Robert_S wrote:What's the supposed benefit of this new format?
They've been consistently losing traffic and donations since the revamp of 2010 - and this is their attempt at finally resolving what was an obvious mistake?
They're all very excited about the changes?
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
Robert_S wrote:What's the supposed benefit of this new format?
They've been consistently losing traffic and donations since the revamp of 2010 - and this is their attempt at finally resolving what was an obvious mistake?
They're all very excited about the changes?
Weren't there some very respectable critics that influenced the decision to get rid of the unseemly forum and unsightly mob? I seem to recall a few links to blogs...
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
-Mr P
The Net is best considered analogous to communication with disincarnate intelligences. As any neophyte would tell you. Do not invoke that which you have no facility to banish.
Audley Strange
It's set up for cross site monetisation by sharing user data with fb, twitter and google etc. This makes sense financially, but its a patten which is increasingly blandifying the internet and turns users into economic units for trade and sale.
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
In the ever-prophetic words of Ilovelucy - as he said way back in 2010:
I doubt I'll be taking part no matter how cool the website may turn out to be. It'll still be a castle built in the sand if it's built by a bunch of lying, incompetent opportunists around the solipsistic fog of a brilliant but aloof man. No cause, whatever cause this is, will do well when it relies so heavily on such people.
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
It's all your fault, LP. You kept on insisting that they actually do something when they say they're going to do it, and now they have.
Fuck it. Fuck it all. I hope they all get hit by a church van tonight and die... instantly!
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
Let it go lp. Release the pain and set yourself free.
BTW:
lordpasternack wrote:In the ever-prophetic words of Ilovelucy - as he said way back in 2010:
I doubt I'll be taking part no matter how cool the website may turn out to be. It'll still be a castle built in the sand if it's built by a bunch of lying, incompetent opportunists around the solipsistic fog of a brilliant but aloof man. No cause, whatever cause this is, will do well when it relies so heavily on such people.
Rationalia relies on voluntary donations. There is no obligation of course, but if you value this place and want to see it continue please consider making a small donation towards the forum's running costs.
Details on how to do that can be found here. .
"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice.
There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
Frank Zappa
"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
Brian Peacock wrote:Let it go lp. Release the pain and set yourself free.
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
-Mr P
The Net is best considered analogous to communication with disincarnate intelligences. As any neophyte would tell you. Do not invoke that which you have no facility to banish.
Audley Strange
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
It says on their website that they've brought together a 'superlative' team...
Yeah - I can think of some appropriate superlatives that spring to mind...
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
PordFrefect wrote:Still keeping the candle burning for dear old Dickie I see.
He's one lucky guy.
It's more like slowly cooling and dying embers these days, that would love to be fanned, but just keep getting stifled - rather like his charitable foundation.
As it happens - incidentally - I'm in the process of pulling together a case to demonstrate that the Executive Director of RDFRS - Robin Elisabeth Cornwell - is a willful and pathological liar. I have filtered through lots of archived material in the past few days to bolster this case - covering all bases. The evidence is there - it's just a case of finishing indexing it, and writing it all up nicely. I feel a strange mixture of calm and urgency as I contemplate finally putting it out there.
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.
Are you getting someone to give it a one-over before you go public with it?
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
-Mr P
The Net is best considered analogous to communication with disincarnate intelligences. As any neophyte would tell you. Do not invoke that which you have no facility to banish.
Audley Strange
