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Question: Some profiles are appearing Left justified and some are Center justified. Can we have all one way or the other? Doesn't matter which.
The Bird of Prey
Your posts are a reflection of who you are.
Not always. In many cases it reflects how the person would like to be perceived...or maybe wish they were.
The Bird of Prey
You might be on to something there! eom
The Bird of Prey
Font is larger in new version...but I like it that way!
The Bird of Prey
Once "we" can "fine tune" things like color schemes etc. I doubt there would be much sqwaking at all, especially if you can set it up so that anyone wanting the alternating colors can have them.
BTW, No sqawking from me. alternate color or not, no problem.
The Bird of Prey
The line was crossed a long time ago, and every time he gets "reset" it doesn't take long for him to cross it again.
The Bird of Prey
Thanks!
I really appreciate the flexibilty you are programming into the interface, as well as the speed. Although it doesn't matter, the reason I asked is from time to time I like to follow "the action". It leads me to new people and ideas here at IH.
The Bird of Prey
Bob,
win98se/ie6 here.
looks fine if the colors you wanted wanted were white and bright cyan. At least that is what I see.
The Bird of Prey
Edit: now they look OK!
Site seems to have settled down for me too. thanks.
Question: What about making the page refreshing option available on the Active boards page?
The Bird of Prey
Well, that is certainly interesting news.
After reading it I was wondering...
Have they resolved the production issues from last spring?
How are sales going in Albertson's, etc. in CA?
Anyone with info please respond here.
The Bird of Prey
How am I doing folks?..............question?
depends on your agenda. you could be doing anywhere from acceptable to complete failure.
Am I breaking any of the rules?
If by "the rules" you mean the TOS, no...so far.
I have had a couple of people just come running out of the dark with hatchets in their hands. Self-defense IS allowed here, isn't it?
If you want to call vapid inanity, self defense...go right ahead.
The Bird of Prey
~~~~~~ COMPX 3/06/02 ~~~~~~
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The Bird of Prey
You've been debating this issue with excel for three years? and you call me a zealot? Now that's funny!
The Bird of Prey
Funny, but I can't find her name in this post anywhere. Neither can my computer.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=292076
An honest mistake, clearly made in the heat of the moment.
The Bird of Prey
Well, that's that then. Guess I'll just have to find another means of making $180 an hour. The obstacles to entry are too high for this venture. *>) Grammer? 8-0
The Bird of Prey
ola,
Please post as you see fit. Right or wrong your view is as welcome as mine. Just remember that RB style isn't welcome here, no need for the childish "third party reference" commonly known as talking behind one's back.
Of course, I'd love to see your "evidence" to support your position.
BTW, I have no more influence over the administration here at IH than you do. If you don't believe that just ask Bob.
So go ahead, fire away. Here is your "opportunity" to convince a "zealot" that there is no God. Should be a simple task for one of you intellectual development.
Oh OMT, I have no intention of proving to you that God exists. in time you will have a definitive answer. One way or the other.
The Bird of Prey
Not to be nit picking, but the degree it Art History...must it encompass all art? or may it be limited to a specific branch of Art? For example Performance Art or Cubism?
The Bird of Prey
Looks like the State of Michigan has decided it needs to be a parent.
Can anybody explain how a toy pistol can be called a dangerous weapon? Is there some unknown martial art that uses toy guns as a leathal weapon?
What that boy needs is a good whuppin'. the State shouldn't even be involved.
What's next, water pistols make the list of "deadly weapons"?
The Bird of Prey
I disagree, your adversarial posturing indicates you wish to argue the existence of God.
And your lack of a reasoned response followed by namecalling indicates your inability to provide the requisite facts needed to support your position. Therefore this "argument" was over before it began.
thank you for playing.
The Bird of Prey
You will get an up close and personal answer to your questioning the existence of God...from God himself. Unfortunately you won't be alive for the rest of us to say "We told you so".
Given that there "might" be a God. And He "might" take offense and punish an "unbeliever"...Doesn't it seem prudent to at least believe he exists? On the off chance that he actually does?
If you are right and he doesn't you have lost nothing by believing he exists. If you are wrong and he does exist you have lost everything.
The Bird of Prey
That specific huh? I don't suppose any other degrees would suffice?
Next you'll tell me I'll have to move to Italy!
The Bird of Prey
I agree that is interesting. The reference to your accomplishments concerned the general theme of your recent posts. I didn't say you had altered or changed anything. just that it would have been nice to include a link to the source. I am certain Ms. Tatum would appreciate the recognition.
