Post #184,215
11/15/04 10:29:26 PM
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A final word
Well it's time to really go the way of Karsten. I really don't have anything more to contribute here, and I'm not getting anything thing out of it other than pissed off at the mental cases (fooker and birdbrain).
I hope I'll be able to see Skip and Beep in future. It was a lot of fun being at the party the last two years. I would have liked to have met more of you in person - this is really a lousy way to communicate.
Don't take it personally. I'm sort of sick of everyone. Humans basically suck - the cellphone is the best, most dramatic proof of that, followed closely by the Internet. My God, did I help create this mess?
Sorry for wasting your time. Nothing here to see, move along.
-drl
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Post #184,217
11/15/04 10:38:03 PM
11/16/04 8:45:35 AM
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Bye. You are just looking for excuses.
Everyone does that. If I can't argue with you... who can. And was I really taking you to task?
No. Just shooting holes with a shotgun, hoping you'll back-up your assertions.
So, long, fair-well, <mumble>-good night.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Edited by folkert
Nov. 16, 2004, 08:45:35 AM EST
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Post #184,218
11/15/04 10:40:03 PM
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Owl waves her wing at Ross
Bye bye.
Brenda
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
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Post #184,219
11/15/04 10:45:57 PM
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Color me the optimist...
...but I kind of hope self returns one of these years, as well as yourself. The world seems on a losing trajectory but every once in a while there is a glimmer of hope. Can't say that I think cell phones or the internet really has caused the demise of civilization, as there were many things before these modern forms of communication that were/are troublesome.
Anyway, take care. And if you wonder back to these parts, you will be treated as the prodigal son returned. :-)
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Post #184,220
11/15/04 10:54:51 PM
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Re: Color me the optimist...
...but I kind of hope self returns one of these years, as well as yourself. The world seems on a losing trajectory but every once in a while there is a glimmer of hope. Can't say that I think cell phones or the internet really has caused the demise of civilization, as there were many things before these modern forms of communication that were/are troublesome. I agree there. I hope those that have left, (including Ross), find their way back here and start anew. After all, people take breaks from things all the time, and there's nothing wrong with that. And they know IWT is here to come back to. And maybe that will give them some comfort. Brenda
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
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Post #184,221
11/15/04 10:59:01 PM
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Take care
You are always welcome, even when you go off the deep end for a bit.
I hope you find what you are looking for.
You remind me of the Who song, "They call me the Seeker".
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Post #184,234
11/16/04 6:54:04 AM
11/16/04 7:01:02 AM
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NT
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Edited by imric
Nov. 16, 2004, 07:01:02 AM EST
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Post #184,223
11/15/04 11:05:05 PM
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Hopefully some day you'll reconsider
In the meantime, enjoy the break.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #184,226
11/15/04 11:23:36 PM
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Heck, we still have to get together & grab a beer
intelligent conversation is at a premium down here!
I'd say though, that writing off this place because you conflict with some personalities might be a mistake. There will be conficts in any sufficiently large group; that doesn't invalidate the value of the group itself. As to getting POed, is it really worth it to get more than annoyed by a post? I mean, it's less than a voice; you can just not read it - and that's a lot easier than ignoring a voice in a 'real' conversation. You don't even have to cover your ears...
Try setting your preferences to show one comment at a time rather than show all replies - and then ignore those posters that are irritating you... I dunno. I can't judge. I changed my posting style (and frequency) signifigantly after LAME got under my skin.
I have a feeling we'll still be here if you want to come back...
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #184,230
11/16/04 5:32:13 AM
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How about a "rein check" ?
C'mon - we're all saddled with a National Brainfart, facing four years!! of ticking off just how many areas from.. the local environment to the whole fucking planet -- might be? will be? set-backwards / partially destroyed? / goaded by Bring-It-On bravado; just fucking Dared to create the Armageddon/spasm these psychos secretly masturbate-over.. (just not on that expensive new blue oval rug-thing).
While matters devolve as they must; as Shrub periodically lets slip in Public garblings.. the sterility of his vacant psyche and his dry-drunk tenuous grasp on normal human connectedness -
WTF are ya gonna go to find erudite moral support, irreverent analysis and just plain black humor? - As We Watch and Wait for this cabal to self-destruct, as did Caligula and all the other loonies. The seeds are in their DNA. There's your place to invest real faith of the non-fantastical kind. Bet on Cosmic Humour every time!
We must preserve the essential and sane hope that somehow These Too Shall Pass *before* they can open the Bagman's bag wide enough to inflict Gawd's Retribution on the unSaved.
Even with 4 Clarence Thomases leaving pubic hair on beer cans in the USSC Executive john..
See ya around, y'hear?
All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
-- Albert Einstein
People and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
-- Abba Eban
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Post #184,233
11/16/04 6:51:30 AM
11/16/04 7:00:00 AM
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So THAT's what that does!
Accidentally 'compressed'...
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Edited by imric
Nov. 16, 2004, 06:59:25 AM EST
Edited by imric
Nov. 16, 2004, 07:00:00 AM EST
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Post #184,236
11/16/04 8:38:35 AM
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ttfn
Peter
[link|http://www.debian.org|Shill For Hire]
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
[link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org|Home]
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Post #184,237
11/16/04 8:44:33 AM
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Peter, your webserver is not serving.
Well, neither is your SSHD.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyNo matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp|source]Here is an example: [link|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
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Post #184,240
11/16/04 9:30:26 AM
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I know
House is being redecorated.
All computers apart from laptop are unplugged and stacked up :-)
Peter
[link|http://www.debian.org|Shill For Hire]
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
[link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org|Home]
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Post #184,241
11/16/04 9:53:47 AM
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Enjoy the break. Hope you'll come back one day.
--
This guy's ahead of his time! He's using quantum programming methods: in universes where invalid data is passed to this function, it does not return. Thus you are ensured that you will only have valid data after calling it. Optimally you'd destroy the universe on failure, but computers haven't quite advanced to that level yet.
-- [link|http://thedailywtf.com/archive/2004/10/26/2920.aspx|The] Daily WTF
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Post #184,254
11/16/04 1:20:42 PM
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I share Arkadiy's thought.
And, if you ever want to zip up I-85 for a visit to Charlotte, let me know.
Alex
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
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Post #184,256
11/16/04 3:23:00 PM
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Hell I might take you up on that...
...except I'd be zipping >down<.
Have family in that area that I want to come visit soon.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
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Post #184,257
11/16/04 4:04:57 PM
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Well, you would be welcome!
My IWT userId at carolina period rr period com.
Alex
In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet (1772-1834)
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Post #184,255
11/16/04 2:49:19 PM
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Bye or whatever
-----------------------------------------
How do you convince a Washington Journalist that you're not slapping him in the face?
Tell him you're not.
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Post #184,290
11/16/04 10:50:59 PM
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dont forget to email
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
clearwater highschool marching band [link|http://www.chstornadoband.org/|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
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Post #184,305
11/17/04 6:39:20 AM
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Rivers and ditches
All resevior
On wienerschnitzl
Shoes
Y'all come back. Whenever you're ready.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #184,590
11/20/04 11:16:52 AM
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Sorry to See You Go
I know we don't agree on most things, but I think you have grown in this forum.
It's valuable to see and understand multiple points of view. If you put yourself into an environment where everyone agrees with you, you're in trouble.
You've also had an influence on me, because you pull me from right-wing to the middle. You might think I'm still one of those fundie John Birch types, but you have taught me to have compassion.
What all of us need most in life is balance.
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Post #184,672
11/21/04 1:48:26 AM
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"final" is too final a word
cheerio, but be back soon...
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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