From: Eeyore on 28 Nov 2006 03:02 John Fields wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >John Fields wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Sadly given the sci.* nature of all the groups (un)fortunate enough to be > >> >graced with this long running thread, there is very little understanding of > >> >science displayed. > >> > >> --- > >> And why should there be? > >> > >> The thread has nothing to with science regardless of whether > >> "science" is in the subject line or not, and its content is > >> off-topic in all the groups it's been posted to, being used mostly > >> to annoy by trolls like you and Graham. > > > >Us ??? Trolls ??? > > --- > Was there ever any doubt? > --- > > >You seem to be taking a keen interest in it too btw. > > --- > Of course. The politics of control through intimidation by > confusion is very interesting and I like to watch the practitioners > as they muddy the water and play with smoke and mirrors. Good Lord ! The ones muddying the waters here have been the right-wing Americans. They keep denying reality. Graham
From: Eeyore on 28 Nov 2006 03:04 John Fields wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:00:33 -0500, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: > > >In article <7k8km21br4kravjd07m0jl9rpkcmthtecc(a)4ax.com>, > >jfields(a)austininstruments.com says... > >> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:28:19 +0000, Eeyore > >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > > >> >John Fields wrote: > >> > > >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> When they talk about capitalism, it isn't our definition and > >> >> >> we get in fights. What seems even odder, Europeans call > >> >> >> the thingie we call socialism, capitalism. I haven't explored > >> >> >> this further. So add a grain of salt. > >> >> > > >> >> >There is no such confusion other than in your interpretation of the meanings of > >> >> >the word. There is no socialist party in the USA btw. > >> >> > >> >> --- > >> >> What's this, then? > >> >> > >> >> http://sp-usa.org/ > >> > > >> >Do they have any elected representatives ? > > > >Bernie Sanders (new US Senator) ran as a Socialist for mayor of > >Burlington. He since switched to "Progressive" and then to > >"Independant" running for the House. Socialist, he is. > > > >> --- > >> That's a different question. Do you concede that there is a US > >> Socialist Party? > > > >The same way he admits ICmax on power pins (portable goal posts). > > --- > Nice. > > One more nail in his coffin... :-) > > -- > JF idiot
From: Eeyore on 28 Nov 2006 03:11 John Fields wrote: > LOL, I've never denied that I was anything _but_ a troll. Just wanted to hear that from the horse's mouth. Graham
From: Eeyore on 28 Nov 2006 03:13 Don Bowey wrote: > On 11/19/06 11:27 PM, in article ejrlct$dj9$1(a)jasen.is-a-geek.org, "jasen" > <jasen(a)free.net.nz> wrote: > > > > the CRT based terminals that replaced the teletype machines, are called > > "glass tty" by many. > > Many can be as wrong as 1, but if that's the current slang for what we in > the industry called a "dumb terminal," that's ok. I'd have named them > Dufus. I've seen the name 'glass teletype' but it was over 30 yrs ago ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 28 Nov 2006 03:14
lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > "Lloyd Parker" <lparker(a)emory.edu> wrote in message > > > >> Powerful minority parties were an > >>anathema to them, as is seen now in parliamentary systems. > > Not at all. They saw the problems in England with a two-party system, and > at least some felt they could be solved with multiple parties. Funny how it's turned out now then ! Graham |