Is it fractionMan's fault?

[quimcunx]

That'll teach people to disagree with me

It's okay though because we'd all have to use our real names so anyone with a grudge about you deleting their comments could just google you and make an anonymous call to your work and get you sacked.

 

[editor]

It's based on a principle I call, 'The Figallo effect', which is where sysop prerogative has been mainly delegated the site's users who use their real identities. It contrasts with the 'Jimbo effect', where everyone is anonymous and sysop prerogative is wielded by an inconsistent and uneven-handed set of administrators.

I haven't a clue what any of that irrelevant gibberish means and I imagine barely a soul gives much of a fuck either, but I see that the website's entire intro is copied word for word from wikipedia.

Oh, and who elected you to be the "independent arbitrator" of your own site?

 

[tar1984]

It's okay though because we'd all have to use our real names so anyone with a grudge about you deleting their comments could just google you and make an anonymous call to your work and get you sacked.

I could do the same to them in return which should make them think twice it would be kind of like a nuclear stand-off.

 

[quimcunx]

I could do the same to them in return which should make them think twice it would be kind of like a nuclear stand-off.

They might not be googleable or have a job. Thought about that, buster?

 

[strung out]

i just went on his website. apparently "If it were not for lecturers such as ... and ... pointing Jonathan in the right direction he may have never honed his programming skills to the extent that he could constantly evolve with the changing times to produce new Internet applications and go on to be recognised as one of the 50,000 most accomplished people in the World."

 

[quimcunx]

alive and dead?

I want a link to the bit where he is recognised as such. Preferably by an authority other than himself.


Maybe there was a Channel 4 hitlist programme of the most accomplished 50,000 people in the world. And I missed it.

 

[strung out]

"At the age of 28 Jonathan was elected to Pontypridd Town Council, and noted a similar path to former US President Bill Clinton, who was also elected unopposed to public office shortly after graduating from law school."

that is classic

 

[tar1984]

They might not be googleable or have a job. Thought about that, buster?

People with a high web profile would be at a disadvantage (including the OP, funnily enough). I'd be fine, I don't have a job anyway.

i just went on his website. apparently "If it were not for lecturers such as ... and ... pointing Jonathan in the right direction he may have never honed his programming skills to the extent that he could constantly evolve with the changing times to produce new Internet applications and go on to be recognised as one of the 50,000 most accomplished people in the World."

Not just 50,000 most accomplished programmers (which would be some claim anyway), but most accomplished people

 

[editor]

I'm sure he'll be along soon with a hugely credible source for that "50,000 most accomplished people in the World" claim.

 

[tar1984]

It would put you in the top 0.0007465746363196677% of the worlds population.

 

[bonathanjishop]

I'm sure he'll be along soon with a hugely credible source for that "50,000 most accomplished people in the World" claim.

You claim some of you have Athens accounts. Look me up in the biography section of http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/

With regard to the Figallo effect aspect of my site and the abuse concern comments above; I'm going to write some code where a post can only be moderated if a certain number of people have flagged it as abusive. I might check whether there is an open source system already available first though.

 

[bonathanjishop]

It would put you in the top 0.0007465746363196677% of the worlds population.

That's 38,000, which is even better than 50,000 ;-)

 

[marty21]

You claim some of you have Athens accounts. Look me up in the biography section of http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/

With regard to the Figallo effect aspect of my site and the abuse concern comments above; I'm going to write some code where a post can only be moderated if a certain number of people have flagged it as abusive. I might check whether there is an open source system already available first though.

crap link, you have to register

 

[editor]

You claim some of you have Athens accounts. Look me up in the biography section of http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/

Exactly who said that you were one of the "50,000 most accomplished people in the World"? Did you write it yourself? What does it say?

With regard to the Figallo effect aspect of my site and the abuse concern comments above; I'm going to write some code where a post can only be moderated if a certain number of people have flagged it as abusive. I might check whether there is an open source system already available first though.

Seeing as you had to make up a load of laughable bullshit about 'high bandwidth costs' to try and explain away your previous complete failure of a bulletin board, perhaps you'd be better off trying to attract posters first?

 

[tar1984]

That's 38,000, which is even better than 50,000 ;-)

I was using the 2008 world bank figures for world population (yes really, I was that bored).

 

[bonathanjishop]

Exactly who said that you were one of the "50,000 most accomplished people in the World"? Did you write it yourself? What does it say?
Seeing as you had to make up a load of laughable bullshit about 'high bandwidth costs' to try and explain away your previous complete failure of a bulletin board, perhaps you'd be better off trying to attract posters first?

