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Article #5392Re: FOX: Epic Christian Revival
From: Graham Cooper
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:41
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On Mar 10, 1:27 pm, BruceS <bruce...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 03/09/2013 07:01 PM, Graham Cooper wrote: > > > 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 > > No, you don't. Your test is to guess the *order* of three words, after > you've been told what the words are. You don't guess what the words > are. You don't guess what anyone is thinking. You guess the order of > three words, from six possible orders. That is as simple as guessing a > throw of a fair six-sided die. > > > 1ST OF ALL SUBJECTIVELY > > > THEN I MAKE A 1 IN 3 OPTIONS GUESS. > > > ---------------- > > > You can't even get that far! > > You're the one who can't get that far. Brad agreed to your silly 1:6 > test, and accepted your bet on it. You bailed out, even though you said > you couldn't, and now you refuse to pay Brad the $1000 you owe him. > > > All your tests are SHIT! > > > YOU DESIGN THEM AROUND Things I've said DONT WORK! > > I design them around testing something without the huge opportunity to > "win" by random chance that your tests have. Other than that, I design > them to be mechanically the same as the ones you say you can do. > > > LOOK! > > > ITS THE SAME AS A ZENNER TEST > > No, we've tried to get you to do something like a Zener card test, but > you always refuse, saying you can't do that. You also like to say you > can guess random numbers, but then back out of that. > > > 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 > > No, you say the first card gave you a "channel" of "ten months of the > year", the second something like "and the man said he's going to", and > the third one something like "every other day". Then, only in > hindsight, you try to make up excuses for how your "channels" relate to > the words. You never manage to match the words, even though it's a > simple 1:6 chance. > > > ITS AS SIMPLE AS FUCKING POSSIBLE > > It's simple to "win" by random chance, you mean. > > > ITS THE ONLY TEST I EVER MENTION > > That's blatantly false. You've mentioned quite a few tests. > What is your problem with the test? BRUCE: THE 3 WORDS SHUFFLED WERE PIG, CAT, VAN HERC: DAY1: WORD WAS CAT DAY2: WORD WAS PIG DAY3: WORD WAS VAN It's the same type as 1stMindreadingTest. I scored roughly 15:1 If you would have DONE IT AGAIN to try and DUPLICATE THE RESULT that would have made 225:1 Third time running 3000:1 broken, we get a story in the paper! You did everything possible to avoid duplicating the result, including 20 different 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000:1 ODDS tests you designed, where you wouldn't allow a warmup day, and wanted to run it 30 days running without any feedback. You consider me leaving a test after winning 1 6:1 trial some kind of catastrophe to be avoided. You can SCORE AS YOU GO = YOU FUCKING STUPID IDIOT! You've TALKED 10,000 WORDS on a topic you know NOTHING ABOUT Herc
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Subject: Re: FOX: Epic Christian Revival
From: Graham Cooper <grahamcooper7@gmail.com>
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