Thieving pasties
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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 30 Jun 2010 08:03 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:54:09 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:48:38 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> >wrote: > >>it's difficult to realise when the >>threads gone nuts. > >Not really - or at least I find it quite obvious, your mileage may >vary. > >What is difficult is to restrain oneself when someone else is driving >one mad (or <http://xkcd.com/386/>). Thus the killfile. I can't tell if that website is accessible, so it's an XKCD cartoon with the following content: Offscreen voice: Are you coming to bed? Guy on computer: I can't. This is important. Offscreen voice: What? Guy on computer: Someone is _wrong_ on the internet. Alt text: What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being wrong! Cheers - Jaimie -- "A debugged program is one for which you have not yet found the conditions that make it fail." - Jerry Ogdin
From: James Jolley on 30 Jun 2010 08:07 On 2010-06-30 12:59:47 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:51:48 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh > <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:46:22 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2010-06-30 11:41:53 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: >>>> >>>> I think Ben's particularly talking about the threads where you and >>>> Rowland argue. He's right - they are spectacularly worthless. You're >>>> making things worse - please killfile Rowland and get on with life! >>> >>> So it's me that makes things worse then? >> >> NO! >> >> It's ANYONE arguing (completely pointlessly) with Rowland that makes >> things worse. It's killing the group, frankly. > > Hey, that raises a question: James, does your reader indicate emphasis > when words are capitalised? I "shouted" in caps the words no and > anyone above, but just realised it may not be noted at all by you! > > Cheers - Jaimie No, only for the obvious types of things like UCSM it'll read as "U C S M" but actual words. I can set it to indicate caps but then you'd have rather a lot of unneeded speech.
From: James Jolley on 30 Jun 2010 08:08 On 2010-06-30 13:03:35 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:54:09 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh > <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:48:38 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> >> wrote: >> >>> it's difficult to realise when the >>> threads gone nuts. >> >> Not really - or at least I find it quite obvious, your mileage may >> vary. >> >> What is difficult is to restrain oneself when someone else is driving >> one mad (or <http://xkcd.com/386/>). Thus the killfile. > > I can't tell if that website is accessible, so it's an XKCD cartoon > with the following content: > > Offscreen voice: Are you coming to bed? > Guy on computer: I can't. This is important. > Offscreen voice: What? > Guy on computer: Someone is _wrong_ on the internet. > Alt text: What do you want me to do? LEAVE? Then they'll keep being > wrong! > > Cheers - Jaimie That sums it up perfectly. Good little find. I suspect you'll be in for it from Rowland soon enough though.
From: Graeme on 30 Jun 2010 08:01 In message <saramerriman-F4960B.12520430062010(a)news.individual.net> Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > In article <1jkuyb3.i5yznm12bzathN%me9(a)privacy.net>, > me9(a)privacy.net (Bella Jones) wrote: > > > Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > In article <cea.4c2a0405.d152b(a)zem>, > > > Justin C <justin.0911(a)purestblue.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Got fed up waiting ages to be served in Gregg's today so I pushed > > > > past the queue and while the staff were serving at the other end of > > > > the counter I helped myself to two baked meat savouries and walked > > > > out the back. Nary a word was said. > > > > > > > No, no, no - that should be "stolen pasties". If they'd been a > > > different type of fruit cake they could be "stolen stollen", much more > > > fun. > > > > Did you see any owls? A large one can never be pastried, you know. > > I'm glad to hear that - all wing�d creatures should be free from > pastrification. > Even blackbirds? -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Jim on 30 Jun 2010 08:26
On 2010-06-30, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > No, only for the obvious types of things like UCSM it'll read as "U C S > M" but actual words. I can set it to indicate caps but then you'd have > rather a lot of unneeded speech. Does it do anything for words surrounded by stars? Like *this* ? (the word 'this' above was surrounded by stars) Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett |