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Jim Butterfield (fjb@torfree.net) wrote:
: Bob Allisat (ab330@torfree.net) wrote:

: :          <http://www.fcn.net/tfndoom>

: For those of you without access to a graphical browser:

:   Text reads:  "12:00 is the end"
:   Poorly done graphical representation of digital clock reads:
:                "11:59:59"

: 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.

: "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by 
: stupidity."

Wow-- it's actually Sunday and TFN is still here!  Well, since
I was silly enough to give TFN a donation just a week or so
ago, why don't I gamble that it will actually be here long
enough for my post to go out!  Yeah, live dangerously!

Seriously, Jim, you are taking boB much too seriously.
As has been said, just because something is there, on your
screen, doesn't mean you have to read it.  If you are lazy
all you have to do (using TIN) is push "k", and presto
the damn thing is gone.  Easy.


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