[extropy-chat] a futurist prediction

[Bret Kulakovich]

That's actually very helpful to know - I am using the MacOSX mail  
client, and although it does threading, the highlights bind to header  
data that is dependent on people paying attention to them. For  
instance, when starting a new thread it is easier to reply to  
someone's email from the list and then remove the subject and the  
content and put in my own subject - but this wreaks havoc on this  
threading mechanism.

]3ret

On Aug 24, 2005, at 9:14 PM, Emlyn wrote:

> FWIW, I haven't been overly bugged by all this twentycen partisan
> political crapola, because I'm using gmail. It's inherently threaded,
> so the tech threads have a 2 or 3 next to them (number of posts) while
> the political ones have numbers that are 50+ sometimes, but the
> threading keeps it contained; I see them as equal weighted, rather
> than being swamped by the political stuff.
>
> And I get practically no junk mail, and it's extremely reliable, and
> the ads are ignorable or actually relevant (the same as with a google
> search, small print on the right side of the screen), and the
> interface is excellent, and the capacity now grows continuously
> (pushing 2.5gb last time I looked), and it's free. If anyone wants an
> invite, just ask :-)
>
> -- 
> Emlyn
>
> http://emlynoregan.com   * blogs * music * software *
>
> On 25/08/05, Bret Kulakovich <bret at bonfireproductions.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> The-lets-beat-up-the-President-and-invalidate-each-other's-political-
>> standing topic that has increased the signal-to-noise on this list by
>> some sort of geometric amount of dB over the past several months.
>>
>> Here's a 'prediction': One of us replies, others of us contradict,
>> Iraq, idiot, killfile; lather, rinse, repeat. It's threadjacking run
>> amok.
>>
>> There are wonderful things going on out there, and things that are
>> going to move us forward. While all the energy goes in, the thread
>> bleeds into neighboring discussions, and good news is deadended. It's
>> like yelling down a hole sometime.
>>
>>
>> I mean hey, ignore my post. The Flying Spaghetti Monster heard my
>> plea no doubt =)
>>
>>
>> ]3
>>
>>
>> For more on Pastafarianism, see
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_spaghetti_monster
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 7:43 PM, Brett Paatsch wrote:
>>
>>
>>> You know its interesting Bret, but I wasn't really all that  
>>> interested
>>> in this thread headed "a futurist prediction".
>>> Yet somehow I doubt that is what you are referring too ;-)
>>>
>>> Can you say oh person whose DNA is 99.9% identical to most
>>> others of your species what it is EXACTLY, "this thread", that
>>> you so much wish not to have again that you pray to the Flying
>>> Spaghetti Monster to deliver you from?
>>>
>>> I am not the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I'm just another Brett, yet
>>> even I am almost certainly going to be able to oblige you.
>>> - Brett
>>> (who misses not the irony of nearly always, nearly talking to
>>> someone that is nearly himself)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret Kulakovich"
>>> <bret at bonfireproductions.com>
>>> To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:13 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] a futurist prediction
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Oh, My, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Can we P-l-e-a-s-e Not Have
>>>> This  Thread A-g-a-i-n ? !
>>>> -or- at Least change the list name to Entropy-Chat ? !
>>>> /begs
>>>> /pleads
>>>> ]3
>>>> On Aug 22, 2005, at 10:59 PM, Robert Lindauer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Brett Paatsch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think he really *wants* to do some good on his
>>>>>> watch.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That's fascinating.  Why do you think that?  I assume you mean
>>>>> "real-good" not just "cover-your-ass" good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Robbie
>>>>>
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