Art Deco wrote:
> ah wrote:
>>Art Deco wrote:
>>> ah wrote:
>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is older
>>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring much
>>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you term
>>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that there's
>>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest challenges
>>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar System
>>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system, and
>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was placing
>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to join
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created excellent
>>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able to
>>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap on
>>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about whiskers.
>>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>>> obsessive
>>>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>>>> Black?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're the Seans, and they really mean business.
>>>>
>>>>Does a 1/4-point Prime drop affect them?
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who were
>>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see our
>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days to
>>>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>>> humans
>>>>>>> the credit.
>>>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this supposed to be humorous?
>>>>
>>>>Is this supposed to be humongous?
>>>
>>> Is this supposed to be humoral?
>>
>>Is this supposed to be hernial?
>
> Is this supposed to be herbal?

Is this supposed to be herbal?

>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>You wouldn't want to increase your already high level of frustration,
>>>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>>>you?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And now, alien projection.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is some Real projection, Mr. Art: You (humans) are part aquatic
>>>>>>> mammal.
>>>>>>> My ancestors returned to live in the water on three separate and ensuing
>>>>>>> occasions.
>>>>>>> Your ancestors returned to live in the water two times -- thus far.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And yes, the third time we returned to the water was after we destroyed
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> land.
>>>>>>> Mammals are the most adaptive and resilient beings on Earth.
>>>>>>> The first two times they evolve back to the oceans is due to the stark
>>>>>>> harshness of land dwelling.
>>>>>>> Then the third time they emerge, they conquer the land -- a bit Too well
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> seems.
>>>>>>> (This is the present human condition.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is what I think will happen to you: Like us, humans will destroy
>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>> land masses and have to once again return to the seas to live.
>>>>>>> And like us, you will someday re-emerge on new and virgin soil.
>>>>>>> And like us, you will remember your previous mistakes and learn from them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Darla's more optimistic.
>>>>>>> She thinks you humans will pull it out on this go-around.
>>>>>>> I think she's far too optimistic, don't you Mr. Art?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>


--
ah

Art Deco wrote:
> ah wrote:
>>Pros Pere wrote:
>>> "ah" wrote in message
>>> news:475dd800$0$35874$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is older
>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring much
>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you term
>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that there's
>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest challenges
>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of the
>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had headed
>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar System
>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system, and
>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was placing
>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to join
>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created excellent
>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able to
>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap on
>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about whiskers.
>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>> obsessive
>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>> Black?
>>>>
>>>> That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>
>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>
>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who were
>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of course.
>>>>>
>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see our
>>>>> work.
>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days to
>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>> humans
>>>>> the credit.
>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>
>>>> Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ah
>>>
>>> A Question!
>>>
>>> Yes, Mr. ah, for the humor-impaired, the capital 'G' within the angle
>>> brackets indicates a big 'grin', which denotes that the rhetorical question
>>> was supposed to be taken 'cum grano salis'.
>>> Of course, how 'funny' it is depends upon the extent to which it influences
>>> a responder.
>>> I found its influence over you and Mr. Art to be hilarious!
>>> To paraphrase a well-known posting abbreviation:
>>>
>>> ROTSOPLMAO (Rolling On The Surface Of Pluto Laughing My Ambergris Off)
>>>
>>> the Proz
>>
>>Stop wriggling!
>
> Stop honking air horns!

Stop waving your hands!
--
ah

Art Deco wrote:
> ah wrote:
>>Pros Pere wrote:
>>> "ah" wrote in message
>>> news:475dd800$0$35874$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is older
>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring much
>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you term
>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that there's
>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest challenges
>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of the
>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had headed
>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar System
>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system, and
>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was placing
>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to join
>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created excellent
>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able to
>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap on
>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about whiskers.
>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>> obsessive
>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>> Black?
>>>>
>>>> That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>
>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>
>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who were
>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of course.
>>>>>
>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see our
>>>>> work.
>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days to
>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>> humans
>>>>> the credit.
>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>
>>>> Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ah
>>>
>>> A Question!
>>>
>>> Yes, Mr. ah, for the humor-impaired, the capital 'G' within the angle
>>> brackets indicates a big 'grin', which denotes that the rhetorical question
>>> was supposed to be taken 'cum grano salis'.
>>
>>Filth!
>
> Filth!

Filth!

>>
>>> Of course, how 'funny' it is depends upon the extent to which it influences
>>> a responder.
>>> I found its influence over you and Mr. Art to be hilarious!
>>> To paraphrase a well-known posting abbreviation:
>>>
>>> ROTSOPLMAO (Rolling On The Surface Of Pluto Laughing My Ambergris Off)
>>>
>>> the Proz
>>>
>>>
>


--
ah

"ah" wrote in message
news:4761c8bf$0$35893$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
> Art Deco wrote:

> > I used Herbal douche in my ass.
>
> Smells wonderful!

Queers!

