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A plea for posting in the proper places (r.p.d.slr, r.p.d.slr-systems)

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David Nebenzahl - 26 Sep 2008 18:04 GMT
Regarding the ongoing discussion here (rec.photo.equipment.35mm) about
whether or not posts about DSLRs belong here, here's a request, an
appeal to reason about where such posts belong:

Please post these in an appropriate group: either rec.photo.digital.slr
or r.p.d.slr-systems*.

Despite the tortured parsing and deconstruction of this group's charter
attempted by some trying to excuse such posts here, this group was set
up for discussions about 35mm *film* cameras, as DSLRs were rare and
expensive at the time, and it was not clear then that they would
eventually take over film cameras.

Look at it this way: you wouldn't post something about a Toyota Prius in
a group devoted to vintage automobiles, would you? Or post about dairy
cows in a bird group. It's just a matter of keeping things together. And
it has nothing to do with hating digital cameras: the idea is to
organize things properly by subject.

I still haven't heard any good arguments why posts about DSLRs should
*not* go into r.p.d.slr (or r.p.d.slr-systems if you prefer), as those
groups are specifically set up and unambiguously named for such cameras.
If anyone has any such arguments, please make them here.

In summary, this is a really simple thing being asked here. Don't stop
posting: just post in the correct place. If this group becomes
diminished because all the digital posts go somewhere else, it's not the
end of the world; there are still a good number of film users, and lots
of film topics to be discussed.

And for those whose response to this is to issue gratuitous insults,
don't bother: such responses will be ignored.

* r.p.d.slr-systems was mentioned recently in a post by A. Browne. I
don't claim to know enough about the difference between this and
r.p.d.slr to suggest which one is the "right" place; such a discussion
would be useful here. I do know that r.p.d.slr is almost completely unused.

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Draco - 26 Sep 2008 20:22 GMT
> Regarding the ongoing discussion here (rec.photo.equipment.35mm) about
> whether or not posts about DSLRs belong here, here's a request, an
[quoted text clipped - 39 lines]
>
> - Paulo Freire

David,
  I see you have been posting since 1999. I don't remember you on
this group (rpe35) until a few months ago. Why now? Those who have
been posting here started with film cameras and have moved on to
including DSLR in our equipment. This has been a place for us to come
and talk, yell, fight about which camera, technique, lens, and/or film
was best. It may not be a "right place" for talking about DSLR
equipment but face up to it. Film cameras of the 35mm are being made
less and less every day. The lenses that fit those cameras now work
with the DSLR cameras. Many of the controls are the same as the film
cameras. The flash equipment and so on and on.
  The News Groups you suggest are fine but they aren't
rec.photo.equipment.35mm. This group has its own dynamics and its own
reasoning for being. I wouldn't switch any one of them for some other
politicaly correct group to satisfy your need to be "correct". No
matter how much of an arsehole some might be, they're ours, and you
can't change my mind over that. So deal with it or go back to where
ever you came from or join us and have some fun for a change.

Draco
Colin.D - 26 Sep 2008 23:54 GMT
David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:

> Regarding the ongoing discussion here (rec.photo.equipment.35mm) about
> whether or not posts about DSLRs belong here, here's a request, an
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
> r.p.d.slr to suggest which one is the "right" place; such a discussion
> would be useful here. I do know that r.p.d.slr is almost completely unused.

It's not as simple as you would have us believe.  rpe35mm is an older
group inhabited mostly by long-time photogs who have come from a film
background.  The accumulated knowledge here is greater than almost any
other camera group, certainly more than than the dslr groups whose
members by and large are more recent photographic converts without long
immersion in the more arcane aspects of the photographic art, and
without the detailed knowledge of f-stops, shutter speeds, ASA, ISO,
response curves, manual exposure determination, manual focus,
development techniques, enlarging, sensitized printing papers, etc. etc.

