[Shannon3277]

Related to the last post...

What would we call that one poster who feels the need to poke at everyone else's bubbles or spoil things by being over-critical? They can't let anyone just have fun, they have to poke holes in everything...like the kid at the birthday party who insists on telling everyone how the magician did his trick or the guy who turns every conversation into a debate, from the origins of life to the new Star Trek movie?

And what's interesting is, I've heard people get more het up about the latter than the former...:)

[TurtleShroom]

Well, I'm not very good at snappy wordplay....

Hopefully, you're not referencing to my post... I don't think I was guilty of anything other than a long post.

An over-critical spoiler who turns EVERYTHING into a debate... religion, Star Trek, everything?

Well, all I can think of is "Public Investigator"... indeed, it's a terrible suggestion... I'd reccomend asking someone more witty.

People get more upset about attacking Star Trek than religion? .....to quote the fanboys, "O_O" .

Anyway, were you referencing to me? I wasn't trying to be over-critical. If I wanted to be critical, that would mean I didn't like the article. Since I loved the article as opposed to merely liking it, I'd have nothing to attack! Even if I didn't like it, my parents forbid online battles for my safety's sake.

[Shannon3277]

The moment I pressed the 'submit' button, I thought about how it might come across as though I were poking at you. No, I wasn't. If I had issue with anything someone said, I'd tell them so plainly. I apologize for any misunderstanding. But, no, it wasn't directed at you for anything other than a naming suggestion...I'm actually talking about myself more than anyone else. :) To my defense, I did want to go into law at the time, so I guess I was 'practicing'. :) A college boyfriend called me Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer after a Saturday Night Live sketch. This tendency annoyed him to the point that he became my ex-boyfriend before long...

Debating is great, but I guess we just have to know when to quit. I guess a good name could be the Spoiler (how original!).

Yes, I know of people who take things like Star Trek more seriously than religion. :) I've seen it more with Star Wars, to the point of lobbying religion forums to post a board about Jedi as a reiigion. Click the link below for proof. :)

Jedi forum- Beliefnet

[coastie65]

Hi Turtle and welcome to the forum. I think we can all find ourselves somewhere in that list. :D Religious and Political discussions are not allowed on this forum, for the simple reason they both tend to cause problems. Sometimes the PCWorld news bot will post an article that will lead to this sort of thing, and causing us moderators all sorts of problems. Nothing wrong with peace keeping as I tend to take that approach when moderating, up to a point. Anyway, some sites have less moderating than others, which is not always a good thing.





As for the article, I guess I have seen them all and then some. I have been accused of over posting ( long winded) on occasion as well. Oh well, it happens. We have a lot of characters on this forum, and it makes for an enjoyable time for the most part. coastie

[coastie65]

Shannon3277 said:

Yes, I know of people who take things like Star Trek more seriously than religion. :) I've seen it more with Star Wars, to the point of lobbying religion forums to post a board about Jedi as a reiigion. Click the link below for proof. :)


Jedi forum- Beliefnet

It only takes one nut to make a tree. coastie

[MisterCrowley]

I think it's poetic justice that you couldn't have come off any more as one of the steriotypes listed in this article. You might as well have a signature that says "Antagonist".

[insanesameri]

Wait you went all the way back to the first page to complain about someones post? Wow....

[MarkSullivan]

To madman21904,

"And the worst of all are the ones who have nothing useful to say, so they post a 14-page rant about other people's meaningless babble. WTF??"

What snarky thing to say. I hope you don't mean that. Fact is, most people think PC World has A LOT of useful things to say. We like to have a little fun sometimes, too, like in this slideshow. If you're that unhappy with us, I suggest you read, and comment, elsewhere. -Mark Sullivan

[WinTard]

Then there are the wintard(ed) village idiots and misfits... Who post long winded techno-babble all the time and pedantic quotes from people mostly dead long time ago... Geeeez! B-)

~~~~~~~~~~
Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
~ Elsa Maxwell

He who laughs, lasts!
~ Mary Pettibone Poole

Remember that multiplication is really a special form of addition, and PHI represents a coinciding of the processes of addition and multiplication. What was a linear accumulation suddenly becomes a square (?+1 = ??), and there is a leap of growth. In the plant, the simple additive growth in the stem suddenly erupts into a flower. When such a moment occurs in the context of spiritual development, it is called enlightenment. In our brains, the additive accumulation of data suddenly blossoms into a genuine understanding. There is a development from points to lines to planes, and finally, to volume. This is demonstrated by simultaneously adding and multiplying in the mathematical equation:
? + ?? = ?? = ? x ??

~ Luca Paciol revealed in De Divina Proportione
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[artzy65]

"Yes, I know of people who take things like Star Trek more seriously than religion."
If you like 'Triumph the Insult Comic Dog' you'll love this:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ugk37TvIR8E

[squishie]

Soooo. Prehaps by what you are saying, Is that the human brain, (Calculator) needs new batteries?:D

[squishie]

To: Mark Sullivan

Snarky? Good heavens! I have never been snarked before. Is it bad to be a snark? Should we, the people, who being enlightenment to PC World forums, be offended at the mere possibility of being snarked? What precautions should we take to avoid being snarked. And what, heaven forbid, should we do to keep from snarking others? SNARK NOT, AND YE SHALL NOT BE SNARKED!! Being snarked sounds absolutely hideous. You would have to be a Madman to snark someone. I can just picture my tombstone now...HERE LIES JEFFREY BARKER, HE WAS SNARKED.:^0

[MarkSullivan]

Squishie --

For a moment there I thought I detected a note of sarcasm in your comment. Phewww!

Please drive though,

Sullivan

[squishie]

No sarcasm, Just having a little fun. Never heard that expression before.

[MarkSullivan]

Looks like it's a copy/paste job from this site. I hope Mr. Reed was compensated.
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/



Evildave -- For your information, we wrote our article before we knew anything about Mike Reed. When someone pointed out to us that he had done some similar work, we contacted him to see if we could use some of his illustrations to fit with our "characters." He graciously gave us permission to do so. Since then we have hired Mike to create original illustrations for another feature, and we will likely have Mike provide illustrations for future PCW features. He's obviously a very talented guy. So no it was not simply a "cut and paste" job, as you say. But thanks for your concern over Mike's compensation.



Thank you for reading.



Mark Sullivan

Sr. Assoc. Editor, PC World

[wabah58]

OK here is another one.

<b>The Overposter
A person that has to post a response to every thread on the board. Never any real thought on any one subject, just a attempt at posting one liner responses for comedy value. This in it self wouldn't be all that bad if they were actully half funny. </b>

[WinTard]

wabah58, on 07 November 2009 - 03:15 PM, said:

OK here is another one.

<b>The Overposter
A person that has to post a response to every thread on the board. Never any real thought on any one subject, just a attempt at posting one liner responses for comedy value. This in it self wouldn't be all that bad if they were actully half funny. </b>

Welcome wabah58!

First post and you dig up a thread old from {10 August 2009 - 03:29 PM}

And what did you just do?

Please enjoy your stay here.

