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It's sad when people slate a guy for speaking his mind and telling the truth, as he sees it.

At Peter said, any publicity is GOOD publicity.

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Troels_E wrote:
Nate's opinion or company smear? Who cares, his statements are _not correct_ anyway.

Anyway if he's still working at Genesi I must say he fits perfectly to the style BB had (on ANN) earlier on.

Then why not point out the "wrong" parts of Nate's comments to redress the balance?

PS I know this is a trick question :-)

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Bodie_CI5 wrote:

KennyR wrote:

No, I call them loons because they are. I don't really care what OS, hardware or site they chose. They're adults. It's the "GENSEI SI LAME!!!!1 it is so funny", the "Petition to get Doom3 ported to OS5, that would be GREAT!!!!!" kind of stuff that gets them their loony label. Even if you looked outside the community for views with no 'blue bias', they'd probably still think these people were ravening crazies. What 'kind' of people do you think these would be? Self-righteous? Or just sensible?

My, my Kenny! What a high horse you have there!

I am the biggest culprit of such enthusiams, and is why I am the leading poster of some complete and utter crap. However, that does not give you the moral grounds for such a scathing, stereotypical (which your political persuasion precludes, allegedly) and utter blasphemy of a whole grouping of computing enthusiasts. I have seen many posts on different forums talking of "AWorld folk jerk off over Hermans" crap, I have seen this loony post, and I think, what complete #### this is. It's a fcuking computer for crying out loud! Who cares if someone likes a bit of plastic and two screws which essentially go up to make a computer, does that non-conformity with your view go to make everyone else a parasite, or "loony" as you so eloquently put it?

However, it is funny I tell you, for I too was a most angry young man. Full of political zeal, I would charge headlong into any conversation and behave in a bellicose manner. They would turn to me and call me a "loony". How much moreso, if one were to read your psychological  assessment of the "loons" over at AWorld, how much would people in the wider community view yourself! You should not presume too much in your life, for I too experience many reversals in general life.

I am no techie when it comes to computers, I am a gamer at heart, but those people who purpotedly know "nothing" of the technical aspects of Amigas, have actually been ten times more forthcoming than yourself to assist me. Where were you when I needed help with my XSurf for example? I did not see you fall head over heels to help me out. However, it's easier to sit where you are, and laugh and point at the incompetencies of some 1900 members of Amigaworld, isn't it?

In any case, I cannot speak for all the members of Amigaworld, but I must ask something: Does one have to be a techie (and how is that assessed qualitatively?) in order to be an enthusiast of computers in general, and Amigas in particlular? If the answer is yes, then why is it that all manufacturers seek to expand into the general consumer base? Why are not these products sold only to the l337 g33|
I sit a crime to become enthusiastic of a port of a game to one's chosen platform? Bloody hell! Whole computer magazines are devoted to such subjects, yet you think it to be obscene and smacks of "lunacy". What will you do, O Kenny, slash your wrists because millions of people out there who are XBox enthusiasts, PS2 enthusiasts, PC enthusiasts, think differently to yourself maybe? At the end of the day, it is only a computer.

Never, speak in a derogatory manner of a whole group of people, who actively, or impassively, may disagree with an opinion of yours. If you wish to slam anyone who is a regular of Amigaworld for the things discussed above, then aim it at me, for it is I who possesses all those attributes, and especially of the "loon" factor. :crazy:

Woh!!! Sounds like you had that brewing for a long time! :-o

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I watched Red Dward - Justice last night and I think of this:

KRYTEN: It's a question of differentiating between guilt and culpability,
  sir.  What the mind-probe detected was your own sense of guilt about
  the accident.  In a way, you tried and convicted yourself.  I simply
  have to establish you're a neurotic, under-achieving emotional retard
  whose ambition far outstrips his miniscule abilities and who
  consequently blames himself for an accident for which he could not
  possibly have been responsible.
RIMMER: You're going to try to prove that I was innocent of negligence on
  the grounds that I'm a half-witted incompetent?
CAT: Man, there ain't a jury in the land that won't buy a plea like that.
KRYTEN: Not a half-wit, exactly -- more a buffoon.
RIMMER: (Thinks about it.  He's quite impressed.) Right, I see.  But how
  would you even begin to build such a case?  Where would you conjure up
  the evidence?
KRYTEN: Sir, providing I can have completely free access to your personal
  data files, I think I can come up with the outline of a winning case by
  lunchtime.

Change Rimmer for Nate and you see the funny solution to this problem. Not that Nate is in anyway like Rimmer :-)