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Possessives removals
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
Don't be discommodious
Registered: March 13, 2007
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You haven't raised any point, Gunnar. you thre out a redherring that left me with two concliusions.

Which one is tight.

Skip
ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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Outta here

Billy Video
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
Don't be discommodious
Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting Unicus69:
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Quoting skipnet50:
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even Ken recognizes that or he would not have had to go to the lengths that he did to try and validate it in the Rules.


So now you presume to speak for Ken?  Unbelievable. 


STOP pretending that you understand what I am saying, you are wrong ONCE again, just as you are EVERY TIME. And parsing won't help you....unbelievable.

Skip
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Outta here

Billy Video
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTheMadMartian
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting Kathy:
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Please stay on topic. Thank you.


I thought I was.  He is adding a possessive to 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring', changing it to "My Preciousss' "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings".  In his contribution notes, he says that he is just having a little fun.  I am curious as to why he would do this. 

And, as a side note, we have one user voting 'yes' for the change. 
No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTheMadMartian
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting skipnet50:
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Quoting Unicus69:
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even Ken recognizes that or he would not have had to go to the lengths that he did to try and validate it in the Rules.


So now you presume to speak for Ken?  Unbelievable. 


STOP pretending that you understand what I am saying, you are wrong ONCE again, just as you are EVERY TIME. And parsing won't help you....unbelievable.

Skip


I will admit that I do not understand what you are saying.  It is so nonsensical, at this point I doubt anybody does.  But you did presume to speak for Ken.  Words have meaning and you claimed to know what Ken recognized.  Spin it any way you want, but that is what you wrote.

Nice try though. 
No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDariusKyrak
Fishcakes.. and why not?
Registered: March 23, 2007
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Rick:

You are on the list because you are insulting (not just to me) but becuase you are extremely vocal, you make so few Contributions, beyond your March Exodus (which was a WRECK and made a hash out of the Db) that it is truly pathetic. That us why you, Hal and Lopek are on my list. I find it extremely insulting for you to be vocal while doing next to NOTHING, what it tells me is that you want OTHERS to do the work while you sit back and reap the benefits of their hard work. In short, I call it LAZY.

Skip


Will you please stop measuring people based upon their contributions. It's completely irrelevant how much or how little someone contributes. Besides which, I'm quite happy with their contribution at the moment, whilst being seriously disappointed with your recent showing... which I guess puts them on an even pegging and YOU in the dog house seeing as you like to keep score. I dread to think hat might happen if other chipped in to add their votes to this league table (please don't people, this whole idea Skip has of measuring someone's worth is quite despicable).

Does this mean that YOU are now an 'inferior' member? I'd like to think not, but by your rules...

Stuart
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorKathy
Registered: May 29, 2007
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Please stay on topic. Thank you.


I thought I was. 


My comment was not directed at you Unicus69; I apologize for the misunderstanding.

I thought the possessive situation was clarified in the rules and didn't want this thread to become another mud-slinging fest. It makes me very uncomfortable to read people insult and degrade each other.

I have learned and laughed a lot from many people in this forum; I hope that continues.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLopek
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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I wonder how long it takes to be taken off the Skipper axis of evil. I have not responded to him (or directly read his posts) since the day that blocks were made available, and have been anything but vocal in recent weeks. Yet I still repeatedly see (via quotes) my name dragged through the mud.   

I just find what I have read on this and a number of other topics recently to be completely pathetic. 99% of are clearly able to deal with these little anomalies with common sense, but instead we end up jumping though hoops like idiots to satisfy a tiny minority. 
Andy

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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantVibroCount
The Truth is Silly Putty
Registered: March 13, 2007
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I have learned and laughed a lot from many people in this forum; I hope that continues.


If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.

