# Technology doesn't work that way - SamuelA's Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420 "2017-12-03T00:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/661 "2018-01-16T23:33:19Z")
**JohnT** weren’t you the one you couldn’t get ignored last time around? You did it buddy. You got double-ignored first! No one knows what that means outside of _Animal House_, but congratulations! You win 1 internet. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The whole “I’m done with my victory lap, I win all the arguments, tossing my guitar to the groupies in front and I’m heading backstage.” is pathetic, if you assume he’s sincere. I suspect he’s not. I think he is. Pathetic is right. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/662 "2018-01-16T23:51:36Z")
Hey! Don’t diminish my victory! I wasn’t just double ignored, I was double _fucking_ ignored, and don’t you forget it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/663 "2018-01-17T00:54:28Z")
Not sure if this is relevant to this thread, but to introduce AlphaZero. An artificial intelligence engine that taught itself to be the best chess player in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7BMWl\_mpw ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/664 "2018-01-17T18:42:54Z")
Hey, SamuelA, how are you doing with the chemo? Let us know, please… I had no idea you were terminal, much less ill. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20546347&postcount=1131](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20546347&postcount=1131) > [@SamuelA](#): > > Alright, Jay\_Jay. You win. I was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, so I’m gonna level with you. > > … > > I’ll answer more of your questions when I can, need to go for a round of chemo. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/665 "2018-01-17T19:53:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Hey, SamuelA, how are you doing with the chemo? Let us know, please… I had no idea you were terminal, much less ill. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20546347&postcount=1131](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20546347&postcount=1131) He obviously ill - the specific diagnosis is in question. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/666 "2018-01-17T19:58:15Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > He obviously ill - the specific diagnosis is in question. I’m amazed that he didn’t call his doctors morons and then insist that they cannot possibly be right about the diagnosis, for _ **reasons** _. In all serious, SamuelA, I know this probably isn’t the right time, but stop taking your positions so personally. People disagreeing with you doesn’t have to be an attack on your ego or your person unless you’re so invested in a position being a part of yourself that it becomes one. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/667 "2018-01-17T20:06:33Z")
Well, he’s not dying\* but he’s got a sense of humor. I had no idea. \*Of terminal cancer ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/668 "2018-01-17T20:23:17Z")
He jokes (or lies) about dying from cancer? If true, that’s actually worse than the things we’re complaining about. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/669 "2018-01-17T20:48:26Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > He jokes (or lies) about dying from cancer? > > If true, that’s actually worse than the things we’re complaining about. Dude - read the post. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/670 "2018-01-17T20:57:23Z")
I did. As the cancer part has no relevance to the rest of it, I don’t understand your point. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/671 "2018-01-17T21:09:40Z")
Read it again, and listen carefully for whooshing sounds. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/672 "2018-01-17T21:13:50Z")
Eh, my mom died from cancer. You may find it funny but it is, at the very least, in poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/673 "2018-01-17T21:15:28Z")
I missed something, did Sammy cure cancer? He’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![SamuelA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/674 "2018-01-18T02:52:16Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Dude - read the post. > > Regards, > Shodan Thanks for defending me, Shodan. I am sorry if I brought up bad memories for those who have lost someone to cancer. I was simply trying to give the OP in that thread what he wanted - a scenario that would explain 9/11 in the way he wanted. So I wrote it as a “dying admission” by some government agent. And of course the flaw, one that even the OP would see, is that my “confession” is less likely to be true than the official explanation for 9/11. It might feel unlikely that a fire caused the buildings to collapse, orchestrated by a small number of terrorists on a low budget, but given all the data it’s still the _most likely_ explanation. It’s even _less likely_ that government agents collapsed the place and got away with it. Also, yet again JohnT earns his place on my ignore list. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/675 "2018-01-18T03:00:03Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > I am sorry if I brought up bad memories for those who have lost someone to cancer. > > Also, yet again JohnT earns his place on my ignore list. And… this is where you’ve earned one on mine. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/676 "2018-01-18T03:01:50Z")
> [@SamuelA](#): > > … > Also, yet again JohnT earns his place on my ignore list. Didn’t you just double ignore him a few pages ago? That would be at least 3 then. But I’m not really good at math like you, so I’ll take your word. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/677 "2018-01-18T03:15:21Z")
Yeah you did. > [@SamuelA](#): > > … > Double fucking ignored. … That’s 2. > [@SamuelA](#): > > … > > Also, yet again JohnT earns his place on my ignore list. That’s 1. Someone check my math here, but I get 3. He ignored him 3 times? Wow, that’s really ignoring someone. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/678 "2018-01-18T04:06:45Z")
:swoon: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/679 "2018-01-18T04:34:53Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > You’re a real “stable genius,” huh? If by “stable,” you mean he’s full of horseshit, you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420/680 "2018-01-18T05:10:48Z")
Given my triple-ignoring, it stands to reason I’m apparently the only person double-un-ignored as well. Huh. And I honestly think that… well, _comparably_… I’ve been rather nice about all this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-doesnt-work-that-way-samuelas-pit-thread/803420.md?page=35)