Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-27 Thread eckinator
that's the spirit =) 2010/1/27 P. J. Alling : > On 1/27/2010 3:48 PM, eckinator wrote: >> >> 2010/1/27 P. J. Alling: >> >>> >>> Hey believe what you want I for one don't want my neighbors to freeze in >>> the >>> dark for no particular gain.  What the authors of that particular paper >>> seem >>>

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/27/2010 3:48 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/1/27 P. J. Alling: Hey believe what you want I for one don't want my neighbors to freeze in the dark for no particular gain. What the authors of that particular paper seem to want is good science. If they made mistakes they can be called on it, t

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-27 Thread eckinator
2010/1/27 P. J. Alling : > > Hey believe what you want I for one don't want my neighbors to freeze in the > dark for no particular gain.  What the authors of that particular paper seem > to want is good science.  If they made mistakes they can be called on it, > there's nothing hidden.  Unlike Clim

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/27/2010 8:06 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/1/26 P. J. Alling: I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. Perhaps Gerlich and Tscheuschner could prove it hasn't got its thermodynamics right and thus is just a plot to harm the economy =P Hey believe what you

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-27 Thread eckinator
2010/1/26 P. J. Alling : > > I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. > Perhaps Gerlich and Tscheuschner could prove it hasn't got its thermodynamics right and thus is just a plot to harm the economy =P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
I find that a lot of courses I've been required to take were just to check a box on somebody's form. Learning seemed to be completely incidental, and possibly counter productive. On 1/26/2010 10:46 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "P. J. Alling" You didn't really think you were supposed to lear

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" You didn't really think you were supposed to learn something, did you? Well, yes, I did. What's the point of requiring me to take a class if I'm not supposed to learn something in it? And I did learn some things in that course - quite a few things actually. I just can'

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/26/2010 7:02 PM, Graydon wrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:14:39AM -0500, John Sessoms scripsit: From: "P. J. Alling" I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. Alan Sokal apparently agrees with you ... http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/transgress_

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread Graydon
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:14:39AM -0500, John Sessoms scripsit: > From: "P. J. Alling" >> I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. > Alan Sokal apparently agrees with you ... > > http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html Trying to start

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
You didn't really think you were supposed to learn something, did you? On 1/26/2010 3:48 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Mark Roberts John Sessoms wrote: >From: "P. J. Alling" >> I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. > >Alan Sokal apparently agrees with you ... >

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts John Sessoms wrote: >From: "P. J. Alling" >> I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. > >Alan Sokal apparently agrees with you ... > >http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo Th

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >From: "P. J. Alling" >> I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. > >Alan Sokal apparently agrees with you ... > >http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread Bob W
> > > > I think that the law of gravity is unfair and should be repealed. > > > > Alan Sokal apparently agrees with you ... > > http://www.physics.nyu.edu/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_s inglefile.html > One of my favourite stories of recent years. So beautifully conceived and carried out

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" On 1/24/2010 9:44 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Tom C wrote: > > >>> More importantly laws are not justice >>> >>> -- >>> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) >>> >> Mark! >> > The problem is, I disagree about laws not being justice - take the law > of gravi

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/24/2010 9:44 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Tom C wrote: More importantly laws are not justice -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Mark! The problem is, I disagree about laws not being justice - take the law of gravity, for example... ;-) I think that the law of gra

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-25 Thread Tom C
The bigger they are the harder they fall. That seems to be just to me. Pound for pound, ounce for ounce, eye for eye. Tom C. > If you were 40 pounds overweight, you wouldn't think the law of gravity was > especially just. > > William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Please Ignore Me (too) The problem is, I disagree about laws not being justice - take the law of gravity, for example... If you were 40 pounds overweight, you wouldn't think the law of gravity was especially

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-24 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Please Ignore Me (too) Tom C wrote: More importantly laws are not justice -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Mark! The problem is, I disagree about laws

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: >> More importantly laws are not justice >> >> -- >> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > >Mark! The problem is, I disagree about laws not being justice - take the law of gravity, for example... ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-24 Thread Tom C
> More importantly laws are not justice > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Mark! On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 20/01/2010, Tom C wrote: > >> Our laws are only words written on paper. > > More importantly laws are not justice > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" On 1/20/2010 3:48 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 20/01/2010, Tom C wrote: > > >> Our laws are only words written on paper. >> > More importantly laws are not justice > A working lawyer once explained it to me. We can't guarantee justice, the best we can guar

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-24 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: Please Ignore Me (too) On 1/20/2010 3:48 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 20/01/2010, Tom C wrote: Our laws are only words written on paper. More importantly la

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-24 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/20/2010 3:48 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 20/01/2010, Tom C wrote: Our laws are only words written on paper. More importantly laws are not justice A working lawyer once explained it to me. We can't guarantee justice, the best we can guarantee is a fair process, for justice

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-20 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20/01/2010, Tom C wrote: > Our laws are only words written on paper. More importantly laws are not justice -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread Tom C
Yes and even then the "rights" of the minority are often trampled on because as noble as we, or our society views itself, when there's a crisis, or when the majority view becomes so overwhelming, or when those in power become so blind to the needs of the lesser, rights are essentially foregone. Ou

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Bob W wrote: > The rights of the majority are usually well looked after. It's the rights of > minorities that usually get stomped and which we need to watch out for. My post to which you're responding was, of course, tongue-in-cheek. I have to say, though, that

RE: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread Bob W
> > Some people have their heads in the sand and live in a > fantasy world, and others want to impose their views on > others and refuse to respect the rights of the majority. > The rights of the majority are usually well looked after. It's the rights of minorities that usually get stomped and

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread eckinator
2010/1/19 frank theriault : > > Some people have their heads in the sand and live in a fantasy world, > and others want to impose their views on others and refuse to respect > the rights of the majority. > > In fact, that's pretty much what each side said about the other! As much as I hate admitti

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread Jack Davis
Oh, that!(?) "Human diversity will forever be split by fishers of ego." One of my favorite truisms. Jack --- On Tue, 1/19/10, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: Re: Please Ignore Me (too) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Whew! Glad I missed whatever happened? Some people have their heads in the sand and live in a fantasy world, and others want to impose their views on others and refuse to respect the rights of the majority. In fact, that's pretty much what eac

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread Jack Davis
Whew! Glad I missed whatever happened? Jack --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Subash wrote: > From: Subash > Subject: Re: Please Ignore Me (too) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:13 PM > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM, > steve harley >

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-18 Thread Subash
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM, steve harley wrote: > On 2010-01-18 21:21 , frank theriault wrote: >> >> I just responded to several posts in the >> Squirrel-turned-into-the-degrading-environment thread. I shouldn't >> have done so. > > well, i could stop myself from responding, but i could not

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-18 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "steve harley" Subject: Re: Please Ignore Me (too) well, i could stop myself from responding, but i could not fail to have a response I on the other hand, remain unrepentant and unapologetic. It's what's expected of me. William

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-18 Thread steve harley
On 2010-01-18 21:21 , frank theriault wrote: I just responded to several posts in the Squirrel-turned-into-the-degrading-environment thread. I shouldn't have done so. well, i could stop myself from responding, but i could not fail to have a response until you said forget it, i was so happy