Although I am 100% a digital user now, I am well aware that my long
experience with film, right back to 1959 in fact, has an influence on
almost every aspect of my digital photography, experience that new dslr
users will never attain.

And that is the point; digital groups largely lack the experience that
is evident here, and is the reason why digital topics are posted here.

Your remark about r.p.d.slr being underused is, bluntly, nonsense.
AFAIK, there is no such group.  The correct name is r.p.d.slr.systems,
and the posts there are generally two or three times the number posted
here in rpe35mm.

Your problem, David, is that you are being obstinately literal about
group charters, a stance reminiscent of one Donald of windmill fame.
Like him, you will achieve nothing by your attitude except personal
approbrium, emphasized by your apparent disinterest and/or experience
with matters photographic.  Your best move would be to let well alone -
IOW, quit your harping on.

Colin D.
That Rich - 27 Sep 2008 00:06 GMT
>David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
>
[quoted text clipped - 65 lines]
>with matters photographic.  Your best move would be to let well alone -
>IOW, quit your harping on.

Well now, if all you experts migrated to the proper groups.....

RP©
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If I had a dollar for each time Colin used the thesaurus in penning
this missive, I might get me one o' them Leica-s.
Scott W - 27 Sep 2008 01:35 GMT
> If I had a dollar for each time Colin used the thesaurus in penning
> this missive, I might get me one o' them Leica-s.

I don’t fathom what you are trying to express here.

Are you asserting that protracted words are not invariably needful and
that overdo of the wordbook can actually make composition more
laborious to perceived?

Scott
That Rich - 27 Sep 2008 02:12 GMT
>> If I had a dollar for each time Colin used the thesaurus in penning
>> this missive, I might get me one o' them Leica-s.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>that overdo of the wordbook can actually make composition more
>laborious to perceived?

Yah.
Never use a big word when you can use a diminutive word.

RP©
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If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more
thought.

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Colin.D - 27 Sep 2008 03:20 GMT
That Rich, 9/27/2008 12:06 PM:

>> David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
>>
[quoted text clipped - 72 lines]
> If I had a dollar for each time Colin used the thesaurus in penning
> this missive, I might get me one o' them Leica-s.

You'd be broke, me boy, if that was your total income.  I can't remember
the last time I used a thesaurus.  I am just blessed with a good vocab.

But, I made a spelling error, so I must be ordinary after all.  Should
have been 'opprobrium'.

Colin D.
Robert Coe - 27 Sep 2008 17:00 GMT
: >David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
: >
[quoted text clipped - 40 lines]
: If I had a dollar for each time Colin used the thesaurus in penning
: this missive, I might get me one o' them Leica-s.

If you think he used any reference material, how do you account for the phrase
"Donald[!] of windmill fame"?

Next we'll be hearing about "Ronald" Bacardi!  ;^)

Bob
John McWilliams - 27 Sep 2008 21:16 GMT
> : >Your problem, David, is that you are being obstinately literal about
> : >group charters, a stance reminiscent of one Donald of windmill fame.
> : >Like him, you will achieve nothing by your attitude except personal
> : >approbrium, emphasized by your apparent disinterest and/or experience
> : >with matters photographic.  Your best move would be to let well alone -
> : >IOW, quit your harping on.

> : Well now, if all you experts migrated to the proper groups.....

> : If I had a dollar for each time Colin used the thesaurus in penning
> : this missive, I might get me one o' them Leica-s.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Next we'll be hearing about "Ronald" Bacardi!  ;^)

Don Q, the character, not the rum, was the first "The Donald". (El Don).

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David Nebenzahl - 27 Sep 2008 02:56 GMT
On 9/26/2008 3:54 PM Colin.D spake thus:

> David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
>
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> and the posts there are generally two or three times the number posted
> here in rpe35mm.

r.p.d.slr does indeed exist. My ISP carries it; perhaps yours doesn't
(which would make sense, considering how little used it is.)

