Random Thoughts Game

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Only that you may appear to be.

Wonder what percentage of the time appearances online nickname to online nickname,
phone voice to phone voice and face to face are in fact reality. Hmm...

Random Thoughts Game (OP)

"This game's somewhat like brainstorming: someone at the conference table or in the room suggests an idea no matter how blue sky or off the wall. It triggers an association for someone else, then someone else, etc. Eventually challenges are met and problems solved. One format rule: Please relate or connect your post or quotation to the previous one. Have fun.

How does an online forum thread know when it's time for it to die?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
How does an online forum thread know when it's time for it to die?

It doesn't it is not a conscious entity...

When does a moderator know it is time to pull the plug?

Originally posted by Ponderable
It doesn't it is not a conscious entity...

When does a moderator know it is time to pull the plug?

Probably when the thread's author isn't "conscious" of the "entity..." referred to as Terms of Service.

Ponderable, would you know which public forum has been the most active since January 1, 2015?

Originally posted by Ponderable
It doesn't it is not a conscious entity...

When does a moderator know it is time to pull the plug?

Ponderable, may I ask what motivates you to breathe life into threads no longer on page one running the risk of becoming archived?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Ponderable, may I ask what motivates you to breathe life into threads no longer on page one running the risk of becoming archived?

Yes you may 🙂

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Originally posted by Ponderable
"Yes you may 🙂

[hidden] It depends. Some threads have still a future, some are still thought provocing, some just move something in me. Some threads die of neglect...a bitter fate.[/hidden]

Yes, Ponderable. "It depends. Some threads have still a future, some are still thought provocing, some just move something in me. Some threads die of neglect...a bitter fate." while some others are destined to instantly or gradually die...

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Wonder what percentage of the time appearances online nickname to online nickname,
phone voice to phone voice and face to face are in fact reality. Hmm...

They are always real. The question is which reality is the one actually in place. (See Seitse's threads.)

Originally posted by Ponderable
They are always real. The question is which reality is the one actually in place. (See Seitse's threads.)

Sad but true. You. Ponderable, I believe are the same thoughtful person here as you are offline.

Originally posted by Ponderable
They are always real. The question is which reality is the one actually in place. (See Seitse's threads.)

"I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

Adam Savage

Originally posted by nimzophysh
"I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

Adam Savage

... and which "reality" would you prefer to "substitute" as your "own"?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
... and which "reality" would you prefer to "substitute" as your "own"?

Substitute - me for him
Substitute - my Coke for gin

How about we come up with some real problems that we can toss about ideas on?
Here we go - the Riemann Hypothesis (just to get us started...) 🙂

Interesting that the solutions come in pairs: reminds one of

x=[ -b+-sqrt (b sqrd - 4ac)]/2a

Originally posted by ptobler
Interesting that the solutions come in pairs: reminds one of

x=[ -b+-sqrt (b sqrd - 4ac)]/2a

Wow! Would Albert Einstein approve?