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Parasomnium
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Message 27 of 304 (189608)
03-02-2005 9:19 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by Brad McFall
01-30-2005 5:43 PM


Re: Are we being too hard on people who ask uninformed questions?
Brad Mcfall writes:
Blushingly- i think it {Brad's ideosyncratic prose, P.} the language of the future of science.
In the interest of discussion, would you consider postponing writing in that language until such time as that future comes along? The rest of us here are in the present, and would like you to talk back to us in a way we can comprehend. You have shown that you are perfectly capable of coherent, intelligent conversation, the blushing is appropriate.
The next time we meet, let's speak lingua franca instead of lingua futura, shall we?

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Parasomnium
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Message 31 of 304 (189668)
03-02-2005 2:38 PM
Reply to: Message 30 by custard
03-02-2005 2:19 PM


Re: Are we being too hard on people who ask uninformed questions?
Pars,
you want us to start posting in Latin?
No Pudding, but even if I did, it would still make discussions with Brad a lot easier. Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, it's either lingua franca or hic finis fandi for Brad.

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Parasomnium
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Message 34 of 304 (189671)
03-02-2005 3:02 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by custard
03-02-2005 2:55 PM


Re: Are we being too hard on people who ask uninformed questions?
Well, his post are enticing allright, but more as poetry than as discussion material.
Brad just walked in, let's see if he's got something intelligible to add. (This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 02 March 2005 20:04 AM

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Parasomnium
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Message 251 of 304 (209119)
05-17-2005 5:51 PM
Reply to: Message 249 by coffee_addict
05-17-2005 12:47 PM


Re: Please stop suspending/restricting/banning/booting/kicking...
I too agree.
The admins' efforts to sanitize discussion on this forum are over the top, in my opinion. The effect might well be that any discussion is stifled before it can start, because nobody dares to say anything negative anymore.
If this trend continues, I'll be forced to temporarily ban EvC from my computer. Let's hope I don't have to.
"When an arguer argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument." - Virginia Woolf

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Parasomnium
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Message 277 of 304 (209589)
05-19-2005 5:11 AM
Reply to: Message 265 by coffee_addict
05-18-2005 6:47 PM


Re: ID as faith
Lam writes:
I say give him full access and let the members and buz work it out.
Again, I agree with... well, Lam.
How is anyone going to learn anything by being restricted from the very place they need to be to learn what they need to learn most urgently?
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - Confucius

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