Jimmys Brain Fart
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What the bloody hell happened there, the guy seems to have had a Sunday brain fart and his profile is removed, c'mon people trashing his message is reasonable, slapping him with a few one votes is justified but removing his profile, he has been around a long time and contributes positively to both the forums and here in the Lounge and you trash him for a single thread! I begin to despair at the, yeah it feels right, the PC attitude that is creeping into CP.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
modified on Sunday, September 18, 2011 2:32 AM
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
What the bloody hell happened there, the guy seems to have had a Sunday brain fart and his profile is removed, c'mon people trashing his message is reasonable, slapping him with a few one votes is justified but removing his profile, he has been around a long time and contributes positively to both the forums and here in the Lounge and you trash him for a single thread!
I begin to despair at the, yeah it feels right, the PC attitude that is creeping into CP.I've been a member now for going on 9 years and I've seen a lot of people come and go, of their own accord or not but I don't think I've ever seen something as moronic as what happened to Jimmy. To call the man a troll was totally unjustified he was wrong and should have been downvoted and chastised but to remove his profile. Sad day here at CP! It's not like some other members here don't get a few adult beverages under there belts and make complete asses of themselves, are chastised, messages removed and life goes on. Has it become such a elitist club here that only a few can get away with the BS. The man made a mistake and knowing Jimmy I'd say there's a reason for his one off behavior. I for one say to reinstate him, if he even wants back on. At this point I don't blame him if he doesn't. Said my piece.
Sects Therapy
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
What the bloody hell happened there, the guy seems to have had a Sunday brain fart and his profile is removed, c'mon people trashing his message is reasonable, slapping him with a few one votes is justified but removing his profile, he has been around a long time and contributes positively to both the forums and here in the Lounge and you trash him for a single thread!
I begin to despair at the, yeah it feels right, the PC attitude that is creeping into CP.I've been a member now for going on 9 years and I've seen a lot of people come and go, of their own accord or not but I don't think I've ever seen something as moronic as what happened to Jimmy. To call the man a troll was totally unjustified he was wrong and should have been downvoted and chastised but to remove his profile. Sad day here at CP! It's not like some other members here don't get a few adult beverages under there belts and make complete asses of themselves, are chastised, messages removed and life goes on. Has it become such a elitist club here that only a few can get away with the BS. The man made a mistake and knowing Jimmy I'd say there's a reason for his one off behavior. I for one say to reinstate him, if he even wants back on. At this point I don't blame him if he doesn't. Said my piece.
Sects Therapy
Mike Hankey wrote:
Has it become such a elitist club here that only a few can get away with the BS
It certainly seems so.
Mike Hankey wrote:
I for one say to reinstate him
It seems this has been done, his account is once again avilable. It seems that cooler heads may have prevailed, I just wonder if we'll see any more postings from him!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Bill[^] got his own account for a joke. But then his rep started rising, and I was interested to see how high I could get it without actually cheating. If nothing else, the slap-down for Q&A idiots "My cat has a higher rep than you!" and being able to prove it was irresistible! :laugh: Since the kitten is showing a lot of interest in the computer, I thought he will probably need an account soon... :sigh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
OriginalGriff wrote:
My cat has a higher rep than you
It will be even more cutting when it is
My dead cat has a higher rep than you. I know it is in bad taste but is still very effective!Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Mike Hankey wrote:
Has it become such a elitist club here that only a few can get away with the BS
It certainly seems so.
Mike Hankey wrote:
I for one say to reinstate him
It seems this has been done, his account is once again avilable. It seems that cooler heads may have prevailed, I just wonder if we'll see any more postings from him!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
It seems this has been done, his account is once again avilable. It seems that cooler heads may have prevailed, I just wonder if we'll see any more postings from him!
I hope so I for one value his experience and wisdom and enjoy an intelligent conversation with him.
Sects Therapy
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OriginalGriff wrote:
My cat has a higher rep than you
It will be even more cutting when it is
My dead cat has a higher rep than you. I know it is in bad taste but is still very effective!Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
That would indeed be in bad taste. Fortunately, I am difficult to offend, and have a very bad-taste sense of humour! :-D
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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Seems like common sense has prevailed and while there is not a recover member it can be done when enough noise is made!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Somehow I doubt his profile was removed and then restored due to any 'noise'. I'm more inclined to believe a temporary bug in the profile retrieval mechanism that simply made his profile unavailable.
Software Zen:
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Somehow I doubt his profile was removed and then restored due to any 'noise'. I'm more inclined to believe a temporary bug in the profile retrieval mechanism that simply made his profile unavailable.
Software Zen:
delete this;Do you want to borrow my tin foil hat, after posting a brain fart thread, being told by Richard that he had been reported as a troll, his profile mysteriously disappears b/c of a bug, yeah right.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I tried with a brand new login (the kitten has shown an interest in computers - indeed, he can find the "delete" key very easily), and couldn't see the "Report" button. When I just tried it with the late Bill The Cat, he could - and he is pretty low rep, come to that. Perhaps a higher minimum rep is needed?
