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Dammit.

Locked

Somebody post something you can sink your teeth into.

Nobody does, and soon, I will.

You don’t want that. I’ll earn me a bazillion negative votes. That is, if you can overcome it with the tepid and the cautious and the positive.

Topic

I’ve got nothing..-

In reply to Dammit.

the visual whitewash has taken all the grit out of me…

It’s raining.

In reply to Dammit.

I dasn’t go out in the rain. I’d melt.

Well, you know me.

In reply to Dammit.

I may drop in to point out complete failures of logic and evidence (or reading comprehension), then fade out.

I don’t know what makes for an interesting discussion here any more. I’ll say this is due to, roughly, one half of TR changing (not just the site mechanics, but the community), and one half of me just having a “f it, not worth the trouble” attitude.

Some folks are still turning out some damn fine articles and comments, but I don’t always have anything to add. Which is why I still use article votes as well as the new comment votes – so I’m not just saying, “Yeah, what she said” or “Great article” all the time.

So, what would you sink your teeth into? Anyone want to fight over media coverage of floods (and snakes, for whatever effin’ reason) and stupid politicians and people who apparently forgot they were using land in a bought-and-paid-for floodway (for eighty years) after enjoying ridiculously subsidized flood free conditions until now?

That subject may whip some people into a froth. But I can’t be certain. Or, we can throw down the ever-popular threat of bringing back “Evolution is a lie” and start a new thread.

Maybe if Jay starts submitting articles again, we will find available a haystack of needles furnished with a thousand points of contention.

OK you crumby Welder how about this

In reply to Dammit.

Has the site redevelopment actually improved TR or has it destroyed the Sense of Community that made TR what it used to be?

Sink your toothy pegs into that one and see what you come up with. :p

Oh if you like I can vote you down as much as you like. :^0

Col

Redevelopment – Thumbs down

In reply to OK you crumby Welder how about this

Start at techrepublic.com, and try and find the interesting things that you used to get prompted with in the past. It’s all gone Bah Humbug.

This is the most interesting chain I can find today, and it ain’t up to much.

Have a good day, all.

I bet

In reply to Dammit.

You’re just bored aren’t you?

To sink one’s teeth into

In reply to Dammit.

Sink into this

O:

In reply to To sink one’s teeth into

CAN’T ENJOY MAI SAMMICH!!!!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/296449693_82dfc2edc7_o.jpg

Looks like ham?

In reply to To sink one’s teeth into

White bread? Nutritional value? :0

Dammit.

In reply to Looks like ham?

You steal my thunder.

Innately.

In reply to Dammit.

😉

Next

In reply to Innately.

You’ll be telling us that changes in knowledge about nutrition and the nutraceuticals are faster-paced than IT. We all need the former. I can take or leave the latter.

Irrelevance

In reply to Next

owo What does that have to do with all of this anyway?! I don’t get it!!! @.@
http://motivateurself.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/irrelevance.jpg

Ummmm.

In reply to Irrelevance

I believe the man was asking for something to sink his teeth into?

Irrelevance doesn’t apply here

In reply to Irrelevance

You’re swimming upstream against two dominant TR currents.

One is that there is no concept of ‘irrelevance’ here. By long-standing tradition, discussions are allowed to wander off-topic in whatever direction the participants want to take them.

The second is that santee’s comments almost always APPEAR to be irrelevant. Check Amazon for the ‘santee to English’ translation guide, or the popular ‘santeewelding for Dummies’ 2-volume set.

Pouble-dost

In reply to Irrelevance

Ouble-day ost-pay.

Palmetto!

In reply to Irrelevance

[cheer] 😀 [/cheer]

NexS,

In reply to Irrelevance

I was on vacation and off line for a week. Thanks for noticing!

For such things

In reply to Looks like ham?

And some days, you’ve just gotta let yourself go, and say “Hey. I’m going to eat this white bread, and I don’t care what others think of me!”.

Reponse To Answer

In reply to To sink one’s teeth into

NO! xD I stole your sandwich!

