> Rick, please, do you really feel, honestly, that your post is on
> topic for this newsgroup? C'mon Mr.Appocolypse, even I don't
> think you're really that stupid.
I do feel that some of it is off-topic(tm). But heck, many times a
conversation sways from being _directly_ on topic. This is normal and
acceptable.
And just because something is apocalyptic, that doesn't mean it _can't_
or _won't_ happen.
Here again, you must fully respect my differing viewpoint: Y2K, sim
titles, and programmers are interrelated in ways that may very well have
an effect on your game-playing - for better or worse. I so happen to
illustrate scenarios, as dire as they seem, that indicate that your
game-play will take a dive or disappear altogether.
It's not pretty.
But you can take decisive action _now_ to preserve your hobby and, on an
apocalyptic note, your life.
True, _some_ people don't appreciated it. Few opinions are completely
aligned with those of each reader. This is normal and acceptable.
I still don't see how you are qualified to speak on everyone's behalf.
Did you take a survey? I'm not flaming, just asking.
I'm an American citizen. Until a one-world government is established
(not in our lifetimes <g>), I will never become a "citizen of the
world". However, you are free to become one.
I understand _and_ agree with you. Look at the threads about CPU's and
upgrading. Why are you not sending those authors to alt.comp.abit or
alt.comp.celeron to dump their 'off-topic' garbage where it belongs.
What about all the junk that belongs in F1 newsgroups? Why are you not
policing those threads?
That is a strong word - "force". Can you be "forced" to watch 90210?
EVERYONE posting on USENET has _some_ self-serving purpose. That is
normal and acceptable.
I _am_ contributing. But I can't help save everyone.
Yes you are. You are invalidating my opinion that Y2K will have an
impact on future sim titles. You are also suggesting that I don't speak
in this NG unless I follow _your_ guidelines for which _you_ define
on-topic subject matter.
That doesn't include everyone. So you speak for yourself and maybe a few
others.
How is the impact of a programmer's draft _not_ related to releasing
future sim titles? Inasmuch as Intel's Celeron price drop announcement
to the group?
The real reason _some_ folks oppose my opinion is because the
consequences of considering even the remote possibility that I'm right
is too painful. The issue never was the suitability of the topic to the
rest of the group.
If you research Dejanews, you will find some avid posters here who
danced alongside me on this Y2K issue. They never cried about the issur
being off-topic until their own denialist fantasies were debunked. It
is just an excuse.
Happy New Year!
Rick