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It is well known that people who advertise who is or is not in their
killfile harbour serious delusions of grandeur. Why post "plonks" in
the first place when you can just do it and move on? It's a "look at
me!" thing.

I agree with this.

It's also a common technique to avoid answering arguments that one
can't answer. The "plonk" is rarely done in this case (I am positive,
for example, that Crinklaw is reading this despite his "plonk" of me
... heh!), but stands as the admission of defeat, but done in a way
that soothes the ego (and alleviates the growing cognitive dissonance
problems).

I don't agree with this. I see it done all the time to avoid seeing
arguments from people who can't or won't recognize their arguments don't
hold water, much more than I see it done to avoid admitting defeat.
Both happen, but the former is much more common. At some point, people
realize that reading the posts of some others raises their blood
pressure. Killfiling, done silently, is a perfectly legitimate solution
for that (in my opinion).

Brian Tung
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Full house, aces high. Ream 'em
~~~~~

Hi John:

Uhhhh...."no thanks".... ;-)


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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Full house, aces high. Ream 'em
~~~~~

Hi John:

Uhhhh...."no thanks".... ;-)


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

Full house, aces high. Ream 'em
~~~~~

Hi John:

Uhhhh...."no thanks".... ;-)


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
Like SCTs and MCTs?
Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

On 02/05/04 05:28 +0900, wrote:

It is well known that people who advertise who is or is not in their
killfile harbour serious delusions of grandeur. Why post "plonks" in
the first place when you can just do it and move on? It's a "look at
me!" thing.

From what I've observed, I'd guess it to be more of a public
expression of exasperation than anything else. It also serves to
inform the irritant that he/she/it can post a reply, but a
further reply will not be forthcoming.

It's also a common technique to avoid answering arguments that one
can't answer. The "plonk" is rarely done in this case (I am positive,
for example, that Crinklaw is reading this despite his "plonk" of me
... heh!), but stands as the admission of defeat, but done in a way
that soothes the ego (and alleviates the growing cognitive dissonance
problems).

When you massage that ego, keep a box of tissues nearby. ;^) In
your case, it appeared from how you ignored authoritative posts
supporting Greg's points that your primary agenda was simply to
troll Greg. You made some downright silly comments in the
Meridiani thread, e.g., that the colour response of the Pancam
isn't well known or not being used, or e.g., that "all colour
images are false colour" and "green sky and pebbles aren't
true-colour" is somehow a backpedaling contradiction. You are
very plonkable. YMMV, IMO and all that.

Have a nice day.

trane
--
//------------------------------------------------------------
// Trane Francks Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

On 02/05/04 05:28 +0900, wrote:

It is well known that people who advertise who is or is not in their
killfile harbour serious delusions of grandeur. Why post "plonks" in
the first place when you can just do it and move on? It's a "look at
me!" thing.

From what I've observed, I'd guess it to be more of a public
expression of exasperation than anything else. It also serves to
inform the irritant that he/she/it can post a reply, but a
further reply will not be forthcoming.

It's also a common technique to avoid answering arguments that one
can't answer. The "plonk" is rarely done in this case (I am positive,
for example, that Crinklaw is reading this despite his "plonk" of me
... heh!), but stands as the admission of defeat, but done in a way
that soothes the ego (and alleviates the growing cognitive dissonance
problems).

When you massage that ego, keep a box of tissues nearby. ;^) In
your case, it appeared from how you ignored authoritative posts
supporting Greg's points that your primary agenda was simply to
troll Greg. You made some downright silly comments in the
Meridiani thread, e.g., that the colour response of the Pancam
isn't well known or not being used, or e.g., that "all colour
images are false colour" and "green sky and pebbles aren't
true-colour" is somehow a backpedaling contradiction. You are
very plonkable. YMMV, IMO and all that.

Have a nice day.

trane
--
//------------------------------------------------------------
// Trane Francks Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

On 02/05/04 05:28 +0900, wrote:

It is well known that people who advertise who is or is not in their
killfile harbour serious delusions of grandeur. Why post "plonks" in
the first place when you can just do it and move on? It's a "look at
me!" thing.

From what I've observed, I'd guess it to be more of a public
expression of exasperation than anything else. It also serves to
inform the irritant that he/she/it can post a reply, but a
further reply will not be forthcoming.

It's also a common technique to avoid answering arguments that one
can't answer. The "plonk" is rarely done in this case (I am positive,
for example, that Crinklaw is reading this despite his "plonk" of me
... heh!), but stands as the admission of defeat, but done in a way
that soothes the ego (and alleviates the growing cognitive dissonance
problems).

When you massage that ego, keep a box of tissues nearby. ;^) In
your case, it appeared from how you ignored authoritative posts
supporting Greg's points that your primary agenda was simply to
troll Greg. You made some downright silly comments in the
Meridiani thread, e.g., that the colour response of the Pancam
isn't well known or not being used, or e.g., that "all colour
images are false colour" and "green sky and pebbles aren't
true-colour" is somehow a backpedaling contradiction. You are
very plonkable. YMMV, IMO and all that.

Have a nice day.

trane
--
//------------------------------------------------------------
// Trane Francks Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

John Steinberg wrote:
There are those, like myself, who might wish to use the plonk as a
courtesy to the plonkee. For example, if there's a heated personal
exchange taking place and one party wishes to convey their lack of
interest in pursuing same, an argument could be made that with the
plonk the plonker is no longer listening to the plonkee. I believe
before you can exercise a public plonk some historical basis should
exist. In my book, public killfiling of a complete stranger is bush
league. The public killfile plonk can be childish and should only be
exercised with the greatest restraint.

I'm certainly willing to countenance this kind of exception, provided
the plonk isn't exercised with a simple "*PLONK*!" as it usually is.

I agree with the rest of what you say.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

John Steinberg wrote:
There are those, like myself, who might wish to use the plonk as a
courtesy to the plonkee. For example, if there's a heated personal
exchange taking place and one party wishes to convey their lack of
interest in pursuing same, an argument could be made that with the
plonk the plonker is no longer listening to the plonkee. I believe
before you can exercise a public plonk some historical basis should
exist. In my book, public killfiling of a complete stranger is bush
league. The public killfile plonk can be childish and should only be
exercised with the greatest restraint.

I'm certainly willing to countenance this kind of exception, provided
the plonk isn't exercised with a simple "*PLONK*!" as it usually is.

I agree with the rest of what you say.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

John Steinberg wrote:
There are those, like myself, who might wish to use the plonk as a
courtesy to the plonkee. For example, if there's a heated personal
exchange taking place and one party wishes to convey their lack of
interest in pursuing same, an argument could be made that with the
plonk the plonker is no longer listening to the plonkee. I believe
before you can exercise a public plonk some historical basis should
exist. In my book, public killfiling of a complete stranger is bush
league. The public killfile plonk can be childish and should only be
exercised with the greatest restraint.

I'm certainly willing to countenance this kind of exception, provided
the plonk isn't exercised with a simple "*PLONK*!" as it usually is.

I agree with the rest of what you say.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt