# Seriously guys, do we really still need a FIVE MINUTE delay on search? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 19, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516 "2009-07-19T07:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/141 "2009-08-05T23:36:59Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > At least Lord Ashtar backed off and began discussing rationally. So did I. See posts [68](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11408846&postcount=68) and [112](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11412730&postcount=112), both of which were perfectly respectful and rational, and both of which elicited attacks from you. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/142 "2009-08-06T00:21:11Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > So did I. See posts [68](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11408846&postcount=68) and [112](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11412730&postcount=112), both of which were perfectly respectful and rational, and both of which elicited attacks from you. You’re right. For those I should — and do — apologize. I should have realized that your passion did not constitute aggression. I would hope that, in turn, you will realize that I cannot help being a Senior VP. That’s what happens to old people who stay in a field for nearly a lifetime. I readily concede that I could be wrong about my assessment of the problem. But using VBScript for the purpose of showing off? You know better than that. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/143 "2009-08-06T00:47:12Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I would hope that, in turn, you will realize that I cannot help being a Senior VP. Oh, I don’t know, I can think of ways of remedying that. 😃 I was admittedly pretty hard on you, so I apologize for that as well. PS. Come on, admit it. You laughed at VPness. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/144 "2009-08-06T01:28:28Z")
MODERATOR INTERJECTS: > [@ntucker](#): > > You have no fucking idea what you’re talking about. PERSONAL INSULTS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THIS FORUM. Please do not do this again. (I do apologize for seeing this so late.) ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/145 "2009-08-06T03:49:35Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > MODERATOR INTERJECTS: > > PERSONAL INSULTS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THIS FORUM. Please do not do this again. > > (I do apologize for seeing this so late.) Just out of curiousity, if he had said “You have no idea what you’re talking about” would he still be warned or noted? (I’m guessing it was the “fucking” bit that was out of line, yes?) ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/146 "2009-08-06T03:57:56Z")
> [@leander](#): > > Just out of curiousity, if he had said “You have no idea what you’re talking about” would he still be warned or noted? (I’m guessing it was the “fucking” bit that was out of line, yes?) My guess is it was “you”. You’re only allowed to insult posts not posters and “you have no clue”, fucking or otherwise, is an insult to the poster. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/147 "2009-08-06T05:12:41Z")
> [@Tenebras](#): > > My guess is it was “you”. You’re only allowed to insult posts not posters and “you have no clue”, fucking or otherwise, is an insult to the poster. Hmm. You may be right. But I’m sure I’ve seen various similar alternatives, from the very polite “Sir, you simply do not know what you are talking about” to the all out “You haven’t a fucking clue”. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516/148 "2009-08-06T10:54:07Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > I was admittedly pretty hard on you, so I apologize for that as well. Accepted. Thanks. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-guys-do-we-really-still-need-a-five-minute-delay-on-search/503516.md?page=7)