Gromnir

I think it was more about his use of [] that irked so many. People who write their posts unconventional way always brings somebody to complain about it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> we call bs. reread the thread we linked. how many pages? were not simply 'bout style of posting. ain't gonna buy the revisionist history. is bs.

like the sims, right? ... normally Gromnir is first in line to debate mintuiae and nomenclature, but this is one of those cases wherein such is counter-productive. in pont of fact, bulock's observation has been a sorta obsidian board red herring (masquerading as a hydra) for some time. can't have a thread 'bout crpgs w/o somebody trying to shift debate to questions of deffinition. the lines 'tween and twixt what is and is not a crpg is blurring. fine. congrats. you win. move on. HA! Good Fun!

peers? we got peers? as for the rest of you... we would have laughed this thread away as typical of the kinda recent stoopidity that has become commonplace 'round here if not for the following: http://forums.obsidianent.com/index.php?showtopic=37703 ... honestly, we were more than a little disappointed in some of you folks, and when one considers our general low opinion of you peoples to begin with, that is saying something. some of you clowns gots it backwards. treat n00bs like crap simply 'cause they is n00bs? bah. n00bs should be treated better and not worse. if you has been 'round for a while then you got no excuse for making fools of yourselves. n00bs got an excuse that the regular posters do not: they is new. n00bs is the only folks that get Gromnir patience and they always get at least one free shot at us w/o reprisals. we got more concern for n00bs, not less, 'cause the quickest and bestest way for these boards to improve is for them to be getting new ideas and perspectives, and the best way for that to happen is for new people to wanna stick 'round and contribute. if it were up to Gromnir, there would be no visible post counts, but unfortunately, that would not stop some o' you peoples from treating new folks poorly. shame.

baby jesus is 'posed to be on christopher's shoulder no? regardless, we commends the obsidian folks for getting into the spirit o' the holiday... and as you probably had to endure a josh lecture or two on the religious origins o' an otherwise secular festival/holiday etc., we further congratulate you all. HA! Good Fun!

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mods is like ska bands: best when neither seen nor heard. HA! Good Fun!

"To be fair, Gromnir, you have to admit that "She isn't a judge" isn't the only basis critics have for calling Meiers unqualified. " Gromnir already did admit this... and we pointed it out above. nevertheless, there were more than a few folks who claimed that miers lack of judge experience were a real issue. and claims that thurgood and warren had a substantial constitutional law resumes previous to sitting on the Court is laughable... and we suspect you know it. "Also, your analogy between criminal trial courts and federal appellate courts is weak. Being fair and objective only gets one so far; at some point on the SCOTUS, justices are going to be presented with cases where each side's argument is equally fair and objective, and the only difference is a matter of policy (e.g., statutory interpretation issues)." oh come now. do not be niave. why you thinks scalia were always more respected than were rhenquist? scalia didn't/doesn't let politics get in the way of his opinions... though oregon v. smith is still a little aberrational. rhenquist opinions, on the other hand, did not follow a particular legal ideology so much as he were advancing conservative political notions. anybody who follows the Court can very quickly identify and separate the political beasts from the judges w/o much difficulty. fairness and impartiality when judging constitutional issues is just as important as when judging people.... and unless something has happened in the last 10 seconds, there is still a standing requirement... is still real people involved in these cases. and while we has already conceded that politics is a part of the selection process, we still find it unfortunate as it has lead ever increasingly to Justices with impenetrable philosophies being chosen for the Court. the more spectacular a candidate's past is, the less likeley he/she is to be ultimately selected regardless of insight or intellect. brennan would never have made it onto the Court if eisenhower knew what he were really 'bout... and the senate would never have approved of scalia if they thought he were more than simply a particularly bright transactions guy. "Justice Scalia himself has argued (as part of his general stance against substantive due process and the court "acting as a super-legislature") that the Court has become so powerful that the majoritarian check of the Senate on the Prez's discretion should be even more rigorous." ... is odd that you would bring this up... gives you a chance to reconsider before we point out the obvious silliness. HA! Good Fun!

ps we could list all the Justices who were not judges previous to being selected for the Court, but that would be a really long list... 'least 1/3 of all Justices. HA! Good Fun!

hardly a red herring neither... as there is more than just a couple Justices who were not judges previous to getting on the Court... and we rarely sees the liberal folks who bemoan miers lack o' experience as a judge bring up earl warren or thurgood marshall as examples... wonder why. HA! as we noted above, we woulda' liked to have had some notion of miers qualifications, whether it had been scholarly works or judicial decisions... but she had no such r

where on earth did com come up with the notion that mj did not play high school basketball? michael were a mcdonalds all-american his senior year. the story 'bout him being cut from his VARSITY team as a sophmore is maybe what com is confusing. jordan did actually play varsity as a jr. in any event, there has been more than a few supreme court justices who were not judges previous to being chosen for the Court, including JOHN Marshall, the father o' constitutional law in this nation. oh, and thurgood were hardly the MJ of the legal world. thurgood were a very good lawyer who were having the right politics at the right time... but he surely weren't no genius type. HA! Good Fun!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> yup... we is a damned insightful bastard and rereading our stuff were fun... watching exit from rpgkotex try to gets himself made mod, and seeing Gromnir play the message board prophet bit. is a little scary just how infallible we seems sometimes.