The Bird of Prey
then obviously I'll have to recalulate the figures in my last post...Dang! $180/hr! Where do I sign up!?
The Bird of Prey
OK,
Let's say she worked 8 hours a day for two weeks straight. That still works out to ~$45/hr. For what is essentially a low brain power task. In fact I'm pretty sure an average programmer could put together a script that would access a message board and gather all posts made by the aliases in a list. Then one could go through and eliminate any that were irrelevant by hand in much less time than proposed above.
BTW, I'm not defending those calling her a "paid basher". I just find this portion of the documentation "interesting". Especially if this kind of service is readily marketable. Might be some coin available for an enterprising entrepreneur.
The Bird of Prey
Willy,
not sure what you're accomplishing here but includung the link to the actual article would have helped.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/columnists/chi-0203040011mar04.column
It includes a picture of Janice456 for anyone interested.
Must thank Bob for making the post that led to finding the link.
My only question is "$5k, for gathering posts?" I thought I had an easy gig!
The Bird of Prey
The #1 blonde joke...
While tending his bar one afternoon the bartender notice a couple of attractive blondes enter, place an order and seat themselves at a table in the back. They were laughing and seemed to be having a good time. A few minutes later 3 more blondes came in and joined the table at the back. Even though he wasn't trying to listen closely to the conversation he could occasionaly hear "17 days" followed by an outburst of joy from the group at the table. After a while two more blonde ladies joined the group and "17 days" started to be heard quite clearly and more often. Then two more blondes showed up carrying a small box. When they set the box on the table the entire group erupted in joyous laughter and began chanting "17 days". Curiousity finally got the better of the bartender and as he went over to see if they needed anything he asked, "you seem to be celebrating something. What's the occasion?" as he looked down he could see that the box was a Sesame Street puzzle of Elmo. One of the Blondes that had brought in the puzzle stood up and answered the curious bartenders question.
"Yes, we are celebrating. We are tired of hearing how dumb we are, so we decided to test our selves to show that we aren't a stupid as people make us out to be. We are hear today celebrating our success at the test."
The bartender asked,"What was the test?"
She replied, "Well, we put this puzzle together. And on the box it says 2 to 4 years! We did it in only 17 days!"
The Bird of Prey
~~~~~~ COMPX 2/29/02 ~~~~~~
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The Bird of Prey
Bob,
Add "non sequitur" to the dictionary...please. 8>)
The Bird of Prey
Can't say I'm surprised.
A. The header reeks of "believe me, the others are all liars". it comes across as trying to convince someone of something right from the start, similar to a newspaper headline or advertising slogan. No place for it in a DD report. Regardless of what side the report is slanted towards.
B. I stand by my statement regarding presenting "some" information. If you wish to present a negative only side of the story then say so. Same for a positive slanted report.
1. If the information is so out of date that easy access to the documentation/verification cannot be found...is it really all that relevant? Cannot something more current and verifiable be found to support one's position?
1a. As stated the search performed was most cursory (meaning little time was spent searching). The purpose of the commentary was not to refute any claims made by the author of the original "report", but to educate anyone wanting to prepare such reports in a proper fashion.
2. Again, the reader is still directed to the author's site. this looks more like an article designed to get people to visit the authors site than to inform anyone of anything. Also please refer to comment #1 above. Further, including the relevant portion of the dockets in this section would have been appropriate. Better would have been a third party link.
3. The purpose of the article was to point out the errors in presentation not refuting the commentary.
4. If it was so simple why didn't you do your readers a favor and provide the necessary links to support the statement made in this section? If this were the only missing link, it could probably be overlooked. In light of the overall lack of links to third party verification it bears mentioning. It is not unrealistic to expect your reader to do some research on his or her own. It is unrealistic to expect them to do it all.
5. See #4 & #3.
6. See #4 & #3.
7. I stand by my original statement concerning an attempt to direct the reader to the authors desired conclusion.
8. See #7.
9. Response non sequitur. See #4 & #3 for explanation of original commentary.
10. See #1.
11. I stand by my original statement concerning the extraneous commentary. The paragraph in question says what it says. Perhaps if the author had be focused on simply presenting information instead of trying to steer the reader to a particular conclusion this paragraph might have sounded better.
12. Well, I just reread Item 8 and found no reference to the information presented in this item. No editing of the original document was performed and would have been unnecessary since the purpose was not to refute the author's thesis but to show errors in the presentation. I stand by my original commentary concerning this item with the additional note that including it in Item #8 would have strengthened that section.
