On Oct 20, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, John Williams wrote:
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also like the one that goes One has two ears and one mouth, and
should use them in that proportion.
Don't forget the ten typing fingers.
Vs. 2 eyes for
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Oct 20, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, John Williams wrote:
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also like the one that goes One has two ears and one mouth, and
should use them in that proportion.
Don't forget
On Oct 21, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Oct 20, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, John Williams wrote:
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also like the one that goes One has two ears and one mouth, and
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also like the one that goes One has two ears and one mouth, and
should use them in that proportion.
Don't forget the ten typing fingers.
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, John Williams wrote:
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I also like the one that goes One has two ears and one mouth, and
should use them in that proportion.
Don't forget the ten typing fingers.
Vs. 2 eyes for reading. Hm
Julia
What will cause people to leave this list is trolls who have nothing better to
do than exhibit their asperger's syndrome...
jon
Just for the record, I have Asperger's, and I don't act like a Troll (usually).
Bad choice of aspersions there.
Olin
- Original Message -
From: Jon
Ditto. Grrr... is a Billy Goat Gruff walking on MY bridge?
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Monotonous posting
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:43:02 -0700
What will cause people to leave this list is trolls who have nothing
On 21 Oct 2008, at 00:04, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
What will cause people to leave this list is
trolls who have nothing better to do than exhibit their
asperger's syndrome...
jon
Just for the record, I have Asperger's, and I
don't act like a Troll (usually). Bad choice of
aspersions there.
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
What will cause people to leave this list is
trolls who have nothing better to do than exhibit their
asperger's syndrome...
jon
Just for the record, I have Asperger's, and I
don't act like a Troll (usually). Bad choice of
aspersions there.
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
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From: Dave Landmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussionmailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: monotonous posting
William,
Nick never threatened to censor you, however much you wish to interpret
his email that way. He
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
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
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
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 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
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