HJ

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:19:36 -0700, Art Deco
wrote:

>Darla wrote:
>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>news:111220072144321492%erfc@caballista.org...
>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>news:101220072029397716%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just
>>>>>>>>>>>Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is
>>>>>>>>>>older
>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring
>>>>>>>>>>much
>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you
>>>>>>>>>>term
>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that
>>>>>>>>>>there's
>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest
>>>>>>>>>>challenges
>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of
>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar
>>>>>>>>>>System
>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system,
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was
>>>>>>>>>>placing
>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to
>>>>>>>>>>join
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human
>>>>>>>>>>arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created
>>>>>>>>>>excellent
>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about
>>>>>>> whiskers.
>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>>obsessive
>>>>>>standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>>>Black?
>>>>>
>>>>> Not at all, oh ye of little cranial capacity. Your poorly composed and
>>>>> typeset alien kookrants are nearly impossible to read, such are not
>>>>> "my" standards at all. And fro0tbat cares for your whiskers. Deeply.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>As you wish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Light a match?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who
>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of
>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>>However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see our
>>>>>>work.
>>>>>>The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>>(And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days to
>>>>>>carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>>We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>>Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>>Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>>humans
>>>>>>the credit.
>>>>>>Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>
>>>>> Translation: We(I) have absolutely no evidence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There is no sapience?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>You wouldn't want to increase your already high level of frustration,
>>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>>you?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And now, alien projection.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Here is some Real projection, Mr. Art: You (humans) are part aquatic
>>>>>>mammal.
>>>>>
>>>>> A bull**** claim.
>>>>>
>>>>>>My ancestors returned to live in the water on three separate and ensuing
>>>>>>occasions.
>>>>>>Your ancestors returned to live in the water two times -- thus far.
>>>>>
>>>>> More bull****.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And yes, the third time we returned to the water was after we destroyed
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>land.
>>>>>>Mammals are the most adaptive and resilient beings on Earth.
>>>>>>The first two times they evolve back to the oceans is due to the stark
>>>>>>harshness of land dwelling.
>>>>>>Then the third time they emerge, they conquer the land -- a bit Too well
>>>>>>it
>>>>>>seems.
>>>>>>(This is the present human condition.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Here is what I think will happen to you: Like us, humans will destroy
>>>>>>their
>>>>>>land masses and have to once again return to the seas to live.
>>>>>>And like us, you will someday re-emerge on new and virgin soil.
>>>>>>And like us, you will remember your previous mistakes and learn from
>>>>>>them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nothing but poorly written sci-fi/fantasy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Darla's more optimistic.
>>>>>>She thinks you humans will pull it out on this go-around.
>>>>>>I think she's far too optimistic, don't you Mr. Art?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it is amusing the way you refer to yourself in the third person.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>
>>>>Then we are Even: I've always thought it is amusing the way humans refer
>>>>to
>>>>themselves as 'Homo sapiens sapiens.'
>>>>
>>>> the Proz
>>>
>>> There Are No Seans.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>
>>Well, "duh"!
>>
>> Darla
>
>There Are No Seans.

And if there are: All your Seans are belong to us! Hahahahahha!"

ESL!


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"ah" wrote in message
news:4760a434$0$40791$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
> Darla wrote:
>> "ah" wrote in message
>> news:475fca02$0$40791$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>> "ah" wrote in message
>>>> news:475dd800$0$35874$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just
>>>>>>>>>>>Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is
>>>>>>>>>>older
>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can
>>>>>>>>>>help?
>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring
>>>>>>>>>>much
>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead
>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you
>>>>>>>>>>term
>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that
>>>>>>>>>>there's
>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest
>>>>>>>>>>challenges
>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of
>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar
>>>>>>>>>>System
>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system,
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was
>>>>>>>>>>placing
>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to
>>>>>>>>>>join
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back
>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance
>>>>>>>>>>I'd
>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by
>>>>>>>>>>comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human
>>>>>>>>>>arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where
>>>>>>>>>>true
>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when
>>>>>>>>>>done
>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created
>>>>>>>>>>excellent
>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line
>>>>>>>>> wrap
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about
>>>>>>> whiskers.
>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>> obsessive
>>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the
>>>>>> Kettle,
>>>>>> Black?
>>>>>
>>>>> That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who
>>>>>>> tries
>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien
>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who
>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of
>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see
>>>>>> our
>>>>>> work.
>>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>> humans
>>>>>> the credit.
>>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> ah
>>>>
>>>> A Question!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Mr. ah, for the humor-impaired, the capital 'G' within the angle
>>>> brackets indicates a big 'grin', which denotes that the rhetorical
>>>> question
>>>> was supposed to be taken 'cum grano salis'.
>>>
>>> Filth!
>>
>> Sounds like Pere rubbed some salt into your wound, Mr. ah.
>
> What wound?

Like the leopard, it is as the fearful scream unseeing, of unseen death,
passing silently in the night.
And you galantly bandage it with 'humor'.

Darla

>> It burns, but the pain lets you know you're Alive!
>
> Pain is the awareness of life.
>
>>
>>>> Of course, how 'funny' it is depends upon the extent to which it
>>>> influences
>>>> a responder.
>>>> I found its influence over you and Mr. Art to be hilarious!
>>>> To paraphrase a well-known posting abbreviation:
>>>>
>>>> ROTSOPLMAO (Rolling On The Surface Of Pluto Laughing My Ambergris Off)
>>>>
>>>> the Proz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ah
>>
>> Darla
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ah

