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Old 07-06-2012, 10:48 PM
Cheshire Human Cheshire Human is offline
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Originally Posted by Súil Dubh View Post
What is this, high school?

Yes, mister nyx is a nitwit. And, yes, there are a couple of people in this thread who have a legitimate beef with him.

But the rest of you bandwagon jumpers are acting like a bunch of goofball adolescents.

"WE DON'T LIKE HIM, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS. LET'S BE MEAN TO HIM BECAUSE THERE ARE NO REPERCUSSIONS!"
And your problem with that is what, exactly?

I'm not understanding your issue with this. Please explain.

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Old 07-06-2012, 11:01 PM
Cheshire Human Cheshire Human is offline
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I'll give you a little hint.
At least this time it won't cost someone $20 to find out... or maybe it will...

*snerk*
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Old 07-06-2012, 11:09 PM
Una Persson Una Persson is offline
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Who does that refer to?
It's a reference to Otto. I don't know enough about it other than he "stole" $20 as a joke, or something, and no one believed it was just a joke, or a sole occurrence, etc. Whatever the truth was, it was one of those watershed posts which sinks an entire posting career.
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Old 07-06-2012, 11:15 PM
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Maybe repetition will help.
You're wasting your time. He's already demonstrated that he's impervious to statistical mathematics. As someone upthread said, he's only barely able to drool and mouthbreath outside a classroom that's teaching statistics. He's totally incapable of actually understanding it. We are witnessing Ignorance (of the willful variety) in the wild, here. There is no point in engaging this moron. Nothing short of a clue-by-four across his head (and I have serious doubt even that will work) is going to wise him up. Just point and laugh. It's all he's good for.
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Old 07-07-2012, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Súil Dubh View Post
What is this, high school?

Yes, mister nyx is a nitwit. And, yes, there are a couple of people in this thread who have a legitimate beef with him.

But the rest of you bandwagon jumpers are acting like a bunch of goofball adolescents.

"WE DON'T LIKE HIM, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS. LET'S BE MEAN TO HIM BECAUSE THERE ARE NO REPERCUSSIONS!"
"Ah, but a man's snark must exceed his grasp,
Or what's a Pitting for?"

With apologies to RB Browning.

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