I was contacted by Marquis Who's Who, after being recommended by an existing listee, gave them my biography details, and they've included me in their 2009-2010 editions, which is limited to 50,000 - take a look at their website. The biography is on Nexis if you have access to it.

Regarding Llantrisant Online; In the original site the trust wanted it to be self-sustaining so they didn't have to devote much time to it. As I expect you know, running online communities, especially on a not-for-profit voluntary basis is difficult. So my new aim is to use this new site as a test-bed for my ideas on conflict management that I have developed as part of my MScEcon in Information Systems in the last year. I think I'll try to get community groups involved - more are online now than when I first made the site.

 

[editor]

I was contacted by Marquis Who's Who, after being recommended by an existing listee, gave them my biography details, and they've included me in their 2009-2010 editions, which is limited to 50,000 - take a look at their website. The biography is on Nexis if you have access to it.

I can find no mention of you on their website but these things are totally meaningless anyway - as your claimed inclusion proves beyond doubt.

Tucker Carlson, in an article entitled "The Hall of Lame" that appeared in Forbes Magazine in 1999, wrote that the selection process is neither rigorous nor meaningful, and self nominators and thousands of people not particularly notable are included, such as bowling coaches and landscape architects. Carlson also writes that Marquis makes money selling addresses to direct mail marketers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_Who's_Who

Seeing as we both know that you're bullshitting about your original claim that the site closed down due to hefty bandwidth charges, why don't you just admit it and save yourself any further humiliation?

 

[quimcunx]

Not the British Who's Who then?

Tucker Carlson says:

http://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/1999/0308/063.html

To make the process of self-promotion easier, Reed Elsevier, the publication's parent company and the owner of Lexis-Nexis, now has a site on the Internet where would-be biographees can complete a "biographical data form."

 

[teuchter]

I have reason to believe that I will feature in a future edition.

 

[fogbat]

I have always considered you to be in the top 50,000 of most accomplished people in the world.

I'm glad to learn you're finally getting a bit of recognition.

 

[magneze]

I was contacted by Marquis Who's Who, after being recommended by an existing listee, gave them my biography details, and they've included me in their 2009-2010 editions, which is limited to 50,000 - take a look at their website. The biography is on Nexis if you have access to it.

If the number of people is "limited to 50,000", that hardly makes them the 50,000 most accomplished people in the world, does it?

 

[marty21]

I was contacted by Marquis Who's Who, after being recommended by an existing listee, gave them my biography details, and they've included me in their 2009-2010 editions, which is limited to 50,000 - take a look at their website. The biography is on Nexis if you have access to it.

Regarding Llantrisant Online; In the original site the trust wanted it to be self-sustaining so they didn't have to devote much time to it. As I expect you know, running online communities, especially on a not-for-profit voluntary basis is difficult. So my new aim is to use this new site as a test-bed for my ideas on conflict management that I have developed as part of my MScEcon in Information Systems in the last year. I think I'll try to get community groups involved - more are online now than when I first made the site.

were you recommended by a mate?

 

[phildwyer]

Jonathan, is it true that Robin Hood was in reality the Earl of Huntington?

 

[quimcunx]

I have reason to believe that I will feature in a future edition.

Are you currently the 50,001st most accomplished person in the world? Are you hatching an evil plot to off Jonathan?

 

[bonathanjishop]

Jonathan, is it true that Robin Hood was in reality the Earl of Huntington?

I think you'll find he's referred to as the 'Pretended Earl of Huntington'. I think Robin Hood can be whatever people want him to be, as the legend is constantly evolving. I don't think people should need to ask whether Robin Hood ever existed, as he exists today; in the hearts and minds of those who know his legends.

 

[phildwyer]

I think you'll find he's referred to as the 'Pretended Earl of Huntington'. I think Robin Hood can be whatever people want him to be, as the legend is constantly evolving. I don't think people should need to ask whether Robin Hood ever existed, as he exists today; in the hearts and minds of those who know his legends.

Good answer. I can't make up my mind about you. You are an enigma.

 

[Proper Tidy]

I don't think people should need to ask whether Robin Hood ever existed, as he exists today; in the hearts and minds of those who know his legends.

Like Father Christmas

 

[quimcunx]

And Jebus.

 

[Proper Tidy]

The Fonz

 

[quimcunx]

and Jonathan Bishop.