Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:13:33 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <2ffbf3a6-ca56-300b-c5ab-c7e1bbdfb623@example.net> References: <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <4974b722-5ebd-8006-d604-059d844ad410@example.net> <60e3e4df-01a8-0694-d5e4-5fe355b9c7f5@example.net> <1eafaa8b-4f90-6b2a-a08b-9a10931eef31@example.net> <6733c013@news.ausics.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-625208790-1731489215=:7362" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2243799"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: <6733c013@news.ausics.net> Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228890 comp.os.linux.misc:60961 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-625208790-1731489215=:7362 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 13 Nov 2024, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > In comp.os.linux.misc The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 11/11/2024 20:41, D wrote: >>> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> On 11/11/2024 19:45, rbowman wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:51:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>> Isolationism led to Pearl Harbour...and 911 >>>>> >>>>> Wrong on both counts. Stick to philosophy; your grasp of history is >>>>> deficient. >>>> Wrong on both counts. Stick to parochial matters >>> >>> I think rbowman has impressed me the most with his grasp of history, and >>> our differences when it comes to philosophy speak for themselves. So no >>> points for you I'm afraid. ;) >> >> This inst a fucking debating society. >> This is the future of civilisation. > > Oh, so _this_ is where the future of civilisation gets decided. Touché! > Now where was that group where people talk about computers?... > > But actually I was slightly looking forward to an explanation of > how Pearl Harbour and 9/11 were consequences of isolationism. It's > not my understanding of history either. The natural has quite a large ego, and any version of history contradicting his own is wrong, and severely dealt with. Beware! --8323328-625208790-1731489215=:7362--