Obesity in America

[DaShi]

And as for smugness. You are the one who goes around ranking people on an internet forum by their accomplishments, which puts you pretty low on your own totem pole. I treat people here based on their attitude and posting styles here. I don't care that KH works for GS, I care that KH can trounce me in any economics argument. The only reason your background is even brought up is because you posted it to be judged and keep bringing up what others have done. Someone could have a perfectly good argument against your beliefs, but you'll ignore it until they post a picture for you to confirm gayface or not. That is ad hominem and what you do constantly on this forum. You've been an ineffectual ass and have become the ridicule of this forum for it. Perhaps when you learn to look at people as people rather than a list on a resume, you won't be so insecure about yourself (and can handle criticism) and you just might just get along with some people here.

[Al B. Sure!]

Nevermind. I'm not going to follow up DaShi's good point with smart alec crap.

[DriXnaK]

And as for smugness. You are the one who goes around ranking people on an internet by their accomplishments, which puts you pretty low on your own totem pole.

Usually only once they have done so to me. Notice I am arguing with the same people over and over again on any detailed level.

I treat people here based on their attitude and posting styles here. I don't care that KH works for GS, I care that KH can trounce me in any economics argument. The only reason your background is even brought up is because you posted it to be judged and keep bringing up what others have done.

I'm perfectly fine with it being brought up, but not by someone who has kept even their location a secret. I also don't care about your attitude argument. I've posted the same way on here since 1999 and that's not going to change. I don't believe I ever came on here to win a popularity contest.

Someone could have a perfectly good argument against your beliefs, but you'll ignore it until they post a picture for you to confirm gayface or not.

This is ridiculous. First, I have never once asked someone to post their picture unless they first attacked my picture. Second, I have never once tied an argument to someone's picture. At least try to base your claims on arguments that have a shred of evidence to back them up.

That is ad hominem and what you do constantly on this forum. You've been an ineffectual ass and have become the ridicule of this forum for it. Perhaps when you learn to look at people as people rather than a list on a resume, you won't be so insecure about yourself (and can handle criticism) and you just might just get along with some people here.

It's not my goal to get along with everyone here. Also, I don't go out of my way to start conflict for the most part. Again, notice my fights usually occur with the same people over and over. Furthermore, I have never once brought someone's resume up, that's you doing that. The irony of you accusing me of ad hominem attacks is not lost. You make the same little snips and insults over and over in these threads as you dart in and out.

As far as insecurity goes, I don't know of too many people who can post their resume and picture on a forum where they have constantly fought with people if they weren't secure. Did you believe I was posting it to get compliments? What a joke. The very fact that I can post these things and fight with you on here is testament to my security.

[Egbert]

If I weren't worried about my career I might do something stupid like pull your IP address and give you a taste of what I can do. That being said, nowhere along the line here have you proven anywhere that you can talk down to me. At the end of the day, degrees are just pieces of paper. The real ability is how much you can teach yourself in as short a period of time as possible. The only reason I got a degree was to make it official. I have no doubt that if we were to compare IQs you would fail miserably in comparison to me.

Umh. I suggest comparisond of IQ, education, vocations, personal accomplishments and so forth are completely irrelevant on an an internet site.
An internet forum seems nothing more than a means of passing time in a hopefully agreeable way with the possible bonus of learning something from all sorts of strangers whom one would otherwise never meet.

This is not intended as any criticism of you or your opponents in what appears to be some little past difference that has blown out of all proportion.

It seems to me that this is a dispute between a number of people who each seems like a reasonable fellow.

[DriXnaK]

Peter, no one asked for you to play mediator. Go take that lets all be friends bull**** along with that rainbow flag you're flying and shove it up your ass some place else.

[KrazyHorse]

This is ridiculous. First, I have never once asked someone to post their picture unless they first attacked my picture. Second, I have never once tied an argument to someone's picture. At least try to base your claims on arguments that have a shred of evidence to back them up.

It was a diagnosis, not an attack.

[DaShi]

Peter, no one asked for you to play mediator. Go take that lets all be friends bull**** along with that rainbow flag you're flying and shove it up your ass some place else.

I rest my case.

[KrazyHorse]

Why are you treating drixie's comments as anything other than a source of moderate amusement?

[DriXnaK]

Why would I want this to end? Do you have any idea what a great outlet this is while I sit here teaching myself this Java **** again? My god, what would I do without Poly? I might actually end up on the news.

[DriXnaK]

Why are you treating drixie's comments as anything other than a source of moderate amusement?

Because he appears to have a real personal vendetta, which is fine since it makes this more fun.

[KrazyHorse]

1) What sort of "IT Security" degree are you doing?
2) Does drinking whey protein shakes allow you to code more efficiently and reach your programming goals faster?

[DaShi]

Why are you treating drixie's comments as anything other than a source of moderate amusement?

Bad habit. I actually think his career can be salvaged.

[DriXnaK]

Well, the IT Security degree is largely pointless. It's just to put on a resume since I could have just taught all this stuff to myself on my own, and in fact, I already knew most of it. What I'm really after is the masters degree which deals with information assurance, ethical hacking, network defense, etc. It's NSA recognized so it's got some good stuff in it and much of it is a lot harder to find on the internet than the material covered in the B.S. degree.

Whey protein gives me a raging hardon which allows me to slap the keyboard more efficiently resulting in better coding.

[KrazyHorse]

Is this IT Security degree a bachelor's degree? Did you complete the bachelor's in marketing?

[Egbert]

Peter, no one asked for you to play mediator. Go take that lets all be friends bull**** along with that rainbow flag you're flying and shove it up your ass some place else.

It was not "lets all be friends bull****". It was a hint that you appear to be getting yourself all worked up about trivia. Going about telling people to "shove it up their ass" does give the very distinct impression that you are uncouth. That kind of language is never constructive. It is a behaviour that creates enmity and contempt. You are capable of better, much better.