> Your problem, David, is that you are being obstinately literal about
> group charters, a stance reminiscent of one Donald of windmill fame.
> Like him, you will achieve nothing by your attitude except personal
> approbrium, emphasized by your apparent disinterest and/or experience
> with matters photographic.  Your best move would be to let well alone -
> IOW, quit your harping on.

I think the word you want here is "oppobrium". And no, I'm not literal
about charters: others have attempted that (see "tortured parsing and
deconstruction" above).

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powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire

Colin.D - 27 Sep 2008 03:29 GMT
David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 1:57 PM:

> On 9/26/2008 3:54 PM Colin.D spake thus:
>
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> r.p.d.slr does indeed exist. My ISP carries it; perhaps yours doesn't
> (which would make sense, considering how little used it is.)

Ok, the only group I can find like that is a Fido group; Motzarella has
no r.p.d.slr.

>> Your problem, David, is that you are being obstinately literal about
>> group charters, a stance reminiscent of one Donald of windmill fame.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> about charters: others have attempted that (see "tortured parsing and
> deconstruction" above).

Yes, thanks, I have corrected that a few posts above this one.

Colin D.
Atheist Chaplain - 29 Sep 2008 06:24 GMT
> David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
>
>> Regarding the ongoing discussion here (rec.photo.equipment.35mm) about
>> whether or not posts about DSLRs belong here, here's a request, an appeal
>> to reason about where such posts belong:

They are in the correct group!
you are not!!
have you tried alt.kooks for all your posting needs

(sorry Colin for posting from your reply but I have the Nebenazi in my
killlfile)

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Alien Jones - 04 Oct 2008 09:56 GMT
>> David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
>>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> (sorry Colin for posting from your reply but I have the Nebenazi in my
> killlfile)

Unbelievable!

You KF the guy becasue you don't want to read his posts but still reply to
him.  You really are an idiot, aren't you?
Atheist Chaplain - 04 Oct 2008 11:33 GMT
>>> David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> You KF the guy becasue you don't want to read his posts but still reply to
> him.  You really are an idiot, aren't you?

see my reply above Douggie, have YOU tried alt.kooks ??
full of people just like yourself, but then I suppose you wouldn't want
that, you need to stand out as the group troll and fool, a job I see you
have lots of experience with, and seem to be quite adept at.

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Frank ess - 04 Oct 2008 17:16 GMT
>>> David Nebenzahl, 9/27/2008 5:05 AM:
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> You KF the guy becasue you don't want to read his posts but still
> reply to him.  You really are an idiot, aren't you?

TOTKO, eh mate?
Alien Jones - 06 Oct 2008 20:52 GMT
"Frank ess" <frank@fshe2fs.com> wrote in news:w-
GdnWMzZZBrC3rVnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@giganews.com:

> TOTKO

Yet another one claiming to have me KFd shakes his head without plugging
his ears to stop the rattle beads falling out.
Maurice Blanchard - 27 Sep 2008 03:29 GMT
Robert Coe - 27 Sep 2008 17:27 GMT
: Regarding the ongoing discussion here (rec.photo.equipment.35mm) about
: whether or not posts about DSLRs belong here, here's a request, an
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
: attempted by some trying to excuse such posts here, this group was set
: up for discussions about 35mm *film* cameras, [etc.]

I don't have a dog in this hunt. I added r.p.e.35mm to my subscription list
only because it's where the Shootin critiques were posted last month; I had
never read it before. So I guess I'm as unbiased as anybody, and I think
David's arguments have some merit. Regardless of the group's past history, I
don't see that anything would be lost if we decided to leave it to the
filmheads. Almost everything the rest of us care about is cross-posted to
r.p.d and/or r.p.d.slr-systems anyway.

I wouldn't have dreamed of supporting David when all he was doing was making a
PITA of himself. But when he states his case in a civil manner, we ought to at
least listen.

