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Aug 7, 2012 11:42am
sleeper;1241671 wrote:Harvard PHD with a specialization in SEO and Computer Science. 20+ years experience working for Google. Beat that chump.
I founded google.
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Aug 7, 2012 11:43am
DeyDurkie5;1241493 wrote:Am I banned?
lol--what'd you do now?
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Aug 7, 2012 11:43am
Raw Dawgin' it;1241676 wrote:I founded google.
I invented the Internet and let Al Gore take credit for it.
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Aug 7, 2012 12:20pm
O-Trap;1241675 wrote:I don't have to. It's not true.



Under the 'sleeper' identity, this is true.
Of course its not true. I was merely calling you out on your appeal to authority fallacy.
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Aug 7, 2012 12:31pm
sleeper;1241709 wrote:Of course its not true. I was merely calling you out on your appeal to authority fallacy.
Okay, fair enough. That was legitimate, though I would note that I never stated any credentials, so as such, it was probably a combination of BOTH appeal to authority and argumentum ad populum. My error, and I recant that part.

I suppose since your position has yet to be substantiated, I should ask by what you assert your position as true. So, how have you come to your conclusion? Please cite numbers and/or sources as necessary.

Also, please explain the flaw in the following:

Targeted traffic + a manageable niche + fresh (ie not rehashed) content = a profitable website (forum, blog, etc.)
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Aug 7, 2012 1:12pm
O-Trap;1241718 wrote:Okay, fair enough. That was legitimate, though I would note that I never stated any credentials, so as such, it was probably a combination of BOTH appeal to authority and argumentum ad populum. My error, and I recant that part.

I suppose since your position has yet to be substantiated, I should ask by what you assert your position as true. So, how have you come to your conclusion? Please cite numbers and/or sources as necessary.

Also, please explain the flaw in the following:

Targeted traffic + a manageable niche + fresh (ie not rehashed) content = a profitable website (forum, blog, etc.)
I have come to this conclusion after years of study, of books and of my soul. This constitutes a rational pathway that cannot be refuted by fact, reason, logic, or any evidence. Yes otrap, it is faith; and faith is all I need.
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Aug 7, 2012 1:17pm
sleeper;1241753 wrote:I have come to this conclusion after years of study, of books and of my soul. This constitutes a rational pathway that cannot be refuted by fact, reason, logic, or any evidence. Yes otrap, it is faith; and faith is all I need.
Though I would ordinarily appreciate the troll, you've gotta sell it better.

Also, your notion of "faith" is relatively flawed, but that's a whole new subject.
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Aug 7, 2012 1:51pm
O-Trap;1241759 wrote:Though I would ordinarily appreciate the troll, you've gotta sell it better.

Also, your notion of "faith" is relatively flawed, but that's a whole new subject.
Faith is belief without evidence. This is used to justify the erroneous belief of billions on this planet, so given this I am able to use faith to justify anything. Why live in a world rooted by evidence and reason when faith can win and end every argument?
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Aug 7, 2012 1:53pm
sleeper;1241798 wrote:Faith is belief without evidence. This is used to justify the erroneous belief of billions on this planet, so given this I am able to use faith to justify anything. Why live in a world rooted by evidence and reason when faith can win and end every argument?
To avoid derailing, if you'd like to have this discussion again, we should start a new thread.
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Aug 7, 2012 1:55pm
Derailing what? A thread in the basement in which the OP has had his questioned answered(not by a moderator either). Why the hell would a moderator help a user out? They'd rather ban people for posting than actual post themselves.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:04pm
sleeper;1241803 wrote:Derailing what? A thread in the basement in which the OP has had his questioned answered(not by a moderator either).
The thread wasn't created for the purpose of discussing religion. If the question has been answered, then the thread has run its course. For a new topic, the best thing to do is to start a new thread, if for no other reason than the sake of order.
sleeper;1241803 wrote:Why the hell would a moderator help a user out?
By and large, I try to help users out.
sleeper;1241803 wrote:They'd rather ban people for posting than actual post themselves.
I think I post frequently. Does that not count?
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Aug 7, 2012 2:07pm
This thread has nothing to do with religion, I agree.

And no, one moderator posting once in a blue moon does not count.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:08pm
Once per blue moon > 7.26 posts per day?

I find your definition of a "blue moon" interesting.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:09pm
7.26 posts per day is embarrassing.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:12pm
What is 12.18 posts per day?
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Aug 7, 2012 2:12pm
FatHobbit;1241835 wrote:What is 12.18 posts per day?
Legendary.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:13pm
maybe in your own mind
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Aug 7, 2012 2:14pm
sleeper;1241830 wrote:7.26 posts per day is embarrassing.

Yeah, I do spend a little too much time online, but it's part of my job, I guess.
sleeper;1241837 wrote:Legendary.
Congratulations. You're legendary on a forum you yourself seem to think is failing.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:14pm
Raw Dawgin' it;1241676 wrote:I founded google.
I think that was LJ.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:15pm
O-Trap;1241844 wrote:Yeah, I do spend a little too much time online, but it's part of my job, I guess.



Congratulations. You're legendary on a forum you yourself seem to think is failing.
Take away the forum, still legendary. You can give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. You give a man a brilliant mind, he'll troll every god damn forum West of the Mississippi.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:16pm
sleeper;1241849 wrote:Take away the forum, still legendary. You can give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. You give a man a brilliant mind, he'll troll every god damn forum West of the Mississippi.
With 5 different usernames apiece! :D
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Aug 7, 2012 2:46pm
vball10set;1241677 wrote:lol--what'd you do now?
told cats gone wild to go fuck himself.
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Aug 7, 2012 2:46pm
sleeper;1241592 wrote:1st ban is a week. 2nd ban is a month. 3rd ban is a year.

Justin doesn't know how to do punishments nor does he know how to run a forum. And before I get the, "sleeper he has been running this place for over 2 years and its still going..". Yeah it's still going, but new member acquisition is about zero and the large swath of members didn't come here organically, they came here from the most abusive web forum in history.

Not only that, Justin has somehow convinced himself that the users who post, generate content, drive website hits are the problem and the solution is to attract the people who never post and only read occasionally. He's absolutely clueless on how to attract new, content generating, active users and is instead letting the old farts who barely know how to use a computer flood the forum.

Great business model. :thumbup:
Thank you moderator
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Aug 7, 2012 2:52pm
DeyDurkie5;1241879 wrote:told cats gone wild to go **** himself.
reps when you get back.
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Aug 7, 2012 3:34pm
sleeper;1241592 wrote:1st ban is a week. 2nd ban is a month. 3rd ban is a year.

That's bullshit. I got banned a month for my first