wrote in message
news:4762045d.37174468@news-server.kc.rr.com...
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:19:36 -0700, Art Deco
> wrote:
>
>>Darla wrote:
>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>news:111220072144321492%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>news:101220072029397716%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is
>>>>>>>>>>>older
>>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can
>>>>>>>>>>>help?
>>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring
>>>>>>>>>>>much
>>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead
>>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you
>>>>>>>>>>>term
>>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that
>>>>>>>>>>>there's
>>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest
>>>>>>>>>>>challenges
>>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do
>>>>>>>>>>>with
>>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge
>>>>>>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger
>>>>>>>>>>>some
>>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar
>>>>>>>>>>>System
>>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system,
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was
>>>>>>>>>>>placing
>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to
>>>>>>>>>>>join
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back
>>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance
>>>>>>>>>>>I'd
>>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by
>>>>>>>>>>>comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human
>>>>>>>>>>>arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where
>>>>>>>>>>>true
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when
>>>>>>>>>>>done
>>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created
>>>>>>>>>>>excellent
>>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence
>>>>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line
>>>>>>>>>> wrap
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about
>>>>>>>> whiskers.
>>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>>>obsessive
>>>>>>>standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the
>>>>>>>Kettle,
>>>>>>>Black?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not at all, oh ye of little cranial capacity. Your poorly composed
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> typeset alien kookrants are nearly impossible to read, such are not
>>>>>> "my" standards at all. And fro0tbat cares for your whiskers.
>>>>>> Deeply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who
>>>>>>>> tries
>>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>As you wish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien
>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Light a match?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who
>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of
>>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>>>However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see
>>>>>>>our
>>>>>>>work.
>>>>>>>The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>>>(And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days
>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>>>We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>>>Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>>>Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>>>humans
>>>>>>>the credit.
>>>>>>>Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Translation: We(I) have absolutely no evidence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>There is no sapience?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>You wouldn't want to increase your already high level of
>>>>>>>>>frustration,
>>>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>>>you?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And now, alien projection.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Here is some Real projection, Mr. Art: You (humans) are part aquatic
>>>>>>>mammal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A bull**** claim.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My ancestors returned to live in the water on three separate and
>>>>>>>ensuing
>>>>>>>occasions.
>>>>>>>Your ancestors returned to live in the water two times -- thus far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More bull****.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And yes, the third time we returned to the water was after we
>>>>>>>destroyed
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>land.
>>>>>>>Mammals are the most adaptive and resilient beings on Earth.
>>>>>>>The first two times they evolve back to the oceans is due to the
>>>>>>>stark
>>>>>>>harshness of land dwelling.
>>>>>>>Then the third time they emerge, they conquer the land -- a bit Too
>>>>>>>well
>>>>>>>it
>>>>>>>seems.
>>>>>>>(This is the present human condition.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Here is what I think will happen to you: Like us, humans will destroy
>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>land masses and have to once again return to the seas to live.
>>>>>>>And like us, you will someday re-emerge on new and virgin soil.
>>>>>>>And like us, you will remember your previous mistakes and learn from
>>>>>>>them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nothing but poorly written sci-fi/fantasy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Darla's more optimistic.
>>>>>>>She thinks you humans will pull it out on this go-around.
>>>>>>>I think she's far too optimistic, don't you Mr. Art?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it is amusing the way you refer to yourself in the third
>>>>>> person.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>
>>>>>Then we are Even: I've always thought it is amusing the way humans
>>>>>refer
>>>>>to
>>>>>themselves as 'Homo sapiens sapiens.'
>>>>>
>>>>> the Proz
>>>>
>>>> There Are No Seans.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>
>>>Well, "duh"!
>>>
>>> Darla
>>
>>There Are No Seans.
>
> And if there are: All your Seans are belong to us! Hahahahahha!"
>
> ESL!

The Bookman!
You have been missed!
Quell your fears and enjoy Happy Holidays!

Darla

>
>
> --
> Bookman -The Official Overseer of Kooks and Trolls in AFA-B
> Kazoo Konspirator #668 (The Neighbor of the Beast)
> Clue-Bat Wrangler
> Keeper of the Nickname Lists
> Despotic Kookologist of the New World Order
> Hammer of Thor award, October 2005
> BARBARA WOODHOUSE MEMORIAL DOG-WHISTLE AWARD
> MIKE "MIGUEL" CRANSTON, TRAINED BY BOOKMAN
> COOSN-266-06-89425
> #14 People ruining UseNet lits
> #9 Top Assholes on the Net lits
> #11 Most hated Usenetizens of all time lits
> #11 Cog in the AUK Hate Machine
>
> "I'd love to kill you in a ring" - Bartmo gets all touchy-feely
>
>
> "****SPV....... So yes I am an idiot."
>
>
> "ASK THE NWS, YOUR TAX DOLLAR GOES TO THEM NOT TO DR.TURI."
> - Mr. Turi explains how to accurately predict hurricanes
>
>
> Bookman is yet another Usenet fignuten, meaning naysayer and/or
> rusemaster of their incest cloned Third Reich. In other words, you're
> communicating with an intellectual if not a biological clone of
> Hitler.
> - Brad Guth tries to wax "scientific", but invokes Godwin, instead.
>
>
> WWFSMD?

