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Science > Physics |
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"Nth Complexity" |
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06 Sep 2005 10:54:30 PM |
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Re: The Grand LITS o' Hate |
PJR wrote:
On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:05:33 GMT, Nth Complexity
<u8666992@spawnkill.ip-mobilphone.net> wrote in alt.usenet.kooks:
Fun, fun, fun! Someone from alt.usenet.kooks has set up a webpage
where you can search through the Kook Awards to find out what awards
your favorite kooks have won.
This is one of my favourites:
http://www.insurgent.org/~kook-faq/search.php?query=Hammond
Search Results
4 matches for "Hammond".
Kook of the Month, October 2004 George Hammond
Palmjob Paddle, July 2004 George Hammond
Victor von Frankenstein "Weird Science" Award, June 2004 George Hammond
72 Raisins "Crackpot Religion" Award George "SPOG" Hammond
Strangely, you didn't include it in your LITS.
PJR :-)
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alt.usenet.kooks award-winners and FAQ:
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PJR makes a good point! It is strange indeed that George Hammond, one
of the more prolific posters on sci.physics, and one who has already
been given several awards by the alt.usenet.kooks community, could
have been forgotten by all four of the sci.physics netcops, including
"Old Man,"
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/msg/28207fe9d95b086c
Van de Moortel,
http://users.pandora.be/vdmoortel/dirk/Physics/ImmortalFumbles.html
Wormley,
http://www.edu-observatory.org/cranks.html
and Stepp.
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/msg/94703e1eea104256
Given the sharp dichotomy between the posters called "kooks" by one
group and the posters called "crackpots," "cranks," and "trooks" by
the other, one is led to infer that the underlying motivation for the
two sets of lists is different. Given the nature of humanity, a not
unreasonable hypothesis about said difference would be that one list-
making group has a lot of axes to grind, and is motivated by their
own grudges, while the other group has other, less personal reasons.
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| User: "Richard Herring" |
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| Title: Re: The Grand LITS o' Hate |
07 Sep 2005 10:34:01 AM |
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In message <l.1126065270.1748382568@[82.96.100.100]>, Nth Complexity
<u205902099@spawnkill.ip-mobilphone.net> writes
PJR makes a good point!
dichotomy
Careful, you're starting to sound like a certain other poster in these
parts. Get the line length a little shorter, talk about "folks" and
throw in a few more scare quotes around people's names, and you'll have
it spot on ;-)
--
Richard Herring
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