Greetings!

12/19/04 4:48:58 AM

Greetings!

Hi all :)
I'm new so be nice!
Tell me what I should know!

Miranda
xxx

I stole this accordian from a blind monkey! BUT YOU! You disgust even ME!

Post #187,402

12/19/04 6:11:05 AM

Well . . .

First you get through the part where we find out if you are real or not (I think [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=186227|
Barbara] didn't make it). After that it's clear sailing as long as your skin isn't too thin.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

Post #187,403

by jbrabeck

12/19/04 6:39:42 AM

We're mostly a collection of techo geeks

So tell us about yourself and what brought you to IWETHEY.

Once everyone wakes up and reads your post, you'll be thoroughly poked and prodded to see, as Andrew said, "if you're real". Nightowl passed and is a regular member. Others have attempted to spam us. They're toasted, roasted, and derided.

Hope you're for real and, as your sig indicates, a female. We could use some more here. ;-)

Welcome aboard. Hang on tight for the ride.

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!"

Post #187,404

by Silverlock

12/19/04 6:44:14 AM

With a sig about a stolen accordian...

Am I safe in assuming you followed a link from a Kingdom of Loathing player profile?

-----------------------------------------
How do you convince a Washington Journalist that you're not slapping him in the face?

Tell him you're not.

Post #187,431

by imric

12/19/04 12:40:23 PM

Nah - Simpsons quote.

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.

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.

Post #187,406

12/19/04 7:42:41 AM

Rule #1.

No LOLing.

Post #187,408

by imric

12/19/04 7:50:26 AM

ROFL.

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.

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.

Post #187,427

by slugbug

12/19/04 12:21:09 PM

<grin>

Post #187,430

12/19/04 12:33:45 PM

Yeah, I guess Barbara wore that one out pretty fast.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

Post #187,442

by FuManChu

12/19/04 3:55:00 PM

LOL

But then, you knew that one was coming.

Post #187,443

12/19/04 3:58:34 PM

LOL

You just had to join the, "annoy Peter brigade", didn't you?

Well, so did I. :-)

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)

Post #187,446

12/19/04 4:41:22 PM

What do you mean, "join"?

:-P

Post #187,447

12/19/04 4:54:10 PM

Success! Again!

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)

Post #187,449

12/19/04 5:07:44 PM

s/Success/Failure/

but yes.

Post #187,451

12/19/04 6:16:33 PM

It is so fun to watch you try to hide your annoyance

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)

Post #187,452

12/19/04 6:18:27 PM

It's fun to watch you think that's what I'm doing :p

Post #187,454

12/19/04 6:34:02 PM

12/20/04 3:24:30 PM

Mine's bigger.

Edited by Another Scott Dec. 20, 2004, 03:24:30 PM EST

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Post #187,472

12/20/04 1:07:59 AM

Yeah, but...

...mine is Woo. And Yay.

And you can't argue with THAT.

Post #187,475

12/20/04 1:29:47 AM

Woo and Yay . . .

. . they were based in Hong Kong weren't they - I mean before the investigation and bankruptcy?

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

Post #187,478

12/20/04 1:57:47 AM

I'm trying to put all that behind me.

Post #187,495

12/20/04 8:19:45 AM

:-)

Post #187,535

by jb4

12/20/04 1:58:37 PM

12/20/04 1:58:58 PM

So its YOU whose messing up my screen

and requiring lots of horizontal scrolling!

For shame!

:-\ufffd !

jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT

Edited by jb4 Dec. 20, 2004, 01:58:58 PM EST

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Post #187,556

12/20/04 3:46:39 PM

Not a problem at 1920x1440. ;-j Fixored.

Post #187,557

by jb4

12/20/04 4:12:47 PM

12/20/04 4:13:10 PM

Thanx-

Not all of us can afford those newfangled hi-definition 21" LCD highfalutin displays...

