December 2006 Stats

http://www.geocities.com/curt_james/dec06.html

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Benjamin Disraeli

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

"Curt" <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.geocities.com/curt_james/dec06.html
>
> "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
> Benjamin Disraeli
>
> --
> Curt
> http://curtjames.com/
>

Just think, if Kavin ever learns to ignore you, you'll finally get the
coveted 98% you so desperately yearn for.

Curt wrote:
> http://www.geocities.com/curt_james/dec06.html
>
>

21st. Place? Fu#% That!


Slick

Lubbert Das wrote:

> Just think, if Kavin ever learns to ignore you, you'll finally get the
> coveted 98% you so desperately yearn for.

You don't get it do you? Actually, that's really a statement, not a
question.

Your opinion now counts less than Curt's.

A Curt statement unanswered stands for, on the net, a truth.

Ignoring him does not mean he posts less. In fact, he will post more.

At least dicking with him can be fun.

And so far, you haven't proved yourself worthy of my disdain. Consider
yourself on the level of Cindy. And no, I don't give a fuck about when
you first posted. As of late, you just whine. You've added nothing to
ANY thread you've posted to.


Kavin

Slick wrote:

re http://www.geocities.com/curt_james/dec06.html

> 21st. Place? Fu#% That!

Hey, that's Lucky 21, bruh! :oD

> Slick

Gotta show your face more often, G.

Hurry back!

--
Curt

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Lubbert Das wrote:
>
> > Just think, if Kavin ever learns to ignore you,

There you have it, Lub. Ol' Kav couldn't quite discern your level of
comment. Hardly a glowing endorsement of yours truly, it appears he's
taken offense at your post.

> > you'll finally get the coveted 98% you so
> > desperately yearn for.

The stats are what they are. Simply a record of who participated for a
given month. I write a lot. I like tattoos and piercings and, yes,
reading about related schtufff. Desperately yearning for Kim Basinger
perhaps, but for a specific percentage of a certain month's posts? No.

> You don't get it do you?

Like you do?

> Actually, that's really a statement, not a question.

Lack of understanding wrt question marks and their uses - check.

> Your opinion now counts less than Curt's.

Yeah, but you never did specifically state what my opinion
somethingsomething, Kav. Might wanna clear that up, okay?

> A Curt statement unanswered stands for, on the net,

And OFF the net? What then?

> a truth.

So if I state that some certainly consider you something of a fool then
you'd have to answer that statement, yes? Because to leave that
statement unanswered, well, it'd - by your definition apparently -
stand for, at least on the net (which is, hey, where we are), a truth.
Yes? And, hey, that's really a question, not a statement. ;o) Yes? Hth.


> Ignoring him does not mean he posts less.

Duh.

> In fact, he will post more.

Really? Might want to check the stats, pal. Am I consistent? Do the
numbers spike a certain time of year?

> At least dicking with him can be fun.

What's that quote about dancing with a pig, Kav? I'd say you look
rilly, rilly, RILLY sToOpiT during most if not all of our exchanges.
Ymmv, naturally.

> And so far, you haven't proved yourself worthy of my disdain.

What the heck does that mean? Your disdain and about a buck 'n a nickel
get me a cup of coffee at the local diner, Kav?

> Consider yourself on the level of <snip>.

You got nuthin' good to say about anyone, do you, Kav?

> And no, I don't give a fuck about when you first posted.

Why bring it up then? You care. Lubbert knoooows you care.

> As of late, you just whine. You've added nothing to
> ANY thread you've posted to.

Hold up, Kavin. When did you begin talking with yourself? You'd best go
back to using your little initials attribution process again, 'kay?

> Kavin

Oh, yeah, 'member, Kav, if you don't answer each statement then
yadayada, right?

--
Curt

<KavinTaylor@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Lubbert Das wrote:
>
> > Just think, if Kavin ever learns to ignore you, you'll finally get
the
> > coveted 98% you so desperately yearn for.
>
> You don't get it do you? Actually, that's really a statement, not a
> question.
>
> Your opinion now counts less than Curt's.
>
> A Curt statement unanswered stands for, on the net, a truth.

Oh, so "you" are the defender of the internet! You remind me of one of
those Japanese soldiers deep in the Phillipine jungles, the war is over
but you don't realize it.
>
> Ignoring him does not mean he posts less. In fact, he will post more.
>
> At least dicking with him can be fun.

Sure seems like you are enjoying yourself. Even a dope like Curt slaps
you around over and over again and you think you are winning some sort
of fight. Face it, RAB is no longer a viable source of timely
information, it's no longer a place where friends hang out to chat and
it's thanks to people like you, that fell into Curts passive-aggressive,
pollyanna-ish tarbaby plan. If you had the common sense and restraint to
ignore him from the beginning Curt wouldn't have had the podium long
enough to drive the intelligent people away from here. You, however
won't understand that, you've got too much invested in being the
defender of RAB's corpse.

>
> And so far, you haven't proved yourself worthy of my disdain.

right to the quick.

>Consider
> yourself on the level of Cindy. And no, I don't give a fuck about
when
> you first posted. As of late, you just whine. You've added nothing
to
> ANY thread you've posted to.

Don't care about levels, don't care about being considered by you to be
a whiner and don't care about not adding anything to a virtually dead
'group. I just wandered back in after a few years gone and made some
observations, before allowing myself, temporarily, to get drawn into a
morass .

