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At Blogger not only can you retain a very good editorial control over your content they have

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that will allow you to score some jack.

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edit: The term blog is a blend of the terms web and log. With a blog you determine the content. When you post on a forum anyone or their brother is liable to say any thing imaginable. There are other differences.
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OK Gene, thanks for the tip.

Bloggers here will have complete control over their content and there will never be any advertising on this site.

Please feel free and start your own blog on Blogger.com, though.

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Scott,

I'm not interested in a blog. Eventually I'll have a server but I don't have the time for it now. It will be about stocks and it will be commercial. People that have marketable ideas will be encouraged to open shop.

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Gene, if you're not interested in a blog then why post a message supporting an alternative to Scotts new forum add-on? Perhaps your definition of "blog" needs... well... defining. I dunno buddy, maybe I've got you all wrong - again.
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Bill,

I just deleted quite a lengthy post after reading it. That deserves an explanation. The crux of the matter was one single word. One word can change everything. If you're in Paris and you say to the waiter, 'me donner le poisson' you'll be fine. Yet if you say, 'me donner le poison' you're going to get some strange looks. You might just get 'le poison' by way of 'le poisson' and ptomaine but you shouldn't ask for it. All this because of a little 's'. A letter can change a word and a single word can change everything. That's one of the reasons I'm so particular about meaning.

Now you asked why I would post a blog site if I'm not interested in blogs. I'm not interested in having a blog for the same reason I'm not interested in having a site. I don't have the time to do a good job. Some could put content on the internet and not too many would be interested in what they have to say. Others could get a whole lot of people interested. If you have a lot of traffic you might as well promote something besides your ideas. You can capitalize on that. Everyone has to pay rent. If someone wants to start a blog and thinks they can generate a lot of traffic they should be some where they can capitalize on that. That's why I posted an alternative. It's no skin off my teeth nor does it help me pay my rent. I think that 'testuser' should have a blog here because I don't think they'll generate much traffic.

You asked for my definition of a blog. I'm rather practical. If I post something on this forum anyone is free to comment on it. With a blog if you'd like to comment I can let you or I can not. I have editorial control. That's a very key difference. Another difference is that if I have a blog on my own server and want to discuss the processed chicken feed manner of Coylo's character I can leave it there forever (until my hard drive crashes). If I'd like to discuss that same topic on Scott's server things are different. There are very clear differences between a blog and a forum. How would you define a blog?

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a Blog is like "the latest progress updates" of Ken...
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Gene, I don't need to define what a blog is - it has already been defined and the definition is easily found at many online dictionaries - for your convenience:
Main Entry: blog
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log
Example: Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
Etymology: shortened form of Weblog
Usage: blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n
I don't understand your convoluted French lesson, perhaps you're trying to say that the English language presents difficulties for you in determining precise interpretations? I think you'll find that switching to French will present even greater difficulties, I guess you wouldn't be any worse off though.

I think the few measly cents that might possibly be generated by a blog that includes advertising content is insignificant, certainly in terms of "paying the rent", compared to the possible member benefits of the new add-free service offered by Scott here at the forum. Perhaps the prospect of a few cents is meaningful enough to you that you would encourage members away from this new BW forum service in favour of your blogger.com recommendation? I really doubt it, and therefore your recommendation doesn't make sense to me. Perhaps you just didn't think before you posted - again.

I see you must be trying to develope a relationship with Coylo, otherwise why bait him with your "processed chicken feed manner of Coylo's character" comment. Does that mean it's over between you and I? I'd just like to say that I'm pretty disappointed in you again. I'm a one-chick kind of guy and if you're going to cheat behind my back, well - it's over between us buddy! Coylo, you can have him - bitch - lmao
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ROFLMAO!