Edited by jb4 Dec. 20, 2004, 04:13:10 PM EST

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Post #187,563

12/20/04 4:44:01 PM

It's a tube. Sony G520P. Not made any more. :-(

Post #187,550

by imric

12/20/04 3:29:09 PM

Getting cold in here?

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.

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.

Post #187,553

12/20/04 3:42:07 PM

No need to have edited

He can Edit Preferences. Choose the Link Display Format of "link to images". His problem is solved.

I hadn't even noticed that your image was large.

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)

Post #187,558

by jb4

12/20/04 4:14:09 PM

Now THAT would be a blow to his ego...

Post #187,412

12/19/04 9:20:33 AM

Salutations

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]

Post #187,413

12/19/04 9:39:28 AM

Hey.

I'm new so be nice!

Some of us try to be nice most of the time. Others, well, we all have our buttons, don't we.

Tell me what I should know!

Ok.

Why are you so afraid?
In darkness you'll see a new light[link|http://www.autobahn.com.br/berlin/Love_Life.html|.]

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #187,415

by daemon

12/19/04 9:59:49 AM

good morning

welcome, I hope you find interesting conversations here. Dont go into politics or war topics unless you have your flame retardent knickers on as there is lots of flames and retards there. Elsewhere we are somewhat nicer as long as there is no LOLing and participion and reparte to any posts you make is expected.
regards,
daemon

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/]

Post #187,536

by jb4

12/20/04 2:00:44 PM

Flames and retards... Nice...

Like you should talk...

Oh, that's right...you do....

Post #187,566

by daemon

12/20/04 5:10:48 PM

:-)

Post #187,428

by slugbug

12/19/04 12:26:33 PM

welcome...

...glad to see another female around these parts.

What do you do for a living?

Cheers,
Slugbug

Post #187,441

12/19/04 3:50:31 PM

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say...

Oops, wrong Miranda.

Welcome!

Incidental note for everyone, Miranda (like Tilly) can be a woman's first name or anyone's last name. Ernesto Miranda, for whom the Miranda Rights are named, was a man. So don't assume.

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)

Post #187,448

12/19/04 4:58:38 PM

The first I thought of was . .

. . the [link|http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/miranda/|Miranda] in User Friendly, but then I figured that Miranda would be asking no quarter - and giving none.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

Post #187,450

12/19/04 5:50:26 PM

12/19/04 5:50:42 PM

ObMeToo

Edited by broomberg Dec. 19, 2004, 05:50:42 PM EST

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Post #187,480

12/20/04 2:50:08 AM

Still is, isn't he? (I'd assume...)

Post #187,481

12/20/04 2:53:06 AM

Bad assumption

He's [link|http://www.doney.net/aroundaz/celebrity/miranda_ernesto.htm|dead]. :-P

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)

Post #187,482

12/20/04 3:05:08 AM

Ah. But my (approximate) recollection of his age was right.

Most people born in 1941 are still with us, so Ernesto might have been alive, hadn't he been stabbed back when I was twelve.

BTW, I liked the irony of "A suspect [in the stabbing of Ernesto Miranda] was arrested, but he chose to exercise his right to remain silent after being read his Miranda rights."

[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)

Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]

Post #187,455

12/19/04 7:30:49 PM

Re: Greetings!

Oooo - damn the different time zones! I miss out on stuff!

Welllll yes I am a girl, i'll put a pic in a bit.
I live in Sydney, Australia and yes that is a Simpsons quote.

Uhhhhh...wanna know anything else?

Miranda
xxx

I stole this accordian from a blind monkey! BUT YOU! You disgust even ME!

Post #187,456

by daemon

12/19/04 7:34:46 PM

Pics are nice and do you know any of our other OZ's?

Curious if you found us by accident or were introduced and who to blame/thank etc :-)
regards,
daemon

Post #187,458

by static

12/19/04 9:34:10 PM

Wasn't me.

Unless she's posting under an alias I don't know. ;-)

Wade, who is also a Sydney-sider.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.

