tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post7290104416117936968..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Uncorrected ErrorsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-58098872555787671182011-10-18T16:01:29.441-05:002011-10-18T16:01:29.441-05:00I've found that in meat-space most people - no...I've found that in meat-space most people - not all, but most - tend to dial down. They are often more willing to listen and consider. They're at least more polite.<br /><br />This is true even for many people who go right off the deep end online.<br /><br />The internet named but didn't invent the phenomenon of flamewars, with people shouting canned points past each other and calling each other vile names. But it does seem set up to to reward it more than face-to-face interaction does.<br /><br />At least it does to me.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-6075551715462728492011-10-18T11:46:34.716-05:002011-10-18T11:46:34.716-05:00Reading your post, I thought, "Yeah, I know w...Reading your post, I thought, "Yeah, I know where some of those corners are. Hey, I helped build one!"<br /><br />And then there are some people I know in meat-space. It is sometimes hard to ignore their bat guano craziness in person. It would be easier if they were just Internet phenomena. Sigh.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273212686600552771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-38679847583466568682011-10-16T11:20:46.934-05:002011-10-16T11:20:46.934-05:00There are a number of reasons I'm proud to hav...There are a number of reasons I'm proud to have that UCF logo on my blog.<br /><br />The fact that the UCF constitutes one of the places where actual conversations happen online - with reason and listening and disagreements backed with evidence - is one of the biggest.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-10461299391665498022011-10-16T08:37:33.733-05:002011-10-16T08:37:33.733-05:00What good would that do besides removing one of my...What good would that do besides removing one of my refuges from all that insanity, Nathan?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-45920843629145299352011-10-15T23:37:14.677-05:002011-10-15T23:37:14.677-05:00I stand corrected and shall remove my blog and all...I stand corrected and shall remove my blog and all of its archives from the internet immediately, sir.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.com