Bob
jimkramer - 27 Sep 2008 18:14 GMT
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:05:59 -0700, David Nebenzahl
> <nobody@but.us.chickens>
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
>
> Bob

David would need to talk about anything other than DSLR's before he had a
"dog in this hunt."  My take - contribute or STFU, because whining isn't
going to work.  And given David's past behavior few are listing to anything
he's got to say...
-Jim
Alien Jones - 04 Oct 2008 09:49 GMT
>> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:05:59 -0700, David Nebenzahl
>> <nobody@but.us.chickens>
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
> listing to anything he's got to say...
> -Jim

If that's your opinion Jim, you got it wrong. David has an audience.
Alan Browne is a cross poster. Worse, he posts his "shootin" sh.t to
country specific groups he's not even entitled to have access to, defies
his own rules and charters and generally behaves like a dickhead who
thinks the only time he ever does anything wrong is when he gets
arrested and even then, thinks he can argue his way out of it.

David on the other hand is calling for restraint, decorum and order.
It's not as if there isn't groups with names more suitable for the
discussions he objects to, is it?
David Nebenzahl - 27 Sep 2008 18:14 GMT
On 9/27/2008 9:27 AM Robert Coe spake thus:

> I wouldn't have dreamed of supporting David when all he was doing was making a
> PITA of himself. But when he states his case in a civil manner, we ought to at
> least listen.

Thank you for that.

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Alan Browne - 27 Sep 2008 20:38 GMT
> I wouldn't have dreamed of supporting David when all he was doing was making a
> PITA of himself. But when he states his case in a civil manner, we ought to at
> least listen.

He stated it.  We have listened.  For the most part we are opposed.

He knows that.  He keeps repeating his position (this is known as
whining and irritating at this point.

We (for the most part) remain opposed.

He is in a growing number of killfiles.  It's up to you, but having his
posts disappear into the bit bucket brings great joy to those who use
this approach.

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mj - 27 Sep 2008 20:58 GMT
>> I wouldn't have dreamed of supporting David when all he was doing was
>> making a
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> We (for the most part) remain opposed.

Also known as whining.
What I find interesting is that people seem to have a need to reply to
posters they don't like, can't stand, etc. rather than simply ignore them.
Paul Furman - 27 Sep 2008 20:46 GMT
> I don't see that anything would be lost if we decided to leave it
> to the filmheads.
>
> when he states his case in a civil manner, we ought to at
> least listen.

Here's an alternative perspective, in a civil manner.

The 35mm group is about 35mm gear, the DSLR group is about DSLR-specific
issues like sensors & memory cards. That's the way I view it. Lots of
old timers in 35mm interested in discussing the intricacies of settings
and lens choices that I'd miss in the DSLR group.

As long as folks don't torture the 35mm gang with talk about raw
converters & sensors, I simply do not see any problem. Other than those
topics it's the same issues of 35mm photography being discussed.

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Robert Coe - 28 Sep 2008 05:18 GMT
: > I don't see that anything would be lost if we decided to leave it
: > to the filmheads.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
: old timers in 35mm interested in discussing the intricacies of settings
: and lens choices that I'd miss in the DSLR group.

So you would read both groups. Indeed, I'm pretty sure you do read both
groups.

: As long as folks don't torture the 35mm gang with talk about raw
: converters & sensors, I simply do not see any problem. Other than those
: topics it's the same issues of 35mm photography being discussed.

I don't disagree. I guess David's beef is that people do "torture the 35mm
gang with talk about raw converters & sensors". I think I'd have to concede
that in at least some cases he's probably right.

