RUBBISH CLEARENCE DIVISION: EnlightenMe, collect from wreck.org.mensa
asap

Rubbish, rubbish,
My late Partner greatly valued Jack Sarfatti's views, though describing
him as ' a flamboyant and anti-establishment character I'd like to have
a drink with', he said 'I think he is on the right track!'

am not spongy in the mentals, but my partner was a chemist, physicist
and mathematician: the only thing I could beat him at was the Times
'crassword', his word for it! He hated literature because he was forced
to appear in a Shakespeare play! His favourite expression, when anyone
got excited, was 'It's only a theory, opining, sometimes, that 'There
is room for everything, absolutely everything.' I introduced him to
Russell, and his and my favourite thought/quote was 'Does the thought
require a thinker?' Apart from that, we both liked Russell's ironic
''proof'' of the will, and decided that it was in principle possible to
choose an identity in a sense deeper than fashion, but an unlikely
occurrence. The purport of some meetings we held was the possibility of
such a choice: in only a small number of cases, we concluded, could one
'deeply' switch values - 'though you either understood this or you did
not!'. [Weird, but it is a threshold: cross it and and you are or can
be another person, or even two or more persons, we often concluded. We
concluded that the arts in the very broadest sense were the chance if
you were, say, below 140 (SB) to become civilised, so that most
societies were not in any sense random but the outcome of some sort of
imposition. We both liked 'Moses and Monotheism' - for, I hope obvious
reasons! Zook would have been very cozy with us, and, of course, I
leave quite a few others out.

I do not like the EnlightenMe Entity, as spock might have called it,
and I am glad that whatever it is, well, at least I hope, it intends to
leave wreck.org.mensa. My mother would have called in a priest and thus
exorcised it! All I have done is give it a good swift metaphorical kick
up the arse!

May it be on its way! I banish the EnlightenMe.

wrec.org.mensa is a
mess; cam.misc is an open group where people want to help. I like it
very much! It's about helping each other, and, Stephen, you might be,
and most of you, posing to cam.misc.

Basically, I do not like crooks, nor do I take kindly to anybody who
tries to take me for a fool simply because I am rather long-sited!

'foolsrushin'.

Stephen Dedalus wrote:

'foolsrushin' wrote:

You are, [Stacey] I imagine, at least 130, so why do you mess up the group with
*****-poor prose and half-baked 'ideas'? In various guises, I have been
responsible for over a few thousand posts to wreck.org.mensa, and have
always tried to keep the recreational bit in mind! The group has now
become in your case just a silly way for silly people to say silly
things.

I personally think Stacey's sometimes-inane ramblings add to this
group.

They add inane ramblings! [Stephen, wake up! See what happens when the
tables turn!

The posters I admire are, to give the extremes, Zook and Alan
Truelove (quite a few more): at least they say what they think, even if
I think Alan an outrageous racist. I liked, when I first posted here,
the 'light blue touchpaper and retire' aspects of UncleAl, though even
he only appears nowaday in a guise, as do a few others!

Does he post here? If so, it must be quite a disguising guise.[Erm.. .]

Don't be an idiot! Later!

Without your cheerful, chirpy 'Hi, all', the place might become a bit
more bearable. Any chance you might be moving on?
--
'foolsrushin'.

PS: Even Jack Sarfatti would post from time to time!

I sincerely hope not.

As far as I'm aware, Sarfatti doesn't actually read usenet. He merely
uses it to post his lengthy half-baked drivelly essays, and never
replies to the numerous objections to his verbal diarrhea. At least
this was the case on sci.physics.

Ho-hum! [ Jack engaged in lively dialogue! - and you! I am sure we can
dig it up!]

Wake up, kid! Think for YOUR SELF! Convince us 130 can do it!

Stacey:

Moderately abusive. I like it, though it's not up to the best standards
of wreck.org.mensa!

Here is a little systems puzzle for you.

(1) Put the following texts into 4 groups and give rules for your
groupings.
(2) Design a simple (physical) dynamic model to illustrate the rules.
(3) Say which rule your response to my ire belongs.
(4) eliminate the red-herring.

