STRIP FOR Jul 17, 2009
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User Name: dogbertftw1
Jul 22, 2009
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@ itegem
Why must you push this too far? One vote really won't change anything. 4 must be a standard, and one vote really can't push that standard so far that it will be a 2 and a half, or whatever you wanted it to be. For that matter, if a theater voted a movie 4 stars, and you voted 3, do you really think that would matter, unless others voted the same or lower? By reading your responces, it looks as if you're taking matters too personally.
Why must you push this too far? One vote really won't change anything. 4 must be a standard, and one vote really can't push that standard so far that it will be a 2 and a half, or whatever you wanted it to be. For that matter, if a theater voted a movie 4 stars, and you voted 3, do you really think that would matter, unless others voted the same or lower? By reading your responces, it looks as if you're taking matters too personally.
User Name: jostekk
Jul 18, 2009
+1
"Waterboard yourself in your own tears". That's the funniest expression ever! :-D
If anyone can figure out a funny way to translate that to Norwegian, I'll start using it.
If anyone can figure out a funny way to translate that to Norwegian, I'll start using it.
User Name: itegem
Jul 17, 2009
-1
Hmm I got a couple of nasty responses to my first post. I thought my post was all in good fun, ok a little at Scott's expense, but nothing out of line I thought.
@mbogelund
Yes I did submit a bug report, a public one... but as I mentioned I have seen several times somebody else making remarks about the voting system showing results that don't make sense based on their own early voting. Hence the conspiracy theory. And of course coming up with a conspiracy theory is just plain fun, at least I think so.
@rustyhackelford
No I do not think Scott wrote the code, he is however the owner and accountable and I am sure he has some saying in what happens to the website, including the workings of the voting system. He clearly took pride and showed ownership when the new website was rolled out, all reasons why I address him.
And actually the strip did not start out as 4 stars! Before I voted it had 0 votes and no stars, which seems perfectly normal to me.
And yes of course I think highly of my self otherwise you would not find me posting my opinion on a public website. Those people that do not think highly of their own opinion keep it to themselves, so everybody that post, including you, thinks highly of their own opinion, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Finally I don't think Scott is worried about low scores at all, especially if only a few votes have been cast, so I doubt if there is anything like a buffer you are suggesting. Especially considering that at 0 votes the score was 0 stars.
I still think that one of my two conspiracy theories is more likely.
@jakesdad
good story, I gave you a thumbs up on that one :-)
@billyp
If what you suggest is true, I would not have seen any result after just one vote.
Now let's see how many negative votes I get on this post :-))
@mbogelund
Yes I did submit a bug report, a public one... but as I mentioned I have seen several times somebody else making remarks about the voting system showing results that don't make sense based on their own early voting. Hence the conspiracy theory. And of course coming up with a conspiracy theory is just plain fun, at least I think so.
@rustyhackelford
No I do not think Scott wrote the code, he is however the owner and accountable and I am sure he has some saying in what happens to the website, including the workings of the voting system. He clearly took pride and showed ownership when the new website was rolled out, all reasons why I address him.
And actually the strip did not start out as 4 stars! Before I voted it had 0 votes and no stars, which seems perfectly normal to me.
And yes of course I think highly of my self otherwise you would not find me posting my opinion on a public website. Those people that do not think highly of their own opinion keep it to themselves, so everybody that post, including you, thinks highly of their own opinion, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Finally I don't think Scott is worried about low scores at all, especially if only a few votes have been cast, so I doubt if there is anything like a buffer you are suggesting. Especially considering that at 0 votes the score was 0 stars.
I still think that one of my two conspiracy theories is more likely.
@jakesdad
good story, I gave you a thumbs up on that one :-)
@billyp
If what you suggest is true, I would not have seen any result after just one vote.
Now let's see how many negative votes I get on this post :-))
User Name: fatmantheinvincible
Jul 17, 2009
+4
When I see a Mordac strip, it sets my teeth on edge. Given the rest of the "Dilbert experience," they come across as disingenuous. I sympathize with Mordac. My experience in I.T. has been more like this:
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user: May I use this laptop that nobody else is using?
Mordac: that's over 20 years old, has a 286 processor, and 16-tone greyscale video, weighs 176 lbs, and has no battery. I won't even ask where you got it. I WILL ask: Did it ever occur to you that nobody was using it for a REASON? AND: What happened to the $2000 laptop we gave you last week?
user: My kids use it to watch videos.
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For every abuse BY IS/IT, there are thousands of abuses ON IS/IT by people who are aggressively stupid. Other than small irrelevant details about the specs of the "unused" laptop, I have had this exact conversation on more than one occasion.
....OK, I feel better now. end of hissy fit. I hope the mashups reflect this. I may post 1 or 2 of my own.
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user: May I use this laptop that nobody else is using?
Mordac: that's over 20 years old, has a 286 processor, and 16-tone greyscale video, weighs 176 lbs, and has no battery. I won't even ask where you got it. I WILL ask: Did it ever occur to you that nobody was using it for a REASON? AND: What happened to the $2000 laptop we gave you last week?
user: My kids use it to watch videos.
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For every abuse BY IS/IT, there are thousands of abuses ON IS/IT by people who are aggressively stupid. Other than small irrelevant details about the specs of the "unused" laptop, I have had this exact conversation on more than one occasion.
....OK, I feel better now. end of hissy fit. I hope the mashups reflect this. I may post 1 or 2 of my own.
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