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billege · 05-04-2003, 08:05 PM

I miss the ability to express myself a bit with the avatar, but hey, it's coming along.

The ability to scroll down and look for pics is the real bummer. It takes a lot to read all the little names as I scroll.

I do hear the exasperation at those who have an avatar, but I can't remember ever reading a post they've made. I'm like, "who the hell is THAT?" I usually know if I've never heard of them, and they have an avatar, the odds they are a spammer just went up. I find I am not usually too far off when I expect their post to be, well, not as chock full of substance as it could be.

On the flipside here, I enjoy the people that only put in two cents. Can you imagine how sucky it would be if EVERYBODY was always writing a long drawn-out response to everything? It would SUCK.

I already get annoyed when I have to defend a post over and over and over because of the endless nitpicking before someone will accept my point. What a bitch that is, "hey man I'm going to miss your point because I am focused on the one phrase I think you worded badly." Then I spend time trying to expound on some foolish sematic issue. That sucks.

Without the people to contribute the simple things, we'd have nothing to compare the complicated ones to.

"Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily."
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate"
"Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora"

"when you have two competing theories which make exactly the same predictions, the one that is simpler is the better."

Occam's Razor. Sometimes simple is good.

05-04-2003, 08:05 PM	#28 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	I miss the ability to express myself a bit with the avatar, but hey, it's coming along. The ability to scroll down and look for pics is the real bummer. It takes a lot to read all the little names as I scroll. I do hear the exasperation at those who have an avatar, but I can't remember ever reading a post they've made. I'm like, "who the hell is THAT?" I usually know if I've never heard of them, and they have an avatar, the odds they are a spammer just went up. I find I am not usually too far off when I expect their post to be, well, not as chock full of substance as it could be. On the flipside here, I enjoy the people that only put in two cents. Can you imagine how sucky it would be if EVERYBODY was always writing a long drawn-out response to everything? It would SUCK. I already get annoyed when I have to defend a post over and over and over because of the endless nitpicking before someone will accept my point. What a bitch that is, "hey man I'm going to miss your point because I am focused on the one phrase I think you worded badly." Then I spend time trying to expound on some foolish sematic issue. That sucks. Without the people to contribute the simple things, we'd have nothing to compare the complicated ones to. "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily." "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate" "Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora" "when you have two competing theories which make exactly the same predictions, the one that is simpler is the better." Occam's Razor. Sometimes simple is good. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."