Did someone just write something?

Post #165,936 by broomberg 7/25/04 4:19:30 PM Reply	Did someone just write something? hehe. Hey, some people just don't see the need to comment of everything. So it seems your posts fall through the cracks. Don't take it personally. DeSitter goes over the deep end politically and socially which triggers reactions, or scientifically, which triggers "ooh, ahh, cool". Lincoln does unemployment articles, how awful the world it, how depressed we should be. DeSitter then agrees with him. Box babbles with some pretty neat observations / stories. Sometimes kicks a religous bent article around. Al6x (some more 6s there) goes pro-Palestine / anti Israel, while Box goes the reverse, which occasional other kicking in. Since Al6x has some of the most intense personal history there, his viewpoint is always welcome to me, even if I'm more on Box's side of the argument. Thane has some interesting observations, but it seems that he's got a few more years of being beaten down ahead of him. I think in about 10 years something amazing will blossom. Ben Tilly is one of the smartest / well read people I've ever met. If I find myself on the other side of an argument with him, I'd do some serious research before opening my mouth. Ashton goes strong left wing, with obscure references and interesting phrasing. Sometime I understand him, but often not. I tend to zone when he goes over 3 paragraphs since my brain stops filling in words I don't know at that bpoint. Sometime I plug them into dictionary.com, but often they just don't exist and I don't know enough about the base of the word to figure out what he MIGHT mean in it's usage. Sorry if I missed anyone (actually many, I'm just done babbling at this point). I tend to offer up things that cause major reactions. Sometimes for fun, but often I'll learn something in the ensuing maelstrom. Or I'll whine about my kids, or health stuff, and let off a little steam. Your business offerings don't really ring true as things that are both needed and fundable. Often they go against politically entrenched methods of doing things, which in turn makes them a serious battle. They may make you a mint, or they may make you a sad bitter old man. Either way, I really don't have anything constructive to offer, so I tend not to respond. Happy, you got a major response out of me?
Post #165,959 by inthane-chan 7/25/04 5:25:15 PM Reply	Gee, thanks. I think. ;) WANTED: Precognitive Telepath for adventuring Partnership. You know where to apply.
Post #165,972 by Ashton 7/25/04 7:47:24 PM Reply	Zymurgy. .. and what used to be called Moderate is now labelled far-'Left' in the slithery scale of compassionate 'Conservatism' (as would have Barry Goldwater crying ~ "Nazi! and Not My Idea of Conservative\ufffd") er, cha cha cha And yeah, your fondness for a certain amount of stick-poking \ufffd l\ufffd Rick Moen is noted -- another loss of oft extremely pithy quotes ... fallout in the loss of Our Karsten (however parially self-inflicted, that). 'We' are not Immune from terminal bitchiness & sanctimony, yet most fortunately not of the unredeemable ilk (or, mostly- not of the actively malevolent - til someone mentions Leviticus or Attila as recommended lifestyle ;-). moi Das Lied von der mErde The man who has made up his mind for all contingencies will often be too quick for one who tries to understand. Pieter Geyl via Wolf, on Bridge America -- an obscene fascination with itself. Norman Mailer
Post #165,982 by broomberg 7/25/04 9:58:15 PM Reply	Fermentation? Brewing? Huh?
Post #166,363 by lincoln 7/27/04 7:53:40 PM Reply	You forgot someone - yourself Broomberg talks about how all mainframes suck, even though he tries to push them beyond their designed capabilities - guess the designers are all to blame. Of course, he wouldn't even have a job in this industry if mainframes didn't exist for the past 50 years or so. His posts carry the theme that any OS that is nix is great; all others pale in comparison. Guess he heard about all of the viruses written for OS/360, OS/370, OS/400, Tandem Guardian, etc.; oh wait, none of those have ever had a virus written for them, and those OS's are NOT* nix. (And if you say Tandem's Guardian is written in Unix, I'm still waiting for you to prove* it.) His general posting attitude is that he thinks that he's better than just about everyone here. Hubris - thy name is Broomberg. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #166,365 by inthane-chan 7/27/04 7:56:20 PM Reply	Troll, thy name is Lincoln ;) (Yes, I know, I know - Barry does tend to get preachy sometimes...) WANTED: Precognitive Telepath for adventuring Partnership. You know where to apply.
Post #166,523 by lincoln 7/28/04 7:53:19 PM Reply	He'd be more tolerable if he didn't carry so much PHB attitude up with him on that pedistal he gets on every morning. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]

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