tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post7771299361180844477..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: Not The Readers Recommend BlogBlimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-83507756475801416172009-01-23T03:54:00.000+00:002009-01-23T03:54:00.000+00:00Wowl, this idea of somewhere to post after The Gru...Wowl, this idea of somewhere to post after The Gruniad shuts it's doors really took off. Perhaps someone should create some kind of ongoing "Overflow" blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-63784585756593785642009-01-22T13:46:00.000+00:002009-01-22T13:46:00.000+00:00Outstanding to see you over here, magicman.Outstanding to see you over here, magicman.May1366https://www.blogger.com/profile/16866631487529467391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-37708041281629435692009-01-22T09:59:00.000+00:002009-01-22T09:59:00.000+00:00ditto on the welcomes, magicoladitto on the welcomes, magicolatincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-77167514771874272392009-01-22T01:59:00.000+00:002009-01-22T01:59:00.000+00:00@ magicman - Welcome to the biggest cause of sleep...@ magicman - Welcome to the biggest cause of sleep deprivation this side of colicky babies!!<BR/> <BR/>;o)<BR/> <BR/>Looking forward to your contributions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-6067727505246327242009-01-22T01:16:00.000+00:002009-01-22T01:16:00.000+00:00@magicman - we got there in the end!! welcome aboa...@magicman - we got there in the end!! welcome aboard; the spill is never closed for comments. look forward to your first post!!Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-32643445651689381852009-01-22T01:02:00.000+00:002009-01-22T01:02:00.000+00:00but thanks Blimpy it was all my faultbut thanks Blimpy it was all my faultmagicmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613679882945060888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-18322356170014311042009-01-22T01:01:00.000+00:002009-01-22T01:01:00.000+00:00finally it worked, but all that's left are empty p...finally it worked, but all that's left are empty paper cups and the lees of the wine, punchbowl empty, crisps finished somebody put their fag out in the catfood. Cah !magicmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613679882945060888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-65074787031856683712009-01-21T13:17:00.000+00:002009-01-21T13:17:00.000+00:00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-72060164719897612092009-01-21T13:15:00.000+00:002009-01-21T13:15:00.000+00:00Indeed - It's a 60 what postIndeed - It's a 60 what postSkippyisaCulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978368119281482477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-34354764438281491882009-01-21T13:06:00.000+00:002009-01-21T13:06:00.000+00:00Skippy, have you turned into Neddy Seagoon?Skippy, have you turned into Neddy Seagoon?Abahachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007129278000634520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-48394829941176820282009-01-21T12:53:00.000+00:002009-01-21T12:53:00.000+00:00what what what what what what what what what what ...what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what what.SkippyisaCulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978368119281482477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-24094177538654919592009-01-21T10:52:00.000+00:002009-01-21T10:52:00.000+00:00We could call it a Gallagher .. oh, wait, sorry, m...We could call it a Gallagher .. oh, wait, sorry, my bad - you said thatbehind the bluster there must be a reasonaable point.tincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-55683739977453517332009-01-21T10:31:00.000+00:002009-01-21T10:31:00.000+00:00Aba: isn't that what we used to call a geldof befo...Aba: isn't that what we used to call a geldof before t'interthing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-47834748217366474332009-01-21T08:36:00.000+00:002009-01-21T08:36:00.000+00:00Incidentally... We all know what a troll is, but i...Incidentally... We all know what a troll is, but is there a term for someone who makes generally reasonable points but in an unnecessarily aggressive, if-you-disagree-you're-clearly-an-idiot manner? An ogre?Abahachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007129278000634520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-3081426828819867522009-01-20T20:46:00.000+00:002009-01-20T20:46:00.000+00:00Bloody hell Blimpy, that's a bit close to home!Bloody hell Blimpy, that's a bit close to home!TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286764670162439668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-33462216987662079432009-01-20T20:23:00.000+00:002009-01-20T20:23:00.000+00:00To be fair I did call Tim Jonze a "Toxic Little Sq...To be fair I did call Tim Jonze a "Toxic Little Squit". <BR/><BR/>Don't want to be accused of dishing it out without being able to take it, do I?Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-10001948621753917242009-01-20T19:49:00.000+00:002009-01-20T19:49:00.000+00:00@ blimpy (whoever you are) this isn't the blog for...@ blimpy (whoever you are) this isn't the blog for light bulbs...ToffeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610938852113922395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-89805166674308897552009-01-20T19:17:00.000+00:002009-01-20T19:17:00.000+00:00Also, the last time I looked, trolls were being ho...Also, the last time I looked, trolls were being horrible towards jasonaparkes and kalyr - which is bang out of order.<BR/><BR/>The only thing Teh Spill has had to put up with is Anonymous ("You loosers, you can't even do a blog") and the satanic Speng! <BR/><BR/>Oh, and DMCA hassle. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and the Web Sheriff.Blimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-86780799051290482962009-01-20T19:13:00.000+00:002009-01-20T19:13:00.000+00:00The GU music blog commenters went rotten in my opi...The GU music blog commenters went rotten in my opinion a healthy number of months back, which is why i stopped participating (for the most part) - RR seemed to be the only haven from the trolling and personal attacks and the endless stream of idiots who post up the "this article is stupid" comments (why bother?!).<BR/><BR/>It kinda reminds me of this, but not quite as sweet:<BR/><BR/>How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?<BR/><BR/>One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.<BR/><BR/>Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.<BR/><BR/>Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.<BR/><BR/>Seven more to point out spelling/grammatical errors in posts about changing light bulbs.