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  • Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 17 16:22:04 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his
    enemies.

    Lynn

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Mar 18 08:50:30 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his >enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.
    --
    "In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
    development was the disintegration, under Christian
    influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
    of family right."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Mar 18 17:39:09 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his >>enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sat Mar 18 19:08:57 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 2023-03-18 08:50, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his
    enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    Some of us never cared.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Gary R. Schmidt@21:1/5 to Alan on Sun Mar 19 15:42:48 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 19/03/2023 13:08, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-03-18 08:50, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
        https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his
    enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    Some of us never cared.

    It was amusing when it presented life in IT, through a glass, darkly,
    but it hasn't done that for a long time.

    I suspect most of us who followed it into this century due to habit will
    just drop off.

    I had a look at the new thing, and it came across as a place where,
    "those people who point out we are arseholes can't find us", and left.

    All things must pass. Sometimes much later than they really should've...

    Cheers,
    Gary B-)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas Koenig@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sun Mar 19 12:07:19 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> schrieb:
    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his enemies.

    I find it a pity that Dilbert is now behind a paywall. This will
    make many meetings more boring.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to tednolan on Sun Mar 19 08:45:19 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his >>>enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.

    I think you are missing the point.

    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.

    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.
    --
    "In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
    development was the disintegration, under Christian
    influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
    of family right."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From WolfFan@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sun Mar 19 12:17:24 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Mar 19, 2023, Paul S Person wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    In article<[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.

    I think you are missing the point.

    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.

    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.

    That would be it.

    When Adams shut down the free site, I deleted Dilbert from my daily rotation.
    I am not now, never have been, and never will be, interested in financially supporting someone with his opinions. He is perfectly free to have his opinions; I am perfectly free to have mine. And one of mine is to never let
    one penny go to the likes of him.

    What I may do, if people insist on posting about a site that I will never patronize, is to simply add ‘Dilbert’ to the kill file. That way they can worship at the altar of their racist god to their heart’s content, I will never see it.

    Do carry on.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Gary R. Schmidt on Sun Mar 19 10:48:58 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 2023-03-18 21:42, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
    On 19/03/2023 13:08, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-03-18 08:50, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
        https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023 >>>>
    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his
    enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    Some of us never cared.

    It was amusing when it presented life in IT, through a glass, darkly,
    but it hasn't done that for a long time.

    I suspect most of us who followed it into this century due to habit will
    just drop off.

    I had a look at the new thing, and it came across as a place where,
    "those people who point out we are arseholes can't find us", and left.

    All things must pass.  Sometimes much later than they really should've...

    Don't get me wrong!

    I enjoyed Dilbert for many years.

    What I never cared about was Lynn's narcissistic need to post links to
    the webcomics he followed.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Mar 19 17:55:15 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his >>>>enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.

    I think you are missing the point.

    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.

    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.

    Also anyone here won't be able to read Heinlein without buying a book
    and so not be interested.

    And as Lynn said:

    https://reddit.com/r/dilbert
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Thomas Koenig on Sun Mar 19 13:08:54 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 3/19/2023 7:07 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> schrieb:
    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his
    enemies.

    I find it a pity that Dilbert is now behind a paywall. This will
    make many meetings more boring.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/dilbert/

    Lynn

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sun Mar 19 11:12:10 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 2023-03-19 08:45, Paul S Person wrote:
    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his
    enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.

    I think you are missing the point.

    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.

    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.

    Posting it here was ALWAYS pointless.

    None of us are ignorant of the existence of webcomics and Lynn didn't
    just post notable comics...

    ...he posted them EVERY SINGLE DAY.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Mar 20 08:25:43 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 11:12:10 -0700, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2023-03-19 08:45, Paul S Person wrote:
    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023 >>>>>
    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his >>>>> enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.

    I think you are missing the point.

    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.

    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.

    Posting it here was ALWAYS pointless.

    None of us are ignorant of the existence of webcomics and Lynn didn't
    just post notable comics...

    ...he posted them EVERY SINGLE DAY.

    And I found most of them worth looking at.

    I still check Doonesbury, although I missed yesterdays because the URL
    didn't exist (per the server). I wonder if that will happen every
    Sunday from now on? That is, that only the old strips will be put up
    without explicit payment being required.
    --
    "In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
    development was the disintegration, under Christian
    influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
    of family right."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to tednolan on Mon Mar 20 08:23:48 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 19 Mar 2023 17:55:15 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire >>>><[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his >>>>>enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.

    I think you are missing the point.

    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.

    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.

    Also anyone here won't be able to read Heinlein without buying a book
    and so not be interested.

    People who own and have read the book might be interested in
    discussing it.