Excellent!

In reply to To sink one’s teeth into

I went and built my own.

I certainly enjoyed my non-invisible sandwich, which contained no white bread, and was entirely on-topic.

On-topic?

In reply to Excellent!

Take it to the discussions forum! Otherwise, eat your non-IT topical sandwich!!

Oh, scheisse!

In reply to On-topic?

If it was meant for topical use only, I probably should not have ingested it.

Why doesn’t anyone give out those stickers for telephones with the Poison Control Center number on it anymore?!

Because the number doesn’t fit

In reply to Oh, scheisse!

Have you seen the I.T. Crowd?
Something along the lines of the ‘new emergency number’…

Re: Somebody post something you can sink your teeth into.

In reply to Dammit.

What’s it worth to you?

Cuz it will entertain him?

In reply to Re: Somebody post something you can sink your teeth into.

xD And cure him of his boredom?

Ahem…

In reply to Cuz it will entertain him?

the man’s asking for an estimate of the size of boon to be owed by Santeewelding to whoever does indeed post such…

Uh, what’s an ‘xD’?

In reply to Cuz it will entertain him?

You’ve used it twice; care to explain it?

For that matter, what’s with the ‘=W=’ you use a couple of times below?

xD is the squinty grin.

In reply to Uh, what’s an ‘xD’?

Don’t know about =W=, unless that is where the money is buried.

Obscure

In reply to xD is the squinty grin.

but only to the age-deficient 😉

=W=

In reply to xD is the squinty grin.

I figure that it’s the centre of a linear equation.

W being the speed at which the wind travels at any given altitude.

Who’s BOONS?

In reply to Dammit.

+gets into a Jack Sparrow accent and act+

Who’s boons? Your boons?

xD

Do me a favor

In reply to Who’s BOONS?

Leave out the noveau slick typographics. Speak straight, like Max with his venality.

Oi? No need to be sore ‘ere.

In reply to Do me a favor

owo You don’t like the way I speaketh sir? >w> This is all just for fun ya’know.

Formal English

In reply to Oi? No need to be sore ‘ere.

Takes you anywhere you want to go. If it doesn’t, it’s no place to be, unless that is where you live, in the first place.

Well excuse me Mr. Grammar Nazi.

In reply to Formal English

We are all free to have our freedom of speech whether it is by voice or by text. We can speak things we want, the way we want, and whenever we want as long as we abide by the rules and etiquettes of society. But this place here, we are free to speak whatever we wish just as long as it doesn’t go over bounds from the rules and regulations. Now sir, do you think this breaks away from those bounds? Is strict grammar really needed here? Sure we’re all professional here, but we’re not always going to act like that, we should loosen up sometimes. Besides, this is the Water Cooler, chill out!

I leave your relational logic for another time.

In reply to Well excuse me Mr. Grammar Nazi.

For this time, butcher grammar and punctuation only after you have mastered them; not before.

Hmph… =w=

In reply to I leave your relational logic for another time.

Big meanie pants Grammar Nazi! =w=

Do we have a winner?

In reply to I leave your relational logic for another time.

Bite deeply, my conscientious user of written language.

Gentle hint.

In reply to Well excuse me Mr. Grammar Nazi.

Several of us here enjoy baiting the unsuspecting. With the experience you list in your profile, you know better than to rise to it. While it’s good advice on any forum, it can be especially true here in the WC.

Yeah, pick on the rookie will you.

In reply to Gentle hint.

=w= Big bullies…

The biggest

In reply to Gentle hint.

You will encounter anywhere.

Don’t you think…

In reply to Gentle hint.

That’s rather unprofessional for someone who has such high standards as you? Demeaning yourself to such behavior only proves you to be less intellectual you know. And there you were speaking to me like some fancy schnook, when here you are proving yourself to be less than the smart man you show yourself you are.

What? Nobody ever told me!

In reply to Gentle hint.

In fact, this hint book I bought says: “The best way to get to know the TR regulars is wade right into the fray, make some feints at random, then try your best to stay alive”… hm… authored John Smith. This wouldn’t be a trap, would it?