13. See #1.
14. See #1, #2, & #3.
15. See #3 & #4.
16. See #1, #2, #3 & #4.
16a. Response non sequitur. See #3.
I stand by my original conclusion.
The purpose of the article is to show errors in presentation not refute the assertions made by the author. The original document reads very much like the UCE we all get promoting this or that stock. It's almost as if the author has used that as a template in creating the original document. The only difference is it's boo-hiss instead of rah-rah.
My point here is that if the report reads like you should take an action, it isn't a report, it's a sales pitch. Even when used to "bash" it reads like the reader is expected to sell if they own the stock and further to shout to the rooftops that no one should own this stock for any reason. Just like the "tout" message that everyone should own this stock and shout to the rooftops to ensure that everyone should own this stock. Both approaches are wrong.
The Bird of Prey
P.S. I can't believe I got that Grub!
I suspect there might be a couple more entries to that list if Matt were to make it public. I wouldn't be surprised to see other inmates past and present appearing on such a list.
I wonder if there is any correlation between being an inmate and abusing the TOS button?
The Bird of Prey
the most important thing is the post
The post should be the most important thing. And in a Utopian society it would be.
Utopian society defined as the following:
1. No one making 50-100 TOS reports every hour.
2. No one TOS reporting every single post made by any one user or any group of users.
3. Only one TOS report being made about a single post.
4. No one making TOS reports for the purpose of "making a point".
Would you prefer that equal weight be given to someone making dozens of TOS reports about every post you've made today over that of someone who makes two or three very relevant TOS reports in an average week?
Problem here is you want an objective judgement for a subjective problem.
Matt, has to decide if a post is or is not a TOS violation. If he chooses to make his life easier by ignoring the reports of busybody fussbudgets that had rather interfere with anyone and anything than really contribute to the community, then more power to him.
This goes for anyone still calling IH "toutville" or otherwise insisting that Matt is somehow unfair...
"If you don't like the weather...MOVE!" - Al Sleet, the hippy dippy weather man aka George Carlin
The Bird of Prey
And that is the reason Matt has to take into consideration WHO is doing the TOS'ing! I'll wager he puts a great deal more weight on a TOS from someone that posts regularly but TOS's rarely than he does from someone that TOS's more than they post!
And that is just one of the possible scenarios for dismissing a TOS report.
The Bird of Prey
As long as you get to it before you reach retirement age I think I can wait. 8>)
The Bird of Prey
Bob,
I really liked the all gray background for the preview page. ( :( gone now.) Much easier of these eyes than this bright white. Any chance of exploring using a less brilliant white for the background of the entire site? Not necessarily a gray but just turning it down a couple notches.
Thanks
The Bird of Prey
Rick,
You're off to a good start. It is very difficult to argue with factual information presented straight without emotional embellishments. Keep up the good work.
The Bird of Prey
~~~~~~ COMPX 2/28/02 ~~~~~~
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The Bird of Prey
Sure,
This is the commentary on your DD post:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=244844
And this is my current opinion on NPCT:
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=279586
Please read the replies to this as well.
The Bird of Prey
Ok,
Playtime is over. This isn't about bank robbing, or jumping off cliff's or any of the tried and true examples used by parents since the beginning of recorded history to explain to their inexperienced young ones why "just because everyone else does it" is not a good reason for you to do it.
I guess your real interest lies in waging war with the community. And while I can be accused of being somewhat Draconian in my choice of punishments...
In this case the Queen of Hearts has the right idea...
Off with her head.
The Bird of Prey
The subject had already been beaten to death on the NPCT thread. Matt was trying to keep the peace. I did the write up without mentioning you by name and placed it on ADAPT to avoid further inflaming the situation. You and several others were very volatile at that time. No point in throwing gasoline on a fire. I knew that one day it would come in handy so I posted it for future reference. I am certain that it can be used again whenever someone is getting a little to emotional in "DD".
The Bird of Prey
I see, so if others are robbing banks and getting away with you expect to also? even if you don't do it as well?
As for your information, was it not included at one time in your web site(s)? Have not you also bragged about hacking someones info from people visiting your site or clicking on links or from embedded images.
Again, do you want to be a part of the community or do you wish to engage in combat with the community.
Please note: Some consider me to be a positive example of the kind of poster wanted here at IH. I don't have any image embedded in my messages.
The Bird of Prey