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Shalom Kornfield,
If you need to scream at no-one, why not go nowhere  , or to the SoapBox ? But, better yet, deal with the real issue (whatever that is) by using the appropriate CP forum.
The interpretation of Socrates' words (as reported by Plato) from the Greek is held by some scholars not to be a direct reference to "gadfly," but: "in the Greek text of his defense given by Plato, Socrates never actually uses that term (viz., “gadfly” [Grk., oistros]) to describe himself. Rather, his reference is merely allusive, as he (literally) says only that he has attached himself to the City (proskeimenon tē polei) in order to sting it" [^].
To my humble knowledge Socrates never refers to himself as an idiot; what I refer to, by liberally using that word, is the part of the trial where Socrates, accused of considering himself superior in wisdom to all other Athenians, makes the wonderful response that what he has learned by using his elenchic methods of dialog with the other Athenians considered the most intelligent is that he is superior in the sense that he is more aware of his own ignorance than anyone else.
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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BillWoodruff wrote: I reported this Lounge post of yours as 'Abuse
Surely you can't be serious. 
I think it would be more fair, although I won't do it, to mark yours as abuse for marking his as abuse. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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BillWoodruff wrote: I do take comfort that I share something with Socrates in that regard (referring, of course, to his self-defense in his trial).
And you know how that ended, don't you?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: And you know how that ended, don't you?
Yes, thanks, Daniel, Socrates is esteemed, even today
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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You'll notice one of my tag-lines, from Clever Albert, himself.
It explains ever so clearly what happened, what will happen, and what will always happen.
Compost for brains also seems to fill the bill.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I'm amazed that people have any reaction at all to someone 'downvoting' them.
Who gives a flyin rip?? So the @$^&@ what?? Are your feeling hurt?? Maybe grow a pair and grow up.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I'm not hurt. I'm only curious - almost die of it - to know the reasons...I do look for the reasons of (almost) everything around me, this one included...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kevin Marois wrote: @$^&@
Five letters, first and last letters the same, the rest all different.. Struggling to work this one out, perhaps we could do this every day? 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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We could, but I'd have to come up with some really stupid obscure title, like something that starts with kaleidoscopes...
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I was thinking more like an alternative to WSO CCC OTD... FOSW OTD, perhaps
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I got the Solution!
it's #hit#
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Yay! Your turn tomorrow!
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Well done.
I would up vote you, but I don't give a rats @$$
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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That's an O K for me 
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Kevin Marois wrote: Who gives a flyin rip??
My entire self-esteem is based on my rep points. What you think of my posts without ever knowing much about me really lays the foundation for how I see myself. I so desperately want you to like me.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I know what you mean. I get downvoted and I can't sleep for a week.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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RyanDev wrote: My entire self-esteem is based on my rep points. What you think of my posts without ever knowing much about me really lays the foundation for how I see myself. I so desperately want you to like me.
There is a cure for this disease: wisdom
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Downvoting is not the issue, it's the fact people vote to close accounts that gets my goat.
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They took your goat?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Down voting, not a problem, keep getting banned, pain in the arse.
There comes a point where you can't be arsed getting your account reinstated again.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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A couple of general questions:
- Why can't I downvote any posts? Not that I want to, but just wondering if I need a certain level of CP'd-ness (TM ) to be able to do it?
- How can I see if anyone has downvoted me anywhere?
This is how wars start! 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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1) You can't downvote in the Lounge, or some other forums - nobody can. Hence when the thin-skinned get upset, they resort to "abuse" votes instead. This was to prevent the "sea of grey" that washed across the forum from time to time (and caused complaints and speculative revenge downvotes). There is no UberCP level which allows downvotes (except Staff and Admin, but their abuse vote kills your account...)
2) You can check the recent reputation events for your account by clicking on the current reputation score at the top right of every page. This shows abuse and downvotes. But it won't show you who did it, to prevent tit-for-tat abusing.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thanks for the explanation.
Luckily I don't think I've received any abuse reports on my posts but now I've said that, I've probably gone and invited it!
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Some people are thin-skinned; some posts are abusive.
There isn't always a correlation between the two.
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Even Protectors are reporting members[^] as abusive for the weakest of reasons, it's all very sad. The attitude seems to be "I'll report you for the smallest of reasons, if your account gets closed you can go to Bugs & Sugs and ask for it to be re-opened" They don't even seem to understand that that is arse about face. 
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