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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:09:45 -0600, in a place far, far away, Herb
Schaltegger made the
phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

However, CT and Rand have, in my idle musings
have forgotten that free fall can also occur
in an elevator
which is falling
down
the
shaft.
...



Brilliant.

I must say, you're easily impressed.

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

Someone forgot one of the first rules of firearms safety.

http://www.samizdata.net/blog/~pdeh/taking_aim.jpg



This impresses my as one strange group.



No ****. They also take themselves a mite too seriously.



I suspect that these are a bunch of kids who inherited a lot of money
and think they are going to lead some sort of libertarian
political/economic revolution....as soon as they get done checking out
the new Fall styles in Paris and fortifying themselves with this year's
Beaujolais Nouveau.
This is apparently one of the odd offshoots of the political wing of the
old L-5 Society.
Either that, or it's a cult....hey, remember "Rendezvous With Rama"?
Maybe comets are really space colonies full of libertarian bacteria....
;-)

Pat

Ami Silberman wrote:

However, CT and Rand have, in my idle musings
have forgotten that free fall can also occur
in an elevator
which is falling
down
the
shaft.



Don't get our hopes up. ;-)

Pat

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:06:36 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

This impresses my as one strange group.



No ****. They also take themselves a mite too seriously.



I suspect that these are a bunch of kids who inherited a lot of money
and think they are going to lead some sort of libertarian
political/economic revolution

Your suspicion (as is the case with most of your suspicions) has zero
basis in reality. At least if the reference is to this particular
picure.

Of course, there seems to be some confusion between whether "this
group" means Samizdatans (the blog at which the picture was
published), or the three people in the particular picture.

Of course, such confusion would be par for the course of the people
discussing it...

Pat Flannery wrote:
Dave O'Neill wrote:


You've posted something like, according to Google, 25% of the content
of this particular Newsgroup.





What was really amazing was that sometimes it seemed like he was posting
for 24 or 36 hours straight with no sleep.
That's when I first suspected that he might be something other than
human. I think he first suspected that he might be something other than
human decades ago. :-D

I know what you mean.

The phrase that started to spring to mind with Rand was "the gentlemen
protests too much" whenever this behaviour was pointed out to him.

It is sometimes interesting to see the alien mindset at work though as
his world view is so "out there" compared to, well, pretty much
everybody I know.

Dave

Pat Flannery wrote:
Dave O'Neill wrote:


All of the above have had strong to violent disagreements with you over
your debating technique and your view of the world both in space and on
Earth.



And Pat at least simply killfiled him so as not to be bothered by more
of his innanities.
(hint)

I've had Rand ignored for a good long while, but every so often he
creeps through with some lunacy or another.

Last week I just felt like playing. It's like picking at a scab.

I'll go back to lurking on the NG for the most part from now on.

Dave

Pat Flannery wrote:
Dave O'Neill wrote:


I do wonder what the Rand Simberg "live act" is like though.




http://www.samizdata.net/blog/~pdeh/rand_perry.JPG
Rand is the dazed looking guy on the left standing next to the crazy
looking guy on the right.

I've seen the pictures, I'm curious about the actual person. I know a
few Usenews people who are bile and vitriol online but the nicest
people you could imagine in person.

Perry is certainly a strange one, at least to read his stuff.

That's from this webpage
BTW-http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/cat_antics_parties.html
This impresses my as one strange group.

It is a little odd, particularly by UK standards. While Rand says he's
not a Samizdata person, which I believe, he gets referenced there on a
not infrequent basis. If he does get some of his view of the British
"mainstream" from people with outlooks similar to Perry then he will
have a pretty bizarre view of how we generally think...

This is really stating the bloody obvious though

Dave

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
...
On 14 Dec 2005 16:46:05 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Dave
O'Neill" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

If he does get some of his view of the British
"mainstream" from people with outlooks similar to Perry then he will
have a pretty bizarre view of how we generally think...

I don't rely on Samizdara for my "view of the 'British mainstream.'"

Why would you believe such an absurd thing?

Oh. Right.

The reading comprehension thing again.

Yes, you're suffering from it. He never said he believed it. He posed a
hypothetical.

But don't let the actual words get in your way.

This is really stating the bloody obvious though

No kidding.

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
...
On 14 Dec 2005 16:46:05 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Dave
O'Neill" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

If he does get some of his view of the British
"mainstream" from people with outlooks similar to Perry then he will
have a pretty bizarre view of how we generally think...

I don't rely on Samizdara for my "view of the 'British mainstream.'"

Why would you believe such an absurd thing?

Oh. Right.

The reading comprehension thing again.

Yes, you're suffering from it. He never said he believed it. He posed a
hypothetical.

But don't let the actual words get in your way.

In particular my use of "If" and "some" and my intentional use of
inverted commas. Not to mention the context of a semi-serious exchange
with Pat.

Perhaps this is one of those really "rare" occasions where Rand was
mistaken or unclear in what he posted

Dave

On 14 Dec 2005 16:46:05 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Dave
O'Neill" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

That's from this webpage
BTW-http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/cat_antics_parties.html
This impresses my as one strange group.

It is a little odd, particularly by UK standards. While Rand says he's
not a Samizdata person, which I believe, he gets referenced there on a
not infrequent basis.

Gosh, what a shock. Bloggers link to other bloggers...

If he does get some of his view of the British
"mainstream" from people with outlooks similar to Perry then he will
have a pretty bizarre view of how we generally think...

I don't rely on Samizdara for my "view of the 'British mainstream.'"

Why would you believe such an absurd thing?

Oh. Right.

The reading comprehension thing again.

This is really stating the bloody obvious though

No kidding.