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Bill,
I don't see a substantial difference in the definition for blog that you posted and what I had posted twice previously. When you asked...
Perhaps your definition of "blog" needs... well... defining.I dunno buddy, maybe I've got you all wrong - again.
I took the trouble to do that. Is there something in the definition that I posted you don't think is accurate?
don't understand your convoluted French lesson, perhaps you're trying to say that the English language presents difficulties for you in determining precise interpretations? I think you'll find that switching to French will present even greater difficulties, I guess you wouldn't be any worse off though.
Yes, very convoluted and quite understandable you'd miss the point. Let me clarify it for you.
I just deleted quite a lengthy post after reading it. That deserves an explanation. The crux of the matter was one single word One word can change everything. If you're in Paris and you say to the waiter, 'me donner le poisson' you'll be fine. Yet if you say, 'me donner le poison' you're going to get some strange looks. You might just get 'le poison' by way of 'le poisson' and ptomaine but you shouldn't ask for it. All this because of a little 's'. A letter can change a word and a single word can change everything. That's one of the reasons I'm so particular about meaning.
I think what threw you off the point was too many words. I think by making all those other words smaller you could actually see the point. Hope that helps.
I think the few measly cents that might possibly be generated by a blog that includes advertising content is insignificant,
I can make a very strong case for the power of a few measly cents that if you could be persuade would benefit you greatly. Since all I could hope to do is help you out by taking the time to do that I'd rather not.
Perhaps you just didn't think before you posted - again.
Or perhaps not yet as I just said I'm not interested in persuading you otherwise.
I'm a one-chick kind of guy and if you're going to cheat behind my back, well - it's over between us buddy! Coylo, you can have him - bitch - lmao
To call someone a bitch in the open forum is rather hateful, Bill, yet not too surprising for someone of your character.

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Gene, I don't need to define what a blog
is - it has already been defined and the definition is
easily found at many online dictionaries - for your
convenience:

Quote:
Main Entry: blog
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an online diary; a personal chronological
log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called
Weblog, Web log
Example: Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect
the personality of the author.
Etymology: shortened form of Weblog
Usage: blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n


I don't understand your convoluted French lesson,
perhaps you're trying to say that the English language
presents difficulties for you in determining precise
interpretations? I think you'll find that switching to
French will present even greater difficulties, I guess
you wouldn't be any worse off though.

I think the few measly cents that might possibly be
generated by a blog that includes advertising content
is insignificant, certainly in terms of "paying the
rent", compared to the possible member benefits of the
new add-free service offered by Scott here at the
forum. Perhaps the prospect of a few cents is
meaningful enough to you that you would encourage
members away from this new BW forum service in favour
of your blogger.com recommendation? I really doubt it,
and therefore your recommendation doesn't make sense
to me. Perhaps you just didn't think before you posted
- again.

I see you must be trying to develope a relationship
with Coylo, otherwise why bait him with your
"processed chicken feed manner of Coylo's character"
comment. Does that mean it's over between you and I?
I'd just like to say that I'm pretty disappointed in
you again. I'm a one-chick kind of guy and if you're
going to cheat behind my back, well - it's over
between us buddy! Coylo, you can have him - bitch - lmao
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Gene, if Coylo has a problem with me calling him a bitch then he has my sincere apologies - I meant tart :D
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Bill, You have my sympathies. All that time and effort spent constantly on Gene's back and you didn't even get a mention.
Little old me went straight to the top of the hit (hate) list on the basis of one cutting post.
I've had my fix, but he's just not worthy enough to be in my company.
Someone else can have him (/use him)!
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coylo wrote:...All that time and effort spent constantly on Gene's back...
That's a filthy lie, I never touched his back!
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I've had my fix, but he's just not worthy enough to be in my company.
How arrogant of you to think (much less say) that. You are overstating your importance beyond belief. Any time you'd like to answer the question (in as much as my posts aren't worthy why do you bother) I'd love to hear that answer. I can think of only two possibilities. (1) You're can't remember what you've learned or (2) you enjoy and live with contradiction. In either case Robert made a fine point.

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bill wrote:
...All that time and effort spent constantly on Gene's back...
That's a filthy lie, I never touched his back!

coylo wrote:
Bill, You have my sympathies. All that time and effort spent constantly on Gene's back and you didn't even get a mention.
Little old me went straight to the top of the hit (hate) list on the basis of one cutting post.
I've had my fix, but he's just not worthy enough to be in my company.
Someone else can have him (/use him)!
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That's a filthy lie, I never touched his back!
I didn't mean to slight you, Bill. Speaking of filthy how you doing?

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Scott,

I'm considering changing operating systems and I read this on the net:
Our forum software, the ever exploitable phpBB, was compromised today making everyone in the entire database an admin, spoofing posting as other forum users, and poisoning who knows how much of the forum data.
Is that what happened to your server April 1st? Were you hacked?

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