Post #187,493

by Meerkat

12/20/04 7:45:54 AM

Nor me...

Heya, another Sydney-sider here.

Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.

Post #187,527

12/20/04 12:51:15 PM

Your .sig is very appropriate at the moment

You and static being the two who are wondering...

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)

Post #187,457

12/19/04 8:05:32 PM

Hello

We've got a few of your countrymen here are well.

#1 - How'd you find us?
#2 - Have you been lurking for a while, and if so, what made you break silence?
#3 - As Slugbug said, what do you do for a living?

Post #187,479

by cforde

12/20/04 2:13:20 AM

welcome to the looney bin

come in 'n take a look a round...

Have fun,
Carl Forde

Post #187,679

by Arkadiy

12/21/04 3:02:35 PM

Make yourself at home :)

--

Q. I think I need to see a specialist, but my doctor insists he can handle my problem. Can a general practitioner really perform a heart transplant right in his/her office?
A. Hard to say, but considering that all you're risking is the $20 co-payment, there's no harm in giving it a shot.

Post #187,486

12/20/04 4:18:24 AM

Re: Greetings!

I havent been lurking! I posted as soon as i registered!
I'm a Barista/Waitress at a restaurant

...and i forgot the other question

Miranda
xxx

I stole this accordian from a blind monkey! BUT YOU! You disgust even ME!

Post #187,488

by Ashton

12/20/04 6:49:01 AM

+3 for not calling yourself

a Mixologist, then..

And since many noteworthy ones had once served a stint in that noble profession - - tell us some stories of homo-sap + alcohol?
(lots o'beer afficionados here, but I think the etiquette is different)

Oh and - welcome!

Ashton

Post #187,496

12/20/04 8:26:44 AM

What, don't you think "barista" is bad enough???

When used without any apparent appreciation of its humorous origins(*), it's at least as silly and pretentious as "mixologist", IMnshO.

(*): What, is anyone going to try to claim that it wasn't a joke -- a pun on "barrister" -- originally?!? Oh, come on....

[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)

Post #187,498

12/20/04 9:40:55 AM

Mixologist = Carl Cox, frexample.

:-P

Post #187,489

by Silverlock

12/20/04 7:24:46 AM

How did you find the place?

Did you just stumble in or did someone give you a shove?

Welcome to the joint.

-----------------------------------------
How do you convince a Washington Journalist that you're not slapping him in the face?

Tell him you're not.

Post #187,513

12/20/04 11:08:55 AM

12/20/04 12:59:11 PM

Can you tell?

Can you tell we don't get much in the way of New people here?

So, I know you are a barista/waitress, good thing you didn't say mixologist, like everyone said.

For me "Mixologist" == "Urology taste testing Major"

Sydney, Au... we gots a few udders(others, not moo-moo cows) from the Penal Colony^W^WMajor Down-under place.

So, one last question, how is it you came to be at *Z*? or z.iwethey.org as it were?

edit: on advice suggested by others.

--
[link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg],
[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey

No 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 Dec. 20, 2004, 12:59:11 PM EST

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Post #187,537

by jb4

12/20/04 2:16:25 PM

Greetings and Salivations!

And welcome to our Merry Bande!

As far as hints...well, you already got the one about flames and retards. A couple of other ones:

--> No cussing in the subject line...we try to maintain a PG-13 image for public consumption (Oh...you're an Aussie...prolly don't know about PG-13; PG-13 is a movie rating that states "some material not suitable for children under 13".) We have a forum specifically for when you just can't help yourself...that being the Flame Quarantine forum, which is most assuredly NC-17 ("no children under 17 years admitted").

--> Don't feed the trolls. You'll soon find out who they are. (Hint: different trolls hide under the bridges of different fora.)

--> Only Debian fans need post in the Linux forum. Other distros are tolerated (barely), and the breadth of knowledge of other distros pales against the sheer weight and force of the Debian mastery exhibited herein.