<BR/><BR/>Five to flame the spell checkers.<BR/><BR/>Three to correct spelling/grammar flames.<BR/><BR/>Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another six to condemn those six as stupid.<BR/><BR/>Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the correct spelling.<BR/><BR/>Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.<BR/><BR/>Eleven to defend the posting to the group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this group.<BR/><BR/>Thirty six to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty<BR/><BR/>Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.<BR/><BR/>Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL.<BR/><BR/>Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.<BR/><BR/>Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"<BR/><BR/>Five to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.<BR/><BR/>Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"<BR/><BR/>Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"<BR/><BR/>Three to tell a funny story about their show dog and a light bulb.<BR/><BR/>One to reply almost immediately saying "First Post !!!!!!"<BR/><BR/>One to post an ASCII image of the lightbulb.<BR/><BR/>Three to ask "Wtf is that" because their clients didn't display it as fixed-width.<BR/><BR/>Seventeen to reply saying that their e-mail client is inadequate and suggest they get Mutt.<BR/><BR/>One to reply with a perfectly labelled scale diagram of how to change a light bulb correctly.<BR/><BR/>Thirty-three to reply telling them not to send HTML e-mails or attachments, and why don't they just use Mutt and ASCII art anyway.<BR/><BR/>Two to ask "but does it run Linux ?".<BR/><BR/>One to make a comment about the upcoming Microsoft Digital Lightbulb Management 2007 SP2 RGE.<BR/><BR/>Two to suggest that Apple lightbulbs are superior.<BR/><BR/>Seventy-five to start a massive off-topic Apple vs Microsoft flamewar.<BR/><BR/>Forty-two to continue it into a Python vs Perl flamewar.<BR/><BR/>One lonely poster to unsuccessfully try to start a HP-UX vs IRIX flamewar<BR/><BR/>One hundred and seventy-eight to respond at various times saying<BR/>"Troll!!"<BR/>"OMG WTF TROLL !!!!!!one<BR/>LOL" "Don't Feed Da Troll!!1", etc...<BR/><BR/>AND<BR/><BR/>One group lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over againBlimpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-23774434967474175742009-01-20T18:24:00.000+00:002009-01-20T18:24:00.000+00:00@Abahachi:Agree 100% - the Guardian Music Blog def...@Abahachi:<BR/><BR/>Agree 100% - the Guardian Music Blog definitely seems to be going downhill. There are too many stupid articles and even stupider comments, far too high a proportion of which are no more than school playground type abuse.<BR/><BR/>For the rest of you, <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jan/16/economy-music-theory" REL="nofollow">this comment thread</A> is precisely what Abahachi is talking about. Tesswood's deleted comment was relatively mild - something about journalists being paid to say nasty things about people and dishing it out without being able to take it. And look at the abuse directed at me which the moderators mostly ignored.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Abahachi - if you look at the "show all posts by this poster" function, Tesswood is a reasonably sensible if infrequent commenter. "avathecat" is just pond-scum, though; something like two-thirds of his posts are abuse directed at other posters, with no actual content or arguments.<BR/><BR/>I really wonder why I bother, sometimes.Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-56118309978406454282009-01-20T15:36:00.000+00:002009-01-20T15:36:00.000+00:00Hello, everyone! Happy Inauguration day. Byebye Bu...Hello, everyone! Happy Inauguration day. Byebye Bush.<BR/><BR/>I personally would be sorry if we have to boycott, for selfish reasons, I suppose--because I look forward to RR so much every week, and because Maddy's likely to take quite a long break soon, and I don't want to mess up her last few weeks before that.<BR/><BR/>I also feel a little strange giving out an e-mail, but what I did to get their attention was either <BR/>a) report myself, by clicking on the "report abuse" buttons on one of my comments, and then saying, "This is Steenbeck, I'm not actually reporting myself, but I do have some concerns..."<BR/>b)at the end of maddy's column, but before the hated google ads, there are a number of little icons. The little blue "g" is to contact the guardian, click on that and off you go. <BR/><BR/>I don't know which one worked, because I did both in quick succession. So we could all try those things, just so as they're debating this, they know how much we care.steenbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870117999742670522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-82407266839586523012009-01-20T14:03:00.000+00:002009-01-20T14:03:00.000+00:00in seriousness, my question to the RR policy debat...in seriousness, my question to the RR policy debate is, what's the harm in leaving it open past Monday? Maddy is clear she doesn't consider nominations past Monday noon, so it's not like a TV vote scandal or anything, no one has to chop down more trees for paper to print them on, and its not like we're less likely to purchase a paper because we are posting there.<BR/><BR/>So staff's debate should be on why it needs to be closed, not on why it needs to be left open.tincanmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200557175717172969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-36950530239284282562009-01-20T13:43:00.000+00:002009-01-20T13:43:00.000+00:00I wonder if flags fly in the other direction in th...I wonder if flags fly in the other direction in the southern hemisphere?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-57558934150716177882009-01-20T13:31:00.000+00:002009-01-20T13:31:00.000+00:00Shall we run this up the flagpole and see which wa...Shall we run this up the flagpole and see which way it flies?SkippyisaCulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978368119281482477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-35905803510086828842009-01-20T13:23:00.000+00:002009-01-20T13:23:00.000+00:00As far as I can see from Maddy's post, this is und...As far as I can see from Maddy's post, this is under discussion as a policy decision on the Guardian's part without involving or notifying Maddy. It's not a question of not using the right computer flag. That might happen one week but not two in a row. And I'm not gearing up for war, just a very civilised boycott.Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632549982981770230noreply@blogger.com