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Just out of curiosity - Were you a BBSer? Did you...
Yes. You name it, I probably used it. WWIV, fidonet, proto-MUDS, d-dials, whatever the commodore version of d-dials were called. I had one running for a while but it never took off and frankly wanted that juicy phone line for myself.
Meeting fellow BBS people at around age 13 or 14 or so was an amazing experience. I wasnt just another stupid kid from the suburbs those nights, but part of a group of some really interesting people, adults, who treated me like a peer. It... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 2:56 AM on April 5, 2006
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Is it just me, or are the AskMe topics getting...
I think this is just the nature of the beast. Dupes and deviations exist in the far more edited blue. Sometimes the more personal relationship-filter questions are more community therapy than actual questions. Sure, good advice from one thread about marriage is good advice from another similiar thread. But whose to say? Iffy semi-chatfilter questions will always be unique.
Ideally, a dupe should be immediatly closed when someone finds the same previously answered... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 1:25 PM on February 1, 2006
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Must we really put on our Mefi detective caps for...
>>does anyone else think Charles Darwin looks old, surly, and extremely out of place among all the nubile wenches?
Yes! Can we update him with a rasta hat and a surfboard? Perhaps go hip-hop style too?
With a little photoshop work someone can turn this into Santa Darwin.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 11:14 PM on January 30, 2006
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Not necessarily a callout, because I always find...
A single link to an opinion piece is not "well constructed." If mefites want to read about the power of Jebus and salvation, more power to them, but this looks silly to me.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 11:34 AM on January 27, 2006
"interesting things that have to do with religion."
Maybe. But in my world the word religion means more than antheist vs. Christian wankfests. I dont see Brownpau discussing Hinduism or Jainism. Or the role of Sharia in the Middle East, its history, and elements of dissent. Or the transcedental experience through various methods. Or a good piece on Buddism's controversial figure Maitreya. Or religious persecution through the ages. Or a discussion on the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 11:45 AM on January 27, 2006
"it's no different than seeing a bazillion anti-bush posts"
Right, because two wrongs make a right.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 11:47 AM on January 27, 2006
Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist/zoologist. He write pop-science books and is a well-known atheist. Most of his claims can be tested (game theory w/ animals, natural selection, etc) and his conclusions can be questioned. On the other hand brownpau links to two figures, one with no notable creditials at all, who make no concrete claims but just tow the anti-atheist line brownpau has been enjoying lately.
So me linking Dawkins is not the same. I would have to link... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 12:09 PM on January 27, 2006
"so I expect you to suck it up and let a few religious posts through that don't share that viewpoint. "
That's fine and good. But this isn't a even good religious post! And after another spectacularly bad post of the same topic no less. Its another atheist vs. christian "debate." Like I wrote earlier I'd love to see something that isn't the same old same old like the examples I listed here.
Instead, its a predictable... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 12:45 PM on January 27, 2006
>>What are you up to, then?
The purpose of metatalk is not to demand deletions only. From the top of your browserMetaTalk is a discussion area for topics specific to MetaFilter itself, ranging from bug reports to feature requests to questions of content. The posts are sorted by date, and tagged by category.
"Urging the MeFi community to post more about minority/foreign religious practices?" Oh quite being purposely obtuse. Its not cute.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 1:05 PM on January 27, 2006
What does personality have to do with online actions? Wow, the "I'd have a beer with Bush" talking point now has trickled down to Metafilter? "I don't know much about that war, but a man in Cowboy boots can never do wrong by me."
You guys crack me up.
Parisparamus may be the coolest motherfucker on the planet, but that doesn't suddenly make his questionable comments spectacular and enlightening.
I'm... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 1:48 PM on January 27, 2006
>>Let him who is without agendas cast the first stone, hon.
Righto. Back at the secret Atheist Worldwide meetings we often talk about our big agenda. Point 5493 specifically mentions stealth evangelizers and strange policy decisions on webboards, and to my surprise it came true. Right now we're assembling an emergency AW meeting with various heads of state to make sure our heathen ways are maintained worldwide and supported by the world's governments in light of... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 2:15 PM on January 27, 2006
"your opinion on the validity of religious posts is moot in my eyes "
Even if I'm right, I'm wrong. Got it boss.
"is a way of saying that brownpau isn't standoff-ish about religion."