Bob
Pete D - 28 Sep 2008 13:01 GMT
> : > I don't see that anything would be lost if we decided to leave it
> : > to the filmheads.
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
> Bob

If  David ever actually posted about anything photographic then maybe people
would listen to him but he just just doesn't, all he does is troll and
crosspost.
David Nebenzahl - 28 Sep 2008 21:29 GMT
On 9/28/2008 5:01 AM Pete D spake thus:

>> I don't disagree. I guess David's beef is that people do "torture
>> the 35mm gang with talk about raw converters & sensors". I think
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> would listen to him but he just just doesn't, all he does is troll and
> crosspost.

Instead of attacking the messenger (me), how about dealing with the
content of the message?

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Colin.D - 28 Sep 2008 23:23 GMT
David Nebenzahl, 9/29/2008 9:29 AM:

> On 9/28/2008 5:01 AM Pete D spake thus:
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Instead of attacking the messenger (me), how about dealing with the
> content of the message?

FYI, credibility in these groups is achieved by the length of time you
have posted here, and the impression gained by other users about your
photographic knowledge and experience, as well as some of your work that
you have provided links to.

As you are a newcomer - some of us have been in this group for several
years - and as you have not posted anything that indicates your
knowledge of or interest in photography, and as you have not posted
links to any of your work, your credibility rating is zero at this time.

If you are here as a person interested in photography, let's see
something positive indicating that; if you are here merely to push your
pedantic interpretation of the charter for this group, you are wasting
your time - and ours, not to mention bandwidth.

You remind me of the story about the hi-fi addict who was complaining
about minor problems with his amplifier and speakers.  Finally, he was
told to forget about listening to the gear and instead listen to the music.

Likewise, you should forget complaining about the charter and join the
spirit of the group.  If you aren't interested in that, then do the
other thing - leave.

Colin D.
Pete D - 29 Sep 2008 08:25 GMT
> David Nebenzahl, 9/29/2008 9:29 AM:
>
[quoted text clipped - 38 lines]
>
> Colin D.

"these groups", sorry which ones would these be? I have never complained
about the charter in this group just Davids take on the charter and how he
crosspostes to every bloody group. I would never of heard of him if he did
not crosspost in every other freaking photo group.

Defending David and what he does is just painting yourself with the same
stupidity brush and does nothing for your credibility Colin.

Goodbye.
Colin.D - 29 Sep 2008 09:56 GMT
Pete D, 9/29/2008 8:25 PM:

>> David Nebenzahl, 9/29/2008 9:29 AM:
>>
[quoted text clipped - 46 lines]
>
> Goodbye.

What are you on about, Pete?  Firstly, my post was a reply to David
Nebenzahl, not to one of your posts.

Secondly, if you think my post was defending him, you better read it
again.  I told him his credibility is zero, and if he doesn't want to
join in the spirit of the group he can leave.  How is that defending him?

It was intended as a polite statement of facts without abuse, in the
hope that he might take notice.

You can unkill me, seeing as you got it all arse up.

Colin D.
Pete D - 29 Sep 2008 10:43 GMT
> Pete D, 9/29/2008 8:25 PM:
>
[quoted text clipped - 61 lines]
>
> Colin D.

My bad, apologies mate.

Cheers.

Pete
Colin.D - 29 Sep 2008 11:56 GMT
Pete D, 9/29/2008 10:43 PM:

>> Pete D, 9/29/2008 8:25 PM:
>>
[quoted text clipped - 66 lines]
>
> Pete

Ok, no harm done.  Good shooting,

Colin D.
Paul Furman - 29 Sep 2008 02:42 GMT
>> : > I don't see that anything would be lost if we decided to leave it
>> : > to the filmheads.
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> would listen to him but he just just doesn't, all he does is troll and
> crosspost.

2/3 of the posts he complains about are about photography, maybe mention
a DSLR camera model but no more.

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Noons - 29 Sep 2008 14:51 GMT
Robert Coe wrote,on my timestamp of 28/09/2008 2:18 PM:

> : > I don't see that anything would be lost if we decided to leave it
> : > to the filmheads.
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> gang with talk about raw converters & sensors". I think I'd have to concede
> that in at least some cases he's probably right.

