Scrap da stupid no-ban rule (wherever ya pulled it out from)

Post #65,931 by CRConrad 12/1/02 8:28:52 PM Reply	Scrap da stupid no-ban rule (wherever ya pulled it out from) What, didn't you ban the French Moron now, all of a sudden? Yeah, I know that was meant to be temporary -- and I know he got so pissed off he went away permanently, which wasn't your intention. And I know that he's probably been whining about us (and you) somewhere else ever since, feeling all vindicated about how wrong we "yellow running dogs" all are, his one-time ban a comforting glow of proof of confirmation in his bosom... But, so what? At least we don't have to see his conniption fits over it. Only, in Norm's, case, he seems to insist on whining about how naughty we all are -- to us, ourselves... probably because nobody else is the least bit interested, either. The solution to that is, of course, to count the doubling-each-time probationary periods for Norm in years, in stead of weeks as you were going to do with Le Moron. Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #65,934 by admin 12/1/02 9:04:31 PM Reply	Last time I banned someone Merlin, in fact... One of our regulars boycotted. And I have come to believe that banning is not really a solution, since the banned person usually manages to get around the ban. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #65,940 by ben_tilly 12/1/02 10:10:12 PM Reply	As the regular in question... I would be, shall we say, less inclined to boycott this time? And FYI you have banned since. Though I do agree with your overall philosophy. Cheers, Ben "Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly." - [link\|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html\|Walter Mead]
Post #65,943 by folkert 12/1/02 10:21:02 PM Reply	yahbut... That person is also more than welcome here... and is indeed a very colorful addition here... The events leading have caused mixed results... BUT... I can say THIS one is a NO-Brainer... I'd do it in a heartbeat, and for the life of me... I have even lost the blood flow to THAT last nerve Scott still has living... Let the MEMBERS have tools to use rather than the system itself implementing them OVERALL. It would be better overall if the least amount of tweaking is possible to by us. And as I said in anohter response, I'd want the "settings" to decay, rather than written in stone. Probationary periods would also be good... with "confidence ratings" allowing more and more "privileges". Sort of a "peer review" rating system 'd be good to. With NO Peer have any more than a nudge worth of say, or 1 point either way out of 100 total ranking or somehting like that. `[link\|mailto:curley95@attbi.com\|greg] - Grand-Master Artist in IT [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry/\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!] Your friendly Geheime Staatspolizei reminds: Continue to look at your monitor and continue typing, we'll just sample your DNA and scan your eyes. SELECT * FROM politicians WHERE iq > 40 OR WHERE ego < 1048575; 0 rows found`
Post #65,945 by Ashton 12/1/02 10:26:29 PM Reply	Sounds pretty complex. Scott does the work. Unless it would be a sport for him (?) I think the tabulating would make (this, anyway) head hurt. Guess I think that Lots of things are and oughtta stay: a crap shoot. Ashton
Post #65,944 by Ashton 12/1/02 10:22:00 PM Reply	Ravening hordes don't count as 'bans' Merely prima facie sanity. IMhO.
Post #65,980 by CRConrad 12/2/02 4:32:13 AM Reply	Considering how come those "ravening hordes"()... ...happened to come HERE -- namely, as a direct result of Norm's having provoked them somewhere else(+) -- I'd say banning him along with them counts as "prima facie sanity" too. As well as poetic (and practical!) justice. (): Uh, they DID exist, right, Scott; or were they, too, just a bunch of other aliases for Norm? Yeah, I'm beginning to sound paranoid... That's because I'm beginning to become paranoid! (+): Is there anyone here who seriously doubts that, by now? (No, Norm, your "doubts" don't count...) Fuck, I wonder what kind of loonies they must have thought we all were, all more or less unthinkingly siding with that loony asshole. Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #65,984 by Ashton 12/2/02 5:28:34 AM Reply	Ummmm I may be as deranged as thee.. had a similar thought, after that post: what if 'twas just a variant on the old, "I'll hold your coat - let's you and him fight" ?? [the bad grammar goes with it] Now if there's no him but only a you -- why then we'd all be pigeons for.. Yeah, that one: Gehabt kindern! Still and all, I think we won't find out at this late date - but there really Are such folks around. Maybe they can't read a script too well, so they be just '~~script~~kiddies'. Imagine.. Living FOR 'Apple'!! (or AGAINST - same difference). Scary. Could computers generally - actually catalyze dumbth creation? or are they just the EZ way for the vacant to express what was already there. I see someone's PhD thesis topic. Ashton
Post #65,998 by admin 12/2/02 8:36:18 AM Reply	One "attack" was staged, another real Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

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