
On 19 Oct 2008, at 22:59, Olin Elliott wrote:
Maybe the posts have dropped off because people got so damn sick of
your
monotonous posts.
Or maybe it was because each one of his monotonous posts elicit
dozens of responses from people telling him how monotonous and
irritating he is.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Lance A. Brown wrote:
Olin Elliott said the following on 10/19/2008 5:59 PM:
Or maybe it was because each one of his monotonous posts elicit
dozens of responses from people telling him how monotonous and
irritating he is. I find everyone's responses to William, and
On 20/10/2008, at 10:50 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Sometimes some folks have problem spotting the troll.
Yep. Sneaky at times, them trolls. And there's a subtle difference
between someone trolling purely maliciously, and someone yanking a
chain in order to hold a mirror up to someone else's
Julia Thompson wrote:
That's just me. And, well, I have an underdeveloped sense of tact; at
least 2/3 of whatever might be perceived as tact in me is actually my
keeping my mouth shut when in doubt. (If you do that in person, but stay
attentive to the conversation, you may end up with a
Yesterday I took part in the Around The Bay in a Day ride. Here's the
route. Length of about 210km (130 miles).
http://www.bv.com.au/map/gmap/atb2008/?slct1=2
I was on the bike for 8h 10m (and on a standard road bike rather than
my recumbent...). I was in a fair bit of pain at the end.
On 20/10/2008, at 11:11 AM, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
I've always loved the quote from Abraham Lincoln:
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
remove all doubt.
If it was indeed Lincoln that penned it. It's also been attributed to
Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and a
http://groxx.com/ZeroTolerance/High_school_student_faces_felony_charges_for_writing_a_story_about_zombies-1/
. . . ronn! :)
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On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
So my posts obviously didn't contribute to that decline since I
stopped making them. That leaves Nick's threats of censorship as an
explanation.
And since there was no decline, but rather an extremely unusual
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:24 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On 19 Oct 2008, at 22:48, Nick Arnett wrote:
During the weeks following my post, we had abnormally high activity
-- more
than two standard deviations from the mean. One of those weeks, we
were at
more than
On 20 Oct 2008, at 01:51, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
So my posts obviously didn't contribute to that decline since I
stopped making them. That leaves Nick's threats of censorship as an
explanation.
And since there was
Little over two weeks ago I was at a military conference in Florida
on power satellites. I was talking about the pup up and push idea of
sending a laser stage up to 260 miles and while it's above the
atmosphere push it into geosynchronous transfer orbit with a 4 GW
ablation propulsion laser.
On 20/10/2008, at 10:41 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
http://groxx.com/ZeroTolerance/High_school_student_faces_felony_charges_for_writing_a_story_about_zombies-1/
T'was in 2005 (it's ten days to the day all charges were dropped,
likely the reason it's pop-ed up again.) A good summary of the
William T Goodall said the following on 10/19/2008 7:27 PM:
First rule of dealing with trolls: Don't Feed The Troll.
That's a very sound policy I've been following for years. Don't post
in a thread you don't like, especially to complain that you don't like
it.
Did I say I didn't like
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 5:45 PM, hkhenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At dinner with a couple of officers and Charles Miller, Charles made
a case (obvious only in retrospect) that there is a simple, already
tried, way to finance even a few hundred billion dollars for power
satellites.
Declare
On 20 Oct 2008, at 02:05, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:24 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Or, and this is my preference, just drop it. You are completely
wrong; the
numbers don't lie.
Of course you prefer not be shown to be wrong. I think it's very clear
On 20 Oct 2008, at 02:51, Lance A. Brown wrote:
William T Goodall said the following on 10/19/2008 7:27 PM:
First rule of dealing with trolls: Don't Feed The Troll.
That's a very sound policy I've been following for years. Don't post
in a thread you don't like, especially to complain that
At least, unicorns were mentioned in some other thread today
http://www.democraticstuff.com/Unicorns-for-Obama-Photo-Button-p/bt23828.htm
That site has an awful lot of buttons for sale. Many of them are *highly*
amusing for various reasons.
Julia
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 6:56 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Of course you prefer not be shown to be wrong. I think it's very clear
to any reasonable person that I am right. Your blustering and
posturing isn't going to convince anyone otherwise.
My apologies to all for feeding
On 20 Oct 2008, at 03:07, Nick Arnett wrote:
I'll stop feeding him now and perhaps ponder just how much
disruption the
list managers should tolerate. A lot, of course, but sheesh...
I really don't think you are fit to be list manager. You should do the
decent thing and quit.
Advice
At 08:21 PM Sunday 10/19/2008, sendai wrote:
On 20/10/2008, at 10:41 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
http://groxx.com/ZeroTolerance/High_school_student_faces_felony_charges_for_writing_a_story_about_zombies-1/
T'was in 2005 (it's ten days to the day all charges were dropped,
likely the
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
http://groxx.com/ZeroTolerance/High_school_student_faces_felony_charges_for_writing_a_story_about_zombies-1/
Will civilization ever return to the United States? Some days I have my
doubts.
Regards,
--
Kevin B. O'Brien TANSTAAFL
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux
At 09:12 PM Sunday 10/19/2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 20 Oct 2008, at 03:07, Nick Arnett wrote:
I'll stop feeding him now and perhaps ponder just how much
disruption the
list managers should tolerate. A lot, of course, but sheesh...
I really don't think you are fit to be list
On 20/10/2008, at 1:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 20 Oct 2008, at 03:07, Nick Arnett wrote:
I'll stop feeding him now and perhaps ponder just how much
disruption the
list managers should tolerate. A lot, of course, but sheesh...
I really don't think you are fit to be list
William wrote:
I really don't think you are fit to be list manager. You should do the
decent thing and quit.
Are you volunteering your time and equipment?
Doug
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Nick wrote:
I'll stop feeding him now and perhaps ponder just how much disruption the
list managers should tolerate. A lot, of course, but sheesh...
Excellent idea. There is as much or even more disruption in the
tumultuous replies than there were in the original messages.
Doug
Just roll
And then we find out if the US will continue its slide into theocracy
and demagoguery, or if there's at least a glimmer of hope in turning
what should be one of the world's great citizen nations back from the
brink.
I know there's not been a lot of election chatter this time round. I
Charlie Bell wrote:
And then we find out if the US will continue its slide into theocracy
and demagoguery, or if there's at least a glimmer of hope in turning
what should be one of the world's great citizen nations back from the
brink.
I think that the only things that can stop Obama now
On 20/10/2008, at 4:24 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
But how amazing would it be if Obama does win? I'd have told you a
year ago that there was no way in hell that an African American could
compete for the presidency, let alone be the favorite with a few weeks
to go. The unfortunate thing is
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