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
My point was rather that it is not that difficult to get a high reputation even if you are an idiot (I hope that's not me). Reputation points are gained by quantity as much as quality so a few d'heads will always slip through.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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That would indeed be in bad taste. Fortunately, I am difficult to offend, and have a very bad-taste sense of humour! :-D
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Fortunately, I am difficult to offend
Oh yeah Taffy? :laugh:
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
I've been called worse! (and in the lounge...) :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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I've been called worse! (and in the lounge...) :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
OriginalGriff wrote:
I've been called worse!
Englishman?
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I've been called worse!
Englishman?
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Englishman?
Or even worse, mistaken for an Irish person. :-D
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Richard MacCutchan wrote:
Englishman?
Or even worse, mistaken for an Irish person. :-D
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
I'll admit my guilty secret: I love Irishmen just as much as I love Welshmen; or any other ethnicity/nationality.
Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff
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Bill[^] got his own account for a joke. But then his rep started rising, and I was interested to see how high I could get it without actually cheating. If nothing else, the slap-down for Q&A idiots "My cat has a higher rep than you!" and being able to prove it was irresistible! :laugh: Since the kitten is showing a lot of interest in the computer, I thought he will probably need an account soon... :sigh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
OriginalGriff wrote:
My cat has a higher rep than you
:doh:
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OriginalGriff wrote:
My cat has a higher rep than you
:doh:
I'm sorry about this, but... he does have a higher rep than you! :laugh: Or would, was he still alive...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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I'm sorry about this, but... he does have a higher rep than you! :laugh: Or would, was he still alive...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
OriginalGriff wrote:
Or would, was he still alive...
:doh: :doh:
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What the bloody hell happened there, the guy seems to have had a Sunday brain fart and his profile is removed, c'mon people trashing his message is reasonable, slapping him with a few one votes is justified but removing his profile, he has been around a long time and contributes positively to both the forums and here in the Lounge and you trash him for a single thread! I begin to despair at the, yeah it feels right, the PC attitude that is creeping into CP.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
modified on Sunday, September 18, 2011 2:32 AM
I read that thread, and while I don't have a specific opinion to it, I think that the banishment was because he abused everyone who was rather politely pointing out that he was going against the site rules in a very patronising manner. Some of his replies included stuff like "haha, you couldn't banish me" and so on. And funnily enough, he got slapped away. I'm not wanting a regular to be banned off the community for something small as this, but hopefully he learned his lesson.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
What the bloody hell happened there, the guy seems to have had a Sunday brain fart and his profile is removed, c'mon people trashing his message is reasonable, slapping him with a few one votes is justified but removing his profile, he has been around a long time and contributes positively to both the forums and here in the Lounge and you trash him for a single thread!
I begin to despair at the, yeah it feels right, the PC attitude that is creeping into CP.I've been a member now for going on 9 years and I've seen a lot of people come and go, of their own accord or not but I don't think I've ever seen something as moronic as what happened to Jimmy. To call the man a troll was totally unjustified he was wrong and should have been downvoted and chastised but to remove his profile. Sad day here at CP! It's not like some other members here don't get a few adult beverages under there belts and make complete asses of themselves, are chastised, messages removed and life goes on. Has it become such a elitist club here that only a few can get away with the BS. The man made a mistake and knowing Jimmy I'd say there's a reason for his one off behavior. I for one say to reinstate him, if he even wants back on. At this point I don't blame him if he doesn't. Said my piece.
Sects Therapy
Mike Hankey wrote:
It's not like some other members here don't get a few adult beverages under there belts and make
complete asses of themselvesThank you, I think. :~
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
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Mike Hankey wrote:
It's not like some other members here don't get a few adult beverages under there belts and make
complete asses of themselvesThank you, I think. :~
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesI didn't infer, not intentionally anyway that you had had an adult beverage. I meant to say that other people did partake and at times made asses of themselves.
Sects Therapy
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What the bloody hell happened there, the guy seems to have had a Sunday brain fart and his profile is removed, c'mon people trashing his message is reasonable, slapping him with a few one votes is justified but removing his profile, he has been around a long time and contributes positively to both the forums and here in the Lounge and you trash him for a single thread! I begin to despair at the, yeah it feels right, the PC attitude that is creeping into CP.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
modified on Sunday, September 18, 2011 2:32 AM
Please don't confuse PC with "considerate". The Lounge is the cornerstone of the community and the only thing I ask is that people treat this forum as a gathering of professionals who are probably at work, and who most definitely span a gammut of cultures. I am not, ever, going to simply say "The internet is a den of iniquity so get over it; the battle's lost". If it's too hard to just, in this one place, be considerate and polite, not just of others but of this site itself then this isn't the site for you.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
