For Joe, Ken J. and all disinterested parties

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Bob Weinberger wrote:

Well, just to poke the bear and keep this highly entertaining dust-up
alive ...

Sadist.

And you forgot Chambana's own "Silicon Prairie", the high-tech
mecca of the midwest.

I don't know who wrote what, when, to whom, but repeat aloud to yourself
several times,

"high-tech mecca"

"high-tech mecca"

"high-tech mecca"

JR wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Bob Weinberger wrote:

Well, just to poke the bear and keep this highly entertaining dust-up
alive ...

Sadist.

And you forgot Chambana's own "Silicon Prairie", the high-tech
mecca of the midwest.

I don't know who wrote what, when, to whom, but repeat aloud to yourself
several times,

"high-tech mecca"

"high-tech mecca"

"high-tech mecca"

......and then tell me that wouldn't be a good name for a rock band....

In article PButg.16834$Wh7.7743@trnddc07,
says...

"Joe" wrote in message
.net...
snip
...explain why I
posted the unemployment figures for the "hightech"
west coast vs North Carolina.
snip

Well, just to poke the bear and keep this highly entertaining dust-up alive
(aka stirring the ****) I'll point out that North Carolina's Research
Triangle is every bit as much a "hightech mecca" as California's Silicon
Valley or Oregon's Silicon Forest or Washington's whatever cutsie tech
nickname they use for the Micro$oft HQ area. In each case those areas make
up only a small portion of their respective states, are not the driving
force of the state's economy, and do not make up anything approaching a
majority of the workforce in their states. So a strong case can be made that
the west coast is not materially more "hightech" than North Carolina.

Bob Weinberger

I hate to contribute to extending this waste of electrons, but I think
the point was "why post the west coast #s" if he thought that Opie was
saying that he was the one living in the high-tech region.

I don't personally think that where I live qualifies as a high-tech
mecca. Silicon Valley, absolutely. You can't cross the street without
running into a high-tech company there. Where I live, there is really
only one major high-tech company. It's debatable, but I can't even get
the two stooges to read a simple sentence let alone debate something
more subtle.
EOT for me, I promise.
- Ken

wrote in message
...
In article PButg.16834$Wh7.7743@trnddc07,
says...

"Joe" wrote in message
.net...
snip
...explain why I
posted the unemployment figures for the "hightech"
west coast vs North Carolina.
snip

Well, just to poke the bear and keep this highly entertaining dust-up
alive
(aka stirring the ****) I'll point out that North Carolina's Research
Triangle is every bit as much a "hightech mecca" as California's Silicon
Valley or Oregon's Silicon Forest or Washington's whatever cutsie tech
nickname they use for the Micro$oft HQ area. In each case those areas
make
up only a small portion of their respective states, are not the driving
force of the state's economy, and do not make up anything approaching a
majority of the workforce in their states. So a strong case can be made
that
the west coast is not materially more "hightech" than North Carolina.

Bob Weinberger

I hate to contribute to extending this waste of electrons, but I think
the point was "why post the west coast #s" if he thought that Opie was
saying that he was the one living in the high-tech region.

I don't personally think that where I live qualifies as a high-tech
mecca.

Someone said that it does?

Silicon Valley, absolutely.

Well, yeah, if you believe the rumors.

You can't cross the street without running into a high-tech
company there.

Hm......maybe they should get a couple more streets.

Where I live, there is really
only one major high-tech company.

Nary a one in my house.......but then, we've got lots of streets here in
Curdistan.

It's debatable,

What's debatable?

but I can't even get
the two stooges to read a simple sentence let alone debate something
more subtle.

Mark and I haven't fared any better at getting them to read a simple
sentence. What chance could you possibly have? And "stooges" is certainly
the right term.......hell, one of them WROTE it and he STILL doesn't have
any clue of what it says.

EOT for me, I promise.

Excellent! One less dumbass to contend with in one thread. I know, it
ain't much, but a start is always at least that.

