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Mike,
I beg to disagree.

You may be, at times, strongly opinionated, but then you have the 
knowledge and background to support those opinions.
You also, at times can be a bit stubborn. :)

But obnoxious?  Nah!  You are, without a doubt, the most polite, while 
stubbornly opinionated, person I have ever met.

There are a few others on this list, who shall remain nameless, who are 
somewhat more obnoxious in emails than they are in person.  Make that a 
LOT more obnoxious!

But, for the record, this list is an outstanding model of  polite 
conversation compared to others I have frequented in the past.  The worst 
of the lot being "Christian" lists.  Go figure.

Sean

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On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 05:20:34 pm Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 17:04 -0500, Steve Brown wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Geoffrey Myers
> > <lists at serioustechnology.com
> > 
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > Well, I wouldn't say that, as it has changed.  There was a day,
> > > when I first joined, that an off topic post would be cut down at
> > > the knees.  So it can happen.  Then again, we're talking late '90s
> > > and that seems an eternity ago.
> > 
> > Indeed, and, if I remember correctly, the original founder became
> > furious and left because of such posts. I think most people have
> > chosen the "jump ship" option because this list has lost hundreds of
> > members. Members who, in my opinion, had a positive impact on the
> > discussions happening on this list.
> 
> Errr?
> 
> And which "original founder" are you referring to (says one of the
> original founders who was physically at the organization meeting in a
> small OVER PACKED classroom in the GT EE building).  I'm still here and
> still obnoxious as every and I think a few of the others at that
> founding meeting are still kicking around.
> 
> > I'll have to look into the filter, because I really do enjoy to read
> > some of Aaron's post, and he does seem like a nice guy, just a guy
> > with political Touerette's syndrome. What words should I filter on,
> > repub-lie-con or copo-rape-tion? :)
> > 
> > -Steve Brown
> 
> Regards,
> Mike