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When I went to post my last comment, Blogger required that I sign in, again. It had been, maybe a half an hour since my last comment through Blogger. What a pain.
Will I be #200
Did it. Got #200
Now if the "back room" had large puppets
and regular Monty Python clips
and few to no material on Bob Dylan or the Sartoralist
then maybe I'd join.
Would we get a hat or T-shirt or something? Maybe some choice in-season morels.
virgil,
"Branching threads, once one gets used to them, actually gives greater flexibility to multi-point/subj arguments, imho. "
But they destroy, destroy, destroy the flow of conversation. If what you want is a fancy hierarchical thing, go write a wiki.
The nice thing about branching threads is that they let you easily ignore a branch that has wandered into unpleasant territory.
I recall an incident a while back where Ritmo and another regular were exchanging scatological insults. I didn't need to read that.
What Kirk said: "But they destroy, destroy, destroy the flow of conversation."
They're great for a technical discussion, but not this.
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