Wolfgang
of course, it'll always crop up again somewhere else. vigilance and
tenacity remain the best defenses......well, that and a command of the
language.

wrote in message
...
In article PButg.16834$Wh7.7743@trnddc07,
says...
snip
I don't personally think that where I live qualifies as a high-tech
mecca. Silicon Valley, absolutely. You can't cross the street without
running into a high-tech company there. Where I live, there is really
only one major high-tech company. It's debatable, but I can't even get
the two stooges to read a simple sentence let alone debate something
more subtle.
EOT for me, I promise.
- Ken

Ken,
You need to get off the Intel campus and look around a little. Although
Intel is the big gun in Hillsboro, many high tech companies in the area
aren't exactly small time.

Bob weinberger
Companies and subsidiaries
The following is a partial list of past and present companies founded in the
Silicon Forest or which have a major subsidiary located the

a.. Atlas Telecom
b.. Autodesk
c.. BiiN
d.. Central Point Software
e.. Clarity Visual Systems
f.. Corillian
g.. Cubic Compass Software
h.. Digimarc
i.. Downstream Digital
j.. 800.com
k.. Electro Scientific Industries
l.. FEI Company
m.. Flir Systems
n.. Floating Point Systems
o.. GemStone Systems
p.. Hewlett-Packard
q.. IBM (by acquisition of Sequent and Informix)
r.. InFocus
s.. Informix Software
t.. Intel
u.. Intersolv
v.. Lattice Semiconductor
w.. Mentor Graphics
x.. nCube
y.. Network Associates
z.. NEC
a.. Novellus Systems
b.. OSDL
c.. Polytron Corp.
d.. Planar Systems
e.. Planet Argon
f.. Premia Corp.
g.. RadiSys Corporation
h.. Sequent Computer Systems
i.. Sharp
j.. Sun Microsystems
k.. Symantec
l.. Synopsys
m.. Tektronix
n.. Thrustmaster
o.. Timberline Software
p.. Tripwire
q.. Verdix/Rational Software
r.. WaferTech (TSMC subsidiary)
s.. Clickcommerce
t.. WebMD
u.. WebTrends
v.. WellMed
w.. Yahoo!

"Bob Weinberger" wrote in message
news:PButg.16834$Wh7.7743@trnddc07...

"Joe" wrote in message
.net...
snip
...explain why I
posted the unemployment figures for the "hightech"
west coast vs North Carolina.
snip

Well, just to poke the bear and keep this highly entertaining dust-up
alive (aka stirring the ****)

Gilding the lily, as it were, but it can't hurt anything.

I'll point out that North Carolina's Research Triangle is every bit as
much a "hightech mecca" as California's Silicon Valley or Oregon's Silicon
Forest or Washington's whatever cutsie tech nickname they use for the
Micro$oft HQ area. In each case those areas make up only a small portion
of their respective states, are not the driving force of the state's
economy, and do not make up anything approaching a majority of the
workforce in their states.

Well, I know that is true with regard to California, and I'm willing to take
it on faith that you're right about the others.

So a strong case can be made that the west coast is not materially more
"hightech" than North Carolina.

Well, it's an interesting observation but it's going to take more than what
you've given us so far to make it a strong case.

In any case, we now have a start in addressing one of Mark's supporting
arguments......but it falls far short negating the point he was trying to
bolster.

Wolfgang

"Bob Weinberger" wrote in message
news:PButg.16834$Wh7.7743@trnddc07...
Well, just to poke the bear and keep this highly entertaining dust-up
alive (aka stirring the ****) I'll point out that North Carolina's
Research Triangle is every bit as much a "hightech mecca" as California's
Silicon Valley or Oregon's Silicon Forest or Washington's whatever cutsie
tech nickname they use for the Micro$oft HQ area. In each case those
areas make up only a small portion of their respective states, are not the
driving force of the state's economy, and do not make up anything
approaching a majority of the workforce in their states. So a strong case
can be made that the west coast is not materially more "hightech" than
North Carolina.

Bob Weinberger

I don't think that anyone has questioned whether the West coast is any more
hi-tech than any other region of the country, YET?

