Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-22 Thread Bob Sneidar
The fact that I am right about everything gives me the confidence to remain calm and not flame anyone. ;-) Bob On Nov 21, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Matthias Rebbe wrote: I just was worried that this discussion might end in a flame war. ___ use-livecode

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-22 Thread Richmond
On 11/22/2011 07:12 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: The fact that I am right about everything gives me the confidence to remain calm and not flame anyone. ;-) I love you almost as much as you love yourself . . . LOL Bob On Nov 21, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Matthias Rebbe wrote: I just was worried that

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
Har! Those are hilarious! I think it demonstrates that the best way to deal with idiocy is to laugh out loud at it; to mock it, to humiliate it's proponents into a state of embarrassment. We should all gather at the Occupy Wall Street movements around the world and have some well known

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread stephen barncard
*the people who (lacking jobs or any kind of productive lifestyle) * Implying they didn't want to work and just goof off? Dude, you have a job. That was just plain mean. let's end this thread now. sqb On 21 November 2011 10:55, Bob Sneidar b...@twft.com wrote: Har! Those are hilarious! I

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Bob Sneidar
Sure let's end it. But first let me say that if I lose my job I am not going to go demonstrate somewhere. I am going to look for another one. Bob On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:01 AM, stephen barncard wrote: *the people who (lacking jobs or any kind of productive lifestyle) * Implying they

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Richmond
On 11/21/2011 09:07 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Sure let's end it. But first let me say that if I lose my job I am not going to go demonstrate somewhere. I am going to look for another one. I've lost quite a few jobs in my time; so in the end I invented my own. I would certainly not hang around

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread stephen barncard
I think both of you have trivialized and underestimated the seriousness of what's happening now. Easy to be smug when you are ok. On 21 November 2011 12:20, Richmond richmondmathew...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/21/2011 09:07 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Sure let's end it. But first let me say that if

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Chipp Walters
On Monday, November 21, 2011, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: I think both of you have trivialized and underestimated the seriousness of what's happening now. Easy to be smug when you are ok. Hmmm. Do you think it smug to call other folks smug just because you don't

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread J. Landman Gay
I have strong opinions about this too, but it doesn't belong here. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list

RE: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Ralph DiMola
Subject: Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2 I have strong opinions about this too, but it doesn't belong here. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Chipp Walters
Well, do you advocate all threads with the [OT] prefix be removed, or just the ones you personally don't care for? On Monday, November 21, 2011, J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com wrote: I have strong opinions about this too, but it doesn't belong here. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Gals and Guys, please stop here. I am always shocked, how easy a OT runs out of control. Regards, Matthias Am 22.11.2011 um 00:21 schrieb Chipp Walters: Well, do you advocate all threads with the [OT] prefix be removed, or just the ones you personally don't care for? On Monday,

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Todd Geist
We all have strong feelings about what is going on. But please do all of us a favor and stop discussing it here. This is not the place. Thank you Todd On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Chipp Walters ch...@chipp.com wrote: Well, do you advocate all threads with the [OT] prefix be removed, or

RE: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread John Dixon
Yes... there wouldn't be any that I didn't care for if it was remembered that this is a list for liveCode, so should be nothing more... nothing less ! Well, do you advocate all threads with the [OT] prefix be removed, or just the ones you personally don't care for? Chipp Walters CEO,

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Björnke von Gierke
every OT that's not programming related, yes. that includes cheese, politcs, religion and similar topics. On 22 Nov 2011, at 00:21, Chipp Walters wrote: Well, do you advocate all threads with the [OT] prefix be removed, or just the ones you personally don't care for? On Monday, November

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Colin Holgate
There should be [OT][OT]. I think that talking about industry news that could affect LiveCode's future (even if it's not likely to) is a fair enough topic. To take that discussion off in a non-technical direction makes it less fair enough. Mind you, there are probably a good number of Flash

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Chipp Walters
I always chuckle at these sort of posts: please stop as this is out of control! it's almost like folks believe they HAVE TO read posts marked OT-- as if they're caught in some sort of clockwork orange brainwashing scene unable to control their impulses:

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Kay C Lan
2011/11/22 Björnke von Gierke b...@mac.com every OT that's not programming related, yes. that includes cheese, politcs, religion and similar topics. Ah, I only ever get to come back and visit this List in microbursts, but I see it hasn't changed ;-)

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-21 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Chipp, i have no problems with OT posts. I even post some. And if i have the time, i read all posts of this list. I just was worried that this discussion might end in a flame war. English is not my native language. Maybe therefore it felt for me like the discussion might go up in that

[OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-19 Thread Richmond
The movement to rid the world of the Flash Player plugin http://occupyflash.org/ Wow; how immature can one get The only way to truly force the web to embrace modern open standards is to invalidate old technology. I don't like that word 'force', and I feel fairly dicky about 'modern

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-19 Thread Colin Holgate
You'll hopefully enjoy these two sites: http://occupyhtml.org/ http://occupyoccupyflash.org/ ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-19 Thread Richmond
On 11/19/2011 09:45 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: You'll hopefully enjoy these two sites: http://occupyhtml.org/ http://occupyoccupyflash.org/ Yes . . . :) Although I should point out that I am Flash-neutral. What worries me is word like 'force', 'modern' and 'standards'; all smacking of

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-19 Thread Colin Holgate
Which of course doesn't stop it from being funny. My hope is that Mike Bloomberg will arrest them all. On Nov 19, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Richmond wrote: Although I should point out that I am Flash-neutral. ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: [OT] A FLASH in the pan? Part 2

2011-11-19 Thread Richmond
On 11/19/2011 11:34 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: Which of course doesn't stop it from being funny. No, you are quite right . . . :) My hope is that Mike Bloomberg will arrest them all. On Nov 19, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Richmond wrote: Although I should point out that I am Flash-neutral.