🚀 go-pugleaf

Jim Butterfield (fjb@torfree.net) wrote:

: Wow!  What wit!  What a brilliant insight!

: Self-fulfilling prophecy:  if you shout "the sky is falling" often enough 
: and loudly enough, maybe it will happen.  boB's message:

:           Taking 11:59:59 as based on a 12-hour lifespan, and
:           applying this proportionately the the Toronto Freenet's
:           3-year history (approximately), we see that boB is saying
:           that the Freenet has 36 minutes and 40 seconds left
:           before it is gone.

:           Thus, boB is saying that it would be unwise to contribute
:           funds to the TFN, since in 36 minutes your contribution
:           will be lost and the TFN gone forever.  And if you do not
:           contribute, boB can take credit for the TFN's failure
:           ("I'll teach them not to jerk ME around!).

:           It's now 3:27 pm on Saturday, January 11.  If the Toronto
:           Freenet is still in operation at 4:04 pm, it means that
:           poor boB has once again goofed, and you can safely make
:           a contribution to the TFN to help it struggle through this
:           difficult period.

Well, it's now 6:37 pm and TFN still seems to be functioning. I guess Bob 
has goofed.

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