~~~~~~~~~~
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
~ Wayne Dyer, American motivational Speaker and Author of self-help best selling books. b.1940

[nonseq]

wabah58, on 07 November 2009 - 08:15 PM, said:

OK here is another one.

<b>The Overposter
A person that has to post a response to every thread on the board. Never any real thought on any one subject, just a attempt at posting one liner responses for comedy value. This in it self wouldn't be all that bad if they were actully half funny. </b>

Hey! I represent that remark!

[WinTard]

nonseq, on 07 November 2009 - 03:28 PM, said:

wabah58, on 07 November 2009 - 08:15 PM, said:

OK here is another one.

<b>The Overposter
A person that has to post a response to every thread on the board. Never any real thought on any one subject, just a attempt at posting one liner responses for comedy value. This in it self wouldn't be all that bad if they were actully half funny. </b>

Hey! I represent that remark!

All your post are excellent and most sensible nonseq. However if what you stated wasn't in gist you'd say:

Quote

Hey! I resent that remark!

Doh! Look at what I just did! Arrrgh.... Too bad! Soo sad! My bad...

~~~~~~~~~~
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
~ Anonymous Coward

[WinTard]

Doh! Again! I'm overposting and proving it!!!! (trivial diatribe follows...)

Sometimes long ago, PCWorld updated their forums software from something to something else... Alas during the upgrade process, some essential information got lost in the translation?

Please forgive me for um, quoting WinTard, who would ever want to do that? Not me! No the purpose is to correct the elusive information lost during Divine Proportion conversion...

WinTard, on 02 June 2009 - 02:45 PM, said:

Then there are the wintard(ed) village idiots and misfits... Who post long winded techno-babble all the time and pedantic quotes from people mostly dead long time ago... Geeeez! B-)

~~~~~~~~~~
Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
~ Elsa Maxwell

He who laughs, lasts!
~ Mary Pettibone Poole

~~~~~~~~~~~
Divine Proportion

The Divine Proportion, also called the Golden Ratio, and has been designated by the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet, PHI φ (21 is, of course, a Fibonacci number). PHI is an irrational number created by the successive convergents of numerators and denominators following the Fibonacci sequence. To demonstrate this, take any Fibonacci number and divide it by the previous Fibonacci number. For example, 377 / 233 » 1.61803. The further you go in the Fibonacci series with this method, the closer you approach the Divine Proportion, which is equal to

PHI (φ) =( √5 + 1 ) / 2

Being an irrational number, it extends far beyond 1.618033988749894...but is often approximated at 1.618. The ratios of successive Fibonacci numbers tend toward PHI, so PHI is the limit of the sequence 2/3, 3/5, 5/8, 8/13, etc. These ratios approach, but never equal PHI. Mathematicians measure how "irrational" a number is by seeing how quickly the differences between these fractions and PHI shrink toward zero. It so happens that they shrink more slowly for PHI than for any other irrational number. This is why number theorists say that PHI is the "most irrational number." Two fascinating properties of PHI are seen in its reciprocal and its square:

1 = φ - 1 or 0.618...
φ

φ² = φ + 1 or 2.618...

Remember that multiplication is really a special form of addition, and PHI represents a coinciding of the processes of addition and multiplication. What was a linear accumulation suddenly becomes a square (φ+1 = φ²), and there is a leap of growth. In the plant, the simple additive growth in the stem suddenly erupts into a flower. When such a moment occurs in the context of spiritual development, it is called enlightenment. In our brains, the additive accumulation of data suddenly blossoms into a genuine understanding. There is a development from points to lines to planes, and finally, to volume. This is demonstrated by simultaneously adding and multiplying in the mathematical equation:

φ + φ² = φ³ = φ x φ²

~ Luca Paciol revealed in De Divina Proportione

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He who has most fun, learns best.
~ John Cleese