Xythe

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Thanks Gene!

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As for the Trolling, very seldom, since most of the trolling comments are anons anyway. Cripes Doc, what do you paruse that you see trolls. In 6 weeks or so, I have not seen hardly any anons. I must be reading all the right threads

Reply to Is It Ethical To Spy On Our Young Childrens Internet Use? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Use any word you like, spying, supervising, whatever. If it will keep my kid safe you can bet your butt I will do it. I find it hard to believe that any parent would say otherwise.

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Your an idiot if you think that its easy to quit smoking. Take that spam and smoke it in your pipe!!

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I was married when I went to college, and my daughter was born in the middle of my 3rd semester. I majored in Geology and minored in chemistry, today, I'm a commercial painter. I know your saying it's tough now, but I know your having the time of your live Enjoy it and have a ball. Good luck on the exam dude.

Reply to Who Is Clever Enough? in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Yeah, I'm a nerd... It's not nerdy Zoo, I studied science in college as well. Science is the study of reality and isn't really subject to the same inconsistancies you find in politics, economics, and the like.

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Ok weve talked about the honor system here. Has this article proved insightful or interesting in your eyes? How many of you guys actually use the insightful/interesting button? Now that I know how it works, I'll be using it more from now on and using it fairly as well.

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I can't benefit from my access because I can't give points to my own blog. The reason my blogs get so many points is becuase they ar read by so many people. <BR

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Most people like your blogs Mason, thats why your blog is in the top 10. I personally like a bit more than your blog. I like many of the responses you leave on other blogs as well. On the whole, your a pretty likable guy

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You know what Sean, it seems as both you and the Doc may be right. I'm very sorry Doc. Now I see whay you asked in terms of mass. We would be hard pressed to measure the mass of this fungus. I was also aware of other funguses that are like the one Sean posted a link to. I'm giving you the double bonus and Sean gets the bonus. Me, I get the consolation prize and an education. I hope this dosn't ruin the credibility of my riddle posts <

Reply to Inheriting the Kingdom of GOD ! in Religion JoeUser Forums

I've enen found and entire gay Catholic Church, priest and all. This truly surprises me as it's totaly contrary to Cotholic doctrine. I need to see this one to believe it. What is the name of this so called Catholic church, and where does it reside?

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Not really, since we are limited in the NUMBER of interesting/insightful/trolling ratings to give in any one day. Excellent point. LW, I also agree that if one is looking to manipulate the scoring system, then your spending far to much time thinking about it; obsessing. <TABLE cellpadd

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then it makes it possible to rig the scoring from that perspective. one could boost up like minded folk while giving undeserved "troll" ratings when they only disagree. We need to use the honor system Sean. Now that I understand a bit better, that may be one reason the Admins. keep so many at a

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On a serious note - Brad's mentioned in the past that he chooses articles that he believes are well written, interesting or just deserve a little more exposure than it would normally get bcause of the author's lack of noteriety. It's not necessarily because he agrees with the articles (otherwise some of the more liberal folks wou

Reply to J/U Scoring Scheme: We're Not All Playing On A Level Field? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I don't see how anyone got the idea that access level increased the number of points you GET when you get an insightful. I'm seeing that I misunderstood something I read here Baker. I'll stipulate to that. All and mighty Super Elite Joe User Sir <img src="../images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absm

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Look at the bottom of the regular JU page (the small print). Trust me Doc, I've seen that and it seem ambigous at best. It's also outdated and has not been maintained. It seems as this discusion was as important to some a couple of years ago, as it is to some of us today?

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I also was a top ten user long before my getting to be a poweruser. long long before. Look folks, it's not that I'm asking for a higher access level. I'm asking what is the criteria for gaining a higher access, and how exactly the scoring system works. I feel they are fair questions, as they ar

Reply to I'm not on a Diet in Diet JoeUser Forums

One is on some sort of diet regardless of what they eat. Seafood diet, see-food diet, or Bugles diet, it's all some sort of diet. Anyone who is not on a diet eventually starves to death. You hit the nail on the head Mason The best way to become more fit is to understand how it is exactly ho

Reply to Who Is Clever Enough? in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Ok, I guess I'm just going to have to come out with it... I am a Giant Sequoia Redwood tree. This one must have been a bit tough. I imagine many people have never seen one of these guys. For me, I stub my toe on them every day.

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BTW, what is this TOS and where is it located?

Reply to J/U Scoring Scheme: We're Not All Playing On A Level Field? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It really isn't important. I've been at a 1 for as long as I have been here and haven't once complained about it. Who really cares? It doesn't in any way affect my ability to blog here so why should I care about that, scoring, or anything else? I suppose it's a matter of personal preference Mason. It may not effect the ability for one to blog, bu

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Oh, and just an interesting tidbit, from what I've seen, most the people who make the top ten are surprised to see their name or blog title on it. I know I was. ;~D Ive noticed that as well! I have also noticed some of these guys ask for a higher acess level as well> Have a

Reply to J/U Scoring Scheme: We're Not All Playing On A Level Field? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's not a big deal, really, although some people like the additional editing features that come with access level 2. I don't know if even more features come with the higher ratings, or it they simply act as points multiplyers. Perhaps dharma or Baker or someone else that's a level 3 or higher could answer that. I'm guessing they can see more ra

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Gideon hit it on the nose, your access level impacts how many points YOU give to others when you rate them insightful or interesting. It doesn't give you an advantage on your own articles. He sure did. I think this was a BIG misunderstanding on my part <

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Xythe, you have had the points system explained ot you by Zoomba, points are not the be all and end all of JU. Zoomba did explain PART or the scoring system Jen, and I was pretty satisfied with his exlpination. However, as more and more people continue to talk about it in various threads, the more I had to understand. <TABLE cellpadding=