Comments on: On the use of scholarly tone as a cue for assessing utility of technical information found on the fucking Internet http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: spatially relevant » Blog Archive » Relevant Links for April 20th through April 21st http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52363 spatially relevant » Blog Archive » Relevant Links for April 20th through April 21st Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:02:15 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52363 [...] Notional Slurry » On the use of scholarly tone as a cue [...] [...] Notional Slurry » On the use of scholarly tone as a cue [...]

]]> By: Tozier http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52355 Tozier Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:59:04 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52355 And don't turn my head. Let me play curmudgeon a while. At least drum up a little fist shake and a, "Ooooh, darn that man!" Or point me in the direction of somebody who will do it, without getting you in trouble ;) And don’t turn my head. Let me play curmudgeon a while. At least drum up a little fist shake and a, “Ooooh, darn that man!”

Or point me in the direction of somebody who will do it, without getting you in trouble ;)

]]> By: Tozier http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52354 Tozier Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:07:15 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52354 You know, I never once noticed that FSM = Finite State Machine AND Flying Spaghetti Monster. More than coincidence????? [Neil voice] wooooooooo You know, I never once noticed that FSM = Finite State Machine AND Flying Spaghetti Monster.

More than coincidence????? [Neil voice] wooooooooo

]]> By: Nic McPhee http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52352 Nic McPhee Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:29:45 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52352 Wow - I missed this while we were off the Intarweb sleeping in a gorgeous 15th century home :-). I basically agree with Britta. Let them whine over on reddit - those who get it and like it will, and those who don't won't. That said, I am amazed at some of their silliness. It's a free piece of information on the internet. If you like it (and I really did) then swell. If you don't, move along and find a new LOLCAT to amuse yourself with. (Our 14 year old son has figured that out.) Finally, I obviously have to utterly reject any sort of nonsense claim that I am in any sense "smarter" than you. I do indeed get paid to teach classes (and there are days when that feels like <em>such</em> a fraud), but I'd certainly recommend hiring you instead of me if you wanted to, you know, get some real work done. There's a crapload of stuff out there, and we only have so much time and energy to stuff bits of it into our heads, and even then lots tends to leak out through all those damn holes that the FSM put there. Sure, our book is a lot longer (and consequently more pretentious) than your post, but your post (in your crazy way) did a great job of summarizing an alternative world view (technical and philosophical) that I found both helpful and thought provoking. I'd offer them their money back and let them be on their way... Wow - I missed this while we were off the Intarweb sleeping in a gorgeous 15th century home :-).

I basically agree with Britta. Let them whine over on reddit - those who get it and like it will, and those who don’t won’t. That said, I am amazed at some of their silliness. It’s a free piece of information on the internet. If you like it (and I really did) then swell. If you don’t, move along and find a new LOLCAT to amuse yourself with. (Our 14 year old son has figured that out.)

Finally, I obviously have to utterly reject any sort of nonsense claim that I am in any sense “smarter” than you. I do indeed get paid to teach classes (and there are days when that feels like such a fraud), but I’d certainly recommend hiring you instead of me if you wanted to, you know, get some real work done. There’s a crapload of stuff out there, and we only have so much time and energy to stuff bits of it into our heads, and even then lots tends to leak out through all those damn holes that the FSM put there. Sure, our book is a lot longer (and consequently more pretentious) than your post, but your post (in your crazy way) did a great job of summarizing an alternative world view (technical and philosophical) that I found both helpful and thought provoking.

I’d offer them their money back and let them be on their way…

]]> By: britta http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52348 britta Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:02:56 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2008/04/08/on-the-use-of-scholarly-tone-as-a-cue-for-assessing-utility-of-technical-information-found-on-the-fucking-internet#comment-52348 reddit is its own conversation, even if it's a rude and silly conversation that's just shallow entertainment. doesn't seem like the conversation that you're interested in, so i'd ignore it. it would be nice if people were more thoughtful in general, though. reddit is its own conversation, even if it’s a rude and silly conversation that’s just shallow entertainment. doesn’t seem like the conversation that you’re interested in, so i’d ignore it. it would be nice if people were more thoughtful in general, though.

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