desj@brahms (David desJardins) (11/18/86)
In article <809@oakhill.UUCP> davet@oakhill.UUCP (Dave Trissel) writes: >Such events are not nearly as rare as you assume. Just last Sunday while >coming back from a trip to Big Bend Nat. Park I suddenly found myself thinking >about a computer programmer friend crashing a diskette and losing valuable >work shortly after noon. Past experience had taught me to recognize these >unusual changes in mental thoughts as being ESP related. Sure enough, the >person had been working on the weekend (a rare event in itself) and had >accidently erase a complete diskette on his Grid at that time. > >Coincidence? If this only happened once sure. But every couple of months >I have the same thing kind of thing happen. No way that's coincidence. The problem I have with this kind of posting is discerning whether the poster is serious. If he is joking, then I can simply laugh and move on. If he is serious, I can give a disgusted groan and move on. But I find that when I don't know which, I am unable to leave the issue unresolved. Normally the way that the individual can identify the nature of his posting is by use of the "smiley face," `:-)'. The problem is that the absence of the smiley face does not necessarily indicate an absence of humorous intent. The solution? Simply put, the adoption of the "serious face," `:-|', by psi boosters, to indicate that they truly are proposing the notions in question. Other uses also come to mind -- I can think of many frequent posters who could find great utility in this. -- David desJardins :-|