Anyway; this whole thread was marked from the start: The great white shark says: “I need to shed some teeth already! Somebody throw in a carcass!”
Anyone going surfing in these waters will be bit, then spat out… unless they happen to have a high blubber content.

Re: Don’t you think…

In reply to Gentle hint.

You’re still taking this seriously… these guys are just kidding around, trying to get to know you better. You can tell from the fact that you’re not (hopefully) suffering internal hemorrhaging from verbal impact…

And Santeewelding certainly doesn’t aim for “intellectual”. Not one for _pussyfooting, that one.

Pick on the rookie?

In reply to Gentle hint.

Nope; we pick on the veterans too. We’re equal opportunity.

Venality? Well, if that’s how you read it. . . . . .

In reply to Do me a favor

. . . . . I withdraw both my question as well as any consideration to satisfy your request.

I feel sorry for the poor grumpy guy =w=

In reply to Venality? Well, if that’s how you read it. . . . . .

Maybe if he’d loosen up more, he’d have more friends around him.
=w= I was just trying to liven’ up things, geez people, this is the internet!
It’s full of drama, trolls, weabos, rape, pedophiles, and Nazis! Don’t make it so worse already!

STOP TAKING THE INTERNET SO SERIOUSLY!!!

http://e621.net/data/71/37/713751e9ac5646295e228bf1bdb9d407.jpg

Iconically

In reply to I feel sorry for the poor grumpy guy =w=

the too seriously taking seems to be mostly yours.

“Don’t make it so worse already”… hmm…

Word of advice, whatever comes, don’t take it too seriously :p

owo Nu way!

In reply to Iconically

owo I’m not being serious!
xD If I was serious I’d be swearing and saying nonsensical stuff in a troll-of-a-fashion way and flame all over this thread with the great wall of Desu~!

…

In reply to owo Nu way!

I can understand none of this comment.

If you wander over to your bookcase, the oldest book – most likely covered in cobwebs – is a ‘dictionary’. Use it.

Reply to: …

In reply to owo Nu way!

owo I know what a dictionary is thank you and I pretty well know how to use it. I just talk like most of the L337s, trolls, and people on the net do.

Most of whom

In reply to owo Nu way!

we generally dislike intensely ’round these parts. If it walks like a duck…

[i]I just talk like most of the L337s, trolls, and people on the net do. [/i]

Oh so it’s a matter of manners eh?

In reply to owo Nu way!

So I can’t be who I am around the internet? Though I’m no troll, L337, or any of those net terms and titles. I am just me, acting the silly way I wanna be cuz it’s more fun to be more loose and silly than being too serious and pessimistic about things in life. That’s the problem with most people these days, they don’t have much patience and understanding. You’d rather burn the duck right away by just judging by how it acts, not getting to know the duck within.

You are plainly inside-out

In reply to owo Nu way!

Already.

Seriously…

In reply to owo Nu way!

=w= What’s your problem with me? Are you allergic to me or something?

Ah-Choo

In reply to owo Nu way!

Excuse me.

Gesundheit

In reply to owo Nu way!

…

Here’s the thing…

In reply to owo Nu way!

We don’t expect you to play a role…
In fact, we most of us detest people playing roles. We’ll gladly accept bad grammar and poor spelling, if that’s how that person really speaks/writes… but we don’t like the [i][b]roles[/i][/b] people play on the intarwayb, as it seems to be an excuse for disenginuity, dishonesty and other sins against being.

Be yourself.

Which one?

In reply to I feel sorry for the poor grumpy guy =w=

So many to choose from.

And you do, don’t you

In reply to Do me a favor

Miss the butting of heads that Maxwell offered the world of TR?

His false unbias attitude was too much for me, but it made for interesting reading.

I do.

In reply to And you do, don’t you

Utterly miss the headbutting. Place is dull as snails without it.

And

In reply to I do.

You could always count on him to bring to attention seemingly important issues.