>
>
> Kavin
>
Keep fighting the "good" fight kavin.

Lubbert Das wrote:
[...]

> Oh, so "you" are the defender of the internet! You remind
> me of one of those Japanese soldiers deep in the Phillipine

(alarm sounds)

Phillipine? No.

> jungles, the war is over but you don't realize it.

But Japanese soldiers in the P-h-i-l-i-p-p-i-n-e-s? Cool schtufff.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/wor...oldiersurr.htm

> Sure seems like you are enjoying yourself.

And where's the harm in that, eh?

> Even a dope like Curt

I AM FEELING THE LOOOOOOVE!!!!!!

> slaps you around over and over again and you think
> you are winning some sort of fight.

You know, Lub, I was thinking that perhaps my own feelings on this
subject were possibly evidence of unconscious incompetence on my part.
That, perhaps, I was viewing those aforementioned instances of "slaps
you around over and over again," but that no one else saw it that way.
Thank you, therefore, for affirming my belief that Kavin often takes a
text-based beating during our... discussions.

> Face it, RAB is no longer a viable source of timely
> information,

Was that ever RAB's raison d'etre? I say no. YMMobviouslyV.

> it's no longer a place where friends hang out to chat

And speaking thusly, you display a lapse in observation skills. You
missed the exchanges between Kav and a number of other RABbits
recently. Certainly what I'd describe or characterize as friendly
interaction between patrons of this newsgroup. Yes, a newsgroup "where
friends hang out to chat." ;o)

> and it's thanks to people like you,

Kavin's negative remarks re yours truly may have spurred absent patrons
to post, actually, Lub. They may have peeked in and witnessed Kavvy
taking a swipe at me and then joined the fray so to speak. Afterwards
they lingered long enough to swap some non-Curt bashing posts. Not a
bad trade, imo.

So, thanks to people like Kav, well, the newsgroup enjoyed some
"action" of a positive sort.

> that fell into Curts passive-aggressive,

How am I passive-aggressive?

My resistance, if that's what you'd call my posts, is what I'd call
very directly expressed.

> pollyanna-ish

Rainbows and cotton candy, baby!

> tarbaby plan.

Tarbaby? Hmm.

n. A situation or problem from which it is virtually impossible to
disentangle oneself.

HA! You accuse Kavin of lacking restraint while seemingly in the same
breath show a similar lacking. How's that feel? Disentangle yer brain,
pal.

> If you had the common sense and restraint to ignore him

And, hey, is this what you consider evidence of you following the
"common sense and restraint to ignore him" path? By posting to a thread
that I created? Hardy har har, Lub. You're a hoot!

> from the beginning Curt wouldn't have had the podium long
> enough to drive the intelligent people away from here.

Here's where you're entirely wrong. There are countless newsgroups that
suffer what some describe as trolls. Those very same newsgroups thrive
and, yes, even enjoy the entertainment of stomping on those so-called
trolls. The fact that RAB's participation is lacking has absolutely no
basis in or attachment to my posting habits.

As I've said before, people come and people go. The Internet has grown
and offers a wider choice of diversions and attractions to tempt former
regulars away. Live Journal, MySpace, IAM, etc. To think that I am
responsible for the disappearance of Ray, lish, and company, well, it's
fantasy. It's false. At least that's how I view things. Again, perhaps
it's an example of unconscious incompetence, but I'd like to think that
RABbits have more spirit and smarts than to be bored or bullied away
from participation by ONE poster. Absurd.

> You, however won't understand that, you've got too
> much invested in being the defender of RAB's corpse.

Firstly, RAB isn't dead. There is no corpse. RAB continues and although
the cast of characters is seemingly ever-changing, RAB remains a
wonderful destination. Secondly, you're bitter? Don't blame it on RAB.
DO something about it. Maybe that's what you're doing now. Thirdly,
kudos for participating in that or, hey, any case.

> Don't care about levels,

Levels, levels. Now why does that ring a teensy-weensy bell?

> don't care about being considered by you to be
> a whiner

Liar. LIAR!

L-i-a-r, fibber, falsehood espouserererer!

(And, yeah, whiner.)

> and don't care about not adding anything to a virtually dead
> 'group.

heh :o)

Virtually. A pun?

> I just wandered back in after a few years gone and

Welcome back.

> made some observations, before allowing myself,
> temporarily, to get drawn into a morass .

And, hey, who couldn't use some morass?

(ba dump bump)

> Keep fighting the "good" fight kavin.

Finally some good advice. Alas, so far as advice for you, Lubbert?

Stay down. You've obviously got no mo' good fight in you.

Hth.

--
Curt

Lubbert Das wrote:
> Don't care about levels, don't care about being considered by you to be
> a whiner and don't care about not adding anything to a virtually dead
> 'group. I just wandered back in after a few years gone and made some
> observations, before allowing myself, temporarily, to get drawn into a
> morass .

So you're point is what?

"I just wanted to come here and point out that I have been lurking for
years but never offered an opinion, a bit of advice, or anything."

Yeah, climb up my ass.


Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
[...]

> So you're point is what?

I'm tempted to say that you're a proofreader's wet dream, but, hey,
everyone makes mistakes. Still, it seems like you really went out of
your way to eff that one up, Kavin.

[...]

--
Curt