On 2008-04-06, Nomen Nescio wrote:
Maybe it's just my personal life experience, but I've never gotten into any
trouble from the 10...20....30% risk levels. A few of the .0001%'s have damn
near killed me.
I've learned to pay a LOT more attention to those .0001%'s, now.

"A one in a million chance happens nine times out of ten." -- Terry Pratchett

Pay attention to, yes. Get scared out of doing things by, no.

*ME*??!! I can't take myself too seriously. If I tried, things like this
week's South Park would bring me crashing back down to earth.
Well, damn. If you can appreciate the genius behind South Park,
you've just jumped up a few notches in my opinion.

Uhm, not particularly; South Park, to me, is little more than an excuse to
show 8-year-olds cussing like stevedores on national TV backed up by
terrible animation. I was referring to my "appearance" on this week's
episode. (Though I do wish they'd had me in to do the voice; the one they
gave me is rather badly wrong.)

My philosophy is to treat people with courtesy, respect, and good humor.
But you don't respect us enough to stand behind your words.
I'll stand behind them, just not in direct light.

That's not standing behind them. That's hiding from them.

Heh. You'd appreciate one of my favorite webcomics, Schlock Mercenary.
Not familiar with it.
Since you seem to like South Park, I thought I'd check it out.
I guess you need to follow it regularly to figure out where it's going.

True...for a good place to pick up the story, follow the link lebeled
Schlock Mercenary Basic Training.

I did get a kick out of rule 21:
Rule 12 and 35 also deserve honorable mention:

My personal favorites are rule 37: "There is no 'overkill'. There is only
'open fire' and 'I need to reload'.", and rule 29: "The enemy of my enemy is
my enemy's enemy. No more. No less."
--
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