Cliff
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Cliff, I don't spin. My position is always consistent with the data. I do not try and creatre situation which invalidate data that actually appears, I might not be terribly happy with that data all the time but I am happy with position that supports the data. I did NOT come up with the Copyright title issue, I have in fact always argued against it, the title on the cover is the easiest for ALL users ALL ther time and is what we see open the shelf. Neither was it i who first suggested that we use the Copyright Office, someone else went there  and i had to go there. This sets a very dangerous precedent and one I am not pleased about. I have NEVER  seen a legitimate argument from ANYBODY to support this crap. As I said we have users who break sim-ple Rules because they do not comprehend ONE simple phrase in the Rules and the spin to attempt to support their violation, we have users, who should know better, but refuse to document their data. I am just waiting to see what the next whion of the week is. This one is not basaed on anything other than user preference, it has absolutely NO BASIS in the data, even Ken recognizes that or he would not have had to go to the lengths that he did to try and validate it in the Rules.

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Skip


If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.

Cliff
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributorhal9g
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Registered: March 13, 2007
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Quoting skipnet50:
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Bob:

I have said nothing about an anti_skippy agenda.


Remainder of quote removed out of respect for the many Skip-Blockers.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....................
Hal
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorTheMadMartian
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Please stay on topic. Thank you.


I thought I was. 


My comment was not directed at you Unicus69; I apologize for the misunderstanding.

I thought the possessive situation was clarified in the rules and didn't want this thread to become another mud-slinging fest. It makes me very uncomfortable to read people insult and degrade each other.

I have learned and laughed a lot from many people in this forum; I hope that continues.


No worries.  I have been known to sling a little mud myself, I just didn't think I had in this case...which is why I responded with an explanation.  If I do cross the line, and make you uncomfortable, please feel free to let me know.  It is never my intent to make any user uncomfortable, but I do know it can happen.  As I said to North, in another thread, I am man enough to admit when I have screwed up.  I just don't always see it when I am in the middle of it.  A gentle nudge is always appreciated. 
No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar ContributorNewEnglander
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I demand I be paid for reading the 11 pages I have been neglecting in this thread! Such torture should be rewarded with money, or DVD's.

Anyway, the U.S. Copyright Office is speaking volumes when it comes to "The Thing".

Being that I Aced English couses in college (don't ask why I can't spell all the time)... I was always taught that there were only a few ways to determine a title.

1. Titles are contained in quotation marks.
2. Titles are set in bold face type.
3. Titles are set in italics face type.
4. Any comboniation of the above three.

Seeing the screen shot from the U.S. Ciopyright Office (thanks to Rick, or was it James, oh hell my memory is shot, it was 11 pages I looked at) lists it as John Carpenter's The Thing.

I can only draw one conclusion. John Carpenter's is not part of the title, although it does precede the title.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributortweeter
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I demand I be paid for reading the 11 pages I have been neglecting in this thread! Such torture should be rewarded with money, or DVD's.

If i owned any John Carpenter movies i'd gladly hand them over at this point.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorGSyren
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You haven't raised any point, Gunnar. you thre out a redherring that left me with two concliusions.

Which one is tight.

Skip

The oistrich approach, huh? How can you even think that anyone will take you seriously when you debate with your head buried in the sand like that?
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile Registrantjohnd
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You keep threatening to stop contributing, and how much time you spend doing it, and how your time spent so far is worth $150k, how much more you do than everyone else etc etc etc

Well stop then. Big deal.



Since I've blocked Skip, I don't know the whole story. However, I do know that Skip has used the "I won't contribute" threat several times in the past.

Personally, the sooner that happens the better. With Skip gone, the number of profile and forum contributors will increase substantially since people will be allowed to express an opinion without Skip bullying them.

These forums may then return to the pleasant place they used to be, and that can only be a good thing.

PS: I'm sure Skip has replied to this, but, as I stated, I've blocked him, so I can't see it. 
But I'm sure it's rude, and he probably called me a name.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorWinston Smith
Don't be discommodious
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Thank you for that COMPLETELY uncalled for attack, you jerk. I have said before, sir, I am not going anywhere.

Skip
ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here

Billy Video
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