Comments for The Thinkers' Podium http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com Discussion where someone else's foot won't wind up in your mouth Sat, 17 May 2008 19:17:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Identicons and the SA Internode clique by Chicken Girl http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/identicons-and-the-sa-internode-clique/#comment-17200 Chicken Girl Sat, 17 May 2008 16:36:55 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-17200 Did you take them down already? I don't see any avatars... I use the MonsterID plugin on my blog, which generates prettier monsters than the ones gravatar provides. :D It's not just for exposing sockpuppets -- having a "face" to go along with people's names helps to keep track of people in long comment threads. Did you take them down already? I don’t see any avatars…

I use the MonsterID plugin on my blog, which generates prettier monsters than the ones gravatar provides. :D

It’s not just for exposing sockpuppets — having a “face” to go along with people’s names helps to keep track of people in long comment threads.

]]> Comment on Identicons and the SA Internode clique by Chuck A. Spear http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/identicons-and-the-sa-internode-clique/#comment-17199 Chuck A. Spear Sat, 17 May 2008 11:24:25 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-17199 I don't like the idea have having things on the Net imposed upon the user. It's another form of control and de-democratises the Net as such. It is like DRM. Wordpress need to get rid of this function. Users should be able to recognise sock puppets anyhow. They shouldn't be mollycoddled by Wordpress. It's like a dictatorship, man. I don’t like the idea have having things on the Net imposed upon the user. It’s another form of control and de-democratises the Net as such.

It is like DRM.

WordPress need to get rid of this function. Users should be able to recognise sock puppets anyhow. They shouldn’t be mollycoddled by WordPress.

It’s like a dictatorship, man.

]]> Comment on Identicons and the SA Internode clique by Bruce http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/identicons-and-the-sa-internode-clique/#comment-17198 Bruce Sat, 17 May 2008 08:13:12 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-17198 <i>Or, if you wanted to pose as another commenter you could just take a screen shot of their avatar and make a gravatar out of it.</i> Except the icon would be hosted at Gravatar, unlike the other identicons. Gravatars are easy to "borrow" anyway if you know the email address of the people who are using them. <i>My bet is, Bruce, that these Identicons are a waste of everyone’s time. Plus, they look stupid.</i> Should I be taking bets? ;-) Or, if you wanted to pose as another commenter you could just take a screen shot of their avatar and make a gravatar out of it.

Except the icon would be hosted at Gravatar, unlike the other identicons.

Gravatars are easy to “borrow” anyway if you know the email address of the people who are using them.

My bet is, Bruce, that these Identicons are a waste of everyone’s time. Plus, they look stupid.

Should I be taking bets? ;-)

]]> Comment on Identicons and the SA Internode clique by ozatheist http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/identicons-and-the-sa-internode-clique/#comment-17195 ozatheist Sat, 17 May 2008 06:10:22 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-17195 Interesting point. Thanks for mentioning about the Wavatar I was wondering where the funny pics came from. I just set mine to 'MonsterID', I had been using the standard Identicon (hadn't realised they could be changed). For anyone else interested, these can be set on the Settings/Discussion page. Hee Hee, you should see AV's Monstercon it look a bit like Mr Penis Head Interesting point.

Thanks for mentioning about the Wavatar I was wondering where the funny pics came from. I just set mine to ‘MonsterID’, I had been using the standard Identicon (hadn’t realised they could be changed). For anyone else interested, these can be set on the Settings/Discussion page.

Hee Hee, you should see AV’s Monstercon it look a bit like Mr Penis Head

]]> Comment on Identicons and the SA Internode clique by Chuck A. Spear http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/identicons-and-the-sa-internode-clique/#comment-17194 Chuck A. Spear Sat, 17 May 2008 05:56:11 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=340#comment-17194 It would to be easy to get around Identicons if you wanted to use different socks puppets. Just allocate a different gravatar for each puppet. Or, if you wanted to pose as another commenter you could just take a screen shot of their avatar and make a gravatar out of it. My bet is, Bruce, that these Identicons are a waste of everyone's time. Plus, they look stupid. It would to be easy to get around Identicons if you wanted to use different socks puppets. Just allocate a different gravatar for each puppet.