Makes no sense, boss. If you think Brownpau's posts are excellent examples of what mefi posts should be then just say it. Are they bad one-link opinion posts with a serial history of attacking a specific POV here at mefi... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 2:28 PM on January 27, 2006
Sounds like a St. Jude promise. You know, the kind you see in the paper all the time. Example here.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 2:55 PM on January 27, 2006
He didn't. He lived and died an agnostic.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 3:00 PM on January 27, 2006
>In the course of a thread, Skallas has compared me to Paris Paramus, accused mathowie of being pro-religious and anti-secular, and surmised that I am a dying Roman Catholic doing a St. Jude novena.
Your posting skills are almost as good as your reading comprehesion skills. The paris comment is called an analogy. I'm accusing matt of having a double standard, to which he admits to. And you're little "it will end soon" comment could be... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 4:23 PM on January 27, 2006
Btw, youre friend was most likely talking about Anthony Flew not Carl Sagan. Later in life, Flew took on the "there is complexity, thus there must be a watchmaker" point of view. He had to reach his 80s to come to this decision. Staring death in the face can't be easy.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 4:35 PM on January 27, 2006
Right. You're saying some people are completely ignored and others' opinions are more valid regardless of the reasoning. On top of it you write "gets one lame-ish post free pass." Call it what you will, boss. Its your site. You've been doing a bang-up job so far.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 4:53 PM on January 27, 2006
Also, the issue isn't this post per se, its a series of posts. 7 with almost the same axe to grind in less than a month. That even makes me look like an amateur axe-grinder.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 4:55 PM on January 27, 2006
Well, brownpau, you've obviously not shooting for quality. That link on Flew I dug up took all of 10 seconds on google and is much more interesting than some random conversation from the guy who runs ex-atheist.com. Come on man, put some effort into these. I'll give you some pointers:
Frey. Ayers. (atheists turned something) Jung v Frued (classic argument). Jimmy Carter (born again). Brian "Head" Welch (born again rocker).
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 5:09 PM on January 27, 2006
Duuuude, stop messing with our minds. You're like, a total rebel intellectual agent provocateur showing us the error of our ways. Totally.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 4:00 PM on January 28, 2006
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Marketing Research? Two people have flagged this...
>>It's a weird use of ask metafilter and if I had to imagine more people doing it more often
It -should- be deleted as example.
Folora's defense is that he's a poor college student? So? I'm sure a lot of mefites are but they shouldnt be using metafilter for friggin market research. Not to mention the data is probably worthless as only people who volunteer data are being heard.
As far as taking pity on the poor... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 8:00 PM on January 21, 2006
He's advertising the product here by linking to photos of it. Come on, this guy crossed a line.
Maybe the post page should be updated to say something about using askmefi for advertising or marketing purposes.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 8:03 PM on January 21, 2006
Also, a good example on how to do questions like these is when growabrain asked how to sell a domain name. He didnt list the domain name in the question and got some decent answers.
If Folara asked "Im thinking of starting a small company and would like to know how to get some marketing data cheaply or free if possible," then I doubt anyone would object.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 8:07 PM on January 21, 2006
folara: I really resent that Skallas would post that selling was my intent.
From the deleted question: I'm thinking about making ipod cozies to sell
I see the word SELL in the question.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 12:23 PM on January 23, 2006
MeTa post:
Is Metafilter an appropriate place to promote UFO...
I'm not saying we should crack down on things I dont find believable. In fact, I think the recent 9/11 conspiracy theory post is pretty on-topic here. It may not be the best of the web but:
1. There are real people making real claims. Using their real names. They state x, y, and z. X, y, and z may be garbage but at least someone is taking a stand.
The UFO posts tend to not have these things. Just a quickie ebaum-like "Check this shizz... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 12:29 PM on January 22, 2006
>>if it doesn't generate any conversation/comment
Bulk of commenary is kinda useless. Something very controversial like a video of decapitation would generate lots of comments. The quality of comments is pretty telling. Half are jokes the other half are about other explanations than the UFO hypothesis. What are people supposed to talk about from some contextless blurry video unless the context is "This is proof aliens are among us" or some other real claim.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 12:33 PM on January 22, 2006
>>What did they promise you - your own planet near Kolob?
No, no, nothing like that. Just an island. You know it as Australia.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 5:35 PM on January 22, 2006
Because people believe stuff like this.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 7:18 PM on January 22, 2006
I'm just upset at the rense.com ad for a psychic pill. WTF, an oral psychic pill? When did this happen? I've been taking the suppository for years!