Good points.  And I agree.  So, can we have
all discussions of "film vs digital"
thrown out as well?  And the derogatory remarks
of one or the other type of use thrown out as well?
And simply accept that some of use use film, some
use digital, for one purpose: taking photos?
Because if not, things will continue to be
ugly...
Robert Coe - 08 Oct 2008 00:06 GMT
: Robert Coe wrote,on my timestamp of 28/09/2008 2:18 PM:
: > :
[quoted text clipped - 30 lines]
: Because if not, things will continue to be
: ugly...

My Usenet service provider apparently had some sort of server calamity
overnight, and this entire newsgroup was lost. So they went back to their
backups and reloaded it from scratch - more than 91,000 articles! So what was
the first article they restored, from June of 2005? An argument over the
virtues of digital vs film for candid photography!

Bob
Frank Pittel - 16 Oct 2008 01:30 GMT
Dave,

Over time I asked that discussions about digital equipment be taken to
groups where the threads would actually be on topic. While the excuses
for posting the off topic threads here varied over time. The end result was
that I was told to love it or leave it. I decided to leave it.

: Regarding the ongoing discussion here (rec.photo.equipment.35mm) about
: whether or not posts about DSLRs belong here, here's a request, an
: appeal to reason about where such posts belong:

: Please post these in an appropriate group: either rec.photo.digital.slr
: or r.p.d.slr-systems*.

: Despite the tortured parsing and deconstruction of this group's charter
: attempted by some trying to excuse such posts here, this group was set
: up for discussions about 35mm *film* cameras, as DSLRs were rare and
: expensive at the time, and it was not clear then that they would
: eventually take over film cameras.

: Look at it this way: you wouldn't post something about a Toyota Prius in
: a group devoted to vintage automobiles, would you? Or post about dairy
: cows in a bird group. It's just a matter of keeping things together. And
: it has nothing to do with hating digital cameras: the idea is to
: organize things properly by subject.

: I still haven't heard any good arguments why posts about DSLRs should
: *not* go into r.p.d.slr (or r.p.d.slr-systems if you prefer), as those
: groups are specifically set up and unambiguously named for such cameras.
: If anyone has any such arguments, please make them here.

: In summary, this is a really simple thing being asked here. Don't stop
: posting: just post in the correct place. If this group becomes
: diminished because all the digital posts go somewhere else, it's not the
: end of the world; there are still a good number of film users, and lots
: of film topics to be discussed.

: And for those whose response to this is to issue gratuitous insults,
: don't bother: such responses will be ignored.

: * r.p.d.slr-systems was mentioned recently in a post by A. Browne. I
: don't claim to know enough about the difference between this and
: r.p.d.slr to suggest which one is the "right" place; such a discussion
: would be useful here. I do know that r.p.d.slr is almost completely unused.

: - Paulo Freire

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Ken Nadvornick - 16 Oct 2008 04:46 GMT
> Over time I asked that discussions about digital equipment be
> taken to groups where the threads would actually be on topic.
> While the excuses for posting the off topic threads here varied
> over time. The end result was that I was told to love it or leave
> it. I decided to leave it.

I remember Frank.  Nice fellow.  Good poster.  Someone whose opinions were to
be sought and respected.

I also, along with many others, have said again and again that if you guys -
and you all *know* who you are - don't reign in your digital egos and lighten
up, you'd be left talking only to yourselves.  And then blaming everyone and
everything else under the sun for that sorry state of affairs...

Ken
Annika1980 - 16 Oct 2008 05:09 GMT
On Oct 15, 11:46 pm, "Ken Nadvornick" <register.nad...@verizon.net>
wrote:

> I also, along with many others, have said again and again that if you guys -
> and you all *know* who you are - don't reign in your digital egos and lighten
> up, you'd be left talking only to yourselves.  

