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From: Rich Grise on 8 Feb 2007 12:03 On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:32:22 +0000, Ken Smith wrote: > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > [...] >>Now here's an example of not following the conversation by >>not realizing that I was addressing Ken's failure to continue >>"We've been discussing access to written knowledge." when I >>made my "picky picky" comment. I really don't think it is >>possible to have a reasonable discussion with so much >>misunderstanding going on so consistently. Here I'm not >>only about my posts. > > The misunderstandings are, sort of, normal on the usenet. They are a good > reason to try not to get too emotional about the arguments. In most > cases, you can backfill the ideas in a followup post and the readers will > sort it out. > >>But since we're here, the lesson only needs to be learned >>once as a child with a rock or some hard toy. > > That is not completely true. The lesson often needs to be reinforced a > few times over the period of a couple of years. You can often see by the > expression on their face that the child has suddenly remembeered by that > action was a bad idea. Well, I know it only took one try for me to learn to keep my thumb out from between the prongs of the plug when plugging in a lamp! Cheers! Rich
From: Rich Grise on 8 Feb 2007 12:07 On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:17:32 -0800, Winfield Hill wrote: > On Jan 23, Eeyore wrote: >> Winfield Hill wrote: >>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: >>>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: >>>>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: >>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 4200 postings and still going strong. Amazing. >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Wow, now 7200 posts and still going strong. And most >>>>>>>>>>>> of the posts were under the original subject title. This >>>>>>>>>>>> must be some kind of a record. Certainly it's a stress >>>>>>>>>>>> test for the Google Groups web-page display code, etc. >> >>>>>>>>>>> Never have so many, said so much, about so little! ;-) >> >>>>>>>>>>> I heard of one long flame war that passed 10K posts, >>>>>>>>>>> but I never found out which newsgroup. >> >>>>>>>>>> We passed 9000 on the 14th, and are now within 100 posts >>>>>>>>>> of 10,000. Keep up the good work guys, you can do it! >> >>>>>>>>> Good job guys and gals, over 10,000 posts, and still >>>>>>>>> going strong. And still on topic more or less. I've only >>>>>>>>> read a smattering of the posts here and there, and there's >>>>>>>>> a minimum of flaming SFAICS. Nice to see. >> >>>>>>>> Still going strong, over 11,300 posts, no sign of slowing. >> >>>>>>> Impressive, zoomed right past 12,000 without slowing, now >>>>>>> at 12130 posts and climbing towards 13000, going strong. >> >>>>>> Hmm, we're slowing down a bit folks! We're now at 12480 >>>>>> posts with 12500 in sight, but not so sure about 13000. >> >>>>> Merry Christmas, Win. :) >> >>>> Happy New Year Michael :) >> >>>> With this post we're only three away from breaking the >>>> 12500 post BARRIER. I know we can do it! >> >>> Now at 13950, still going strong! >> >> Past the 14000 barrier now ! > > Past the 16,000 barrier, good going! > Did I miss when y'all zoomed past 15,000? Howcome it's the stupidest threads that go on the longest? ;-) Cheers! Rich
From: Eeyore on 8 Feb 2007 13:04 Rich Grise wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: > > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >>Ken Smith wrote: > >> > >>> If I hit my thumb with a hammer, I quickly recieve the information that it > >>> is a bad idea. If there is no feedback from actions, you can't identify > >>> mistakes. > >> > >>Picky picky. > > > > Not really. It's a good example. If there is no written warning > > about hitting the thumb, then every body who picks a hammer > > will have to learn the same lesson by experience. This takes time-- > > lots of time--w.r.t. technology, manufacturing and science. > > > > That's why we spend almost 20 years as children. It's their job > to learn everything they can, to become useful adults. 20 years ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Feb 2007 13:07 Rich Grise wrote: > Ken Smith wrote: > > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > > > >>But since we're here, the lesson only needs to be learned > >>once as a child with a rock or some hard toy. > > > > That is not completely true. The lesson often needs to be reinforced a > > few times over the period of a couple of years. You can often see by the > > expression on their face that the child has suddenly remembeered by that > > action was a bad idea. > > Well, I know it only took one try for me to learn to keep my thumb out > from between the prongs of the plug when plugging in a lamp! I can just vaguely recall that poking one of my Mum's hair grips into a 240V socket was a bad idea ( age 4 ). The old 15A sockets didn't have shutters you see. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Feb 2007 13:07
Rich Grise wrote: > On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:17:32 -0800, Winfield Hill wrote: > > On Jan 23, Eeyore wrote: > >> Winfield Hill wrote: > >>> Winfield Hill wrote: > >>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: > >>>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: > >>>>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: > >>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: > >> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> 4200 postings and still going strong. Amazing. > >> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Wow, now 7200 posts and still going strong. And most > >>>>>>>>>>>> of the posts were under the original subject title. This > >>>>>>>>>>>> must be some kind of a record. Certainly it's a stress > >>>>>>>>>>>> test for the Google Groups web-page display code, etc. > >> > >>>>>>>>>>> Never have so many, said so much, about so little! ;-) > >> > >>>>>>>>>>> I heard of one long flame war that passed 10K posts, > >>>>>>>>>>> but I never found out which newsgroup. > >> > >>>>>>>>>> We passed 9000 on the 14th, and are now within 100 posts > >>>>>>>>>> of 10,000. Keep up the good work guys, you can do it! > >> > >>>>>>>>> Good job guys and gals, over 10,000 posts, and still > >>>>>>>>> going strong. And still on topic more or less. I've only > >>>>>>>>> read a smattering of the posts here and there, and there's > >>>>>>>>> a minimum of flaming SFAICS. Nice to see. > >> > >>>>>>>> Still going strong, over 11,300 posts, no sign of slowing. > >> > >>>>>>> Impressive, zoomed right past 12,000 without slowing, now > >>>>>>> at 12130 posts and climbing towards 13000, going strong. > >> > >>>>>> Hmm, we're slowing down a bit folks! We're now at 12480 > >>>>>> posts with 12500 in sight, but not so sure about 13000. > >> > >>>>> Merry Christmas, Win. :) > >> > >>>> Happy New Year Michael :) > >> > >>>> With this post we're only three away from breaking the > >>>> 12500 post BARRIER. I know we can do it! > >> > >>> Now at 13950, still going strong! > >> > >> Past the 14000 barrier now ! > > > > Past the 16,000 barrier, good going! > > Did I miss when y'all zoomed past 15,000? > > Howcome it's the stupidest threads that go on the longest? ;-) Are you calling this thread STUPID ? Graham |