(1) Dictation is seen as a superb learning aid.
Dictation is out of fashion. Dictation is
back again.
(2) Photocopying a copy of a copy of a copy...
(3) Peter and Jane have a terrific row. Jane
leaves Peter. Later, they get back together...
Peter and Jane have a terrific row. Jane
leaves Peter. Later they get back together...
(4) A professor of surgery shouts at the doctors
and nurses about the high incidence of needle-
pricks. For about a week afterwards, there are
many more needle-pricks.
(5) Students complain that there is too much grammar;
teacher sets them less; later, students complain
there is not enough grammar; teacher gives them
more grammar. The cycle repeats.
(6) What a serene person!
(7) A teacher scolds a pupil for poor work. The pupil's
work gets better, gets worse - then reverts.
(8) Smith tells Jones that he has won a little money.
Jones tells Huggins that Smith has won a lot of
money. Brown overhears Jones and talks down the
pub. Smith arrives for his evening drink: every-
body offers to buy it for him.
(9) A rigid policy of testing and grading. Progressive
era: tests are out - discovery, fun, creativity, are
the buzz words. Tests are back: the National
Curriculum.
(10) Lineker gets the ball in the six-yard box. He shoots,

and it's another goal.
(11) Company A sees company B's ad. They place their own
ad. Company C notes the activity, and place their ad.

Results are poor, so most withdraw.... Company A sees

company B's ad....
(12) Students arrive later and later. Teacher reprimands
them
and they arrive earlier for a bit, then on time, then

later.
(13) 100,000 miles and still running sweetly.
(14) Direct method rules. Behavioural techniques
are the answer, so Skinner rules. Cognitive
methods. Communicative methodologies....
(15) A teacher praises a pupil for good work.
The student's work gradually deteriorates, then
reverts.
(16) What's the matter with the others, we always
get wonderful service here!
(17) A teacher praises a pupil for good work.
The pupil's work gets better - then reverts.
(18) Anything goes in the Jazz Age, the swinging
sixties. Each is followed by a period of
austerity.
(19) No complaints this week, thank God.
(20) Doris and Syd Bonkers are an item!
(21) Went down with all hands on deck!
Typical!
(22) Peggy left her laces untied.

Stacey, I seem to remember that it was fun for your account to wind
someone up and watch the fireworks, so to speak.

Below is the result of
winding up the account 'EnlightenMe'. Think about it - and the nature
of the Internet!

As it happens, 'your' posts make this place a bit livelier, and I do
enjoy them!

EnlightenMe wrote:
<snip>

No, on second thought, those guys are right. First of all, I'm not a
pushover, secondly, I don't let cranky old men walk all over me. I'm
superior to you in every way imagineable , so get down on your weak
knees and lick my boots! You cantankerous old geezer. Your problem is
you haven't been laid in years so you get your kicks trying to
humiliate a young woman. Pervert.
Ugly bulldog, go lick the ***** off a nettle.
You're a verbose windbag with a bad case of verbal flatulence!
-Stacey
http://seeking-enlightenment.blogspot.com

Get it?

'foolsrushin'.

It was a wind-up, 'Vince'! Something about Usenet and something about
identity. I actually know about 80 people who regularly post to
newsgroups: when someone says she is this or that and enjoys winding
people up ... .

'EnlightenMe' said she enjoyed igniting short-fused people!

I distrust this medium so much that when I read that John Tibb's was
dead, I thought it a sort of joke!

'foolsrushin.'

Vince@Vincemail.com wrote:

On 29 Apr 2006 00:24:20 -0700, "'foolsrushin'" <dolomite8@hotmail.com>
wrote:

You are, I imagine, at least 130,

she's over 130, and you shouldn't imagine, you should *know*

Of course she is. I'd not have bothered otherwise, and now I'll be
called a Nazi!

so why do you mess up the group with
*****-poor prose and half-baked 'ideas'?

this opinion of yours is half-baked

No, a studious send up! See the Test!

Without your cheerful, chirpy 'Hi, all', the place might become a bit
more bearable. Any chance you might be moving on?

Uncalled for.

Vince

'foolsrushin'.

No, a studious send up! See the Test!