Profile for Talent in a Previous Life
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| Member number | 3098 |
| Title | This Side Towards Enemy |
| Postcount | 961 |
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| Registered | Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Friday, September 3 2004 07:14
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I haven't had a serious ambition for years. Staying in education is my way of avoiding this. I don't feel I have a great purpose in life or any wish to be famous, so I'd settle for pretty much anything. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 2 2004 08:02
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Heh. I remember MobWars. And all the secrecy around at the time. What was the daft codename you were using for the engine? -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, September 2 2004 08:00
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STVLTISSIMUS, surely? -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 1 2004 00:57
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We have the pimp and ninja emoticons and Scrop uses :splurt: so often it would be an emoticon if basic human decency didn't forbid it. What more do you want? -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, September 1 2004 00:55
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 -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 04:31
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Being new doesn't make somebody a pestilence upon the land. Of course, a greater proportion of new members are but that's because those members who are the aforesaid pestilence may become less irritating or leave because they irritate almost everyone. Therefore the only long-standing members who are still really irritating are those with very thick skins. To paraphrase the above paragraph, everything that is wrong with the world is FBM's fault. The fact that everybody else seems to discern a point to this alleged 'rabid hate campaign' (which I don't think exists, and this makes me sorrowful) may be indicative of something. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 04:06
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 -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 25 2004 11:40
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Be careful what you wish for, lest it be what yuo get. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 25 2004 01:51
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As I said, people steal because it's easier that way. If the situation was ever better, it was because we hung people who stole spoons. One presumes you don't advocate a return to that? Traffic is not on a level with private war. Private war to me means local magnates conscripting their tenants to fight one another. It doesn't mean being 10 minutes late for work. Perhaps lack of perspective would be a better modern 'sin.' Terrorism is not an everpresent threat. Quite apart from the fact that terrorism has been declining since 2001 and casualties have been declining since 1998, terrorism tends to strike major landmarks. Things may be dangerous for those working in or near them but for the vast majority of us the risks are somewhat lower. As to the traffic thing, that's probably just a cultural thing. In Britain the general principle is that cars shouldn't skip red lights because it's clearly illegal and being hit by a car hurts, whilst pedestrians can take their chances if the lights are red and no car is in sight because they ought to have some idea of risks as compared to benefits. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 13:24
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Maybe you just haven't been looking hard enough. Try searching wikipedia for 'Shock sites' -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 13:23
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Oh, great. One of those. Sounds like a barrel of laughs. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 13:21
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It may be tinnitus, it may be nothing to worry about, just a minor irritation. However, few to none of us are qualified medical doctors, so I'd advise that you ask one of them. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 07:18
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 -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: Never Proved to Be a Contributory Factor to Stomach Cancer Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 24 2004 07:16
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I recall the original discussion of the translation of Djur's name included the point that it was often followed by .se since Djur is Swedish for animal. I've only just worked out that that was actually an innocent enough comment. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Monday, August 23 2004 14:25
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In the past, I've never really thought much of Riibu. My general impression was of a constant low pitched whine. It wasn't so much that I disagreed as that I couldn't be bothered to read properly anything she'd written when it seemed eminently suited for skimming. What can I say? It seems I may have been wrong. I do like Jethro Tull (I am a bad, bad man) but when it comes down to it Jethro's first few posts were pretty irritating. Just because something is not in upper case, does not mean it is not badly typed and pretty incoherent. She's also right that if the member number of your first account is above 4000, you are unlikely to be an integral part of the community. There are exceptions, such as Kelandon (although his number is 4045, at the lower end of the spectrum Riibu targetted.) Generally, there's such a reservoir of feuding that you aren't going to be a pillar of the community for a fair stretch of time. That's not to say you can't be a prominent member but being as thick as two short planks and belligerently so does not make you an integral part of the community (you should know who you are, although I'm sadly not convinced.) The flame was overdone, but that is the point of a flame. Myself, I tend to feel that this aggression isn't always ideal. When almost every frequent poster had this things were more than a little chaotic. Nevertheless, given the choice I'd far rather that than blandness and a refusal to criticise. I am not a member of Polaris. You may suggest constructive criticism. Didn't see that. I wanted to stab RoR to death as much as the rest of did/should have done but I find it a little depressing that nobody seems to have the urge to pedantry. Ben, she's not calling you 'nerds.' She's just saying that quality should not be sacrificed for quantity. If we had a board 50 times as active with 98% of threads along the lines of 'OMG I IS 14 NOW PRAIZ ME' it would not be an improvement. In other words, she is insulting your intelligence rather than your social life. Where's Edwin working? I've got a railcard, a few days spare this holiday and methods of troublemaking that need fieldtesting... -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, August 22 2004 13:42
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The only person I know who saw Dungeons and Dragons summed it up thus: "I downloaded it off the internet and felt cheated." This having been said, that suggests that movies based on games might have a future. After all, it takes skill to make a truly abysmal movie and nobody's going to hire somebody talented for a computer game movie. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, August 22 2004 13:35
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Despite your assertions, it was never proved about his mother. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Sunday, August 22 2004 13:19
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There is nothing remotely threatening about the lack of order. No first world society with the possible exception of Russia (which would have been called second world prior to the break-up of the USSR anyway) has such things as oligarchic factions feuding. There is no such thing as private war, people do not have to steal to get enough food to survive (although crime is still a quick route to wealth in some inner-city areas) and all round things are considerably safer than at most other times in our history. Aside from which, too many rules can be a hindrance. I'm not arguing that there should be no rules (my Utopia would most likely be pretty authoritarian) but the law can become involved in bureaucracy and forget that every case is different, if only because the people and setting differ (and my Utopia would not last 30 seconds before descending into autofascism.) Laws should be in a constant state of flux as they adapt to change and frankly if a deed does not impact upon somebody's health or wellbeing, it's not as serious (although obviously speeding is still daft because you don't have precognisance of what your actions will result in.) Do you wish to make a rebuttal, or shall we move on to point 7? -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 19 2004 07:24
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Think of what it felt like for the dog. You've got it easy. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 19 2004 07:22
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I think by TSTE you mean me. I'm not entirely sure why, since I don't ever remember using a name with those initial letters (although that's not conclusive proof that I have never done so.) BtI is the standard name I am known by. I don't recall saying that economic growth was always good. For the first world, I'm not certain that it always is (although it certainly is necessary for the third world.) My objections are mostly directed towards points two and seven although I believe I could quibble most points. However, some of those objections would probably merely be with things creeping in in the translation. Besides, I think your logic is circular. Arguing that anybody who does not agree with that list is suppressing the truth is not logically rigorous or sound. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Thursday, August 19 2004 07:13
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Hurrah! We are not elitists, we may try to start feuds but it is not because we think we are better. It is because you are of equal worth but wrong. We'd be glad to have you around. It's always good to have a new face around. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 18 2004 10:44
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Yes, but this is a 'king of kings'-esque title. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: Never Proved to Be a Contributory Factor to Stomach Cancer Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 18 2004 10:43
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Better question: Those are tears, right? I don't want to hear a 'no.' -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 18 2004 10:40
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It's not rape if the attacker is a teddy bear. -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 18 2004 03:28
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Desperance: In 8 out of 10 cases, more effective than stapling DB's hands to a desk -------------------- Voice of Reasonable Morality Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |