[P1] Ttly OT: Fiji exercises internet censorship !!!

[david]

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 06:39  PM, Jack Rodgers wrote:

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> On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 02:07  PM, david wrote:
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>> Okay Jack - met me rephrase myself since you have a flair for 
>> assuming that
>> every poster knows much less than you and is probably only as 
>> intelligent as
>> a flatworm.
>
> Must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed today, huh?

Know, I simply don't like having a supercilious know it all putting 
words input my mouth.

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>> The first thing I'd try is shutting the machine down - obviously (for 
>> me but
>> not for you I guess) that would be a normal shutdown via the
>> finder/explorer.
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> We aren't dealing just with you and me when we make a post, as many 
> people have pointed out when they caught me in a poorly edited post... 
>  :)

Poorly edited post? Okay guys - show of hands now. If I told you to 
turn your computer off, how many of you would pull the plug?
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>> Of course if this didn't work I'd move on to other steps to
>> attempt shutting down before hitting the power switch.
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>> If the machine is unresponsive and I've made certain the problem 
>> isn't an
>> unresponsive mouse and/or keyboard - then I'd hit the power switch.
>>
>> Of course, for anyone but you I wouldn't need to spell it out like 
>> this.
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> Defensiveness is obvious...  :)
>
> Compare your statements here with your initial post which invites 
> someone to just force a shutdown...  Quite a difference and I guess 
> worth my critique...

Bullshit Jack. I said to turn the computer off. I didn't say pull the 
plug. I didn't say press the reset button. I didn't say take a 
sledgehammer to it. I said turn it off.

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>> On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 09:24  AM, david wrote:
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>>> Sheesh - the first thing any decent tech does is turn off the machine
>>> to see if rebooting fixes the problem.
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> And, as I pointed out, that is not the signature of a decent tech and 
> you backed away from your statement. Stay tuned, you'll surely catch 
> me when I post a blooper.
>
I doubt it Jack. Your going in my kill list again. Since getting this 
new computer, I haven't seen you add anything important to the list.

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David