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:45:25 GMT, "Darla" wrote:

> wrote in message
>news:4762045d.37174468@news-server.kc.rr.com...
>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:19:36 -0700, Art Deco
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Darla wrote:
>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>news:111220072144321492%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>news:101220072029397716%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is
>>>>>>>>>>>>older
>>>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can
>>>>>>>>>>>>help?
>>>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring
>>>>>>>>>>>>much
>>>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead
>>>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you
>>>>>>>>>>>>term
>>>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that
>>>>>>>>>>>>there's
>>>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest
>>>>>>>>>>>>challenges
>>>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do
>>>>>>>>>>>>with
>>>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge
>>>>>>>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger
>>>>>>>>>>>>some
>>>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar
>>>>>>>>>>>>System
>>>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system,
>>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped
>>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was
>>>>>>>>>>>>placing
>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to
>>>>>>>>>>>>join
>>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back
>>>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance
>>>>>>>>>>>>I'd
>>>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by
>>>>>>>>>>>>comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human
>>>>>>>>>>>>arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where
>>>>>>>>>>>>true
>>>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when
>>>>>>>>>>>>done
>>>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created
>>>>>>>>>>>>excellent
>>>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence
>>>>>>>>>>> able
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line
>>>>>>>>>>> wrap
>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about
>>>>>>>>> whiskers.
>>>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>>>>obsessive
>>>>>>>>standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the
>>>>>>>>Kettle,
>>>>>>>>Black?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not at all, oh ye of little cranial capacity. Your poorly composed
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> typeset alien kookrants are nearly impossible to read, such are not
>>>>>>> "my" standards at all. And fro0tbat cares for your whiskers.
>>>>>>> Deeply.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who
>>>>>>>>> tries
>>>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>As you wish.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien
>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Light a match?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who
>>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of
>>>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>>>>However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see
>>>>>>>>our
>>>>>>>>work.
>>>>>>>>The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>>>>(And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days
>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>>>>We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>>>>Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>>>>Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>>>>humans
>>>>>>>>the credit.
>>>>>>>>Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Translation: We(I) have absolutely no evidence.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>There is no sapience?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>You wouldn't want to increase your already high level of
>>>>>>>>>>frustration,
>>>>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>>>>you?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And now, alien projection.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here is some Real projection, Mr. Art: You (humans) are part aquatic
>>>>>>>>mammal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A bull**** claim.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>My ancestors returned to live in the water on three separate and
>>>>>>>>ensuing
>>>>>>>>occasions.
>>>>>>>>Your ancestors returned to live in the water two times -- thus far.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More bull****.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And yes, the third time we returned to the water was after we
>>>>>>>>destroyed
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>land.
>>>>>>>>Mammals are the most adaptive and resilient beings on Earth.
>>>>>>>>The first two times they evolve back to the oceans is due to the
>>>>>>>>stark
>>>>>>>>harshness of land dwelling.
>>>>>>>>Then the third time they emerge, they conquer the land -- a bit Too
>>>>>>>>well
>>>>>>>>it
>>>>>>>>seems.
>>>>>>>>(This is the present human condition.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here is what I think will happen to you: Like us, humans will destroy
>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>land masses and have to once again return to the seas to live.
>>>>>>>>And like us, you will someday re-emerge on new and virgin soil.
>>>>>>>>And like us, you will remember your previous mistakes and learn from
>>>>>>>>them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nothing but poorly written sci-fi/fantasy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Darla's more optimistic.
>>>>>>>>She thinks you humans will pull it out on this go-around.
>>>>>>>>I think she's far too optimistic, don't you Mr. Art?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think it is amusing the way you refer to yourself in the third
>>>>>>> person.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Then we are Even: I've always thought it is amusing the way humans
>>>>>>refer
>>>>>>to
>>>>>>themselves as 'Homo sapiens sapiens.'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>
>>>>> There Are No Seans.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>
>>>>Well, "duh"!
>>>>
>>>> Darla
>>>
>>>There Are No Seans.
>>
>> And if there are: All your Seans are belong to us! Hahahahahha!"
>>
>> ESL!
>
>The Bookman!
>You have been missed!

Why? I've been right here, same as always.

>Quell your fears and enjoy Happy Holidays!

What fears? But Merry Christmas to you, as well.

ESL!


--
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Kazoo Konspirator #668 (The Neighbor of the Beast)
Clue-Bat Wrangler
Keeper of the Nickname Lists
Despotic Kookologist of the New World Order
Hammer of Thor award, October 2005
BARBARA WOODHOUSE MEMORIAL DOG-WHISTLE AWARD
MIKE "MIGUEL" CRANSTON, TRAINED BY BOOKMAN
COOSN-266-06-89425
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#9 Top Assholes on the Net lits
#11 Most hated Usenetizens of all time lits
#11 Cog in the AUK Hate Machine

"I'd love to kill you in a ring" - Bartmo gets all touchy-feely


"****SPV....... So yes I am an idiot."


"ASK THE NWS, YOUR TAX DOLLAR GOES TO THEM NOT TO DR.TURI."
- Mr. Turi explains how to accurately predict hurricanes


Bookman is yet another Usenet fignuten, meaning naysayer and/or
rusemaster of their incest cloned Third Reich. In other words, you're
communicating with an intellectual if not a biological clone of
Hitler.
- Brad Guth tries to wax "scientific", but invokes Godwin, instead.


