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"Bah" is good: it is a first step, no matter how tentative, and off-balance, towards contact with your inner idiot.
An unfettering of his voice so long stifled by denial.
Prithee, do not be discouraged by the task that lies ahead of you: it can be a life's work to tame the inner idiot.
And, what better place to nurture the inner idiot back from neurogenic catalepsy in the unconscious to vividly vicious expression than ... The Lounge !
cheers, Bill
“Use the word 'cybernetics,' Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.” Claude Shannon (Information Theory scientist): letter to Norbert Weiner of M.I.T., circa 1940
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BillWoodruff wrote: it can be a life's work to tame the inner idiot.
Easy for you to say whilst sitting on top of the mountain.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Quote: Prithee It is a long time since I heard anyone use that word in a conversation. In fact, thinking about it, it was probably me that used it! It is now my word of the week and I shall use it at every opportunity. Prithee tell if you have any objection too this.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Can I get back to you on that one?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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BillWoodruff wrote: bring the urges to annoy idiots outside yourself to heel.
Where's the fun in that?
Will Rogers never met me.
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I feel that it is my duty to annoy idiots.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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You could always call JSOP.
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Effective - but perhaps a little harsh!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: I went back and deleted all my messages.
Wow! rage quit!
Rule 0 of teh interwebs: Never upload anything that you don't want people to be able to read and attribute to you for all eternity.
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it will happen everywhere because people have good technical knowledge but their communication skill are not so good as their technical knowledge, you already mentioned the best way "Avoid them". cause keep arguing is just a waste of time.
Ravi Khoda
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Forogar wrote: I have recently been in a discussion with an annoying fanatic here in the lounge after coming to the defence of another member decrying the idiot position of said fanatic.
One will find fanatics on both sides of the isle. Leave your comments so that people will see what you have said.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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JimmyRopes wrote: One will find fanatics on both sides of the isle. The ones around here often straddle the middle.
“Use the word 'cybernetics,' Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.” Claude Shannon (Information Theory scientist): letter to Norbert Weiner of M.I.T., circa 1940
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BillWoodruff wrote: The ones around here often straddle the middle.
I know what you mean. One day they will be arguing this and the next day that.
They just like to debate but have no real conviction.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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I find offbeat responses to idiotic or abusive posts to have interesting effects, often ending the troll's participation. E.g.:
Troll: "All you Creighton basketball fans are a bunch of idiots. You [expletive ending in 'ing'] deserve that [expletive] humiliation you got."
Me: "Don't mind [first name (preferrably) or handle of troll]. He woke up this morning with a tragic infestation of Lithuanian cumquat beetles, and hasn't been the same since. #YoudBeInABadMoodToo."
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I just love it for past 2 hours of owning it. I just need to find a way to get rid of marketing messages so my hangout remains clean. Great phone thus far BTW.
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Possibly your carrier. I've owned it for about a month and not a single marketing message in my hangout.
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Yeah my carrier sucks. It is Vodafone after all. We have a provision to remove our numbers out of the list legally and I thinking to go that route. It takes couple of days to get effective but I have been told it just works.
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We have the 'Do Not Call' list over here (with plenty of provisions that allow politicians and their ilk to ignore it) and it works well enough. Call someone who is on it, they report it, you get fined.
I would love a "Don't send me telemarketing crap via text / email" list as well. The bane of spammers everywhere.
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Every time they try things like that they instantly become targeted list of real people that spammers use from outside of list du jour's jurisdiction.
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Yeah, it would be nice to have, but I'm wondering when the do not call lists will be treated the same way. Oh wait, it already is with cheap/free IP calls, it's easy to route calls with the scam tech support.
The solution is obvious then, isn't it?
... Nuke them from orbit.
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It's the only way to be sure.
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Got one recently as well... so far, really like it and wonder why I hadn't gotten one sooner.
FYI: No marketing messages on mine either.
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Here's one example[^] I just blogged about.
I continue to despise duck-typing and their ilk. This took me a couple hours to realize what was going on.
Marc
modified 8-Apr-14 12:57pm.
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