The Fonts Of All Knowledge

[old] Sir Pirate · Post by **[old] Sir Pirate** » January 17th, 2005, 6:27 am

I AM THE GREATEST AND HAVE FANTASTIC ADVICE YOU SHOULD FOLLOW. DO IT MY WAY AND YOU SHALL SUCCEED. Some of you think this is you. We all know who you are anyway. To make it official, put your name below, and then we can contact you direct for your wisdom. If you deem us worthy. Sorry, for the sarcasm, but that’s the way this forum seems to be heading in my view. We are here to share information, and accept other peoples points of views, even if we think they are crazy ones, if that is what they believe, then let them believe it. Lets drop the point scoring and get with the program. Sir Pirate

[old] rick-the-chemist · Post by **[old] rick-the-chemist** » January 17th, 2005, 6:39 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Lets drop the point scoring and get with the program. </td></tr></table> About time someone said this! Rick

[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » January 17th, 2005, 7:27 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Sir Pirate @ Jan 17 2005, 05:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I AM THE GREATEST AND HAVE FANTASTIC ADVICE YOU SHOULD FOLLOW. DO IT MY WAY AND YOU SHALL SUCCEED. we can contact you direct for your wisdom. If you deem us worthy. We are here to share information, and except other peoples points of views, even if we think they are crazy ones, if that is what they believe, then let them believe it. Sir Pirate </td></tr></table> I couldn't agree with you more, Sir Pirate. Not sure whether you mean 'accept' as opposed to 'except'. Taking exception with each other is what the great and the good are doing at the moment. This is why I have become part of the 'shut up and row' school of indoor rowing. Bernard

[old] Sir Pirate · Post by **[old] Sir Pirate** » January 17th, 2005, 7:33 am

Cheers Bernard, I did mean "accept" I have very poor English. To busy playing about at school when I should of been learning. Sir Pirate

[old] PaulS · Post by **[old] PaulS** » January 17th, 2005, 11:36 am

Never apologize for sarcasm, it saves us from being patently insulting. "We are here to share information, and accept other peoples points of views, even if we think they are crazy ones, if that is what they believe, then let them believe it." - Sir Pirate I'm not sure anyone gives a rats arse if someone wants to believe "crazy ideas", I'm certain that I don't, however "accepting those crazy ideas" implies something different all together. Do you want this to be a place where anything, no matter how whacky, should be allowed to be posted without further discussion? Bring on the typing Monkey's! Shouldn't that be "Founts of knowledge"?

[old] rick-the-chemist · Post by **[old] rick-the-chemist** » January 17th, 2005, 1:07 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (PaulS @ Jan 17 2005, 10:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Shouldn't that be "Founts of knowledge"?  </td></tr></table>

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » January 17th, 2005, 3:06 pm

Well said Sir Phil. Lord of all knowledge and wisdom.

[old] michaelb · Post by **[old] michaelb** » January 17th, 2005, 3:07 pm

Here's my name. Note the sig below. Although I can't say I have noticed an increase in know it all posts or posturing. I think the forum is going through dramatic growing pains.

[old] SimonB · Post by **[old] SimonB** » January 17th, 2005, 3:39 pm

Well said Sir P. Forums, by their very nature, get used and abused. Healthy discussion is one thing, abuse of fellow ergers (e.g. calling them liars in public) is another. IMHO..... My name is here, if you want to erg slower, follow MY advice.....

[old] Daren C · Post by **[old] Daren C** » January 18th, 2005, 8:04 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (PaulS @ Jan 17 2005, 03:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Shouldn't that be "Founts of knowledge"?  </td></tr></table> Not necessarily, no; "font" is another way of spelling "fount"; an abundant source. Alternatively, a font is a basin (e.g. for holding water, as in a church), so we may be bowls full of knowledge. I know this, as I'm a font of all knowledge, naturally. On the original subject, I agree with you Pirate. There are some particular people I could single out as seeming more interested in bickering and point-scoring over others, than in actually imparting useful knowledge. Discussion is one thing, but sometimes threads go beyond that, IMO.

[old] becz · Post by **[old] becz** » January 19th, 2005, 3:38 pm

Personally, I don't have a problem with a more knowledgeable person correcting someone with less experience, but often it seems that the way in which it's done on this board lacks, I don't know, class? If someone posts something you know to be wrong, you have three options, as I see it. The first of course is to say nothing. That seems unlikely for some people on this board, so we'll skip that one. The other two might be something like: "No, you moron, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard", and "I understand what you're trying to say, but here's why I think you're wrong". So often people seem to want to resort to the former. Can't quite figure out why.

[old] PaulS · Post by **[old] PaulS** » January 19th, 2005, 4:02 pm

becz, I don't see very much name calling (your middle option), and mostly your third option seems to be the initial response to questionable information. Unfortunately your first option is where many end up because those with "less experience" seem to go with the middle option when questioned, and the effort involved in responding to that sort of thing is rarely very rewarding, but often necessary. So how do you characterize this response to your post? Probably could have gone with option 1 but then we are back to a pretty boring and useless forum.

[old] becz · Post by **[old] becz** » January 19th, 2005, 4:18 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (PaulS @ Jan 19 2005, 03:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>So how do you characterize this response to your post?  </td></tr></table> Very civil, thank you Paul.

[old] PaulS · Post by **[old] PaulS** » January 19th, 2005, 5:05 pm

What's the skull for? You don't seem like the grim reaper, do some see you that way?

[old] becz · Post by **[old] becz** » January 19th, 2005, 8:20 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (PaulS @ Jan 19 2005, 04:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>What's the skull for? </td></tr></table> I'm a lightweight

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