--> Windows sucks, but you already knew that......didn't you?

--> LOL...Lessee, you already heard about that....

--> If (no, when) you get into an argument about something, hold your ground. It'll prove you're a real person, and not a flake. But don't be afraid to change you position if you're confronted with overwhelming evidence to the contrary. No one here will accuse you of flip-flopping.

--> Don't post graphics that are more than 3-digits wide. It causes everyone to have to scroll left to right to read any post int he thread, and it pisses off the pig. (Note to Scott: If you could fix the wrapping so that only the post with the wide graphic, and anything by jake123, would have to be scrolled, this person would be very appreciative!)

--> Have fun! We'll see ya later!

Questions?

Post #187,539

by jake123

12/20/04 2:41:37 PM

I'm not particularly aware of causing massive scrollage, unless it's my .sig; however, at 67 chars wide, it's certainly within the norm for usenet, let alone the web; unless you're using a ridiculously large fixed width font for the size of your display, it shouldn't cause scrolling at all.

--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------

Post #187,559

by jb4

12/20/04 4:17:08 PM

Well actually...

...when it appears a coupla indent levels deep, it does shove the text beyond the right margin. I'm sure its the <pre> tags....

Note generally a problem, unless you respond to one of those world-famous deSitter/BeeP or mmoffitt/BeeP rampages...

Post #187,561

12/20/04 4:26:31 PM

Hey Hey Hey

How'd I get in there twice?

You could have mentioned the great OO wars instead.

Besides. I don't rampage ;-)

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]

Post #187,565

by a6l6e6x

12/20/04 5:10:44 PM

Common denominator? :)

Alex

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell

Post #187,578

by jb4

12/20/04 6:28:29 PM

"I don't rampage...

I use Flash instead!"

Thankyou...thankyou...I'll be here all week....Please don't forget to tip your waitresses....

Post #187,580

12/20/04 6:31:00 PM

*choke*

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]

Post #187,544

by imric

12/20/04 2:56:57 PM

Just because Debian

and Debian-based distros are the favorites here, doesn't mean that 'Only Debian fans need post in the Linux forum. Other distros are tolerated (barely)', IMO. That makes the Linux forum sound harsher than it is... I can't dispute that Debian (and Debian based distros) are the favorite here, but 'tolerated (barely)'? Nah. Just don't be surprised if someone attempts to wean you from another distro to Debian.

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.

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.

Post #187,547

12/20/04 3:06:52 PM

One of the converted

I was RH and Mandrake (laptops) exclusively. Some dude from CA came to the annual bash (coffee maker in hand) and showed me the error of my ways in about 11 minutes (the amount of time it took to upgrade his system to latest build using apt-get and my high speed wireless).

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]

Post #187,560

by jb4

12/20/04 4:19:15 PM

Fair enough...

...My biggest problem with Debian (or any other 'techie' distro) is wading through the alphabet soup we're just assumed to already know...because, of course, we're techies.

I'm just TLA-impaired I guess....

Post #187,562

12/20/04 4:39:16 PM

Click Ze Link In My Sig

If you want the Debian goodness without the pain, then Ubuntu Linux is for you.

Post #187,571

by drewk

12/20/04 5:36:07 PM

But without the pain, how can you appreciate the goodness?

Do you take your yang without yin?

Your tired without sick?

Your ready without good?

===

Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link|http://DocHope.com|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats].
[link|http://DocHope.com|http://DocHope.com]

Post #187,579

by jb4

12/20/04 6:29:55 PM

No, but I take my sunrise w/ or w/o tequila...

;-\ufffd

Post #187,581

by jb4

12/20/04 6:34:08 PM

Re: Click Ze Link In My Sig

OK, went to [link|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org/|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org/], found a link to unstable Debian, but no link to Ubuntu.

Not to worry...Google is my friend...

Post #187,590

12/20/04 6:56:49 PM

Try all of the links in his .sig...

Then do a Homer impression and say, D'oh!