    People who haven't read it, don't own it, and have no intention of
    doing either might still be interested in reading the discussion.

    You are desperately trying to pretend that apples and oranges can be
    compared. They can't be.

    Are you /sure/ you are paying attention?
    --
    "In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
    development was the disintegration, under Christian
    influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
    of family right."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Mon Mar 20 16:05:58 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> writes:
    On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 11:12:10 -0700, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2023-03-19 08:45, Paul S Person wrote:
    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:
    =20
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    =
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail =
    his
    enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.
    =20
    I think you are missing the point.
    =20
    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.
    =20
    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.

    Posting it here was ALWAYS pointless.

    None of us are ignorant of the existence of webcomics and Lynn didn't=20 >>just post notable comics...

    ...he posted them EVERY SINGLE DAY.

    And I found most of them worth looking at.

    And I have less than zero interest in any of them. This is rec.arts.sf.written,
    how does dilbert or doonsbury meet the group charter?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Mon Mar 20 16:15:19 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <Gv%RL.893340$[email protected]>,
    Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> writes:
    On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 11:12:10 -0700, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2023-03-19 08:45, Paul S Person wrote:
    On 18 Mar 2023 17:39:09 GMT, [email protected] (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:
    =20
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Paul S Person <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:22:04 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    = >>https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail = >>his
    enemies.

    There's no point to posting Dilbert any more.

    Those who are paying will see it anyway.

    The Rest of Us don't care anymore.

    The same could be said of Heinlein.

    Or any number of things.
    =20
    I think you are missing the point.
    =20
    The point is not that only those willing to pay will be interested,
    and they will have seen it already.
    =20
    The point is that posting it /here/ is pointless because anyone who
    isn't paying won't be able to see it and so not be interested.

    Posting it here was ALWAYS pointless.

    None of us are ignorant of the existence of webcomics and Lynn didn't=20 >>>just post notable comics...

    ...he posted them EVERY SINGLE DAY.

    And I found most of them worth looking at.

    And I have less than zero interest in any of them. This is >rec.arts.sf.written,
    how does dilbert or doonsbury meet the group charter?


    Dilbert, at least, lives in an SF universe with aliens, parallel dimensions, robot characters, & demons.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Mon Mar 20 16:20:09 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <Gv%RL.893340$[email protected]>,
    Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:

    snip

    And I have less than zero interest in any of them. This is rec.arts.sf.written,
    how does dilbert or doonsbury meet the group charter?


    Long ago, Doonesbury had fantastic elements. Specifically, plants
    could talk. BJ Eddy being fired from his position as head tulip
    made the news.

    https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1976/11/30

    It is possible that this is less a revelation about plant intelligence
    and more that Zonker is a giant pot-head subject to hallucinations but
    I think either Mike or Mark also heard them.

    (OBSF: plants feeling turns up as a plot point in a David Drake
    story)
    --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From WolfFan@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Mar 20 13:57:41 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Mar 20, 2023, James Nicoll wrote
    (in article <tva13p$pl$[email protected]>):

    In article<Gv%RL.893340$[email protected]>,
    Scott Lurndal <[email protected]> wrote:
    snip

    And I have less than zero interest in any of them. This is rec.arts.sf.written,
    how does dilbert or doonsbury meet the group charter?

    Long ago, Doonesbury had fantastic elements. Specifically, plants
    could talk. BJ Eddy being fired from his position as head tulip
    made the news.

    https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1976/11/30

    It is possible that this is less a revelation about plant intelligence
    and more that Zonker is a giant pot-head subject to hallucinations but
    I think either Mike or Mark also heard them.

    (OBSF: plants feeling turns up as a plot point in a David Drake
    story)

    In several Drake stories. One of the Lacey stories had plant behavior as a major plot point; to be sure, Drake later commented that someone else had remarked that only someone who hated plants could have written that story. Drake’s opinion of plants was confirmed by the ’Seas of Venus’ stories;
    I was particularly impressed by the homicidal honeysuckle and the venomous walnuts. And Drake also had a battleship named ’Night Blooming Cereus’. Look it up.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Thomas Koenig@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Mar 22 06:57:05 2023
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> schrieb:
    On 3/19/2023 7:07 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> schrieb:
    Dilbert Reborn: Dogbert is now the CEO of Twitter
    https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3690833/dilbert-march-17-2023

    Dogbert got the job so he can read private messages and blackmail his
    enemies.

    I find it a pity that Dilbert is now behind a paywall. This will
    make many meetings more boring.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/dilbert/

    Does not appear to have a search engine.

    I used to remember a strip from the past by a few keywords, search
    for it, and then share it on Teams.

    Now I'm restricted to xkcd, I guess.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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