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Date Posted: 22:15:22 February 09 2003, Sunday
Author: Factitious
Subject: Re: Spoofing
In reply to: Mike 's message, "Spoofing" on 21:54:35 February 09 2003, Sunday

>Ben, you do realize how easy it is for someone to
>spoof someone else in this forum, right?

Of course. In fact, that's pretty much what I did to make copies of all the posts from the old forum. If somebody maliciously impersonates you, tell me and I'll probably delete their post. Unless it's something that seems fairly harmless, like the way Albert just posted under Mike's name.

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[> [> Re: Spoofing -- Albert, 22:36:03 February 09 2003, Sunday

>>Ben, you do realize how easy it is for someone to
>>spoof someone else in this forum, right?
>
>Of course. In fact, that's pretty much what I did to
>make copies of all the posts from the old forum. If
>somebody maliciously impersonates you, tell me and
>I'll probably delete their post. Unless it's
>something that seems fairly harmless, like the way
>Albert just posted under Mike's name.

Duh, my name is Albert Andersen, and I have nothing better to do than post on this website under my intelligent and amazingly sexy friend Mike's name.

I'm a big fat lame-o, and I wear the same stupid hat every single day. I don't deserve the infinite kindness that my wonderful friend Mike has shown me over the many many years I have had the pleasure of basking in his presence. I'm gonna go do something that is undoubtedly lame, like fraud.


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[> [> [> Re: Spoofing -- Albert (the real one), 22:47:48 February 09 2003, Sunday

Wow. Immature and unoriginal. I'm impressed, Mike.


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[> [> [> Re: Spoofing -- Albert, 14:29:46 February 10 2003, Monday

In all seriousness, Mike, no matter how much in jest it may have been, don't you find this the teensiest bit uncalled for?

Besides, if you're going to rampantly insult me in response to actions that were utterly harmless, the least you could do is be witty about it.


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[> [> [> [> Re: Spoofing -- Mike (The real one), 16:23:15 February 10 2003, Monday

>In all seriousness, Mike, no matter how much in jest
>it may have been, don't you find this the teensiest
>bit uncalled for?
>
>Besides, if you're going to rampantly insult me in
>response to actions that were utterly harmless, the
>least you could do is be witty about it.

Eh, I suppose I may have taken it too far. But being over-the-top is where great humor is made! And both Ben and Aaron (and myself, I might add) found it funny. Considering that no harm was done (unless you took it at all seriously) I consider it a success. Given the ratio of work required to write my response to the enjoyment I recieved out of writing it, making it witty might have actually made it less enjoyable for me. I am sorry that you seem as bugged by it as you are. It was of course in jest, and I attempted to make up for the previously stated lack of wit and originality by making it as extreme and over the top as possible (a la American Pie and other movies in the teen comedy genre).

For the record of any third-party person who may have wandered into this forum by mistake, I will simply state that there is a reason that I have been friends with Albert for many years, and it has nothing to do with his singing of my praises (although it is never too late for him to start) ;-)


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[> [> [> [> [> Over the Top -- Albert, 20:25:16 February 10 2003, Monday

I suppose that the biggest issue here is one of taste in humor. While I agree that Over-the-Top is, in general, a good thing, it is mostly when pointed in a good direction. There's OtT action (which results in films like "Equilibrium" or just about any Jackie Chan movie), OtT Raunchy ("American Pie"), or Well-done OtT Slapstick (see many films from the 1920s).

Then there's OtT Stupid, which, in my experience, simply results in more stupid (see many Chris Farley or early Jim Carrey movies). I never liked those movies. I honestly don't think I would have found your post funny even if it wasn't directed at me. If you want to test that, feel free to write one for someone else and I'll give you my reaction. ;-)

I actually considered writing a "Duh, I'm stupid" post as my initial comment about spoofing, but then decided that it really wouldn't be worth it, because they're dumb. I decided that I would much rather rely on the inherent irony of spoofing a comment about spoofing.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Over the Top -- Mike, 21:55:25 February 10 2003, Monday

Point well made. Now we should probably desist in posting so much, because apparently we are destroying Ben's demographic. That being said, maybe I shouldn't have used this forum to communicate this message to you.

>I actually considered writing a "Duh, I'm stupid" post
>as my initial comment about spoofing, but then decided
>that it really wouldn't be worth it, because they're
>dumb. I decided that I would much rather rely on the
>inherent irony of spoofing a comment about spoofing.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Over the Top -- Albert, 00:58:41 February 11 2003, Tuesday

>Now we should probably desist in
>posting so much, because apparently we are destroying
>Ben's demographic.

I care more about seeing what happens when the amount of tabbing in the forum index reaches far enough that I could theoretically make the window too small to see it all, so I will continue to post.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Over the Top -- Albert, 01:00:54 February 11 2003, Tuesday


>I care more about seeing what happens when the amount
>of tabbing in the forum index reaches far enough that
>I could theoretically make the window too small to see
>it all, so I will continue to post.

Okay, this should do it.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Over the Top -- Mike, 10:12:08 February 11 2003, Tuesday

>
>>I care more about seeing what happens when the amount
>>of tabbing in the forum index reaches far enough that
>>I could theoretically make the window too small to see
>>it all, so I will continue to post.
>
>Okay, this should do it.
Fascinating.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Over the Top -- Mike, 10:20:11 February 11 2003, Tuesday

>
>>I care more about seeing what happens when the amount
>>of tabbing in the forum index reaches far enough that
>>I could theoretically make the window too small to see
>>it all, so I will continue to post.
>
>Okay, this should do it.
Fascinating.


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[> [> Re: Spoofing -- Albert, 22:52:41 February 09 2003, Sunday

>If
>somebody maliciously impersonates you, tell me and
>I'll probably delete their post. Unless it's
>something that seems fairly harmless, like the way
>Albert just posted under Mike's name.

I object. My posting under Mike's name was in no way malicious. Harmless, it was, but not malicious, even in a harmless way.


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