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)

Post #187,591

by jb4

12/20/04 7:01:34 PM

Oh, I get it...

"Shill for Hire" doesn't link to his resume (or CV for you Continentals...).

D'Oh!...

Post #187,633

12/21/04 6:07:20 AM

Re: Greetings!

Well, I googled forums and found this :D

Miranda
xxx

I stole this accordian from a blind monkey! BUT YOU! You disgust even ME!

Post #187,635

12/21/04 6:22:40 AM

Have you googled "accordian", too?

While I don't doubt you'll get a gazillion hits, what with the deplorable state of the "133t sp311ing 5ki11z" of people in general (and more specifically, people who are likely to put up Web pages) nowadays, I'm equally sure you'll get a lot more hits -- and probably on average more reliable ones, to boot -- if you try "accordion" in stead.

[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)

Post #187,642

12/21/04 8:58:12 AM

I call likely BS

10 pages into a Google "forums" query and I still don't see us.
Who are you - really?

Hey admin: Any chance for an IP?

Post #187,649

12/21/04 10:48:40 AM

Well, I've suspected from the first . . .

. . that our waitress is actually Barbara trying a different approach. Perhaps she's applying the Scientific Method, which is to attempt to create experiments that prove the preferred theory.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

Post #187,652

by jb4

12/21/04 11:08:06 AM

Andrew! Such unabashed cynicism!

;-)

Post #187,659

12/21/04 12:47:39 PM

Me too Andrew, or worse.

After my experiences lately, I trust NO new posters.

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).

Post #187,698

by tuberculosis

12/21/04 4:55:29 PM

You were new once.

Definitely didn't make the two great iwe migrations like some of us.

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush

Post #187,702

by ChrisR

12/21/04 5:00:59 PM

Yabut, at least she....

...was more forthcoming in the early discussions*. Can't stand these hi, my name is Inigo Montayo (you killed my father, prepare to die) types of dialogues. Shoot if you're an author or waitress, tell us something more than your gender and/or location.

*(some might say a little too forthcoming). :-)

Post #187,710

12/21/04 5:28:07 PM

miranda's only 1% Evil.

[link|http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator/|The Gematriculator] gives 1% Evil when fed the text of [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=187401|#187401].

A tiny bit *too* good, IMO. ;-) [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=177462|Here] are some other values.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #187,735

12/21/04 9:23:24 PM

True

But that was before I was assaulted by so many false personas that I probably wouldn't trust myself if I logged on as a new user today...

What I really should have said though, is that I'm extremely wary of any new users who just suddenly pop up and appear, in light of my current situations.

Brenda

Post #187,737

by daemon

12/21/04 9:27:04 PM

well you posted a picture of your car early on

and many of us were figgering out ways of releiving you of it to overlook obvious shortcomings :-)
regards,
daemon

Post #187,746

12/21/04 10:10:15 PM

Hehehee. People do that

The new preacher that just started at our church, he saw my car the day I went to talk to him, and he said he'd always wanted one of THOSE cars...

Might have to keep an eye on it whenever I drive it to church. ;)

Good thing I drive John's most of the time to church. :)

Brenda

Post #187,666

12/21/04 2:06:14 PM

Is this the...

Barbara (No, not her real name, also not her real name) you have spoken of before?

For shame... and here I thought... well, enough of that line.

--
[link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg],
[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey

No 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]

Post #187,676

12/21/04 2:49:59 PM

Naah, *that* one spells it without the middle 'a'.

Post #187,677

12/21/04 2:50:27 PM

12/21/04 2:55:22 PM

How'd *that* happen? Sensitive to double-clicks, this thing.

Edited by CRConrad Dec. 21, 2004, 02:55:22 PM EST

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Post #187,682

12/21/04 3:23:19 PM

That or clumsy fingers...

Better stop doing that other thing, you'll go blind.

--
[link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg],
[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey

No 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]

Post #187,731

12/21/04 8:46:46 PM

No, that is . . .

