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yuno44907 banned for posting hateful crap.

Periodic reminder that being wrong is not a rules violation. Moderators will not step in and correct anyone on points of fact — participation in that manner is that of a member, not a moderator, so there is no utility in reporting posts using this complaint.

PSA reminder: If you encounter spam please report it, but you only need to report one post by each offender. We can remove all of the posts more easily than clearing multiple reports.

david345 suspended a week for a rash of attempts to circumvent thread closure, culminating with a rather inappropriate tone.

The_eagle has likewise been force to flyaway, as a yahya515 sockpuppet

No, we will not tell you who downvoted your post.

Just finished As You Wish by Cary Elwes. Light reading, but a fun look behind the scenes of the making of "The Princess Bride"

johncave has been banned as yet another sockpuppet of the mpc755 series. Rubber skin. Easy to spot. Posts and responses to the posts have been terminated. (edit, 12 April) smithjohn52 as well, from the same production facility.

Yes, I have. That is a factual statement. Did you have a point to make?

The hypothesis has no apparent founding in physics and amounts to gibberish, so no. I can't even come close, especially since I am not willing to enter into an altered state of reality as I might have done in my college days. Though I can appreciate that if one is zonked enough this might start to seem to make sense.

And yet, after that somewhat long post, we're still waiting.

Then it wasn't impossible, was it?

kristalris has been banned for apparently being unable to post without bringing up discussion topics that have been closed for other rules violations, and not learning from his prior suspension.

Allegedly, but that's hearsay. You can't use that in court.

I work at the Naval Observatory — you can't swing a dead cat around here without hitting an oceanographer (or astronomer).

"Believable", in science, means you have made predictions that can be experimentally confirmed. A model means you can make these kinds of predictions. So far I don't see either, and you need to do this.

Periodic reminder: complaining about being compelled to follow the rules is not going to gain any traction with the staff, and people challenging your pet theory is not a rules violation. It's actually what one should expect.

d3mo has been banned as a sockpuppet account of z3rg/dochow. This was not to evade a suspension/ban, so the original account is intact…for the moment.

Lucious has been banned as a sockpuppet of Aethelwulf, graviphoton, TrappedLight, Tom Vose, Tsadi and possibly others. So many bodies.

ALex7JA has been terminated by his request.

Jaya Jagannath has been banned for persistent soapboxing and spamming with the same material, after being told not to. Multiple times.

Vexen has been suspended for an abusive behavior meltdown. S/he may return after a nap and a snack.

I don't think I've ever typed "logical falisy" in my life. Regardless, what has prevented you from asking about logical fallacies, or Googling them to learn about them?

The mods are not elected officials, and the membership does not get to vote on issues. It's more like someone's house, and you can drop in for a visit and have a discussion. There are rules they wish you to follow, and are welcome if you can engage in civil discourse. If you show up (or become) drunk and disruptive you will be shown the door. If you try and peddle wares, want to give us a copy of the Watchtower (or equivalent) or are trying to siphon folks to a discussion down the street, or expose yourself, you will be booted off the porch. You don't set the rules, the owners/caretakers of the house do. It's private property. You leap from "not a democracy" straight to Godwin. Seriously? No middle ground? Do you expect a family (especially with 3 or more kids) to be a democracy? "Let's vote: who wants ice cream for dinner?" We generally don't have families run like that, so this like like Oprah — YOU are Hitler, and YOU are Hitler, and YOU are Hitler, and YOU are Hitler! Bull. But that's an actual scientific discussion, and not so much support/comments. Go ahead and bring it up in its own thread and watch it be dismantled.

This isn't a democracy.