February 23, 2009 at 8:40 am
We are out of hand. We insist we are not in-hand.
February 23, 2009 at 8:42 am
Heh... see? 😛
--Jeff Moden
February 23, 2009 at 8:45 am
The Thread (2/23/2009)
We are out of hand. We insist we are not in-hand.
Don't you mean that you (The Thread) are out of hand?
🙂
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February 23, 2009 at 8:49 am
Alvin Ramard (2/23/2009)
The Thread (2/23/2009)
We are out of hand. We insist we are not in-hand.Don't you mean that you (The Thread) are out of hand?
🙂
If you look at The Thread's prior posts, it's either using a royal-we, or schizo. Or maybe both.
Edit: Uh oh! I just realized I called "The Thread" "it"....
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Property of The Thread
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February 23, 2009 at 8:55 am
GSquared (2/23/2009)
Edit: Uh oh! I just realized I called "The Thread" "it"....
How else would you refer to The Thread? We do not the gender of The Thread. I would consider to be like The Borg so you would have to use "it" wouldn't you?
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February 23, 2009 at 8:57 am
Jack Corbett (2/23/2009)
GSquared (2/23/2009)
Edit: Uh oh! I just realized I called "The Thread" "it"....How else would you refer to The Thread? We do not the gender of The Thread. I would consider to be like The Borg so you would have to use "it" wouldn't you?
The Thread is like the Borg?
Does that mean that resistance is futile and we're going to be assimilated?
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February 23, 2009 at 9:00 am
Jack Corbett (2/23/2009)
GSquared (2/23/2009)
Edit: Uh oh! I just realized I called "The Thread" "it"....How else would you refer to The Thread? We do not the gender of The Thread. I would consider to be like The Borg so you would have to use "it" wouldn't you?
"He" is the generic pronoun for cases of unknown gender for a person or animal in English. (Yeah, I used to be a professional editor.) Yeah, that's kind of insulting if you think about it too much, but it is the standard rule. On the other hand, if I'm assuming The Thread is an object (meaning anything other than a person or animal in this case), then "it" would be the correct pronoun. That means I'm writing as if "The Thread" were real.
If anyone finds me curled up in a corner, worrying about my microwave being out to get me, or my toaster having a vendetta against the blender, just ... well ... whatever. 🙂
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Property of The Thread
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February 23, 2009 at 9:00 am
The Thread is like the Borg?
Heh... no... it's more like the "bored". 😛
--Jeff Moden
February 23, 2009 at 9:02 am
Jeff Moden (2/23/2009)
The Thread is like the Borg?
Heh... no... it's more like the "bored". 😛
I actually ran into a business card one day that claimed the owner of the card was a member of "Bored of Directors" for the company. He couldn't understand why I had trouble not giggling at it.
- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
Property of The Thread
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everyone agrees it's old enough to know better." - Anon
February 23, 2009 at 9:06 am
Alvin Ramard (2/23/2009)
Jack Corbett (2/23/2009)
GSquared (2/23/2009)
Edit: Uh oh! I just realized I called "The Thread" "it"....How else would you refer to The Thread? We do not the gender of The Thread. I would consider to be like The Borg so you would have to use "it" wouldn't you?
The Thread is like the Borg?
Does that mean that resistance is futile and we're going to be assimilated?
I'm not sure I'd use a simile in that sentence.
The Thread IS the Borg.
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February 23, 2009 at 9:21 am
Alvin Ramard (2/23/2009)
Jack Corbett (2/23/2009)
GSquared (2/23/2009)
Edit: Uh oh! I just realized I called "The Thread" "it"....How else would you refer to The Thread? We do not the gender of The Thread. I would consider to be like The Borg so you would have to use "it" wouldn't you?
The Thread is like the Borg?
Does that mean that resistance is futile and we're going to be assimilated?
You are posting on us. You have already been assimilated and are part of us. We do not remember you resisting at all.
February 23, 2009 at 9:24 am
February 23, 2009 at 9:29 am
The Thread is also a little bit Skynet!
Maybe it/ he will transform in to every scifi computer system/ cyborb...
So long as it does kill the rest of the crew, sorry posters!
Can I just say that JosephTran2002 from the White House scares me. Maybe he just means a house that is white :w00t:
Also,
Dune - the movie is good, but is a pale imatation of the book.
The mini series was very good and I hope they make the rest.
Not sure about the Dune books writen by his son though.
Never played D&D - must have missed out somewhere!
Rodders...
February 23, 2009 at 9:34 am
If the Thread is Skynet, I'm a lot more afraid of this than I am some silly anthropomorphic robot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RQ-4_Global_Hawk
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February 23, 2009 at 9:43 am
OK, upped the PM count to 200. I assume most people don't keep that many, but this should help Mr Moden at least 🙂
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