Rose (not her real name (also not her real name)) who is my bookkeeper (and yes, I know her aliases all the way down to bedrock).

Barbara is someone who signed on recently claiming to be an authoress researching a book but just posted extra light duty fluff and LOLs.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

Post #187,733

12/21/04 9:16:04 PM

LOL!

Couldn't resist. ;-)

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #187,814

12/22/04 9:56:03 AM

Oh... yeah.

The "Are online relationships SAFE?" chickorino.

Gotchya... Rose.

I'll have to re-rail that section of track, seems the train derails there regular like.

--
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[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey

No 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]

Post #187,718

by admin

12/21/04 6:43:33 PM

No.

Regards,

-scott anderson

"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

Post #187,916

12/23/04 3:32:59 AM

Re: Greetings!

it was just a general web search on google...
and i'm real damnit!! and i will post

Miranda
xxx

I stole this accordian from a blind monkey! BUT YOU! You disgust even ME!

Post #187,919

12/23/04 6:10:23 AM

What "general web search"?

Seems to me that if you're not searching for us, you don't find us.

Post #187,925

12/23/04 8:11:53 AM

Random happenings do occur

I've a whale and a bowl of pretty flowers to show for it.

-----------------

3 to 1, 2, 1. Probability factor of 1 to 1

We have normality. I repeat, we have normality.

Anything you still can't cope with is therefor your own problem.

[link|http://193.15.117.36/~g736397/ram/hhgttg/px.ram|Please relax.]

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]

Post #187,923

12/23/04 7:19:43 AM

Bahaha. You are funny.

We just think you are someone else that has been here for a while and using an alias.

Unfortuneately it is upto you to prove us wrong.

--
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[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey

No 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]

Post #187,930

by Arkadiy

12/23/04 9:37:44 AM

NORMal until proven otherwise.

Post #187,934

by inthane-chan

12/23/04 10:46:35 AM

Ok, folks...

We're never going to get any new people around here if the first thing that comes up is the whole "Norm" issue.

Miranda, we had a particularly psychotic individual who used to hang around here named Norm. He would post under multiple accounts to make himself look attacked, threatened to commit suicide on a regular basis, anything to draw attention to himself. He did this so much that many of the regulars here now automatically don't trust ANY new account from ANYBODY, without proof that the person is who they say they are.

"Here at Ortillery Command we have at our disposal hundred megawatt laser beams, mach 20 titanium rods and guided thermonuclear bombs. Some people say we think that we're God. We're not God. We just borrowed his 'SMITE' button for our fire control system."

Post #187,935

12/23/04 10:49:54 AM

12/23/04 10:56:17 AM

Ditto that

And Miranda, I was there once too.... in your position.

Brenda

Edit: P.S. On that note, it's time for a new sig. :)

"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." \tHitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr

Edited by Nightowl Dec. 23, 2004, 10:56:17 AM EST

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Post #187,937

12/23/04 10:53:58 AM

To that end...

All we'd like to know is if you are really someone NEW. Not a re-hash of old personae.

Some of us would like and e-mail to a trusted known individual (Like me, they know I exist and after all, we are using my hosting :)

Once that trusted person(s) confirm real existance not merely and alias, this type of harshness will go away.

If you like, some of use have clickable e-mail addresses in their signature block... (hint hint, mine does)

Sorry, but the jerk in the knee-jerk is still quite fresh in many other's minds. For that I am truly sorry that you have to bear the bad fruits of another's brutal attempts to draw attention to themselves.

--
[link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg],
[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ i_wethey

No 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]

Post #187,941

by Silverlock

12/23/04 11:06:46 AM

Paranoid much?

I am not going to go through my time here suspicious of any new poster till proven worthy. That sucks. I will accept them at face value and let their actions speak for themselves. I don't need anyone to vouch for them. I don't even care if it *is* another persona of Norm's. Play nice and so will I. Act the jerk and get blown off.