WWFSMD?

wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:19:36 -0700, Art Deco
>wrote:
>
>>Darla wrote:
>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>news:111220072144321492%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>news:101220072029397716%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is
>>>>>>>>>>>older
>>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring
>>>>>>>>>>>much
>>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you
>>>>>>>>>>>term
>>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that
>>>>>>>>>>>there's
>>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest
>>>>>>>>>>>challenges
>>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of
>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar
>>>>>>>>>>>System
>>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system,
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was
>>>>>>>>>>>placing
>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to
>>>>>>>>>>>join
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human
>>>>>>>>>>>arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created
>>>>>>>>>>>excellent
>>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about
>>>>>>>> whiskers.
>>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>>>obsessive
>>>>>>>standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>>>>Black?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not at all, oh ye of little cranial capacity. Your poorly composed and
>>>>>> typeset alien kookrants are nearly impossible to read, such are not
>>>>>> "my" standards at all. And fro0tbat cares for your whiskers. Deeply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>As you wish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Light a match?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who
>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of
>>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>>>However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see our
>>>>>>>work.
>>>>>>>The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>>>(And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days to
>>>>>>>carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>>>We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>>>Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>>>Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>>>humans
>>>>>>>the credit.
>>>>>>>Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Translation: We(I) have absolutely no evidence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>There is no sapience?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>You wouldn't want to increase your already high level of frustration,
>>>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>>>you?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And now, alien projection.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Here is some Real projection, Mr. Art: You (humans) are part aquatic
>>>>>>>mammal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A bull**** claim.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My ancestors returned to live in the water on three separate and ensuing
>>>>>>>occasions.
>>>>>>>Your ancestors returned to live in the water two times -- thus far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More bull****.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And yes, the third time we returned to the water was after we destroyed
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>land.
>>>>>>>Mammals are the most adaptive and resilient beings on Earth.
>>>>>>>The first two times they evolve back to the oceans is due to the stark
>>>>>>>harshness of land dwelling.
>>>>>>>Then the third time they emerge, they conquer the land -- a bit Too well
>>>>>>>it
>>>>>>>seems.
>>>>>>>(This is the present human condition.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Here is what I think will happen to you: Like us, humans will destroy
>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>land masses and have to once again return to the seas to live.
>>>>>>>And like us, you will someday re-emerge on new and virgin soil.
>>>>>>>And like us, you will remember your previous mistakes and learn from
>>>>>>>them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nothing but poorly written sci-fi/fantasy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Darla's more optimistic.
>>>>>>>She thinks you humans will pull it out on this go-around.
>>>>>>>I think she's far too optimistic, don't you Mr. Art?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it is amusing the way you refer to yourself in the third person.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>
>>>>>Then we are Even: I've always thought it is amusing the way humans refer
>>>>>to
>>>>>themselves as 'Homo sapiens sapiens.'
>>>>>
>>>>> the Proz
>>>>
>>>> There Are No Seans.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>
>>>Well, "duh"!
>>>
>>> Darla
>>
>>There Are No Seans.
>
>And if there are: All your Seans are belong to us! Hahahahahha!"

"Someone sent up us the Sean!"

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
as designated by Brad Guth
COOSN-266-06-39716

ah wrote:
>Art Deco wrote:
>> ah wrote:
>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Stop breathing down an old man's neck, Clockboi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Who?
>>>>>
>>>>>Bad trip.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sorry.
>>>>
>>>> No problem, the kennel is pretty full ATM.
>>>
>>>Woof!
>>
>> Yip!
>
>Yap!

Yip!

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
as designated by Brad Guth
COOSN-266-06-39716

ah wrote:
>Art Deco wrote:
>> ah wrote:
>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just Sci.Physics
>>>>>>>>>>>>>]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is
>>>>>>>>>>>>older
>>>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring
>>>>>>>>>>>>much
>>>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you
>>>>>>>>>>>>term
>>>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that
>>>>>>>>>>>>there's
>>>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest
>>>>>>>>>>>>challenges
>>>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of
>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar
>>>>>>>>>>>>System
>>>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system,
>>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was
>>>>>>>>>>>>placing
>>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to
>>>>>>>>>>>>join
>>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human
>>>>>>>>>>>>arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created
>>>>>>>>>>>>excellent
>>>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap
>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about
>>>>>>>>> whiskers.
>>>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>>>> obsessive
>>>>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>>>>> Black?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They're the Seans, and they really mean business.
>>>>>
>>>>>Does a 1/4-point Prime drop affect them?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who
>>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of
>>>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see
>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>>>> humans
>>>>>>>> the credit.
>>>>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this supposed to be humorous?
>>>>>
>>>>>Is this supposed to be humongous?
>>>>
>>>> Is this supposed to be humoral?
>>>
>>>Is this supposed to be hernial?
>>
>> Is this supposed to be herbal?
>
>Is this supposed to be herbal?

