Say Goodbye to Skype

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Prove it.

Prove that I'm not. I don't even know if I'm here or not, but others seem to think so, and that's all that counts. A god is nothing without his worshipers.

I think you are a trap.

No, you don't think. You're not a trap, you're a prat.

That's why I don't talk to you anymore.

So you're talking to yourself. I still hear you.

Very economic. Two jokes in one.

I've seen your two and raised you one. Your bet.

Your real post is quite good.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I plot evil schemes with Mr J and Mr P, and sometimes Mr McB on Skype all the time. I'm still here.

For the time being anyway.

LOL...I should imagine they find some of our conversation topics slightly amusing

[vienna]

Just saw a rerun of this this "60 Minutes" piece on facial recognition and it reminded me of some of this thread. Note how truly invasive commercial usage of data has become and how we are becoming ever less able to prevent or control who knows about our personal lives. And, remember, this is not the government, but commercial interests engaged in this activity; but, make no mistake, the government has, and, will "profit" from these commercial efforts:





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[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Are you still here?

Perhaps you have already been arrested and put in one of the American gulags and (cue dramatic music) "The Government" has taken over your account and is now impersonating you here in order to decisive us.

Hmmmm

How do we know who you are and that you are who you claim to be instead of who the government wants us to believe who your are?

(my head hurts)

This is just humor (I laughed), but it could be very true ... Sailor Steve could be anyone. After all he's just a name and a whole lot of numbers and a nice signature just to make us think that he really is who he says he is, but it's not necessarily so ... not all forums are this honest you know?

however due to his peculiar personality I would think it to be very hard to imitate him. Jimbuna to would be a difficult assignment also

As for Skype ... I am now getting phone calls from solicitors with the ID "this is a Skype call"

Quote of the week: "What if Nixon had of just burned those white house tapes"

[soopaman2]

I showed a guy how to make a sparkler out of a used up lighter on skype.

I guess I am screwed.

I kinda also shared my crystal Meth recipe, and how to get away with uploading snuff films for download on skype.

I also hijacked 4 airliners and raped 3 women and 16 men with skype.

I wished my mother happy birthday with it too, hope the birthday greeting was not too risque.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

This is just humor (I laughed), but it could be very true ... Sailor Steve could be anyone. After all he's just a name and a whole lot of numbers and a nice signature just to make us think that he really is who he says he is, but it's not necessarily so ... not all forums are this honest you know?

Ah, but Jimbuna, NikiMcBee, Neal Stevens, Tarjak, Privateer and I know each other personally. We have all put up many photographs of us together and apart that have been verified by the others. We have all been willing to share our real names publicly. We talk regularly on Skype and know each other fairly well. I've had telephone conversations with some other members here, one of whom I'll be meeting in person in just a couple of weeks. There are othes who have put up pictures which match and have been verified by others. I've exchanged Christmas gifts with one or two others, who also talk freely about their own habits and peculiarities.

I'm the one who has put up videos of myself onstage, old overweight body and all. Everybody knows pretty much who I am, and if you want to know more I'm always willing to talk. I have no secrets...well, a few I keep even from my bestest friends, but I also have some I keep from myself.

Others, like yourself, are just screen names and nothing more. You are the ones we don't know, but still manage to put up with.

[vienna]

We have all put up many photographs of us together and apart that have been verified by the others.

One word: Photoshop...

Verified? By fellow traveller and accomplices?....


Technology isn't your enemy; it's your good friend...


After all...







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[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Ah, but Jimbuna, NikiMcBee, Neal Stevens, Tarjak, Privateer and I know each other personally. We have all put up many photographs of us together and apart that have been verified by the others. We have all been willing to share our real names publicly. We talk regularly on Skype and know each other fairly well. I've had telephone conversations with some other members here, one of whom I'll be meeting in person in just a couple of weeks. There are othes who have put up pictures which match and have been verified by others. I've exchanged Christmas gifts with one or two others, who also talk freely about their own habits and peculiarities.

I'm the one who has put up videos of myself onstage, old overweight body and all. Everybody knows pretty much who I am, and if you want to know more I'm always willing to talk. I have no secrets...well, a few I keep even from my bestest friends, but I also have some I keep from myself.

Others, like yourself, are just screen names and nothing more. You are the ones we don't know, but still manage to put up with.

Ah ha I hit a nerve center

but seriously haven't you ever seen a Russian general with all of the medals on his chest ...

one Russian general looks just like another Russian general

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by vienna

One word: Photoshop...

Not when it's a picture of someone I've met and hung out with.

Verified? By fellow traveller and accomplices?....

You don't have to trust one of us or all of us. it's your loss.

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Ah ha I hit a nerve center

Not in the least. I just find it amusing that someone who chooses to hide behind a wall of anonymity assumes that everyone else does the same. To you it's an internet forum. To me it's a small group of real friends and a bunch of other people I haven't met yet.

There are some here who are afraid to say who they are or show a picture, yet they want to be treated like friends. I'm not saying you're one of them. My biggest fear is of telling too much, not because I don't want people to know who I am, but because I do, and I'm afraid if I tell to much I might bore them to death. I do that sometimes.

[Jimbuna]

No nerve centre hit but what Steve forgot to add is the fact some of us have actually met IRL....the one of questionable authenticity is......................Der Onkel

[Takeda Shingen]

Welp, I've never attended a meet, nor have had the inclination to do so. While I don't regret avoiding such events, the above attitudes do certainly shed light on the quality of treatment that I have received.

I think I met a few of the people here.


Jim's hideing but he's in there.

And Tak? Your OK. I just wonder about you sometimes.

[Wolferz]

Onkel Neal with his MJ glove and Jimbuna.
Right before they started moon walking and singing Billie Jean.

And that's me walking away in the back ground.

[Wolferz]

You want a face and a name put to my handle?

Just remember you asked for it.



Left to right: Barry L, Michael L (me), Jason B and Morris J Newhouse. My three surviving brothers.