Or, if you wanted to pose as another commenter you could just take a screen shot of their avatar and make a gravatar out of it.

My bet is, Bruce, that these Identicons are a waste of everyone’s time. Plus, they look stupid.

]]> Comment on “Sorry” - It’s about time by disadvantage of capital punishment http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/sorry-its-about-time/#comment-17187 disadvantage of capital punishment Thu, 15 May 2008 11:02:58 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-17187 [...] being seen as mendacious, which is good because that is precisely what they are. The un-scholarlhttp://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/sorry-its-about-time/DEATH PENALTY ARGUMENTSCapital punishment is the death penalty. It is used today and was used in [...] [...] being seen as mendacious, which is good because that is precisely what they are. The un-scholarlhttp://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/sorry-its-about-time/DEATH PENALTY ARGUMENTSCapital punishment is the death penalty. It is used today and was used in [...]

]]> Comment on Quote of the week #25 - AV on the “reason = evil” meme by Bron http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/quote-of-the-week-25-av-on-the-reason-evil-meme/#comment-17179 Bron Tue, 13 May 2008 13:24:39 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=339#comment-17179 It would be easier if we were all vegetables, wouldn't it? Vegetables don't think, do they? Do they? I don't know. I don't want to think about it. It would be easier if we were all vegetables, wouldn’t it? Vegetables don’t think, do they? Do they? I don’t know. I don’t want to think about it.

]]> Comment on Quote of the week #25 - AV on the “reason = evil” meme by Bruce http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/quote-of-the-week-25-av-on-the-reason-evil-meme/#comment-17173 Bruce Sun, 11 May 2008 22:06:22 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=339#comment-17173 It's a debate killer really. All an atheist, or a scientist (atheist or theist) or otherwise reasonable person has to do with their anti-reason interlocutor, is point out that a few of their arguments are reasonable and therefore evil. "The Cardinal makes a good, reasonable point, therefore leading to evil!" Of course, you can appeal to them and be unreasonable as well. Throw logic out the door! "The Cardinal is being quite unreasonable! And since reason is evil, he is being evil by being unreasonable. I know that doesn't make sense at all, but seeing evil is reasonable according to The Cardinal, I decided to be unreasonable. Which has a kind of logic to it... Oh poop! I'm evil!" With standards like the Cardinal's, you can make anything evil, which is precisely the point. It comes down to which in-group can shout the loudest, rather than make the most sense. Which is how NAZI and Soviet dogma came to power in the first place. It’s a debate killer really. All an atheist, or a scientist (atheist or theist) or otherwise reasonable person has to do with their anti-reason interlocutor, is point out that a few of their arguments are reasonable and therefore evil.

“The Cardinal makes a good, reasonable point, therefore leading to evil!”

Of course, you can appeal to them and be unreasonable as well. Throw logic out the door!

“The Cardinal is being quite unreasonable! And since reason is evil, he is being evil by being unreasonable. I know that doesn’t make sense at all, but seeing evil is reasonable according to The Cardinal, I decided to be unreasonable. Which has a kind of logic to it… Oh poop! I’m evil!”

With standards like the Cardinal’s, you can make anything evil, which is precisely the point. It comes down to which in-group can shout the loudest, rather than make the most sense.

Which is how NAZI and Soviet dogma came to power in the first place.

]]> Comment on Quote of the week #25 - AV on the “reason = evil” meme by alburywodongaonline http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/quote-of-the-week-25-av-on-the-reason-evil-meme/#comment-17171 alburywodongaonline Sun, 11 May 2008 14:33:49 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=339#comment-17171 person A: "so, person B, tell me, why do YOU believe in God?" person B: "I have my reasons" person A: "hah, so you admit it, you're EVIL!!!" person A: “so, person B, tell me, why do YOU believe in God?”
person B: “I have my reasons”
person A: “hah, so you admit it, you’re EVIL!!!”

]]> Comment on End of another era by Bruce http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/end-of-another-era/#comment-17170 Bruce Sun, 11 May 2008 14:23:54 +0000 http://thinkerspodium.wordpress.com/?p=338#comment-17170 I'm hoping it's not episodic, but rather a final in the series. I’m hoping it’s not episodic, but rather a final in the series.

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