Is this supposed to be tonal?
>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>You wouldn't want to increase your already high level of frustration,
>>>>>>>>>>would
>>>>>>>>>>you?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And now, alien projection.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is some Real projection, Mr. Art: You (humans) are part aquatic
>>>>>>>> mammal.
>>>>>>>> My ancestors returned to live in the water on three separate and
>>>>>>>> ensuing
>>>>>>>> occasions.
>>>>>>>> Your ancestors returned to live in the water two times -- thus far.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And yes, the third time we returned to the water was after we destroyed
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> land.
>>>>>>>> Mammals are the most adaptive and resilient beings on Earth.
>>>>>>>> The first two times they evolve back to the oceans is due to the stark
>>>>>>>> harshness of land dwelling.
>>>>>>>> Then the third time they emerge, they conquer the land -- a bit Too
>>>>>>>> well
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> seems.
>>>>>>>> (This is the present human condition.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is what I think will happen to you: Like us, humans will destroy
>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>> land masses and have to once again return to the seas to live.
>>>>>>>> And like us, you will someday re-emerge on new and virgin soil.
>>>>>>>> And like us, you will remember your previous mistakes and learn from them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Darla's more optimistic.
>>>>>>>> She thinks you humans will pull it out on this go-around.
>>>>>>>> I think she's far too optimistic, don't you Mr. Art?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
as designated by Brad Guth
COOSN-266-06-39716

ah wrote:
>Art Deco wrote:
>> ah wrote:
>>>Pros Pere wrote:
>>>> "ah" wrote in message
>>>> news:475dd800$0$35874$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is older
>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring much
>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you term
>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that there's
>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest challenges
>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had headed
>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar System
>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system, and
>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was placing
>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to join
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created excellent
>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able to
>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap on
>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about whiskers.
>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>> obsessive
>>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>>> Black?
>>>>>
>>>>> That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who were
>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see our
>>>>>> work.
>>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days to
>>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>> humans
>>>>>> the credit.
>>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> ah
>>>>
>>>> A Question!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Mr. ah, for the humor-impaired, the capital 'G' within the angle
>>>> brackets indicates a big 'grin', which denotes that the rhetorical
>>>> question
>>>> was supposed to be taken 'cum grano salis'.
>>>> Of course, how 'funny' it is depends upon the extent to which it
>>>> influences
>>>> a responder.
>>>> I found its influence over you and Mr. Art to be hilarious!
>>>> To paraphrase a well-known posting abbreviation:
>>>>
>>>> ROTSOPLMAO (Rolling On The Surface Of Pluto Laughing My Ambergris Off)
>>>>
>>>> the Proz
>>>
>>>Stop wriggling!
>>
>> Stop honking air horns!
>
>Stop waving your hands!

Stop dancing for fish!

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
as designated by Brad Guth
COOSN-266-06-39716

ah wrote:
>Art Deco wrote:
>> ah wrote:
>>>Pros Pere wrote:
>>>> "ah" wrote in message
>>>> news:475dd800$0$35874$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is older
>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can help?
>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring much
>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead to
>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you term
>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that there's
>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest challenges
>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of the
>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had headed
>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar System
>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system, and
>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped and
>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was placing
>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to join
>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back to
>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance I'd
>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where true
>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when done
>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created excellent
>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able to
>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line wrap on
>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about whiskers.
>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>> obsessive
>>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the Kettle,
>>>>>> Black?
>>>>>
>>>>> That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who tries
>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien to
>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who were
>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see our
>>>>>> work.
>>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days to
>>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>> humans
>>>>>> the credit.
>>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> ah
>>>>
>>>> A Question!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, Mr. ah, for the humor-impaired, the capital 'G' within the angle
>>>> brackets indicates a big 'grin', which denotes that the rhetorical
>>>> question
>>>> was supposed to be taken 'cum grano salis'.
>>>
>>>Filth!
>>
>> Filth!
>
>Filth!

Filth!
>
>>>
>>>> Of course, how 'funny' it is depends upon the extent to which it
>>>> influences
>>>> a responder.
>>>> I found its influence over you and Mr. Art to be hilarious!
>>>> To paraphrase a well-known posting abbreviation:
>>>>
>>>> ROTSOPLMAO (Rolling On The Surface Of Pluto Laughing My Ambergris Off)
>>>>
>>>> the Proz
>>>>
>>>>
>>

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
as designated by Brad Guth
COOSN-266-06-39716

Art Deco wrote in
news:141220071948437035%erfc@caballista.org:

> ah wrote:
>>Art Deco wrote:
>>> ah wrote:
>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Stop breathing down an old man's neck, Clockboi.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Who?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bad trip.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry.
>>>>>
>>>>> No problem, the kennel is pretty full ATM.
>>>>
>>>>Woof!
>>>
>>> Yip!
>>
>>Yap!
>
> Yip!
>
Yap!

--

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Father Kylesmas wrote:
>Art Deco wrote in
>news:141220071948437035%erfc@caballista.org:
>
>> ah wrote:
>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Stop breathing down an old man's neck, Clockboi.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Who?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Bad trip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sorry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No problem, the kennel is pretty full ATM.
>>>>>
>>>>>Woof!
>>>>
>>>> Yip!
>>>
>>>Yap!
>>
>> Yip!
>>
>Yap!

Yip!

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
as designated by Brad Guth
COOSN-266-06-39716

Art Deco wrote:
> Father Kylesmas wrote:
>>Art Deco wrote in
>>news:141220071948437035%erfc@caballista.org:
>>
>>> ah wrote:
>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Stop breathing down an old man's neck, Clockboi.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Who?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Bad trip.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Sorry.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No problem, the kennel is pretty full ATM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Woof!
>>>>>
>>>>> Yip!
>>>>
>>>>Yap!
>>>
>>> Yip!
>>>
>>Yap!
>
> Yip!