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 8:10 PM on January 22, 2006
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ikkyu2 is a one-man AskMeFi machine today, even...
I took an echinacea pill and the next day won the lottery. Explain that with your science!!!
Seriously, the woman who thinks she can use herbs and diet to defeat cancer is seriously mistaken. I wonder how common this kind of thinking is. Hopefully, shes decided on a saner approach to healthcare. Kudos to ikkyu2.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 5:44 PM on January 22, 2006
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Is y2karl's compulsive 'make huge extract, link...
Hold on, you're hating on y2karl becaue he does little editorialization, TONS of citations, and picks interesting sources?
>yew n00bz r teh funy
They sure are.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 10:28 PM on January 7, 2006
y2karl, don't let them get to you. Drag any FPP posters name in here and you'll get the usual earful, usually from people who almost never contribute to the FPP. Been there, done that. Keep up the good work.
Firas on the other hand has one FPP: A single link to a slate.com article! Laughable, man. OMG Hitchens has an opinion on something contrversial. Stop the metafiltering presses!
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 10:31 PM on January 7, 2006
Found missing doesnt like the format. This FPP by him is almost a classic y2karl. Tons of text and to top it off use of the small and italics at the same time.
found missing took some time out his night to say: Oh, he's a critic of the administration? What a lonely position on MeFi.
Not immune from that are you?
Not to make this personal, but the complainers seem to be either non-contributors or doing the very same thing... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 10:37 PM on January 7, 2006
>>Dios and ParisParamus are tiring for the same reasons
No. Dios and Paris are tiring becaue they derail every thread. This is an attack on style of karl's FPPs which looks more like an attack of the content, which you plainly lay out in your comment. Are you purposely making a bad analogy? Looks like it to me.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 12:46 AM on January 8, 2006
I also love about his this stopped being about his "style" and is now about his politics. Sounds like someone doesn't like his politics, knows they cant do anything about it, so they complain about lengthy posts and formatting. Its pretty fucking obvious, not to mention that smartass link to askmeta.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 12:49 AM on January 8, 2006
>>people are explicitly saying they support his politics
tweak writes: Yeah, too fucking bad we're not in lockstep with the lagenda of the eft-wing thought police on MetaFilter
andrew cook writes: people are explicitly saying they support his politics
Do the math.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 1:46 AM on January 8, 2006
>>but I have way more respect for those who at least attempt to contribute than for the cool snickering meta-moral-majority do-nothings who spend all their time nattering about how others should go about it.
So very well put. I don't know where this mentality comes from, maybe from a society of people magazine and access hollywoods. A gossip without consequences multi-faced mentality that permeates US culture. Not sure, but its hypocritical and self-defeating.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 5:50 AM on January 8, 2006
MeTa post:
True, I have battled many an apeman. Yet the...
>! Is there a problem when using a mac or certain browsers?
Yeah. The buttons work in Mozilla, Firefox, and IE. I dont have Opera on here so I can't test it for ya.
You might like the Mozilla-based Camino project for OSX if you dont like running FF because it looks too windowsy.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 1:55 PM on November 24, 2004
MeTa post:
Would it be hard to offer users to option of...
Back in the good old days of BBS's we had these things called Macros. After coming back from school (uphill and on fire both ways) we'd make our terminal apps do funny things when certain key-chording was done, just like you would a piano.
A control-alt-whatever could produce this (cc) you sound like you really want.
/old man voice off
In other words, think client side solutions not server side. Coding time is... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 6:36 PM on November 20, 2004
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Are MetaFilter members a bunch of negative ninnies?...
Matt's post illustrates the difference between real life and semi or fully anonymous web postings. Its pretty revealing, kinda like Milgram for the information age.
The 60's: Humans can be obedient sadists and not think twice about it.
Today: Humans can be sadists and not think twice about it, when anonymous. (or maybe when we're not looking at another human we can empathize with or fear)
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 6:37 PM on September 22, 2004
MeTa post:
"Do the smirking people in [this single link...
DWRoelands is just trying to get attention. Again.
Here are some other gems from him: "Terri Schindler Schiavo's death by starvation and dehydration is scheduled to begin at 2:00PM today, barring some sort of unlikely intervention. Despite compelling evidence that Terri is conscious of what is happening to her" "She will die in agony over the next two weeks or so."
"Compelling evidence" is to nutworlddaily and hardly compelling.
posted to MetaTalk by skallas
at 9:55 PM on September 16, 2004
