From: Rowland McDonnell on 2 Jul 2010 15:12 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: [snip] > I don't think it is reasonable, in this case. You know the answer, and > either he knows the answer and will never admit it, or he is not able to > see the answer however hard he tries. Eh? I know what abuse has been hurled, and I've often pointed it out. So what are you on about? .... which is meant as a polite query, nothing more. I know that I often get hassled for being rude when I've asked a plain question that no reasonable person could consider rude in *MY* universe, so I thought I'd make the above point pre-emptively. > So the question just adds to the noise, really. which is the whole point of TOG's posts here, isn't it? I do find his pathology very interesting - I don't understand what sickness of mind persuades someone to behave in the obsessively disruptive fashion that TOG enjoys. I've been aiming at gaining insight, but - well, it's hard to untangle the mind of a lunatic, isn't it? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Pd on 2 Jul 2010 16:09 Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)network-analysis.ltd.uk> wrote: > In article <1jl0e46.bl335kq00lcN%peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>, > peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) wrote: > > > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > >> Count yourself lucky - I got the buttered radish. > > > > > > > > > That was only so you could *apply* for initiation. The actual > > > > > initiation rite won't present nearly so many possibilities for > > > > > casual enjoyment. > > > > > > > > Oh............good................... > > > > > > You don't get to learn the secret handshake THAT easily. > > > > Besides, it's not actually a *hand* shake. > > There's a contract out on you: no one reveals the secrets of the clique with > impunity. Hey, I was just guessin'. You've just confirmed my guess wasn't too wide of the mark. -- Pd
From: John DoH on 2 Jul 2010 19:05 In article <1jl0q7x.hum89k10e5nxzN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > [snip] > > > I don't think it is reasonable, in this case. You know the answer, and > > either he knows the answer and will never admit it, or he is not able to > > see the answer however hard he tries. > > Eh? > > I know what abuse has been hurled, and I've often pointed it out. > > So what are you on about? > > ... which is meant as a polite query, nothing more. > > I know that I often get hassled for being rude when I've asked a plain > question that no reasonable person could consider rude in *MY* universe, > so I thought I'd make the above point pre-emptively. > > > So the question just adds to the noise, really. > > which is the whole point of TOG's posts here, isn't it? > > I do find his pathology very interesting - I don't understand what > sickness of mind persuades someone to behave in the obsessively > disruptive fashion that TOG enjoys. > > I've been aiming at gaining insight, but - well, it's hard to untangle > the mind of a lunatic, isn't it? Yes, that is a gross understatement, people have been trying for years to untangle yours, but most have failed:-))) > > Rowland. -- "Telling someone to kill themselves is not harmful: it's merely me expressing an opinion. You try to drive people to suicide - that's evil. My behaviour is perfectly okay; your behaviour is evil - plain and simple evil." Rowland McDonnell - 9th. Mar. 2009
From: Rowland McDonnell on 2 Jul 2010 20:09 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > > So basically we're back to you making a claim but being unable or > > > unwilling to back it up. > > > > Unwilling yes. > > Which sadly still leaves you in the 'all mouth and no trousers' dept. > > Good night, Steve. Jim, there are two incredibly annoying excessively stubborn fuckwits on this newsgroup who nevertheless make useful posts sometimes. I'm one of them. Looked in a mirror lately? Are you helping any more than I am? Mmm? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Woody on 2 Jul 2010 20:35
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > > [snip] > > > And if you're wondering why people are only saying these things to you > > and not RM, it's because we've given up on him. > > Not exactly, Sak - you see, you gave up on me when you got in a strop > over me insisting that `synchronous communication' meant `with a clock > signal', and you've had me in your killfile ever since. > > Which is something that I always found bizarre, because `synchronous > communication' does mean `with a clock signal'. I am guessing somewhere in there you meant to add a 'nt' or a 'out'? -- Woody www.alienrat.com |