Yap!
--
ah

ah wrote:
>Art Deco wrote:
>> Father Kylesmas wrote:
>>>Art Deco wrote in
>>>news:141220071948437035%erfc@caballista.org:
>>>
>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Stop breathing down an old man's neck, Clockboi.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Who?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Bad trip.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Sorry.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No problem, the kennel is pretty full ATM.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Woof!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yip!
>>>>>
>>>>>Yap!
>>>>
>>>> Yip!
>>>>
>>>Yap!
>>
>> Yip!
>
>Yap!

Yip!

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
as designated by Brad Guth
COOSN-266-06-39716

Darla wrote:
> "ah" wrote in message
> news:4760a434$0$40791$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>> Darla wrote:
>>> "ah" wrote in message
>>> news:475fca02$0$40791$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>> "ah" wrote in message
>>>>> news:475dd800$0$35874$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.oct anews.com...
>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>> "Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:091220071018112211%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>> Pros Pere wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Art Deco" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>news:081220071234389297%erfc@caballista.org...
>>>>>>>>>> Doctor Why? wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>"Jeff?Relf" wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>news:Jeff_Relf_2007_Dec_2__6_55_Px@Cotse.NET...
>>>>>>>>>>>>[ Oops ! I'm reposting this. The last one went to just
>>>>>>>>>>>>Sci.Physics ]
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your concern, Darla,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but I get the feeling a 2 mega year old dolphin/space alien
>>>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't understand my problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Evolution plays Russian Roulette with our lives
>>>>>>>>>>>> and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Even if I got motivated... how long would it last ?
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't believe in short-term diets, for example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I forgive you for reposting this, Jeff?Relf! <>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla would probably let you know that even her young Silouen is
>>>>>>>>>>>older
>>>>>>>>>>>than
>>>>>>>>>>>two million years.
>>>>>>>>>>>And she might wonder, as I do, if even You fully understand your
>>>>>>>>>>>problems?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I, myself, am a student of the mind by choice, so maybe I can
>>>>>>>>>>>help?
>>>>>>>>>>>From what I remember while reading you, you seem to be harboring
>>>>>>>>>>>much
>>>>>>>>>>>wisdom
>>>>>>>>>>>coupled with the normal amount of hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>In a highly aggressive species, intelligence can too easily lead
>>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>extinction, and wisdom often leads to hopelessness.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both and either can be self-destructive spirals, as I'm sure you
>>>>>>>>>>>already
>>>>>>>>>>>know.
>>>>>>>>>>>As Earthbound astronomy does infer: Keep Looking UP!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Both you and Darla are misinterpreting "evolution".
>>>>>>>>>>>True evolution works so slowly that it cannot result in what you
>>>>>>>>>>>term
>>>>>>>>>>>"Russian Roulette".
>>>>>>>>>>>It's true that evolution is still at work, and it's true that
>>>>>>>>>>>there's
>>>>>>>>>>>nothing anyone can do about it.
>>>>>>>>>>>However, evolution is not your biggest challenge these days.
>>>>>>>>>>>The running amok of human arrogance is one of your biggest
>>>>>>>>>>>challenges
>>>>>>>>>>>today.
>>>>>>>>>>>Is there nothing anyone can co about this?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>We (seans And humans) are always motivated by something.
>>>>>>>>>>>For humans, this motivation is usually something having to do with
>>>>>>>>>>>Fear.
>>>>>>>>>>>This reminds me of not long ago when people from a world in the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus
>>>>>>>>>>>arm
>>>>>>>>>>>were hunting for us (seans).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>This was before we had the capability of intergalactic travel.
>>>>>>>>>>>Darla and our other fifteen crew members were at the outer edge of
>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseus arm attempting a jump to one of the Magellanic clouds.
>>>>>>>>>>>On the way there, they had accidently done something to anger some
>>>>>>>>>>>native
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>So the Perseuns, thinking that Pros Pere's and Darla's crew had
>>>>>>>>>>>headed
>>>>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>>>>the other direction, started chasing them back toward our Solar
>>>>>>>>>>>System
>>>>>>>>>>>(this
>>>>>>>>>>>one, the Sun's).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen and I were the only seans here to watch over this system,
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>I
>>>>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>>>>been left in charge.
>>>>>>>>>>>We silently watched as the Perseuns went right by our system,
>>>>>>>>>>>unseeing,
>>>>>>>>>>>toward the Sagittarius arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>Then we waited for their return.
>>>>>>>>>>>As the Perseuns came back through the Orion bridge, they stopped
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>lingered.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I knew that they had sensed us, that our presence was
>>>>>>>>>>>placing
>>>>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>>>>Solar System in jeopardy.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>In a Flash, Silouen was gone, headed straight out to face the
>>>>>>>>>>>gathering
>>>>>>>>>>>Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil was ready to face them alone, for she knew that I had not yet
>>>>>>>>>>>completed
>>>>>>>>>>>my fearlessness training.
>>>>>>>>>>>I gathered up all the courage I could muster, and I headed out to
>>>>>>>>>>>join
>>>>>>>>>>>Silouen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>And we beat them, we beat the Perseuns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil is the greatest warrior I've ever seen!
>>>>>>>>>>>She made Bruce Lee look like a scared jackrabbit!
>>>>>>>>>>>Sil and I faced off with the Perseuns and sent them packing back
>>>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>>>their
>>>>>>>>>>>little globe in the near-section of the Perseus arm.
>>>>>>>>>>>They would have ravaged the Earth, and we could not allow that to
>>>>>>>>>>>happen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>The Perseun arrogance was by far the highest level of arrogance
>>>>>>>>>>>I'd
>>>>>>>>>>>ever
>>>>>>>>>>>encountered.
>>>>>>>>>>>It made human arrogance look almost completely Humble by
>>>>>>>>>>>comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>There is definitely something that can be done about human
>>>>>>>>>>>arrogance.
>>>>>>>>>>>And yet, you are very intuitive about the transience of human
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It only Appears to be transcient, however.
>>>>>>>>>>>When a human being is passionate about something, this is where
>>>>>>>>>>>true
>>>>>>>>>>>motivation dwells.
>>>>>>>>>>>The apparent transcience occurs only when you are motivated in a
>>>>>>>>>>>direction
>>>>>>>>>>>that is untrue to your habitual passions.
>>>>>>>>>>>So to be motivated in the "long term", one must "upgrade" one's
>>>>>>>>>>>passions
>>>>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>>>>>habit patterns.
>>>>>>>>>>>Not easy, but this can be highly satisfying and rewarding when
>>>>>>>>>>>done
>>>>>>>>>>>well!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It's very much like the feeling you get when you've created
>>>>>>>>>>>excellent
>>>>>>>>>>>code.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One might expect that an advanced alien porpoise intelligence able
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> float around between galaxies would be able to format the line
>>>>>>>>>> wrap
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>> a simple Usenet post; apparently not.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco
>>>>>>>>>> Official "Usenet psychopath and born-again LLPOF minion",
>>>>>>>>>> as designated by Brad Guth
>>>>>>>>>> COOSN-266-06-39716
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Such human obsessions frequently vex me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Perhaps you should take your whine to someone who cares about
>>>>>>>> whiskers.
>>>>>>>> fro0tbat, for example.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since you were the first to whine about my insensitivity to your
>>>>>>> obsessive
>>>>>>> standards, then wouldn't this be you, the Pot, calling me, the
>>>>>>> Kettle,
>>>>>>> Black?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That would be Huge, were it true.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>OR -- Maybe you're Not obsessed with line-wrap formatting?
>>>>>>>>>Maybe you're just trying to "get the alien's goat"?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> More likely that you are just a transparently bad sockpuppet who
>>>>>>>> tries
>>>>>>>> to seem "alien".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you wish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>And how Many times do you have to be informed that we are not alien
>>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>>Earth?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WHOOOOOOSH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Light a match?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>We might be compared with the 'native' inhabitants of America, who
>>>>>>>>>were
>>>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>>>that continent far longer than the 'white men' who conquered them.
>>>>>>>>>Your kind has lived here for maybe about 20,000 years?
>>>>>>>>>Seans have lived here for many millions of years.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Without a shred of archeological or anthropological evidence, of
>>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We've been a little careful, yes.
>>>>>>> However, there are several places on Earth where you can go and see
>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>> The churches of Lalibela are some of many examples.
>>>>>>> (And don't believe most of the legends -- it only took us seven days
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> carve all the churches out of solid rock.)
>>>>>>> We've left little clues all over the place.
>>>>>>> Humans first allow themselves to be mystified.
>>>>>>> Then your scientists rationalize the awe they feel by giving ancient
>>>>>>> humans
>>>>>>> the credit.
>>>>>>> Tickles us to no end.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So stick with humans, Mr. Art.
>>>>>>>>>You are not equipped to deal with seans on any harsh, unpleasant
>>>>>>>>>competitive
>>>>>>>>>level.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TINS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is no sapience?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this supposed to be funny?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ah
>>>>>
>>>>> A Question!
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, Mr. ah, for the humor-impaired, the capital 'G' within the angle
>>>>> brackets indicates a big 'grin', which denotes that the rhetorical
>>>>> question
>>>>> was supposed to be taken 'cum grano salis'.
>>>>
>>>> Filth!
>>>
>>> Sounds like Pere rubbed some salt into your wound, Mr. ah.
>>
>> What wound?
>
> Like the leopard, it is as the fearful scream unseeing, of unseen death,
> passing silently in the night.