Yeah, Maxwell added some Pizazz to TR

In reply to I do.

He was always up to the fight and defended his stance on everything. He had strong opinions and was always challenging. He made you think.

AV

"Some" pizazz?

In reply to Yeah, Maxwell added some Pizazz to TR

One black mark for you.

It’s ‘Gangsta’

In reply to "Some" pizazz?

For the plural of pizza.

No?

To Santeewelding and Rayfoxx

In reply to "Some" pizazz?

Two peas from the same pod – irritating, childish, foolish, boring, silly, and both a real PITA. Both are no more than self-defined legends – but only in their own minds. Neither contributes anything of value. Both contribute to the demise of this Web site. I have zero respect or consideration for either. People like you are the reason I no longer engage in discussions at this Web site. After ten years, the jesters finally took over – and you are the jesters. Enjoy the empty shell of what was once a great forum. And know that it was you who directly contributed to its downfall.

RayFoxx is just a fool and a childish idiot. Buy you, Santee, you must think you’re too smart for the rest of us. Your pompous and aloof demeanor is no more that a window into your own misery. In short, get a fuc**** life, dude.

And just for RayFoxx:

http://tinyurl.com/bu54b

I should have stayed away. Shame on me.

To what was once a great forum, may it rest in peace.

D: What?!

In reply to "Some" pizazz?

Now that’s harsh… ;w; Sure I’m irritating, childish, foolish, well not sure about boring, silly, and sometimes a pain in the arse. But, one thing is for sure, I do not thing that I am a self-defined legend. Nor do I want to be like that. I just want to peacefully co-exist with people and do things I wanna do with the freedom of choice and way. And what did I do wrong anyway? I seriously don’t know and I wanna find out what. And this place is still a great forum yah know, it’s the reason why I joined TR, most of the IT I hear about here are the best and I admire those people. I came here to learn and share what knowledge I can offer. And have fun while doing that as well.

I like

In reply to "Some" pizazz?

You calling me a toothless_whore, Maxwell, insubstantial as it was, and nowhere near enough to sink my dentures into with any resistance.

Why is that?

In reply to "Some" pizazz?

Did I say something untrue about Max? Explain yourself, if you can, though I doubt you can. Where do you think most of the posts you could “sink your teeth into” came from? Could you post anything even close? I haven’t seen it yet and I’m not holding my breath.

I think you need to be more civil, Santee. One-liner or one word put downs are just shallow sniping, insulting and nothing more. This was once an intelligent discussion forum and I’d like to see it go back to that, but if all you’re going to do is take pot shots at people, I don’t see how that can happen.

Go ahead Santee, post a “sink your teeth into” discussion and lets see what you got.

AV

By "some" pizazz

In reply to "Some" pizazz?

I allude that Max is more than that. Max raises my eyebrows. Makes me sit up straight and take full notice. FNM, or fundamental governance — doesn’t matter. Max gets my attention.

Your, “some pizazz”, was limp-wristed, American Voter; not at all befitting our Max.

Clear enough?

That’s how I read it too…

In reply to "Some" pizazz?

We have a saying in Denmark: when the crib is empty, the horses are bitten.
Bear in mind that a crib was for feeding livestock, before baby Jesus took a nap in one.
When the feed’s out, the horses start biting each other.

Let’s not go there, shall we? Or if we do, let’s do in conscious fashion, with some entertainment value and with a basic awareness of what the _fuck we’re doing.

When’s the funeral?

In reply to Yeah, Maxwell added some Pizazz to TR

What’s with the past tense? You think he can stay away?
Maybe we should agree with him on something once in a while, might make him post more.
We’re short on sycophants, lately – they’re all busy on the main discussion pages, voting down the uncomfortable and Liking the pointless.

Jest aside, Max has a role to play here. If he’s AWOL, we’ll have to hunt him down. Which could get tricky if he slinks away into the mountains.

Max: This place is in a bad state because too many people cut and run. You don’t have to like it all, and I know nobody can, but if we all just do a little of what we used to, this place can be at least bearable – until hopefully some of the technical shortcomings are ironed out.

