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Post by **STrRedWolf** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 2:20 pm

Well folks, I just got a comlaint about this topic. After a scan through, I've found out that it's a spam.

Thus, it's been malleted. *KERCLANK!*

Kent B. is now a brig resident and will not be able to post until he contacts help (at) keenspace.com with an explination to why he evoked Godwin's Law in the first place.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:44 pm

... just curious, but does this still need to be a sticky thread, two years later?

--Sij

Terotrous · Post by **Terotrous** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:46 pm

It's still getting posts, isn't it?

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:46 pm

... I walked right into that one.

--Sij

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:36 pm

STrRedWolf wrote:Godwin's Law

?

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:42 pm

Godwin's Law: the longer an argument continues on line, the more likely it is that someone will invoke a comparison to Hitler.

Correlary: When that happens, that person can be counted as having lost the argument.

--Sij

Paul.Power · Post by **Paul.Power** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:44 pm

Luprand wrote:Godwin's Law: the longer an argument continues on line, the more likely it is that someone will invoke a comparison to Hitler.

Correlary: When that happens, that person can be counted as having lost the argument.

--Sij

Oh, yes.

So who was the guy who came up with "90% of everything is crap"?

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:54 pm

Personally, I prefer Formosa's Law.

Sanspants · Post by **Sanspants** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:57 pm

DarkMagician wrote:Personally, I prefer Formosa's Law.

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I'll bite.

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What's Formosa's Law?

Nyke · Post by **Nyke** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:59 pm

sanspants wrote:
DarkMagician wrote:Personally, I prefer Formosa's Law.
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I'll bite.
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What's Formosa's Law?

"The insane already have enough on their plates without us adding to it."

In other words, insulting someone with an obvious mental problem won't help them.

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:23 pm

Paul.Power wrote: So who was the guy who came up with "90% of everything is crap"?

The scifi writer Theodore Sturgeon.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:07 pm

I'm a big fan of Cole's Law

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:36 pm

[geoduck] wrote:
Paul.Power wrote: So who was the guy who came up with "90% of everything is crap"?
The scifi writer Theodore Sturgeon.

...But his quote is grossly missinterpreted. Actual quote was nowhere near "90% of everything is crap" and not nearly that nychilistic. It was more something along the lines of: "It's true that 90% of science fiction is crao, but so is 90% of everything" which is a defend of SF from people who thought that SF is predestined to be pulp literature with no value whatsoever.

Paul.Power · Post by **Paul.Power** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:19 pm

On the other hand, I've often seen it applied to music, for example when people complain that music now isn't as good as it was in, say, the '60s. After all, there was probably just as high a proportion of rubbish music in the '60s (my dad confirms this), but the bad stuff is filtered out over time...

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:05 pm

Oh, it's definitely true. If you take any artistic medium in and time period, the "90%" rule is very applicable. It's just that the formulation people use most often sounds too hateful.

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:11 pm

legostargalactica wrote:I'm a big fan of Cole's Law

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:14 pm

MariaAndMichelle wrote:
legostargalactica wrote:I'm a big fan of Cole's Law

Jeez, FINALLY, someone got it...

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