Post #294,868
10/19/07 9:31:35 PM
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I was afraid of that. :-( Oh well...
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Post #294,871
10/19/07 10:20:31 PM
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I gather from his email
...that he feels IWT to have strayed from its tech roots into realms of touchie-feelie psychobabble, and that the fat-to-meat ratio has tilted to the other side of his liking. Understand that I paraphrase here from his terse communiqué. Presumably if and when the technical side is addressed with acceptable density we will hear the voice of the tall Englishman in these parts again.
cordially,
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
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Post #294,873
10/19/07 10:58:54 PM
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So . . . (and a sentient LRPD)
"They are no longer just like me. I shall punish them by my absence!"
And the sentient LRPD as I selected to add this comment -
"Those bastards".
Perhaps our English friend will someday realize that in the long view, techie stuff, expensive cars and racing airplanes really hold very little meaning.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #294,874
10/19/07 11:15:32 PM
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Re: So . . . (and a sentient LRPD)
Perhaps our English friend will someday realize that in the long view, techie stuff, expensive cars and racing airplanes really hold very little meaning. Quoth the LRPD in response: I know those words, but that makes no sense. -YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #294,875
10/19/07 11:19:39 PM
10/19/07 11:21:43 PM
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See, he doesn't even need to be here.
The LRPDs are filling in for him - they know just what to say.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #294,884
10/20/07 11:23:21 AM
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Aye, that they do.
Cue the Twilight Zone Music, will ya? -YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #294,885
10/20/07 11:26:28 AM
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Re: Aye, that they do.
Whenever I do that, they look at me like I'm handing them a glass of Ebola Virus Cocktail saying, "Drink Up!" Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #294,886
10/20/07 11:36:15 AM
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Where only Peter knows all the magic incantations!
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Post #294,890
10/20/07 3:23:10 PM
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Should I?
I couldn't care less.
Yeah, I went there.
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Restore the Constitution. Elect [link|http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/exclusive_senator_chris_dodd_will_put_a_hold_on_telecom_immunity_bill.php|Chris Dodd].
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Post #294,891
10/20/07 5:14:10 PM
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Ooooh - Shiny!
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Post #294,892
10/20/07 6:36:02 PM
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Yeah, I too think that must have been the proverbial straw.
With a special bonus helping of guilt for me, seeing as how betrayed he must have felt by (t)his fellow Old-Sk^H^HWorld Grammar Nazi. :-(
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603|Jehovah]
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Post #294,893
10/20/07 7:06:48 PM
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Yeah, but...
That thread seemed strange to me at the time. Being an editor at K5 for ages, I'm sure he's encountered worse butchery of English on many occasions. (But it looks like he left K5 in January.) I was expecting it to be a one-off - "This is annoying me!" - post. I assumed more was going on behind the surface when it dragged on... :-(
Oh well. Life's too short to hang around places that cause one to feel annoyed. With luck, he'll be back.
Peter's a big boy. Don't feel that you helped drive him away. :-)
Cheers,
Scott.
(Who needs to send him an e-mail.)
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Post #294,897
10/20/07 9:25:10 PM
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He was jumping down everyone's throat
There is something going on to which we aren't privy.
I wish him better days and hope someday he will return with his humor intact.
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,900
10/20/07 9:34:52 PM
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Let this be a warning to other tech discussion groups.
You start letting women into your group the guys start losing interest in talking tech. It's extremely viral - just one or two is enough, three and tech talk will fade out in a matter of weeks.
My advice - if you have a tech discussion group, find some women. Volunteers are best, but I know some of you techies out there will have to pay - but it's still worth it.
Of course this is a little hard on those who think logic has important meaning, but hey, they brought it on themselves.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #294,901
10/20/07 9:50:01 PM
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:-)
It's amazing what a couple of wimmen can accomplish.
Golly, with over 1000 registered names, you'd think somebody would pick up the techie slack!
Now, on with our regularly scheduled programming...
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,905
10/21/07 4:42:10 AM
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But, hey....
....some of us are women and techie, too. Thus, the law of "all" does not really apply. Still, the dynamics of the commentary are understood and appreciated.
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Post #294,906
10/21/07 4:59:49 AM
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Didn't say you weren't . . .
. . but that "too" cuts two ways.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #294,931
10/21/07 12:52:20 PM
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Wish you would chime in more often :-)
You definitely bridge the gap here, girlfriend!
Smile,
Amy
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Post #294,926
10/21/07 11:47:42 AM
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So you're saying women are illogical?
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Post #294,928
10/21/07 12:15:28 PM
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Not at all . . . .
. . though they most certainly can be.
Or they can be very logical based on some alternative presumptive structure.
The hard core logic addicted tend to become uncomfortable when conversation drifts into fuzzy territory. Tech talk is a reliable refuge from this sort of discomfort.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #294,930
10/21/07 12:49:53 PM
10/21/07 12:51:00 PM
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We're the softer side of tech
and that's a good thang :-)
Some peeps just cain't handle it.
Oh well...
(oops...meant to reply to Bio)
Smile,
Amy
Edited by imqwerky
Oct. 21, 2007, 12:51:00 PM EDT
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Post #294,934
10/21/07 2:34:19 PM
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You speaketh the truth
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