Yes, many states have hi-tech sectors, but as I pointed out *very early* in
this thread (I believe that I actually pointed it out twice: once in my
original post and then again when Joey posted his stats for California and
some other states), I specifically noted the unemployment rate in CALDWELL
COUNTY, NC and not any other part of the state of NC, the entire state of
NC, nor the rest of the nation.

I'd be willin' to give in to the belief that 'ol Joey is incapable of
writing a coherent sentence--which I truly believe anyway--, and that he
very well might have meant what Jon has suggested that he meant, except that
he never said he meant something different from what was accepted by myself,
Wolfgang, Cyli, Bob, and Charlie, once Charlie called him on his arrant
statement--twice!

Op

"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
...

MY BAD

*errant* statement--twice!


Op

"Joe" wrote in message
.net...

Looks like you folks had quite a day today. Unfortunately I can't
access these lists at work so can't join in the fun until the evening.

So you've sobered up too?

Jon and Ken both have it 100% correct.

About what?

Joe's meaning (as claimed in his other post):

[your bogus claim] [of living in a high-tech mecca]

Your interpretation:

[your bogus claim of living in] [a high tech mecca]
"

You read it wrong and it appears to me that you and Wolfgang
are too proud or stupid or gutless to admit that you were
acting like asses.

Let's see, what has been said of late about name callin'.....Oh yeah, IT"S A
BAD BOY THAT RESORTS TO NAME CALLIN'!

I have no need to engage in ****ing contests with two
obviously reading challenged people who have no intention
of listening.

Which begs the question: Why did you return?

So this is my only rebuttal.

You got someone to write your rebuttal for ya?

- I did not say or mean or imply that Opie lived in a
high-tech mecca.

"Remember this started with your bogus claim of living
in a 'high-tech mecca'."

Tell ya what, I did this myself and it really works! Copy the abve
quotation to a blank sheet of paper, hand it to several people--they can be
office workers, ditch-diggers, rocket scientists or second graders, as the
answer will invariably remain the same--ask those people to read the
quotation, then ask them to tell you what it says to them. I know you won't
do this in an honest manner, as honesty is not really part of your nature,
but humor me.

- I assume that Opie knows where he lives and it makes
absolutely no sense that I would disagree with him on
where he says he lives.

No it wouldn't have, but yet you did, either because you can't read or you
can't process simply thoughts--I hope it's not a case of old-timers disease?

- If you insist that I am lying, then explain why I
posted the unemployment figures for the "hightech"
west coast vs North Carolina.

Who know why you did what you did? I posted, specifically, about CALDWELL
COUNTY, NC and made no claim other than to state that "knot (obroff) all of
us live in a Mecca of hi-tech." Even that simple statement has had you and
Ken J. flummoxed, as I wasn't implying that Ken lived in a Mecca of hi-tech,
since I haven't the slightest idea of where Ken resides. I was merely
sayin' that not all people, in general, live in an area where wages and
employment are high.

Last word of advice, and yes I'm sure you'll both have
snide little comments throughout. You might want to think
twice before calling people names over reading ability.

Great! Advice from a MORON!

I did a little google searching and you both have a history
of reading people's posts wrong. Those in glass houses
and all that.

Please, post two, just two posts, (Fawn Lake Threads don'tt count, for
obvious reasons-- that will probably escape you) *in the last two years
(7/13/2006-7/13/2004, or in any other two year stint)* where I have gotten
in an argument over someone's ability to read. Now don't come up with a
silly account of where I correct the spelling in an individual's post.

If you come up with just two VALID (I'll let anyone besides Ken J be the
arbiter) posts where I have actually questioned someone's ability to read, I
will apologize, right here on ROFF, to you, Ken and Jon, and further admit
that I am the world's biggest MORON still living!

Oh and yeah, you can try to fool yourselves all you want,
but even you know that you both ****ed up.

No, we know nothing of the sort.

Everyone else,
or at least everyone else who wasn't disgusted by all this
stupidity, knows that you two ****ed up too.

Does that include Cyli, Bob, and Charlie? Remeber, they kinda took your
post in the same way that Wolfgang and I did.

Learn how to ****in' read, you morons!!!

More nasty name callin'! Boy is your mommy gonna be ****ed!

Love,
Op