"Aside from the fact that dubya has been disastrous for the country, we're now faced with the reality that his incompetent policy will be responsible for at least 2 seats on the supreme court." ss is worried 'bout Court & country based on bush nominees? roberts, whatever else you may think, is highly qualified based on any objective measure we seen put forward. what incompetence did you see with choosing roberts? in any event, what is the qualifications for being a J? thurgood marshall were on the supreme court, but he were never a judge nor were he ever a constitutional scholar. liberals loved him, no? how 'bout earl warren? folks who not like the damned conservatives probably gots a protrait of earl tucked under their pillow... and earl were the most improbable liberal Justice ever. heck, he were largely responsible for the japanese internment camps in california during ww2 and yet he turns out to be one of the staunchest opponents of segregation on Court? personally, we not care 'bout the politics of a J as long as they is smarty, articulate, and consistent... but we had no idea where miers stood on any issue.... which, we suppose, were part of her original appeal to bush. nobody could pull up a past opinion or article she wrote to kill her... or so the thinking went. btw, some buffoons seem to think too much o' the liberal v. conservative dividing line. most o' those legal scholar types do not think in such terms. is the reason why ignorant peoples gets so surprised when they sees some conservative Justice supporting flag burning or somesuch. you want qualified? bork were qualified. bork were so damned qualified... HA! Good Fun!

ss is ok... in spite of his delusional recollections regardings bg1. we does feel bad that ss becomes a mod on these boards shortly before they jumped the shark. 'member when sean k quit wotc and went to work for interplay? poor bastard didn't realize what he were getting into. ss and sean k finally gots some common ground... well that and we understand that they both got an unholy fixation with women's shoes, but we s'pose that stuff is probably just an empty rumor... like the richard gere/gerbil thing. HA! Good Fun!

oh come now. is hardly comparable. nowhere has Gromnir lied about his identity... he simply has not given you enough info to track us down in real life

thanks for thread... gave us a chance at a little narcissistic indulgence... we looks back and see just how insightful we really is. HA! Good Fun!

then you is saving the other account the embarrassment that is eldar? not see your point. sissies and cowards. HA! Good Fun!

... if you is willing to lie about identity... *shrug* is the nature of our occupation that we deals with liars all the time. people even lie to us when telling the truth would be in their best interest. is bizarre. maybe that is why we got such limited tolerance for the petty deceptions of message board liars. HA! Good Fun!

alt accounts is for sissies and cowards. on a couple rare occasions Gromnir has posted short stories in past using alt accounts... but we always conclude such postings with, "HA! Good Fun!" sure, we wanted folks to give our works a fair read, but we did not hide behind an aka to avoid criticism. got no respect for those who hide behind alt accounts... none. HA! Good Fun!

oddly 'nuff, we has done this bit numerous times before... but folks get tired of Gromnir quoting all the times. has been a while. "A few light taps upon the pane made him turn to the window. It had begun to snow again. He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight. The time had come for him to set out on his journey westward. Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling, too, upon every part of the lonely churchyard on the hill where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." HA! Good Fun!

how can a board that has only been 'round for less than 2 years and one game have an "old days" to be nostalgic 'bout? this board ain

so why not do the same with component cables and s-video cables n' such? go into a best buy anywheres and you will see a huge range o' component video cables. servant's explanation makes perfect sense... save for fact that it don't explain the anomaly... which is the reason we is curious in first place. conspiracy theories? voodoo economics & electronics? consumer ignorance? retailer ignorance? Gromnir ignorance? *shrug* is not a big deal, but Gromnir is always curious 'bout anomalies... after all, when you get down to it, our job is to understand such things. HA! Good Fun!

the strange thing is that most major retailers only sell the expensive stuff. is not like we can't handle $150+, but when Gromnir went to best buy and circuit city we didn't see no hdmi cables for less than $100 in spite of fact that we had seen many hdmi cables for less money when we were perusing on-line sites... so we asked the sales folks what were the difference 'tween expensive and cheap... on-line sources got hdmi cables from $30. major retailers not seem to got anything less than $100. even so, we can't seem to find anybody who can tell us why a 1m long $30 hdmi cable would be worse than a 1m long $150+ cable.

You don't need a cable costing over a hundred dollars, but I'd be careful about getting a really cheap one too. Try to get something in the lower-middle range. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> if you got some reasoning, we would like to hear. if quality of audio & visual is same with cheap or expensive, and if Gromnir only need less than a meter of cable, then why would we pay for anything other than cheapest of hdmi cable? HA! Good Fun!

thanks. useful info indeed as it is likely to save us somewheres in the neighborhood of $90. we probably woulda' gone ahead and gotten top-o'-the-line monster cable... just to be safe. nevertheless, some o' the stuff we were being told just didn't seem to add up right. and here we were thinking that these boards were getting useless. HA! Good Fun!