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Pacers Digest is intended to be a place to discuss basketball without having to deal with the kinds of behaviors or attitudes that distract people from sticking with the discussion of the topics at hand. These unwanted distractions can come in many forms, and admittedly it can sometimes be tricky to pin down each and every kind that can rear its ugly head, but we feel that the following examples and explanations cover at least a good portion of that ground and should at least give people a pretty good idea of the kinds of things we actively discourage:

"Anyone who __________ is a liar / a fool / an idiot / a blind homer / has their head buried in the sand / a blind hater / doesn't know basketball / doesn't watch the games"

"People with intelligence will agree with me when I say that __________"

"Only stupid people think / believe / do ___________"

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"This thread is stupid / worthless / embarrassing"

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"Remember when PosterX said OldCommentY that no longer looks good? "

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We also dissuade passive aggressive behavior. This can be various things, but common examples include statements that are basically meant to imply someone is either stupid or otherwise incapable of holding a rational conversation. This can include (but is not limited to) laughing at someone's conclusions rather than offering an honest rebuttal, asking people what game they were watching, or another common problem is Poster X will say "that player isn't that bad" and then Poster Y will say something akin to "LOL you think that player is good". We're not going to tolerate those kinds of comments out of respect for the community at large and for the sake of trying to just have an honest conversation.

Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

That all having been said, our goal is to do so in a generally kind and respectful way, and that doesn't mean the moment we see something we don't like that somebody is going to be suspended or banned, either. It just means that at the very least we will probably say something about it, quite possibly snipping out the distracting parts of the post in question while leaving alone the parts that are actually just discussing the topics, and in the event of a repeating or excessive problem, then we will start issuing infractions to try to further discourage further repeat problems, and if it just never seems to improve, then finally suspensions or bans will come into play. We would prefer it never went that far, and most of the time for most of our posters, it won't ever have to.

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Also please be aware that you will not be given a pass simply by claiming that you were 'only joking,' because quite honestly, when someone really is just joking, for one thing most people tend to pick up on the joke, including the person or group that is the target of the joke, and for another thing, in the event where an honest joke gets taken seriously and it upsets or angers someone, the person who is truly 'only joking' will quite commonly go out of his / her way to apologize and will try to mend fences. People who are dishonest about their statements being 'jokes' do not do so, and in turn that becomes a clear sign of what is really going on. It's nothing new.

In any case, quite frankly, the overall quality and health of the entire forum's community is more important than any one troublesome user will ever be, regardless of exactly how a problem is exhibiting itself, and if it comes down to us having to make a choice between you versus the greater health and happiness of the entire community, the community of this forum will win every time.

Lastly, there are also some posters, who are generally great contributors and do not otherwise cause any problems, who sometimes feel it's their place to provoke or to otherwise 'mess with' that small minority of people described in the last paragraph, and while we possibly might understand why you might feel you WANT to do something like that, the truth is we can't actually tolerate that kind of behavior from you any more than we can tolerate the behavior from them. So if we feel that you are trying to provoke those other posters into doing or saying something that will get themselves into trouble, then we will start to view you as a problem as well, because of the same reason as before: The overall health of the forum comes first, and trying to stir the pot with someone like that doesn't help, it just makes it worse. Some will simply disagree with this philosophy, but if so, then so be it because ultimately we have to do what we think is best so long as it's up to us.

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  • #49876
    Re: Counting: It's Fun.

    49876

    Things that happened in 1996:

    * Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia.
    * Bill Clinton wins re-election as President of the United States, beating Republican Bob Dole.
    * January 16 - Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane, but neither singer was injured.
    * January 18 - Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson.
    * January 29 - Garth Brooks refuses to accept his American Music Award for "Favorite Overall Artist". Brooks says that Hootie and the Blowfish had done more for music that year than he did.
    * February 4 - Former Milli-Vanilli member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood, California. Pilatus was attempting to steal the man's car.
    * February 14 - The Artist Formerly Known As Prince marries backup singer Mayte Garcia.
    * February 20 - Snoop Doggy Dogg and his bodyguard acquitted of first degree murder. The jury deadlocks on voluntary manslaughter charges and a mistrial is declared.
    * March 4 - The Beatles' second reunion song is released, as part of their first reuinion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is simply a finished version of a John Lennon demo from 1980; a song called Real Love.
    * March 13 - Ramones fans riot in Buenos Aires, Argentina after waiting all night for concert tickets only to find out that the show had been sold out.
    * March 16 - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men ends its 16th consecutive week at No. 1 with "One Sweet Day". It is the longest consecutive week stay at No. 1 in Billboard Hot 100 history.
    * March 18 - The Sex Pistols announce that they are reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour.
    * March 28 - Phil Collins announces that he is leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career.
    * April 3 - M.C. Hammer files for bankruptcy.
    * April 4 - The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia's widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the Ganges River in India.
    * April 15 - The remaining part of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
    * April 24 - This Train, Rick Elias, Jimmy A, Phil Keaggy, Carolyn Arends, Third Day & Ashley Cleveland perform a tribute concert for Rich Mullins at Nashville's Cafe Milano. Speakers included Reunion Records executive Terry Hemmings, record producer Reed Arvin, disc jockey Jon Rivers, & author Brennan Manning.
    * May 8 - In Los Angeles, California, a judge rules against Tommy Lee and wife actress Pamela Anderson Lee in their attempt to keep Penthouse magazine from publishing still photos taken from an X-rated home movie which was stolen from their home.
    * July - The Smashing Pumpkins drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, is arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The other band members fire him because they said his "insidious battle with drugs and alcohol" had nearly ruined everything for the band.
    * August 6 - The Ramones play their last ever show at Lollapalooza.
    * September 7 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot 4 times in Las Vegas, Nevada while leaving the MGM Grand hotel, after seeing the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match, in what is apparently a drive-by shooting.
    * September 12 - Controversy follows The Eagles when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Saddam Hussein at a United States Democratic Party fundraiser held in Los Angeles.
    * September 13 - Tupac Shakur died in hospital after his wounds from the Las Vegas, Nevada MGM Grand shooting.
    * November 7 - A category 4 cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh, India. Over 2000 people were killed and 95% of the crops were destroyed.
    * November 8 - After having first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film Hype!, a documentary on the Seattle grunge scene, opens to general audiences
    * Larry Ewing creates Tux, the Linux mascot.
    * Sildenafil patented.

    Births

    * July 5- Dolly the Sheep

    Deaths

    * January 25 - Jonathan Larson, composer
    * February 2 - Gene Kelly, actor
    * February 6 - Guy Madison, actor
    * February 11 - Phil Regan, singer,actor
    * February 13 - Martin Balsam, actor
    * February 14 - McLean Stevenson, actor
    * February 15 - Tommy Rettig, actor
    * February 17 - Evelyn Laye, English actress and singer
    * February 20 - Toru Takemitsu, composer
    * February 25 - Haing S. Ngor, actor
    * March 2 - Lyle Talbot, actor
    * March 4 - Minnie Pearl (84)
    * March 13 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish film director
    * March 15 - Olga Rudge (101), violinist
    * March 17 - René Clément, French film director
    * March 22 - Don Murray, The Turtles
    * April 6 - Greer Garson, actress
    * April 16 - Lucille Bremer, actress
    * April 18 - Bernard Edwards, Chic, pneumonia
    * May 8 - Celedonio Romero, leader of the Romeros guitar quartet,
    * May 20 - Jon Pertwee, actor
    * May 21 - Lash La Rue, cowboy actor
    * May 25 - Brad Nowell, lead singer and guitarist for Sublime
    * June 7 - Max Factor, make-up artist and founder of Max Factor Cosmetics
    * June 10 - Jo Van Fleet, actress
    * June 11 - Brigitte Helm, German actress
    * June 15 - Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer
    * July 2 - Margaux Hemingway, model, actress
    * July 16 - John Panozzo, 48, drummer for Styx and brother of Chuck Panozzo
    * July 17 - Marcel Dadi 45, French country and western guitarist died in crash of TWA flight 800
    * July 29 - Jason Thirsk, bass member of Pennywise
    * July 30 - Claudette Colbert, actress
    * August 13 - David Tudor, pianist and composer
    * August 14 - Sergiu Celibidache, orchestral conductor
    * September 7 - Bibi Besch, actress
    * September 10 - Joanne Dru, actress
    * September 13 - Tupac Shakur, rap singer/songwriter, actor
    * September 14 - Juliet Prowse, dancer, actress
    * September 18 - Annabella, actress
    * September 22 - Dorothy Lamour, actress
    * October 14 - Laura La Plante, actress
    * October 31 - Marcel Carné, French film director
    * November 14 - Virginia Cherrill, actress
    * November 19 - Véra Korène, Russian born French actress
    * November 30 - Tiny Tim, musician
    * December 8 - Howard E. Rollins Jr, actor
    * December 19 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor
    * December 20 - Carl Sagan
    * December 29 - Mireille, French singer
    * December 30 - Lew Ayres, actor

    Films released

    * 101 Dalmatians
    * 12 Monkeys
    * A Time to Kill
    * Fargo
    * Island of Dr. Moreau
    * Independence Day
    * Jerry Maguire
    * Matilda
    * Mission: Impossible
    * Ransom
    * Romeo and Juliet
    * Sling Blade
    * Space Jam
    * The Birdcage
    * The Nutty Professor
    * The Rock
    * Trainspotting
    * Twister

