tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13768656.post1571634925104881641..comments2024-01-29T05:07:36.675+00:00Comments on Only Maybe: Only Maybe: the websiteBogus Magushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00707265560317895426noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13768656.post-10217749508543414812008-03-09T02:21:00.000+00:002008-03-09T02:21:00.000+00:00Thanks Bobby, it makes it much more pleasant to vi...Thanks Bobby, it makes it much more pleasant to visit! It still feels more like my own thesis than a group re-read and analysis, but I accept Jesse's recommendation of patience.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if I should dig out some of the discussions we had on Bob's TIT! course, but don't know if I should ask people's permission to quote them...<BR/><BR/>Well, actually, I have already done something similar without asking (!) What an anarchist...<BR/><BR/>On my <A HREF="http://intelligenceincrease.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Intelligence Increase blog</A>, <I>which focuses on magic, belief systems, hoaxes, con-men, gambling and probabilities,</I> I posted <A HREF="http://intelligenceincrease.blogspot.com/2008/03/ancient-discussions-with-very.html" REL="nofollow"> a long exposition on the concept of <B>randomness</B></A> from early MLA (Sept 2004) - including some comments from ZP, Fuzzbuddy, Fly, my son Pentaphobe and even a gnomic haiku comment from RAW.<BR/><BR/>Currently I feel like the man Stephen Leacock described this way:<BR/><B>"he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions." </B>Bogus Magushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707265560317895426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13768656.post-85501499222841788762008-03-08T23:51:00.000+00:002008-03-08T23:51:00.000+00:00Hey Bogus!I just cleaned all the spam out of the I...Hey Bogus!<BR/><BR/>I just cleaned all the spam out of the Illuminatus wiki, the "admin" login has "delete" & "block" capabilities.<BR/><BR/>I also set it so only registered users can edit pages, if that doesn't fix the spam problem, it should at least make it less severe.<BR/><BR/>Good work w/ OM website et al, I'm just now settling in to work today, I'll see what I can do!Bobby Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809136879430277243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13768656.post-54537923225598861972008-03-08T11:01:00.000+00:002008-03-08T11:01:00.000+00:00Thanks for the thought, Jesse!I know what you mean...Thanks for the thought,<B> Jesse!</B><BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about other forums. I sometimes think we live in some curious little corner of the universe which prefers Confucian politeness, Buddhist gentleness, and Taoist wry humour (Thanks Bob!) Ah, no Judeo-Christian-Islamic models...hmmm.<BR/><BR/>Because we have started exploring collaborative ways of working, I thought a Wiki seemed more appropriate than just working up my own notes into a piece for MQ (say). I assume you can make Wikis secure against casual attack, but then you'd have to filter membership a bit...It seems like a trap (Catch-23), as you can't advertise it without probably attracting idiots, but you can't really use the pool of knowledge available without drawing on a wider range than my mere opinions.<BR/><BR/>I remember someone in the forums saying they had stopped contributing to Wikipedia because of a gang who claimed territorial rights to some subject or other, and presumably reverted any change made by other people. Amazing. <B>Circuit Two </B> stuff emerges even in collaborative (ad)ventures. <BR/><BR/>Still, we plough on with the experiments...I want to look into shared whiteboards, sharing documents, etc. No harm, if some of the experiments die - nature seems prolific, and careless...Bogus Magushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707265560317895426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13768656.post-47605182218094530622008-03-08T05:28:00.000+00:002008-03-08T05:28:00.000+00:00I've considered posting a link to the wiki on othe...I've considered posting a link to the wiki on other, larger, forums but I feared that would just expose it to inflammatory characters and even more spamming. <BR/><BR/>You have ventured to other message boards, you probably know what I mean.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543985346872905346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13768656.post-5520516821657431592008-03-08T04:00:00.000+00:002008-03-08T04:00:00.000+00:00Thanks Jesse!I hadn't despaired, but it seems to h...Thanks Jesse!<BR/><BR/>I hadn't despaired, but it seems to have become prey to spamming, by porn and sellers of WOW gold (some sort of Virtual Second Life Game currency I suspect) which makes the <B>Recent Changes</B> link depressing viewing...Bogus Magushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707265560317895426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13768656.post-50003087381874683202008-03-08T03:30:00.000+00:002008-03-08T03:30:00.000+00:00I'll contribute to Illuminatus! Wiki as soon as I ...I'll contribute to Illuminatus! Wiki as soon as I have something interesting to say.<BR/><BR/>Just don't give up on it. Maybe it'll pick up once it gains exposure and whatnot.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543985346872905346noreply@blogger.com