right, right, right

> And you galantly bandage it with 'humor'.

http://www.norreg.dk/tok/logicman2.gif

>
> Darla
>
>>> It burns, but the pain lets you know you're Alive!
>>
>> Pain is the awareness of life.
>>
>>>
>>>>> Of course, how 'funny' it is depends upon the extent to which it
>>>>> influences
>>>>> a responder.
>>>>> I found its influence over you and Mr. Art to be hilarious!
>>>>> To paraphrase a well-known posting abbreviation:
>>>>>
>>>>> ROTSOPLMAO (Rolling On The Surface Of Pluto Laughing My Ambergris Off)
>>>>>
>>>>> the Proz
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ah
>>>
>>> Darla
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ah
>
>


--
ah

Art Deco wrote in
news:151220071515317637%erfc@caballista.org:

> ah wrote:
>>Art Deco wrote:
>>> Father Kylesmas wrote:
>>>>Art Deco wrote in
>>>>news:141220071948437035%erfc@caballista.org:
>>>>
>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>Art Deco wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> ah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Stop breathing down an old man's neck, Clockboi.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Who?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Bad trip.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Sorry.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No problem, the kennel is pretty full ATM.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Woof!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yip!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yap!
>>>>>
>>>>> Yip!
>>>>>
>>>>Yap!
>>>
>>> Yip!
>>
>>Yap!
>
> Yip!
>

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