NexS

In reply to Yeah, Maxwell added some Pizazz to TR

Actually Pizazz has nothing to do with the “Gangsta” plural of pizza. I’m really not up on “Gangsta” anything, to be honest, but Pizazz is something that TR has been lacking lately. I think you might agree.

AV

Oh…

In reply to NexS

I thought that you were getting in on the cool new way of speaking.

My mistake!
😀

Thats more BS, Santee

In reply to Yeah, Maxwell added some Pizazz to TR

You’re not up to the challenge and you’re creating a diversion from your own behavior. I’m not the one that insulted Max.

AV
Edited: added you’re

Bull_shit, yourself

In reply to Thats more BS, Santee

You leap, too, in accord with the etymological origin of “insult”. I can’t know, but I strongly suspect, you don’t bother looking before you leap. You just do it.

Adds to your charm, sometimes. Not this time.

No Way

In reply to Yeah, Maxwell added some Pizazz to TR

You must be kidding me with your cryptic answer. I don’t think you get it Santee. This is a discussion group, not a snipe session.

Tell me what your next discussion will be about and I hope it isn’t titled Dammit. Thats just not acceptable.

AV

etu

Awry

In reply to No Way

About what I get you think to, “be”. Turn your eyeballs around. Look inward, if you can. I’m already doing it — this “next” discussion — with you. Been doing it since I started here in ’06.

I regret only that it takes a 2X4 upside your head — lovingly, dear AV.

I wouldn’t have expected anything less from you

In reply to Yeah, Maxwell added some Pizazz to TR

” I regret only that it takes a 2X4 upside your head — lovingly, dear AV.”

What better way to get your point across?

AV

My point

In reply to I wouldn’t have expected anything less from you

In your case, may have breached the parietal membraneous. No amount of beating works on the endochondral ossificatory of others — like Max.

Sticks and stones…

In reply to I wouldn’t have expected anything less from you

comparable to sticking one’s fingers in the ears and going laa-laa-laa-laa at the top of one’s lungs.

You can only hit someone with a verbal 2×4 if they’ve put themselves on the playing field.

Max rarely does. Which is strange, because he certainly could play well.

But then, not everybody likes this verbal bravalla-fest, and peace be unto that.
Maybe he’s more mature because of it :p

My "false unbias" attitude?

In reply to And you do, don’t you

What do you mean by that? I assume that your implication is that I try to present myself as unbiased, but ……

I’ve never claimed to be unbiased. I’ll give you $100 if you can point to a message in which I did.

To the contrary. I’m dripping with bias. But a difference between me and other people is that I proudly admit my biases. And I tell you what they are. And I support and defend them with facts and reason. Everyone has their biases – as I’ve often said. Only those who struggle to support them, however, claim otherwise.

I remember

In reply to My "false unbias" attitude?

Some time ago, your claim to taking both sides of the equation. Although I don’t remember the topic, I remember thinking “So much for being unbiassed…”

Perhaps, and I have no shame in saying so, I read your post incorrectly.
Or perhaps you had a bad day 😉

Next up:

In reply to Dammit.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110527/full/news.2011.323.html
Terrorist ‘pre-crime’ detector field tested in United States

What a load of crap.

1, 2, 3, fight.

*wipes sweat from brow*

In reply to Next up:

Or maybe not. The southeast isn’t far from the northeast. 😐

[i]Reposted, on my *gasp* Facebook Wall.[/i]

Gasp not, just repete after me

In reply to *wipes sweat from brow*

Ready, Fire, Aim.

It’s rubbish

In reply to Next up:

It’s Poppycock.
It’s the dirt on the underneath on my boot.

D: But I don’t want to have little nanobots stuffed in places!!!

In reply to It’s rubbish

The one thing I remembered on the Bourne series was that GRUELING scene where he pissed out little metal balls that are actually nanobots.
NOW THAT WOULD HURT LIKE HELL!!!

