Tech Thread Flame War Cease Fire Declared (vanity)

(self) ^ | 2010-07-24 | Dayglored

[dayglored]

Jim Robinson has laid down the law with regard to tech thread flame wars.

I am motivated to make sure we tech-thread-heads are aware of this. This vanity is a heads-up with regard to Jim's comments last night, and I've added a few thoughts of my own as an observer.

Here's what Jim said:

To All: [That goes for everyone.] I don’t see any reason whatsoever to be having flamewars on FR over computer products. Those who have a problem with Apple should just not buy the product and that takes care of that. Don’t come to FR to flame those who like the product. That’s just dumb. Who cares what computer products people use.

Everyone on these threads need to lighten up! On all sides!!

I think Jim's declaration of a cease-fire is clear as a bell -- the disruption, flame wars, abusive comments, etc. that have characterized many tech threads, especially Apple threads, are to stop.

I'm sure we can all abide by this reminder of FR site policy, with no loss of meaningful content, and our enjoyment of the conversations in these threads will increase considerably. Arguments can be had civilly, and without rancor. We're adults, not 13-year-olds.

Personally, I think this applies by simple extension to the Windows threads, Linux threads, indeed any of the computer / high-tech threads. So I encourage ALL partisans, pro-Apple and anti-Apple, pro-Microsoft and anti-Microsoft, pro-Linux and anti-Linux, etc. to heed this reminder.

I am going to ping a handful of my FRiends of all tech persuasions, so that we can spread the word as widely as necessary, to ensure that nobody can claim they didn't know about it.

Here's to a saner, more enjoyable tech environment on FreeRepublic!

Thanks,
Dayglored

[dayglored]

Disclaimer: Any of you who wish may check out my FR Profile page if you want to know where I'm coming from.

[1rudeboy]

Real men roll with Sinclair. Just sayin’.

[Loud Mime]

Dude, my Commodore 64 is still the machine! /s

[donozark]

How about all the MORMON bashing threads? Much more virulent than a hand full of nerds comparing clock speeds.

[dayglored]

* PING * to JimRob's important reminder of FR site policy, and a request to lighten up all around.

Spread the word.

I have to go out for a few hours tonight, but I'll be back later on...

[JRandomFreeper]

roll with Sinclair.

Professional help is available.

/johnny

[driftdiver]

Please take me off your ping list.

[OCC]

Radio Shack TRS-80 sucks!, Long live Commodore!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Anybody who doesn’t use BASIC is a n00B!

[HiTech RedNeck]

aw, yer not ‘putin till yer ‘putin with vacuum tubes. and i don’t mean the display.

[Jeff Gordon]

Flames are bad. Information is good. The information provided in Freeper smart phone threads helped me to decide which phone to buy. I am glad the FR threads were here to provide me with real world knowledge and experience. I am, as most Freepers are, smart enough to distill the information from the flames. Let’s not throw out the baby with bath water.

[1rudeboy]

If you smash a Mormon thread and an Apple/PC thread together, will you create a black hole that consumes the Earth? Or would you simply create another Civil War thread?

[Jack Hydrazine]

C-64? Puhleeeeze! VIC-20 is where its at, brudder! Flame on! LOL!

[dayglored]

> Please take me off your ping list.

I don't have a ping list, just pinged a bunch of the people I've been seeing on the tech threads of late.

Anyway, won't ping you en masse again.

[mnehring]

Maybe each side could make a Religion Caucus thread, some treat it as such.

[ShadowAce]

[mnehring]

Worse, a Ron Paul thread.

[buccaneer81]

Ever been on any of the automobile related posts? Every bit as “spirited.”

[HiTech RedNeck]

so get it already?

[plinyelder]

I just posted a help Tech Tread .. Am I in trouble Jim?

[tacticalogic]

C-64? Puhleeeeze!

Is that like really good C-4?

[buccaneer81]

VIC-20 is where its at, brudder!

LOL! I had on e in 1983. With a "Data-sette" recorder!

[dfwgator]

BASIC is for wimps, Assembly Language, baby!!!

[OCC]

Thats really neato, what kind of chip you got in there, a dorito?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwneqSkwx90&feature=related

[tacticalogic]

Assembly Language, baby!!!

Written with Edlin.

[buccaneer81]

I really wanted a Timex Sinclair, back in 1982.

[ThomasThomas]

The Victor 9000 / Sirius S1

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

If you smash a Mormon thread and an Apple/PC thread together, will you create a black hole that consumes the Earth? Or would you simply create another Civil War thread?

What are you, some kind of Yankee-lover who believes in polygamy and who can't remove a floppy disk without the use of a paperclip?

[Drango]

I admit I lose my temper and post things I shouldn’t.

Oh my...Are you now trying to claim the high road?

[Doe Eyes]

Can we still make fun of Microsoft OS?

[eyedigress]

Seeing the light on mockery without purpose is indeed a gift, Seeing the light on mockery with purpose is a virtue.

[JRandomFreeper]

I started, but my therapist hasn't recovered yet, so I'm still waiting.

Such a nice young man. So sad about the accidental electric shock and fall and hypothermia and wild dogs and random JWs.

/johnny

[Jack Hydrazine]

ENIAC was where it was at before Assembly Language. You had to be the man to program that machine.

[Ronin]

I will second that, despite being agnostic myself. Religious people of whatever persausion do themselves no favors by constantly peeing all over other sects. At least not in my book.

[buccaneer81]

I certainly hope so.

[eyedigress]

Microsoft is all grown up.

[calex59]

Well, I always liked my old Tandy color computer with the tape drive.

[PastorBooks]

“Anybody who doesn’t use BASIC is a n00B!”

10 PRINT “The FreeRepublic Infinite Loop...”
15 PRINT “I’m right.”
20 PRINT “No, you’re wrong! I’m right!”
30 GOTO 15

> RUN

Infinite loop. :)

[Bean Counter]

[buccaneer81]

All anybody needs!

[MrEdd]

People who have a problem with Apple shouldn’t have bought one.

[dayglored]

>> I admit I lose my temper and post things I shouldn’t.

> Oh my...Are you now trying to claim the high road?

I didn't write what you quoted above. That was driftdiver, as I recall.

[piytar]

Yup! If you can’t hack Hex, ur a noob!

/joke

[buccaneer81]

LOL! You took me back to college in 1981!

[1rudeboy]

The only thing a conservative should ask himself (or herself) when choosing a computer is: can it play EVE Online at an adequate FPS level to keep you from losing your ship in combat?

[SamAdams76]

I was up in my attic not too long ago and came across a pristine copy of WIRED magazine from 1994. It was in excellent condition, just as when I bought it off the Barnes & Noble magazine shelf some 16 years ago.

There were articles and ads on Prodigy, Gateway 2000, UseNet, Broderbund CD-ROMs and even "Internet In A Box".

[eyedigress]

Do you have an apple thingy going on?

[Erasmus]

Or would you simply create another Civil War thread?

Something like a Civil War thread, only without the thread.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Try octal code! If you can’t hack that yer a Master Noob! LOL!

[eyedigress]

Prodigy was all that in 1993.