-----------------------------------------
How do you convince a Washington Journalist that you're not slapping him in the face?

Tell him you're not.

Post #187,942

12/23/04 11:12:48 AM

Just enough, actually

I am not going to go through my time here suspicious of any new poster till proven worthy. That sucks. I will accept them at face value and let their actions speak for themselves. I don't need anyone to vouch for them. I don't even care if it *is* another persona of Norm's. Play nice and so will I. Act the jerk and get blown off.

Well everyone has to do what works for them. However, some of us have been burned and messed with a lot worse and more dramatically than others, so each person has to choose how to handle said "situation."

Brenda

"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr

Post #187,999

by daemon

12/23/04 5:50:50 PM

yup, it dont cost any money so who cares?

Post #187,944

by Arkadiy

12/23/04 11:23:00 AM

Does it matter?

If she(?) wants to post, she will. I think the right kind of person will regard proving her identity as a worthy challenge. In that light, proving it by e-mail to Greg is cheating.

(Personally, I am sure it is not Norm - I was only teasing. The style is very diffirent from Norm's lugubrious pompousness. I don't think Norm used "LOL" once here :) )

Post #187,946

12/23/04 11:26:16 AM

Maybe not here,

But in other places, as other persona's, most notably female, he threw that in a few times to be more "convincing."

I'm not sure of anything where he's concerned, to be truthful.

Brenda

"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr

Post #187,951

by admin

12/23/04 12:19:08 PM

I was getting ready to post this...

The level of paranoia here is ridiculous. Norm is not everybody, and everybody is not Norm.

Please stop with the asinine accusations and implications. Norm is fairly easy to spot for me; let me take care of it, OK folks?

This reminds me of the whole SHILL!! mania too.

Regards,

-scott anderson

"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

Post #187,952

12/23/04 12:19:56 PM

I am the only shill in this village.

Post #187,955

12/23/04 12:44:15 PM

Woo and Yay! \\me says in gratitude. :-)

Post #187,956

12/23/04 12:51:59 PM

Yeah but no but yeah but no shadDAP.

Post #187,963

12/23/04 1:41:56 PM

12/23/04 1:46:13 PM

(Even less to see...)

Edited by Another Scott Dec. 23, 2004, 01:46:13 PM EST

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Post #187,964

12/23/04 1:44:35 PM

12/23/04 1:45:36 PM

(Nothing to see...)

Edited by Another Scott Dec. 23, 2004, 01:45:36 PM EST

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Post #187,965

by jb4

12/23/04 1:48:13 PM

Please stand by...

...while Another Scott lets his fingers go walkabout in the vicinity of his keyboard, while an open internet link lurks in the background...!

;-)

Post #187,969

12/23/04 2:31:33 PM

Things have been squirrelly today, network wise.

Quite frequently today I've been having trouble with "Waiting for z.iwethey.org.." messages in Mozilla that time out. Similarly with other sites. :-(

I wrote the reply on one PC, submitted it, Scroll-Lock Scroll-Lock to the other PC and saw it was there in the forum. I did some stuff, went back to the first PC and went to a different page and hit refresh on z. I wasn't on the Edit page. I got a popup saying "... Post message ... Are you sure?" It seemed a little strange, but I said OK. Then it timed out. So I did it again, same popup. And low and behold I had 2 more of the same replies posted.

I'll learn...

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #187,967

by lincoln

12/23/04 2:04:10 PM

Ya know

if this wouldn't hit so many nerves, this could almost qualify for an LRPD:

Norm is not everybody, and everybody is not Norm.

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
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Post #187,980

12/23/04 4:01:19 PM

I'd live if it were.

No problem here.

Brenda

"The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr

Post #187,993

12/23/04 5:30:11 PM

I never claimed Norm

I merely said BS on the Google random occurrence. I was thinking "Barbara", or whoever she is, but again, not sure of anything. At least Barbara started off asking questions in an academic fashion.

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