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Article #5390Re: FOX: Epic Christian Revival
From: Graham Cooper
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 02:01
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 02:01
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On Mar 10, 9:49 am, BruceS <bruce...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 03/09/2013 03:59 PM, Graham Cooper wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 10, 7:48 am, BruceS <bruce...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On 03/09/2013 01:33 PM, Graham Cooper wrote: > > >>> On Mar 9, 12:32 pm, BruceS <bruce...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> On 03/08/2013 05:52 PM, Graham Cooper wrote: > > >>>>>>> and has been GOING ON THESE PERPETUAL D.O.S. TANGENTS TOPICS > > >>>>>>> for 3 years EVER SINCE HE WAS THE FIRST SKEPTIC TO EVER LOSE TO A > >>>>>>> MINDREADER!! > > >>>>>>> BOO YEH! > > >>>>>> And yet, I *have* put my money where my mouth is, several times, and you > >>>>>> keep refusing even though there's no risk to you. I keep giving you the > >>>>>> opportunity to prove your abilities, and you (knowing as well as we do > > >>>>> Yes yes Brucey Boy! > > >>>>> I call this a DENIAL OF SERVICE argument. > > >>>>> You keep bombarding me with 50 Trillion To 1 blind tests for a tasty > >>>>> $5 morsel! > > >>>> Actually, it's a $1,024 "morsel"---more than the amount you owe Brad. > >>>> All with no financial risk to you. > > >>>>> ----------------------- > > >>>>> SAME DOS diversion tactics by ALL people who then use it against me. > > >>>>> Skeptics are particular prone to use this tactic, keep asking a never > >>>>> ending string of Questions, there is no reasonable test, and no prize > >>>>> money ever to be offered! > > >>>> I just described and offered a very reasonable test. I'd state it > >>>> again, but anyone who cares can simply look upthread for it. > > >>>>> Same with the Ray White receptionist, keeps asking and asking for more > >>>>> pay slips and proof of income then has me arrested when I mention I > >>>>> work with CAMGIRLS.com > > >>>> No, that wasn't about you "working" with camgirls (who have nothing to > >>>> do with you and probably never will), but rather with her assessment > >>>> that you have no income. > > >>>>> Same with CHANNEL 9 LAWYER when I tried to sue for defamation. Keeps > >>>>> asking me again and again and again for CAUSE OF ACTION, never > >>>>> responds to a single word I say, just blind DOS tactics until they > >>>>> take you court. > > >>>> Now you're just babbling. > > >>>>> Same with CSICOP, asks me for more and more and more and more details > >>>>> on the DEMO until they ditch you. > > >>>> I don't even know what you're babbling about now. > > >>>>> STANDARD TACTICS BRUCES - KEEP ON AND KEEP ON ASKING ME THIS AND > >>>>> OFFERING THAT > > >>>>> ALL THE TIME - 3 YEARS NOW YOU'VE DISTRACTED AND DETERRED A 2nd > >>>>> MINDREADING TEST. > > >>>> I'm *offering* another test, just as I've done many times before. > > >>>>> One has to wonder why you've taken it upon yourself to go to these > >>>>> extremes (OVER 3 YEARS) to never let me mindread another person?? > > >>>> You didn't even *try* to come up with an excuse this time! OK, let's > >>>> sweeten the pot a little. Instead of the $1024 prize for getting 20 of > >>>> 20 right, I'll drop the odds a bit. Instead of 20 questions, we'll just > >>>> have 10. Get just *half* of them right (that's 5 for > >>>> arithmetically-challenged folks), and I'll pay you $1. Then I'll > >>>> *quadruple* it for every extra one you get right. That's right, get 6 > >>>> right, and you get $4, 7 right gets you $16, 8 right gets you $64, 9 > >>>> right gets you $256, and getting all 10 right gets you $1024! Are you > >>>> really going to snub your nose at the chance to both prove your > >>>> abilities *and* to make a little better than a grand? How long does it > >>>> take for you to make that much money on your public assistance? And no > >>>> risk! > > >>>> Oh, and of course, I have not done anything to prevent anyone else from > >>>> participating in your tests. That's just your paranoia speaking. Even > >>>> though I have seven times as much magic power as you have, it isn't > >>>> enough to force other people to avoid you. That's all down to you. > > >>>> I guess it's fair enough to wonder why I do this. On the one hand, I > >>>> know that you'll never agree to a reasonable test. Even if you did > >>>> (which would amaze everyone *far* more than your cloud pics do), you'd > >>>> fail that test. On the other hand, I retain enough open-mindedness to > >>>> be willing to be convinced, even after you've shown yourself a deluded > >>>> loon so many times in the past. > > >>> I have a Test. > > >>> a VERY SIMPLE TEST > > >>> It proves Paranormal reasonably quickly though it takes a while to get > >>> rolling. > > >>> You Think Of A Word > >>> You Tell me a random Page Number > >>> I Describe Your Word using Bibliomancy (TELEPATHY) > >>> After 3 goes - I guess all 3 words (OBJECTIVE) > > >> And if my word is "toboggan", but you come up with "sushi", you claim > >> that's close enough, because sushi has a connection to tofu, which > >> starts with the same two letters. No, I don't think so. Of course, we > >> also know you'll change the rules, so it will be something like the one > >> where you guess the *order* of the words, and not the words themselves. > >> That