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SMF Forum Mods / Re: Ignore User mod

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 07:47 PM »

I have written you some PMs and have tried to understand the heart of grivitation and you.  For some reason you seem to have an arrogance or ignorance which permits you to pick and choose what to respond to and what to ignore.  I will write again.  If you do not respond, do not even bother to send me any more messages with links as I will not follow them.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: Ignore User mod

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 07:03 PM »

Gri, I hope you can see what is happening here?

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: Global Quoting mod

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 06:56 PM »

Hi App,

For my benefit could you please explain how it makes sense?

Thank you,
'steader

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: Is there a better way to handle Gri's posts?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 06:52 PM »

Nudone, the more I think of what you say about "Art," the more a segment of my consciousness tries to grasp something about what Gri is doing that it can not quite get a hold of very well.

If this is a new art form then is this something we should embrace collectively?  Probably not.  There are many that believe Picasso was a genius, but my tastes say Picasso's real "genius" was making people think he was a genius.  Ths is like Bill Gates having a perceived genius that he really is a super-geek.  Given he did what he did with coding/OS building he certainly is accomplished, but the real "genius" that built his empire was his marketing abilities.

Still, thinking of Gri's productions as "art" is a cause for pause.

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Official Announcements / Re: What changes would you like to see on DonationCoder.com in 2007?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 05:47 PM »

The Proxomitron is very effective for this *if* you know how to use it well.

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Living Room / Re: wanted: quiet external HD (case) (not wanted: crying children)

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 05:36 PM »

Dell[a] has a point.   

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: First Valid Signature of Life Satisfaction

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 05:09 PM »

People won't take what they do not understand.  I'm still not sure I understand.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: New FARR v2 Icon Design Needed

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 04:44 PM »

Nice!  How about a more distinct shape and with less shine?  Since it is tiny I'm not sure the curl at the top would be distinct.  Still nice, though.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: Is there a better way to handle Gri's posts?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 04:39 PM »

"Art," huh, very interesting.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: First Valid Signature of Life Satisfaction

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 02:55 PM »

Now, apart from the others, in order for us (you and me) to be able to proceed with any hope of garnering support of others or even supporting you myself, you will have to begin "giving" and not just "taking," which you have done so far.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: Is there a better way to handle Gri's posts?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 08:05 AM »

Whew!  That's a relief!  As a demo, Moby, take a look back at my post.  It has been modified and you can do it too, unless Mouser has restricted you to your room for forgetting your manners!   Actually, I am gratified that it turned out this way otherwise the perception I had would have been perpetuated unknowingly.  Somehow things just work out at DC.  I hope this holds true for Gri.

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SMF Forum Mods / Modified to reflect reality :)

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 07:24 AM »

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So - i'm going to remove the poll and leave this thread for us to discuss.  If there is some guidelines that we would like to come up with that might address anderson's concerns regarding gri, i welcome there discussion.

I would also remind people once more that you can set certain sections of the forum that you want to ignore.  The SMF section of our forum is really pretty esoteric and you wouldn't be missing much by marking is as ignore if gri's posts get to you.

-mouser (January 21, 2007, 05:33 AM)

I find an interesting contradiction here... 
On the one hand you defend Gri's place to post on DC and strongly deny that his posts will be censored/removed even to apologizing for Anderson's method of criticizing Gri, but you then make a unilateral (AFAIK) action of "censoring" Mobysaurus's post by clipping it and changing the subject in the name of "tolerance."   Why are the expressions of distaste and disdain from a bitter heart more sacrosanct than the alarmed passion of a sweeter one?

History has a library of lessons about the dangers of "tolerance."  Please be careful.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: poll: Do you think Gri's posts should be allowed here any more?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 06:50 AM »

I am gratified I can contribute on a meaningful level.  Thank you (and others) for your kind words.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: poll: Do you think Gri's posts should be allowed here any more?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 05:39 AM »

Here, here!  I can personally vouch for the acceptance so freely given here at DC.  Very well put.
I, too, have noticed the particular flair tsaint has with his words.  His verbiage actually stimulates thought patterns I had never considered before.  As a writer, I have become acutely sensitive to "how" different people form their words and I am the better for it!  But, I digress...

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: "Vasilisk Antidote" mod

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 03:40 AM »

It is the responsibility of any moderator to maintain the equilibrium of a forum which sometimes requires remedial or in the worst (and rare) cases, even punitive action.  The good news for you is Mouser will bend over backwards to not have to do either, especially the latter.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: poll: Do you think Gri's posts should be allowed here any more?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 02:49 AM »

We also need to be careful that we don't scare people away either because we are perceived to be supremacist head-hunters.  Regardless of the validity/invalidity of their judgements, we must be cautious to guard how we are perceived by those that will judge.  As you stated in your post, you are young and I perceive your passion for the sanctity of the great treasure we all share here, but if I may, I might suggest that we let the sagacious leadership of DonationCoder exercise the strengths we know so well and that has caused us to grow to respect them like we do.  We are in good, capable, sober and strong hands.

Perhaps the reason no action has been taken by those with power is that they have yet to determine if Gri is a problem or a solution.  They are having to discern whether we should respect or ignore.  I, for one, respect being cautious and willing to "take another look," which is the very meaning of "respect," (but you already knew that).  I do recognize your points and the patterns presented do have something to say.  I hope we all hear it correctly.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: poll: Do you think Gri's posts should be allowed here any more?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 02:40 AM »

History is repugnantly rife with the record of what happened to those that were listening to the beat of a different drummer.  Many times history eventually vindicated them and negated the validity of the accepted mores that they were persecuted under.  I am not saying that Cody's Home is that intolerant.  Given that I (an unabashed man of Faith) am so welcome here (a place of unabashed Atheism), we are certainly above the bell curve.

My concern is I am "hearing" seeds, "flavors," if you will, of types of verbiage that faintly remind me of less desirable attributes distantly akin to history's errors.  Sometimes it is not what is be measured that is in error, but the measuring stick itself.  We must tread softly.

Andersen, I admire your spunk and passion for what is so special here at DC.  Do not fret.  In time these qualities, once matured, will serve an audience much vaster than what you can now envision.  Seeds of greatness lie within you.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: First Valid Signature of Life Satisfaction

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 21, 2007, 02:09 AM »

Was that nice?

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ProcessTamer / Re: Process Tamer - LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.08.01 - Oct 08, 2006

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 20, 2007, 11:25 PM »

I have to agree with Nick.  Since I do use a dark window motif, I find it by looking for the "balnK in the systray.  Just my

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Replacement Power Options applet

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 20, 2007, 11:08 PM »

Works on my end.  Maybe you shoud try it again.  Are you running XP in an emulator, say on a Mac?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: monitor folder for max MB and get message

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 20, 2007, 04:39 PM »

I'm looking forward to this too!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scripting vs. Programming

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 20, 2007, 04:14 PM »

Yep, clear as mud!

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Replacement Power Options applet

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 20, 2007, 10:26 AM »

I'm still waiting to see if mine will give up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scripting vs. Programming

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 20, 2007, 09:53 AM »

Unless someone convinces me otherwise, "programming" has to have variables and I don't care a cat's whisker... er, uh, present company excepted, if it is compiled or interpreted.  That is unless, of course someone wants to call it "scripting."

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Developer's Corner / Re: How long should a software time trial be?

« Last post by CodeTRUCKER on January 20, 2007, 09:08 AM »

Thank you for the clarification.