Re: A85: IR link idea

To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A85: IR link idea
From: gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 09:16:31 -0700
Delivered-To: assembly-85-outgoing@towerguard.unix.edu.sollentuna.se
Reply-To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org

I just have to contribuite an idea...  This is a true real life story, that
should do nothing to enrich your life...  :)

It was the beginning of the school year, and there was this boy who had
just came.  He was one of the kids who wore flanel plaid shirts, and pants
that could be part of a 'g' suit for fighter planes.  No one wanted to
"hang" arround him, including me at first.
Then he just came over to my table at lunch and started talking.  At first
I didn't know what he was doing, but then he started talking about
comptuers and that sparked my interest.  We became real good friends, and
the 'skaters' I have for friends didn't like it.
The boy had nothing wrong with himself, he got 'A's in school just like any
other of my friends, he had an interest in computers just like my other
friends, but because of his cloths, he was rejected.
Finally my friends were asking me again why I was 'hanging with that nerd'.
Thats when I was pushed over the edge.  I couldn't beleive it.  I started,
in a yelling tone, explaining to them how he was just the same as any other
human, and name one thing about him (not his appearance) that made him a
nerdy bad person.
After that incident, things went back to normal, except he was much widely
excepted.  At first everyone was still a little shocked they were 'hanging
out with a nerd', but after a while 99.9% of the people liked him.

He had came from a priviate school, and didn't know how what he said 'real
kids' acted like in public school...  He is going to my school still, and
has alot more friends...  He also still wears his cloths, but because he
likes himself, others do.  They except him for who he is and don't care
about his image.  Well, at least they don't anymore...  :)


>egillespie@juno.com
>erik_gillespie_1096@gwgate.kvcc.edu
>
>On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 19:27:01 -0400 Jim Ruble <rublej@geocities.com>
>writes:
>
>>I hate materialism and this "oh I have to do this to be cool" crap!  I
>>know that I am not the most popular guy around my school and I know
>>that
>>most of the other calc programmers aren't either (don't correct me if
>>I
>>am wrong... you know the point I am trying to make).  But what I do
>>know
>>is that if you are going to go around your whole life worrying around
>>your image and what other people think about you then your's is a life
>>not worth living.  I would rather have a fun, enjoyable life and have
>>everyone think of me as a total geek than trying to keep a 'cool' self
>>image.  I know that many others on this list would say the same thing,
>>too (in fact there was a discussion on this about a year back (not
>>sure
>>if it was this list though, could have been the asm 92 list)).
>
>In a sense I believe this, but with a little rewording.  I think we all
>worry about our image but we really don't have to.  Our image will find
>us.  The popular people aren't popular, they are just part of the
>majority of people who share a common image within an area.  Just as I
>believe the people on this list will seem popular to a person who wants
>to be on the list because they feel they share our common interest, but
>that portion of their image does not appear as clear as other parts of
>their image so they in turn hang out with a bunch of people who also have
>similar images.  I know a girl who has the greatest personality and I
>find very attractive.  To me she seems very popular in this way.  I ate
>lunch with her and I noticed that she eats like a guy.  She has a big
>appetite, takes big bites, you name it.  I can assume she's not too
>popular with the rest of the cheerleaders at lunch.
>
>>My point: live life the way you want; not the way others want.  If you
>>want to [try to] play laser tag on your calculator then more power to
>>ya!
>
>Doesn't this kind of contradict itself?  Anyway, not everyone can live
>their life how they want.  Not in the United States anyway.  If you
>tried, you'd probably be put in jail, sued, or many other bad things.  If
>everyone lived how they wanted, we could not have a government because if
>we all live how we want, every person is always right.  That's not
>possible.  I know you don't believe what you just said and I know you
>don't live by those words.  No one does.  No one can.  What happens if
>some guy shoots another guy just because he wanted to?  That would leave
>you to be a figure similar to that guy who told that girl (Amy Fisher?)
>to shoot his wife because you practically told this man to shoot that
>person.  See how easy it is to twist someone's words and make that person
>look bad or wrong?  Now I'm doing exactly what you did.  I posted
>something to the entire list that only a few eyes needed to see.  And
>even then those eyes didn't need to read the message because it wasn't
>thought out completely and probably didn't have the intended effect.  It
>probably just made the person feel bad about themself.  I don't want
>replies to this message, whatever you type I probably already know or
>don't need to know.  Of course, according to Mr. Jim's advice you should
>reply because you're not supposed to do what I want, you're supposed to
>do what you want.  But who's right?  Me?  Jim?  Or you?  You decide.
>This isn't my original advice but I like what it says:
>
>Don't dish it out if you can't take it yourself.
>
>Go ahead, reply all you want but I would suggest that you mail me
>personally.
>
>
>>> Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, as well as contructive
>>> critizism, but for God's sake, use you d*mn heads!  Practacality is
>>> the key to usefullness.  So why doesn't everyone get back to making
>>> games?  How about that?
>>
>>Last time I checked laser tag was a game.  And besides, without new
>>ideas (however practical or impractical they may sound) where would we
>>be right now?  And besides, swearing your head off and saying how dumb
>>you think something is isn't exactly what I call constructive
>>critisism.
>
>I agree here.
>
>This message was not meant to persuade anyone to change their views on
>any subject matter, it is merely me expressing my views because my
>philosophy beckons me to.  Just as I criticise others, I must be open to
>criticism.  I
>must also encourage others to express their views whether to the list or
>not, but I feel that we won't have as many arguments on this list if we
>understand where each of us is coming from.  Most of the people who have
>been on this list can agree that we argue over less stupid stuff than we
>did a while back. Speaking for most animals on Earth, we learn from our
>mistakes.  If arguing is a mistake.  I think arguing is learning with
>added criticism.  You don't need to know but that is how Aristotle
>taught.
>
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