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Larry, I think you overestimate the Israeli's "rule of law". Sitting here on the other side of the world, that looks like the weak link. I've always had canny admiration for their prowess, but there's a little bit of thug on their side too. In the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Are we all too nice?
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(...) In un-moderated usenet newsgroups, most people just skip over flame wars, trolls and spams because they get used to it. Compare with RTL, Lugnet is lightly moderated and you need to register before you can post. The registration is already a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Friendliest Site On The Internet. (Was Re: A little self examination?)
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(...) I read the first sentence and couldn't stop laughing... Thanks for the best laugh (compliment?) all day Larry! I'll read the rest of the post as soon as I dry my eyes... John (who prefers to think of himself as a slightly evolved (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This is ultimately a CFD (call for discussion) for a new newsgroup, but also asking what I think may be an important question. It's a taboo question, so do try to keep an open mind. The question is: Are we trying to be too nice to one another? The (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.announce) !!
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For a guy who uses WebTV, this JohnnyBlaze is pretty eloquent! In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Robert-Blaze Kanehl writes: <snip> (...) Great, memorable acronym! And a good summation. (...) This statement is brilliant! For anyone who is wondering (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You make a good point--it's hard to claim your opponent is cheating at checkers when he's playing chess. However, it's a cheap maneuver to say after the fact that you were playing a different game all along, especially when it looks like (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Naturally, it could be both. It's never not a crime, of course. If someone thinks it a meta-game, they clearly think quite differently from most people. Again, I don't care to judge MM's game or meta-game or tactics (or whatever you want to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I strongly agree with this point... If I rob a bank, is it a crime?... or "a Meta-game in which I proposed to test the gullable nature of bank tellers, the resolution of low-light cameras, the competancy of local law enforcement, and the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, that's what you get when you send someone into the air with a machine that is of dubious quality at best, and with less than 10 hrs of flying time! (boy, lives were cheap then!) James (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Mandroid (was: Re: Friendliest site on the Internet)
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(...) Ya, I meant higher-level in the math sense -- different playing field -- not necessarily better or worse. Meta topics -- topics about the community and about people and how people react and behave. Nothing wrong with that per se as long as (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Social Engineering (was: Re: The Friendliest Site On The Internet. (Was Re: A little self examination?))
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(...) I meant that in the nicest way, of course. (...) I think you left a comma out of that sentence fragment, big fella. :-) All (1) kidding aside (I should have set followups to .fun on the last post but they're set there now), I think if you (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Social Engineering (was: Re: The Friendliest Site On The Internet. (Was Re: A little self examination?))
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) You want a war I'll give you a war... ;-). I don't pretend to be a good speller, I'm no good at the gramma stuff neither ;-). Never have been and probably never will be. I do try and (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) set (...) Check. Walk a mile in the other man's shoes and all that. (...) C/becuase/because/ C/to nice and/too nice and/ <GRIN> Seriously, without starting a big war, I think most of us know that you're a bit spelling challenged, Eric. And we (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Social Engineering (was: Re: The Friendliest Site On The Internet. (Was Re: A little self examination?))
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This is tough but I think its a worthy discussion... (...) With all due respect to Todd, I think Larry is right to an extent. I told Todd in a private E-mail that I thought MM was mostly full of it. MM thinks very highly of himself and I would be (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) define it by its aim. (...) Absolutely! They are, after all, the foundation of this community (or society?), so they would certainly qualify in my view. For that matter, the fact that LUGNet is a generally cohesive, friendly, and positive (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good point. But before we can say "No Social Engineering Allowed", we have define what it is. Could it be argued that the rules of LUGNET themselves are social engineering? Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Social Engineering (was: Re: The Friendliest Site On The Internet. (Was Re: A little self examination?))
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(...) We might be able to define it by its aim, but we can only evaluate it in terms of outcome. The recent episode may have been a noble attempt to shame us into some sort of community restructuring, but in reality Matt's posts came off as childish (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Social Engineering (was: Re: The Friendliest Site On The Internet. (Was Re: A little self examination?))
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(...) I think "Social Engineering" can mean many things. You can really only define it by its aim. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think it's adequate simply to call it a game, without any implication of loftier motives. Otherwise, I would suggest (to recycle a phrase used elsewhere) treemarking. (...) Goodness! That takes me back--I had just started on RTL when that (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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