Another update on Stupidest Article Ever

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http://www.oceanaheraldjournal.com/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=7950?OHJviewpoint

Unbelievable, eh?

PS: you can tell that this is the *OFFICIAL* "rebuttal", because they didn't print the guy's home street address.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), September 02, 1999

Answers

Unbelievable? Perhaps... but the url she no go!

-- Yan (no@no.no), September 02, 1999.

I just tried it, it worked for me. Refreshed my cache and everything just to make sure. Your ISP may be having DNS problems. Let me try to make it into a link, see if that works: Link

Another Link, this one direct to IP number address.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), September 02, 1999.


Thanks Ron

First tried a copy & paste to no avail, but your first hot link works fine.

Thanks again

-- Yan (no@no.no), September 02, 1999.


Breath-takingly stupid article. Apparently this guy actually gets paid for his writing/thinking skills? Good Lord, what an ultra- maroon, as Bugs Bunny would say.

-- rick blaine (y2kazoo@hotmail.com), September 02, 1999.

"I don't think the Lions, Red Wings or Pistons are controlled by computers, so I'll still have my sports".

Yep, that 'bout says it all... Just wack the ball, kick the ball, bounce the ball... no wonder this guy's so clueless... probably never had a real thought in his whole life!

-- Yan (no@no.no), September 02, 1999.



A bank in the local walmart has posters on its walls. Things like "Y2K myth 202: The earth will spin out of orbit."

I have noticed that as we approach the rollover, mockery is the method of debate which is floating to the surface. At least some of the Pollys here are willing to give a reasoned argument for their position.

That writer is really pathetic, but he has, at least, clearly outlined what is important in his life.

gene

-- gene (ekbaker@essex1.com), September 02, 1999.


Hmmmn - what if he "still has sports" - but nobody can come, nobody can broadcast, nobody can use the concession stands, nobody can sell beer at the arena, nobody can sell tickets, nobody can see the game, nobody can heat the arena, nobody can .....

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), September 02, 1999.

There WILL be sports in 2000.

But they might not involve tossing balls from one place to another.

-- so ya better (lock@and.load), September 02, 1999.


"But they might not involve tossing balls from one place to another"

Then again, they might.

Depends on how you define "balls", doesn't it?

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), September 02, 1999.


The credits at the bottom say "contributing writer". This is freelance stuff that papers grab on a slow news day, to fill in a hole. The low brow level of intelligence that a lot of papers allow for their contributing writers is astounding.

One can only hope that Mr. "My girlfriend ain't no computer" will serve the cause by making the poly view look too silly to take seriously.

-- Bokonon (bok0non@my-Deja.com), September 02, 1999.



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