[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread Marek Reavis
Preach on, Brother. I agree with everything said below. And do feel like much of FFL has been hijacked and taken to an entirely different tone and tenor from what it used to be. There are several people whose posts I consistently open because I know that there will be something of value in what

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread sallysunshine01
IMO, posters get into a pit of sand, hard to dig out, when they try to diagnose motives and moods of other posters. If Dr. Pete can't do it via text, and he is a trained professional in deciphering such with live clients Is there anyone here who is trained to work with dead clients? If so,

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread sallysunshine01
This is really a great analysis, Gabby, my previous joke about it notwithstanding. Pretty much how I often feel as well. Sal --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MG's recent post is another example. Diagnosing complex and generally perversre

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread Premanand Paul Mason
When I first chanced on FFL it seemed 'gentlemanly' if you can excuse the non-PC term. Nowadays, it is an alley where one has to beware of who might be about. Although it appears that there are more posts nowadays, this is something of an illusion, since there is now an anything-goes mentality

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [...] Ownership and identity with petty things like thoughts and intellectual creations certainly wanes in the process of consciouness waking up to itself. From day one of transcennding IME. To claim full wakefulness of consiousness to

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand Paul Mason premanandpaul@ wrote: Well, for starters your posts always seem to me to be reasonably polite, which is welcome. Thanks. I think if posters

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been on forums way back to CompuServe in the early 1980's. On all groups over the years I subscribe to there would be flare-ups over how people post and the value of what they post. These would always simmer down

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-01 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to wonder how East can be the basis for so much controversy with its being an arbitrary designation on an insignificant planet in a minor solar system in a galaxy 0n the edge of etc. etc. I would think it should

Re: [FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-01 Thread Sal Sunshine
I find that *very* annoying, Anon. Take it all back or I'm calling the Feds! Sal On Jan 31, 2006, at 11:30 PM, anonyff wrote: Here's my imitation of a Michael Dean Goodman post Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Re: [FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-01 Thread Peter
Why don't you use your name, coward? --- anonyff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's my imitation of a Michael Dean Goodman post Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-01 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
He did. Don't you know the Anonyff's? Its a fine old New York family. Frederick Anonuff came over on the Mayflower. Joseph Anonyff was an alternate representative at the Declaration of Independence meetings. Would have been a signer if the primary was still sick from too much snuff. --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-01 Thread Rick Archer
on 1/31/06 8:16 PM, wayback71 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nicely put, Michael. It seems to me that much of FFL is a different place than it was a few years ago. There are wonderful discussions, good laughs, and such knowledgable people here. But I skip many of the posts these days

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-01 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/31/06 8:16 PM, wayback71 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nicely put, Michael. It seems to me that much of FFL is a different place than it was a few years ago. There are wonderful discussions, good laughs,

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-02-01 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 1/31/06 8:16 PM, wayback71 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. I don't get this hostility on the Internet thing. A basic question: can you objectively identify hostility in another, a stranger -- someone you have

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-31 Thread Patrick Gillam
--- Michael Dean Goodman wrote: you folks who joust and attack and bully and rant, hiding behind anonymity here - in my opinion you are simply cowards. Prove me wrong. Reveal yourselves. Take responsibility for your words. Step out of the shadows into the light. All right. So be it.

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-31 Thread wayback71
doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I checked the last 50 or so Technology arttices in the NYTimes. And the last 50 or so articles in the Washington section. Could't find anything close to what the poster cited. So I did a search on anonymous and seperately on annoy. There

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-31 Thread Nelson
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded: Judy (authfriend) [EMAIL PROTECTED] then wrote: Michael Dean Goodman wrote: Dear Judy, snip Nicely put,

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-31 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
Perhaps then you could post something of interest periodically. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wayback71 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB [EMAIL

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-31 Thread anonyff
Here's my imitation of a Michael Dean Goodman post Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-31 Thread anonyff
Here's my imitation of a Michael Dean Goodman post Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
This post is pretty funny. If not sad. Its sounded so odd that such a major bill could pass congress and be signed without any controversy in the media. It a major Free Speech issue. So I checked the last 50 or so Technology arttices in the NYTimes. And the last 50 or so articles in the

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread Premanand Paul Mason
CNET NEWS Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail By Declan McCullagh 9th January 2006 http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3- 6022491.html?tag=nl --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This post is pretty funny.

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread Premanand Paul Mason
http://news.com.com/2010-1028_3-6022491.html?tag=nl easier-to-use URL --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand Paul Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CNET NEWS Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail By Declan McCullagh 9th January 2006

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I checked the last 50 or so Technology arttices in the NYTimes. And the last 50 or so articles in the Washington section. Could't find anything close to what the poster cited. So I did a search on

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread feste37
Yeah, his post reminded me of someone trying to understand something written in a language that he cannot read. He uses a dictionary and he can figure out the basic meanings of the words, but when he tries to put it all together he writes nonsense. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This post is pretty funny. If not sad. Its sounded so odd that such a major bill could pass congress and be signed without any controversy in the media. It a major Free Speech issue. So I checked the last 50

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
Thanks for the cite. I was thrown off by poster's misleading timeframe. The bill was signed Jan 5, while the post implies it was last thursday aka 1/26. I didn't look far enough back in the archives. 1/28/06 post: I post the following information, from today's New York Times news reports:

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I checked the last 50 or so Technology arttices in the NYTimes. And the last 50 or so articles in the Washington section.

Re: [FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread Vaj
On Jan 29, 2006, at 12:29 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:The funny thing is, AkashAnonGabby, since the law appears  to be real, you're the first person since it was mentioned  here who would qualify for prosecution under it.  And this probably comes as a shock to no one here.  Now, now, now let's calm

Re: [FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread Bhairitu
It applies to private mails not lists, newsgroups, or forums. I already mentioned in a reply to Paul post (which for some reason hasn't arrived on the list even though that was over an hour ago and the other sent at the same time to Michael posted immediately) that if you read the CNET

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It applies to private mails not lists, newsgroups, or forums. I already mentioned in a reply to Paul post (which for some reason hasn't arrived on the list even though that was over an hour ago and the other sent at

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It applies to private mails not lists, newsgroups, or forums. ... if you read the CNET article and scroll down to the comments you'll find that a) Declan posted a link to the wrong section of the law and b) parsing the

Re: [FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread Bhairitu
Be sure to read the comments section below the article. You'll see the paranoia was pretty much put to rest as this is for personal or private emails, not lists, newsgroups or forums. - Bhairitu Premanand Paul Mason wrote: CNET NEWS Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail By Declan

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctor_gabby_savy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I checked the last 50 or so Technology

[FairfieldLife] WHAT! Re: Annoying someone via the internet is now a federal crime

2006-01-29 Thread doctor_gabby_savy
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone with half a brain would have Googled on the name of the law itself. I guess thats why you did why you Googled it. The funny thing is, AkashAnonGabby, Are you calling me anonymously spacey? since the law