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Started by LHX, January 11, 2007, 04:33:50 PM

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Many people on this (and the EB&G forums) think madgjyikque is bullshit, and are very vocal about it.

So, knowing that those people would be reading and castigating, Bella decided not to post her experiences.

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Quote from: LMNO on January 12, 2007, 01:25:55 PM
Many people on this (and the EB&G forums) think madgjyikque is bullshit, and are very vocal about it.

So, knowing that those people would be reading and castigating, Bella decided not to post her experiences.

kk got ya - Know/will/dare/stfu :-D

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Quote from: Rabid Badger of God on January 12, 2007, 12:57:03 AM
I disagree. The written word is already regaining its status as primary medium via the internet. How many of us log on and immediately start checking a set of websites that we absolutely have to read? I read the news and the weather and my email and this site and another forum and several blogs and one webcomic. Every day. We all read a hell of a lot every day, without even realising it. Ads are omnipresent. Hell, we can even use our phones to send words instead of talking.

This is true.  Unfortunately, it sometimes seems that it is also leading to a decline in face to face idea exchange.  Even voice to voice.  Often, in my work, I have to send e-mails to people because I can't get them on the damn phone.  And so, really, little is ever accomplished through that.  However, when I have meetings with other people, and we get a chance to exchange ideas in real time, it's magic.  That 2 hours a month I have with my colleagues is above and beyond more productive than all of my efforts through e-mail conversations. 

Now, a forum can kind of serve some of that purpose, though, it is only quasi-real time.  And the audience isn't captive.  For example, I am rarely ever at this place the same time TGRR is, so we rarely get to exchange conversations at the same time.  So while being able to read his thoughts and ideas are definitely inspiring, I would much rather prefer, if geography weren't an issue, to sit down with some brews and pick his brain in person.  But, of course, you have to use what works the best, and so it is better than not being able to converse at all. 
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Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on January 12, 2007, 02:13:24 PM
Quote from: Rabid Badger of God on January 12, 2007, 12:57:03 AM
I disagree. The written word is already regaining its status as primary medium via the internet. How many of us log on and immediately start checking a set of websites that we absolutely have to read? I read the news and the weather and my email and this site and another forum and several blogs and one webcomic. Every day. We all read a hell of a lot every day, without even realising it. Ads are omnipresent. Hell, we can even use our phones to send words instead of talking.

This is true.  Unfortunately, it sometimes seems that it is also leading to a decline in face to face idea exchange.  Even voice to voice.  Often, in my work, I have to send e-mails to people because I can't get them on the damn phone.  And so, really, little is ever accomplished through that.  However, when I have meetings with other people, and we get a chance to exchange ideas in real time, it's magic.  That 2 hours a month I have with my colleagues is above and beyond more productive than all of my efforts through e-mail conversations. 

Now, a forum can kind of serve some of that purpose, though, it is only quasi-real time.  And the audience isn't captive.  For example, I am rarely ever at this place the same time TGRR is, so we rarely get to exchange conversations at the same time.  So while being able to read his thoughts and ideas are definitely inspiring, I would much rather prefer, if geography weren't an issue, to sit down with some brews and pick his brain in person.  But, of course, you have to use what works the best, and so it is better than not being able to converse at all. 

Try IM - it's not quite face to face but it's miles more instant feedback than forums

I'm up to my arse in Brexit Numpties, but I want more.  Target-rich environments are the new sexy.
Not actually a meat product.
Ass-Kicking & Foot-Stomping Ancient Master of SHIT FUCK FUCK FUCK
Awful and Bent Behemothic Results of Last Night's Painful Squat.
High Altitude Haggis-Filled Sex Bucket From Beyond Time and Space.
Internet Monkey Person of Filthy and Immoral Pygmy-Porn Wart Contagion
Octomom Auxillary Heat Exchanger Repairman
walking the fine line line between genius and batshit fucking crazy

"computation is a pattern in the spacetime arrangement of particles, and it's not the particles but the pattern that really matters! Matter doesn't matter." -- Max Tegmark