| Date: | March 13, 2006 / year-entry #92 |
| Tags: | other;the-social-skills-of-a-thermonuclear-device |
| Orig Link: | https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20060313-11/?p=31943 |
| Comments: | 17 |
| Summary: | I guess I'm living up to my reputation of having the social skills of a thermonuclear device: From: |
I guess I'm living up to my reputation of having the social skills of a thermonuclear device:
My reply:
And the response:
Maybe the author of this cartoon was researching how to finish the story... |
Comments (17)
Comments are closed. |
Hmm, I think your correspondent is more in the running for "a social skills of a thermonuclear device" award than you from that exchange. I’m impressed you actually found time to answer him.
I would expect any blog that was at all popular to build it’s blog roll baed articles the author reads. Obviously the requester assumes I’m the minority. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind if blog rolls vanished entirely. I’ve never been introduced to a blog I’ve read consistently via one. Linking to other people’s articles is a far more useful process, in my opinion.
"I would expect any blog that was at all popular to build it’s blog roll baed articles the author reads. Obviously the requester assumes I’m the minority. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind if blog rolls vanished entirely. I’ve never been introduced to a blog I’ve read consistently via one. Linking to other people’s articles is a far more useful process, in my opinion."
Au contraire. Both the Daily WTF and Adam Felber’s Fanatical Apathy have contributed to my daily educational experience.
The author of that cartoon did finish that story, though. Check out the next two days:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060301
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060302
(Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying…)
The P.S. leads me to believe that Raymond is just kidding us and that he made up the story :-)
Back in the late 90’s, there was a CSG guy working for Eric Engstrom nicknamed "Militia Joe" because of his excellent skills with firearms. Joe put together a little plastic bag of ammonium nitrate as a joke and put a label inside that said, and I quote:
"Enclosed you will find 1/4 pound of ammonium nitrate (N2H4O3). When mixed with approximately (the actual amount I won’t disclose) of diesel, this common farm fertilizer could be made to explode with the force of several sticks of dynamite. If the charge were properly placed in the ground it would probably make a hole large enough to bury a person, or two in the case of Raymond Chen."
Since people have actually used you as the volumetric icon for the force of explosive power, I think your reputation must be well deserved.
The bloggers’s eloquent retort can only be from Stephanie Tanner. Because this is the case, I suggest you take her up on her opportunity. You may find yourself a minor character in an upcoming destined-for-Nick-at-Night-family-friendly sitcom, Raymond!
Does anyone else get irritated when they hear anybody refer to anyone as an "a-list" blogger? And doubly so when people refer to themselves as one?
I don’t consider myself an anything-list blogger. I don’t even consider myself a blogger. I just have a web site that I update somewhat regularly.
Careful Raymond, lest Scoble sends you away for re-education ;)
aww, so you neither will link to my blog?
You are *so* mean!
Raymond, you should apply at this startup:
<a href="http://isolatr.com/">Isolatr</a>
This site is hereby:
1. a blog.
2. on the a-list.
3. certified by me.
Don’t you mean "thermonucular?"
I think the 419ers suddenly turned polite.
Sorry Raymond, I was referring to the cartoon, not to you.
Seems like a situation Jar Jar Binks would get himself into.
Dare to dream