And yet you're still here.
Ken Nadvornick - 16 Oct 2008 05:19 GMT
"Ken Nadvornick" wrote:

> > I also, along with many others, have said again and again that if
> >  you guys - and you all *know* who you are - don't reign in your
> > digital egos and lighten up, you'd be left talking only to yourselves.

> And yet you're still here.

So then tell me, do you think I'm talking to you?
Annika1980 - 16 Oct 2008 05:25 GMT
On Oct 16, 12:21 am, "Ken Nadvornick" <register.nad...@verizon.net>
wrote:
> "Ken Nadvornick" wrote:
> > > I also, along with many others, have said again and again that if
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> So then tell me, do you think I'm talking to you?

I'm always in your thoughts.  Who Rules?
Now you'll have to decide if that was me who posted that or my
"digital ego?"

Rather than throwing out generalities, why not name names?
Ken Nadvornick - 16 Oct 2008 06:04 GMT
"Ken Nadvornick" wrote:

> > > > I also, along with many others, have said again and again that if
> > > > you guys - and you all *know* who you are - don't reign in your
> > > > digital egos and lighten up, you'd be left talking only to yourselves.

> > > And yet you're still here.

"Ken Nadvornick" wrote:

> > So then tell me, do you think I'm talking to you?

> I'm always in your thoughts.  Who Rules?
> Now you'll have to decide if that was me who posted that or my
> "digital ego?"
>
> Rather than throwing out generalities, why not name names?

Sorry.  None of the above answers my simple question or addresses my original
assertion.  Did you think it somehow did?
Annika1980 - 16 Oct 2008 06:38 GMT
On Oct 16, 1:06 am, "Ken Nadvornick" <register.nad...@verizon.net>
wrote:
> > Rather than throwing out generalities, why not name names?
>
> Sorry.  None of the above answers my simple question or addresses my original
> assertion.  Did you think it somehow did?

Your original assertion was that some nameless characters with
"digital egos" have chased away all the valuable contributors.  But
yet, you're still here whining and bitching. So either your assertion
was false or else you don't consider yourself to be a valuable
contributor (except when it comes to whining and bitching, of course).

Perhaps it is your incessant pissing and moaning that has scared away
all these valuable contributors (who have really never left)?

Now go back in that little room with the red light and sniff some more
fixer.  There's a new Shootin coming up.  We'll expect something great
from you this time.
Noons - 17 Oct 2008 06:44 GMT
> > > Rather than throwing out generalities, why not name names?
>
> > Sorry.  None of the above answers my simple question or addresses my original
> > assertion.  Did you think it somehow did?

Typical weaseling by the digital-breaths.  Never answer
the real issues, always change the subject.

> Your original assertion was that some nameless characters with
> "digital egos" have chased away all the valuable contributors.  But
> yet, you're still here whining and bitching. So either your assertion
> was false or else you don't consider yourself to be a valuable
> contributor (except when it comes to whining and bitching, of course).

Or none of the above?

> Perhaps it is your incessant pissing and moaning that has scared away
> all these valuable contributors (who have really never left)?

In your dreams.

> fixer.  There's a new Shootin coming up.  We'll expect something great
> from you this time.

as if that was a gauge of anything other than your monumental areshole?
John McWilliams - 17 Oct 2008 07:16 GMT
> In your dreams.
>
>> fixer.  There's a new Shootin coming up.  We'll expect something great
>> from you this time.
>
> as if that was a gauge of anything other than your monumental areshole?

Please don't share any more of your dreams here, blackguard.

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Noons - 18 Oct 2008 10:45 GMT
John McWilliams wrote,on my timestamp of 17/10/2008 4:16 PM:

> Please don't share any more of your dreams here, blackguard.

piss off, dickhead!
Alan Browne - 16 Oct 2008 22:05 GMT
> Dave,
>
> Over time I asked that discussions about digital equipment be taken to

Frank, this thread was dead.  Why revive it?

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