    Hit songs

    * "Angry Johnny" - Poe
    * "Macarena" - Los Del Rio
    * "Professional Widow (Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)" - Tori Amos
    * "Wonderwall" - Oasis
    * "6th Avenue Heartache" - The Wallflowers
    * "Aeroplane" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
    * "All Mixed Up" - 311
    * "California Love" - 2Pac
    * "Can't Get You Off My Mind" - Lenny Kravitz
    * "Change the World" - Eric Clapton
    * "Down" - 311
    * "Free As A Bird" - The Beatles
    * "Give Me One Reason" - Tracy Chapman
    * "Head Over Feet" - Alanis Morissette
    * "How Do U Want It" - 2Pac
    * "I Want To Come Over" - Melissa Etheridge
    * "If It Makes You Happy" - Sheryl Crow
    * "The Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson
    * "Wash Away" - Vertical Horizon
    * "You Learn" - Alanis Morissette

    New books

    * Absolute Power - David Baldacci
    * Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
    * Bandarshah - Al-Tayyib Salih
    * By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee - Tama Janowitz
    * Excession - Iain M. Banks
    * Executive Orders - Tom Clancy
    * Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett
    * Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
    * Fighting for Canada (Maîtres Chanteurs Chez Nous!) - Diane Francis
    * A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
    * The Fourth Estate - Jeffrey Archer
    * Gods and Generals - Jeff Shaara
    * The Goldberg Variations - Nancy Huston
    * The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie
    * Hackers - short story collection
    * Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
    * How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Terry McMillan
    * Intensity - Dean R. Koontz
    * Kiki's Memoirs - Kiki, (translation by Samuel Putnam)
    * Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
    * Moonlight Becomes You - Mary Higgins Clark
    * Polaroids From The Dead - Douglas Coupland
    * Primary Colors - Joe Klein as "Anonymous"
    * The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
    * Selected Stories - Mavis Gallant
    * Sofia; The Sultan's Daughter - Ann Chamberlin
    * The Tailor of Panama - John le Carré
    * The Tenth Insight - James Redfield
    * Undaunted Courage - Stephen Ambrose
    * A Vicious Circle - Amanda Craig

    Above retrieved from Wikipedia.
    Last edited by duke dynamite; 01-16-2009, 03:41 PM.

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    • #49877
      Re: Counting: It's Fun.

      49877

      I got my first "real" job in '96.

      It sucked.

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      • #49878
        Re: Counting: It's Fun.

        49878

        This one's for belli.
        Word on the street is he doesn't want your money, he only wants to please your ears...
        Bum in Berlin on Myspace

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        • #49879
          Re: Counting: It's Fun.

          49879

          This one's for me.

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          • #49880
            Re: Counting: It's Fun.

            49880

            A nice days work in here fellas. I really shouldnt be awake right now.

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            • #49881
              Re: Counting: It's Fun.

              49881


              1996 was a terrible year. I don't even know how it got on the calendar. It isn't even as good as some of the years in the 18th century.
              And I won't be here to see the day
              It all dries up and blows away
              I'd hang around just to see
              But they never had much use for me
              In Levelland. (James McMurtry)

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              • #49882
                Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                49882

                Raptors Lose Raptors Lose Raptors Lose.

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                • #49883
                  Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                  49883

                  Yeah, but you know what? This one, this one right here - 1996. This was my dream, my wish. And it didn't come true. So I'm taking it back. I'm taking them all back.

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                  • #49884
                    Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                    49884

                    I don't like to repeat myself but GOD I HATE WORK!

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                    • #49885
                      Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                      49885

                      So Newms, how do you feel about work?

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                      • #49886
                        Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                        49886....Carl Sagan's dead? There's a loss. Dude counted "millions and millions" of stars.

                        Rasko, old chap, I am teaching pretty much what I always teach...IP networking, Cisco routers, routing protocols, doodah, doodah.


                        [~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!

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                        • #49887
                          Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                          49887

                          The 50K's creeping up, and I have to work all weekend.

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                          • #49888
                            Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                            49888...I call it the 'workend.'


                            No. I don't.


                            I am going to slee-e-e-e-ep in tomorrow. Olympic snoozing. Do not call. I will be busy being unconscious.


                            [~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!

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                            • #49889
                              Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                              49889

                              I'll catch up on my sleep tomorrow during the IU game.

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                              • #49890
                                Re: Counting: It's Fun.

                                49890

                                '96 was the year before i got married. I believe I was substitute teaching at this time that year.

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