It’s easy to find out where the test is being held…

In reply to Next up:

just check the complaints reports on an airport where people with a fear of flying are disproportionately subjected to rectal searches.

Unsteady gaze, sweating, fluctuating heart rate… all the signs of a terrorist :p

Thank higher beings that I do not exist in the US of A

In reply to It’s easy to find out where the test is being held…

1. Is it failure to use the spellchecker?
2. Is it US and not British English?
3. Is it just fingers not typing what brain is thinking/spelling?

Whachootalkinbout?

In reply to Thank higher beings that I do not exist in the US of A

Hm?

Assuming you posted in the right place,

In reply to Thank higher beings that I do not exist in the US of A

it’s Finnish English. Spelling errors not detected.

And since we’re on the topic, whenever dis “spell check” make sense, other than by lazy convention? Spelling check(er). I’ll assume we are not talking about occurrences, periods of time, or “magic”.

Actually…

In reply to Assuming you posted in the right place,

it’s Danish living in Finland English.
I don’t see spelling errors in what I wrote though, although I’ll readily admit that it was more than a bit murky, syntax-wise.
A rewrite:
“Just check the news for reports of a deluge of complaints from people with a fear of flying, on account of their having been subjected, with disproportionate frequency, to cavity searches”

Now, I don’t think that’s better, really.

And we lower beings are pretty happy about it too.

In reply to Thank higher beings that I do not exist in the US of A

Especially those of us who do live in the US of A.

Meanwhile, in a far away part of the galaxy….

In reply to Dammit.

http://nyan.cat/

Save that

In reply to Meanwhile, in a far away part of the galaxy….

For teen chat rooms.

Hey, no harm in trying?

In reply to Save that

owo No harm in trying to see if anyone knows about this right?

The only harm

In reply to Hey, no harm in trying?

is to your local reputation. You’re coming across as a total phony.

TR is populated primarily with IT professionals. You may not have figured it out by now, but acting at least semi-professional is going to get you a lot farther here than acting like something 4chan spit up. Tone it down for a while and quit trying to attract attention; maybe even lurk without posting for a couple of weeks. That will give you a feel for the community here and the mannerisms of the more active members. That will allow you to see whose opinion you value and whose you decide to ignore. Try being on your best manners and develop a couple of relationships before letting your hair down.

Oh, and lose the cutesy-poo ‘l33t’ typings and insertions. You’ll make a much better impression here if you stick to standard English.

And, by the way…

In reply to The only harm

Welcome. At the very least you have staying power. How else would you learn what we mean? And how else would we learn what you mean?

Not being a seagull is worth something. I also hope you’ll save the energy you spend on inserts and l33t… you see, most people here only use l33t as a visual marker of “this here what I write now is not what I think is correct, it is a wild exaggeration of what I think a complete nincompoop might say”… so they might be very confused about what you’re trying to say, and won’t appreciate it when they figure it out.

Standard English

In reply to The only harm

Your best shot for expressing the non-standard without cracking a smile.

Keep in mind

In reply to Standard English

The difference between Standard English and Santee English.

You need a degree to read the latter.

No, you don’t.

In reply to Keep in mind

You do need an enquiring mind.

Boxy,

In reply to Keep in mind

Enquiring of mind is, at best, a prerequisite!

A degree indeed…

In reply to Keep in mind

:a degree of transcendental madness (some)
+and
:a degree of detachment from rote thinking (high)

Any others, such as

In reply to Keep in mind

Comma Separated Value(s) (grammar inclusive) helps too.

Ok, I’m fitting you with a new nickname Mr. Welding…

In reply to Dammit.

“the Dean” is only half accurate, so an addition is needed, how about Zambi… it’s the [i][b][u]Bull[/i][/u] Shark[/b], known to occasionally attack humans, swimming in both fresh, saline and [i]brackish[/i] waters.
So; R. “Dean” A. aka Zambi… how’s the fit?

Known

In reply to Ok, I’m fitting you with a new nickname Mr. Welding…

To nibble on other predators.

That

In reply to Known

is certainly fitting.

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