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Defensive and combative????
The articles Cornelius offers are really nothing more than click-bait - they have little to no substance. Their only spurious value is little more than propaganda. I have offered references that illustrate just how lacking in content the articles are that he references. Does he read my references and respond? No, he remains silent.
Is the purpose of posting references at CodeProject to stimulate discussion, even with those who challenge the points you make? Or is it simply to pollute the forums with nonsense and ignore those who do not agree with you? My impression of Cornelius is the latter.
Cornelius has accused me of antisemitism, a very serious accusation. This was no basis for this accusation. A person of integrity and honesty would have admitted their mistake and offered an apology. Cornelius did not do this.
Cornelius posted yet another short MSN article bereft of any real facts about Lebanese hackers. He offers no commentary, not even a witty joke - 'he ain't no Kent Sharkey'. My current opinion is Cornelius posts references to topics that he knows little about. If he is not willing to engage in an open discussion that challenge his references then he should not be posting these references - it is that simple.
How does Cornelius respond to all of this? He ignores me and persists in posting click-bait articles.
History is the joke the living play on the dead.
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Ian Bell, #2 wrote: Is the purpose of posting references at CodeProject to stimulate discussion, even with those who challenge the points you make? Or is it simply to pollute the forums with nonsense and ignore those who do not agree with you? My impression of Cornelius is the latter.
You seem to be a bit confused.
There is no general answer to "posting at CodeProject". In general, so far as I know, the only rule that is enforced everywhere is no spam and no ads.
Clearly this post was neither.
Other than that posts must reflect the nature of the forum they are in, and nothing else. So no posts about C# in the Java forum.
This forum is the "Lounge". So the general rule is no specific programming questions and no topics that are too political nor too obscene. Those latter two go into the Soapbox.
Nothing in this post suggests that it is programming nor that it extremely political or obscene.
Ian Bell, #2 wrote: How does Cornelius respond to all of this?
None of the forums require that. They do not require specific responses nor any responses at all.
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I agree that there is no general answer to "posting at CodeProject".
I will assume you have not taken my comment about posting (to stimulate conversation or to pollute the forum) literally, as the only two purposes/reasons for posting.
It is also commonly understood by all that responses are not required. So we are in agreement on this point.
You noted nothing was inappropriate in the post. I will assume you are referring to the entire thread and not just Cornelius's OP.
I will assume you do not actually believe that very political and obscene topics are acceptable in the Soapbox.
See, there is no confusion.
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Although this has clearly seeped from Lounge to Soapbox level, I cannot help but heap ridicule on the insecure twerps who try to blame the US for everything - and if they cannot, then they simply wave their conspiratorial flag.
Foil hats are more stylish in the Soapbox - a good place for you to hole up for the winter.
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Ok, I'll bite. What obscure logic are you using that leads to the unwarranted conclusion the US is to blame for everything? You should start a new thread in the Soapbox which is a more fitting place for you to raise this topic.
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Ian Bell, #2 wrote: What obscure logic are you using that leads to the unwarranted conclusion the US is to blame for everything?
I can only suppose that you misread what you responded to.
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Perhaps.
I responded to "I cannot help but heap ridicule on the insecure twerps who try to blame the US for everything". I made no such statement, or even alluded to it, that the US is to blame for everything. Matt's responded to my post and so it seems reasonable to assume he was directing his contempt at me.
So how do you suppose I misread?
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Ian Bell, #2 wrote: Matt's responded to my post ...So how do you suppose I misread?
You didn't respond to Matt. And what you quoted was not in what you responded to.
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Thanks for the name correction. My typo, my mistake.
The message remains the same. I'm obviously missing something. I responded to what I quoted. Can you explicitly clarify what you consider to be my mistake.
I'll take the ribbing if it is deserved...
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You responded to W∴ Balboos.
He said "I cannot help but heap ridicule on the insecure twerps who try to blame the US for everything - and if they cannot, then they simply wave their conspiratorial flag."
He is clearly deriding those that blame the US for everything.
You response "What obscure logic are you using that leads to the unwarranted conclusion the US is to blame for everything?"
He wasn't blaming the US for everything - your comment in that context is nonsensical.
You either misread what he said or intended to respond to someone else.
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I have already thanked you for pointing out my typo.
As we have not had many exchanges, I gave you the benefit of the doubt that you did not miss the wry humor in my response. However, you did.
Balboos was foolish to interpret my response as being critical of the US. I did no such thing. Hence I responded with wry humor about his "obscure logic" and that if anyone was making such a claim then it was him. In short, you misread the exchange.
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Ian Bell, #2 wrote: In short, you misread the exchange.
I read it again. And my conclusion is that your attempt at humor was not well defined.
Other than that it isn't clear why it took you so long to point out that your response was supposed to be humorous.
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My second response to you was clear, "I made no such statement...". What followed was simply checking to see if you had caught something I missed. This was not the case.
I have no more to say that will move this forward.
cheers,
Ian
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"Lebanese hackers".
I swear I had to re-read that title 3 times before I realized it did NOT say "lesbian hackers".
It's been a long week, recovering from a cold, and clearly not enough sleep. 
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Quote: clearly not enough sleep
Don't worry - it's almost weekend. Have a pint on me. ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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dandy72 wrote: "lesbian hackers".
What they do is a little bit different . . . chop . . . chop . . . chop.
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Lesbian Lebanese Hackers. Now that would have been interesting. 
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dandy72 wrote: I swear I had to re-read that title 3 times before I realized it did NOT say "lesbian hackers".
Time for glasses?
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Got laser'ed in 2003 and still have better than 20/20 vision at last checkup.
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Cornelius Henning wrote: They left the fruits of their hacks (hundreds of gigabytes of it) exposed on the Internet!
"It's almost like thieves robbed the bank and forgot to lock the door where they stashed the money,"
But of course criminals, being people, make mistakes all the time.
Matter of fact that is something that police rely on.
As an example, far as I can tell more potential terrorists have been captured because of their mistakes then any actual proactive attempts by governments to try to identify them first.
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True, but this was a particularly large, glaring mistake.
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Is a melodramatic camel a dramadery?
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I think you are on to humpthing!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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And would a melodramatic cow be a dairy queen?
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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need to think on that, in the meantime I'll have me a melodramatic drink: a dram-o-whiskey.
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