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To: general_re
And what do you call it when HAL9000 runs around tagging every Microsoft thread with the keyword "lowqualitycrap". Not some of them - ALL of them.

I'll take credit for starting that keyword, but not for applying it on every thread. Many times, someone else adds that keyword before I get the chance. But it doesn't just happen on Windows threads. For instance, someone put it on this thread. I have no idea who did it, nor am I complaining about it.

When I started using the lowqualitycrap keyword, I was curious to see if it reflected the opinion of other computer users. Since then, lowqualitycrap has become synonymous with Windows, even among Windows users.

For what it's worth, I spend most of my time on FR with news about politics and international matters, not the Mac vs. Windows debate.

199 posted on 04/27/2005 8:19:29 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000
When I started using the lowqualitycrap keyword, I was curious to see if it reflected the opinion of other computer users.

That's not what you said when I first asked you about it - you claimed, as I recall, that it was just your way of tracking the threads. So I figured I'd check that out by poisoning the well and applying it to lots of threads. If you were actually using it to track the threads, you'd probably have noticed and said something to someone at some point, but of course, you didn't because that's not really why it's done. Be honest, now - it's not about tracking or polling or testing the mood of the forum, it's your little way of sticking it to others. Isn't it?

200 posted on 04/27/2005 8:24:32 PM PDT by general_re ("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
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