way, you have as much chance of getting it right by random chance > >> as if you were guessing a roll of a single six-sided die. > > >> On the very off chance that you're serious, and believe you can actually > >> guess what the three words are (not just the order), then say what the > >> supposed "bet" is. What happens if you don't exactly match any of the > >> three, what if you get one, what if you get two, and what if you get all > >> three? And is this another where you have to have a day between each > >> post, and where you throw a tantrum if anyone on Usenet posts anything > >> else while it's going on? > > >>> There is a Small Wager because working out 1,000,000:1 contracts has > >>> stalled any observations for 10 years now! > > >> You haven't even said what the "small wager" is on this latest test. It > >> doesn't really matter, since we all know you'd back out of it anyway, if > >> anyone took you up on it. Just like you backed out of paying Brad the > >> $1000 you promised. > > >>> NO TAKERS! FINE! YOU CAN ALL GO TO HELL! > > >>> I MAKE EDEN ANYWAY! I USE ALL GODS POWER ALL ON MY OWN FAMILY. YOU > >>> ALL LIVE LIKE MONKEYS FOR LIFE. > > >> Your idea of Eden is living all by yourself, in squalor, with the > >> constant threat of police action against you? OK, if that's what you > >> want, I guess you can keep it. > > >>> OWNER OF THE $100 MILLION WEBSITE WWW.CAMGIRLS.COM > > >> No, you aren't. I don't know why you persist in this patently false > >> claim. Why don't you claim to be the sole owner of Microsoft instead? > >> As long as you're going to lie, lie big! > > >> So it all comes down to your refusing to take a test that has a real > >> chance of demonstrating your claimed powers, at no risk to you and with > >> a substantial money prize. That's just what I predicted would happen. > >> I'll even change the above test from being questions to being words. > >> I'll come up with 10 words instead of 10 questions, and leave the rest > >> of the test as is. You just have to guess what the order of the ten > >> words is, and if you're right, you make over a thousand dollars---a > >> princely sum to an impoverished ward of the state such as yourself. > > > YOU'VE DESIGNED 20 TESTS BRUCE > > > AND THEY ARE ALL SHIT! > > By which you mean that they would effectively weed out random noise, and > only demonstrate extraordinary ability. My tests would require someone > to have some sort of magic power (or be incredibly lucky) to win. Your > tests just require an ordinary amount of luck, and no magic powers. > Guess which ones are more likely to impress people as evidence of you > having magic powers? > > > LISTEN! ITS THIS EASY! > > Yes, your tests are easy to "win" by luck. We get that. > > > PARABET 1.0 > > > YOU THINK OF A WORD > > I DESCRIBE IT > > REPEAT 3 TIMES > > > SHUFFLE 3 WORDS > > > I PUT THEM IN ORDER > > Ah, so it's just like I thought; you're making up new rules as you go > along. Just above, you claimed you'd be able to guess the words. Now > you're back to just guessing which of 6 possible orders they're in. You > went from an incredible long shot to a single die throw in one fell > swoop. This is just a rehash of the test you failed with Brad. We've > already seen you fail this test spectacularly. Why would anyone be > interested in watching you fail it again? > > > HOW THE FUCK SOMEONE COULD BE SO STUPID > > > TO CALL THAT SUBJECTIVE > > > AND THEN MAKE HIS OWN TESTS > > > IS BEYOND STUPIDITY! > > I realize that your mental illness renders you less capable of > understanding how people could be less than impressed with your claim of > sometimes being able to do a single die throw in the course of a week, > but try to concentrate, and you'll get it eventually. > > > FUCK OFF BRUCE > > > YOU'RE THE BIGGEST STUPID IDIOT I'VE EVER FUCKING MET > > You seem confused, which is not surprising. You have never met me. In > fact, I doubt you've ever been on the same continent with me. Would you > like me to send you a nice, relaxing picture of some clouds? > > Oh, and for the record, I'm really not very big. I'm sure you've met > plenty of people bigger than I am. Then again, the fact that you've > resorted to an all-caps psychotic break indicates that your views are > unlikely to be at all rational. > Look you moron! I'VE OFFERED THE SAME 1 TEST FOR 5 MONTHS! PARABET 1.0 I GUESS WHAT WORD YOU WERE THINKING 1ST OF ALL SUBJECTIVELY THEN I MAKE A 1 IN 3 OPTIONS GUESS. ---------------- You can't even get that far! All your tests are SHIT! YOU DESIGN THEM AROUND Things I've said DONT WORK! --- LOOK! ITS THE SAME AS A ZENNER TEST --- YOU HAVE 3 SHEETS OF CARDBOARD! (I'M SPEAKING METAPHORICALLY HERE) ---- DO *NOT* SPEND 6 MONTHS TELLING ME ABOUT CARDBOARD! ---- YOU WRITE "GOD" on 1 sheet YOU WRITE "HOUSE" on sheet 2 YOU WRITE "BIRD" on sheet 3 ---- You KEEP THE WORD TO YOUSELF ---- YOU HOLD UP THE BACK OF THE CARD TO ME (I'M SPEAKING METAPHORICALLY AGAIN) DO NOT SPEND 6 MONTHS LECTURING ME ABOUT HOLDING UP CARDBOARD! ----- I DESCRIBE EACH CARDBOARD BLIND! ----- THEN YOU SHUFFLE THE 3 CARDS AND SHOW THEM TO ME ----- I SAY THE 1ST CARD WAS BIRD THE 2ND CARD WAS HOUSE THE 3RD CARD WAS GO ----- ITS AS SIMPLE AS FUCKING POSSIBLE ITS THE ONLY TEST I EVER MENTION FFS! Herc
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Subject: Re: FOX: Epic Christian Revival
From: Graham Cooper <grahamcooper7@gmail.com>
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