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I can't believe you guys are still working on this punctuation issue.
Have a break, you must be exhausted.
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Maybe my 2025 prediction about Telos was bang on...Originally posted by Dewey Cox View Post"It is an absolute truism that law-abiding, armed citizens pose no threat to other law-abiding citizens."
Ammo, camo and things that go "blammo".
“That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.” ― George OrwellComment
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This site was down for a couple hours Sunday morning (today).Originally posted by Dewey Cox View PostComment
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Ok good, so it wasn't just meOriginally posted by RangeBob View PostDon't blame me, I didn't vote for that clown. Oct 20, '15
I didn't vote for that Mr. Burns clown either. Apr 28, '25Comment
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I don't think he works here anymore.Originally posted by Camo tung View PostWhy does the rest of the country get first dibbs on half my income?Comment
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There is an advantage to this forum supporting an older character set (like ISO-8859-1 or Windows-1252 - I'm not sure which GOC supports and I'm not going to spend 5 minutes viewing the source to find out) versus modern character sets like UTF-8.
Namely that there is added effort involved in building web-scrapes to automate extraction of data.
It's not hard to implement, but given the volume of data on this site, the effort involved in sanitizing the data through string conversions is enormous, especially when there are other comparable sites with a higher user base, more active traffic, better supported character sets, that are more visible in the public through SEO.
Translation: It's harder (but not impossible) and less rewarding for someone such as hackers or government agencies to extract meaningful information from this forum in an automated fashion.
Hackers/Spies are kind of like those guys who go around bars, parties, raves, etc. looking for intoxicated women to take home for the night (or to the back alley for 10 minutes).
GOC is kind of like a poorly lit hole in the wall pub like Moe's Tavern in the Simpson with no attractive women and a bunch of old, disgusting barfly drunks.
Technically, a hacker/malicious government agent could come in here to spy on us, but it would be pretty boring, uninteresting, and unlikely to come up with anything worth while.
As you all know, there are other gun sites that are more like a Burning Man festival full of women on ecstasy desperate for a 5 minute fling.Last edited by harbl_the_cat; 02-11-2025, 10:39 AM.🔍💬 "We live in a time where everyone is lying to everyone else all the time about everything, and no one can trust anyone about anything." 🚫🤥
Out of every one hundred men, ten are Omegas and shouldn't even be there. Eighty are Betas - just targets. Nine are Alphas, the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one - he is the Sigma, and he will bring the others back.Comment
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Probably the best description of GOC I've read.GOC is kind of like a poorly lit hole in the wall pub like Moe's Tavern in the Simpson with no attractive women and a bunch of old, disgusting barfly drunks.
Feels like a personal attack, but it's true, so no infraction
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for that clown. Oct 20, '15
I didn't vote for that Mr. Burns clown either. Apr 28, '25Comment
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Give him credit, he did discover another way to make money,Originally posted by Rory McCanuck View PostProbably the best description of GOC I've read.
Feels like a personal attack, but it's true, so no infraction
...a poorly lit hole in the wall."It is an absolute truism that law-abiding, armed citizens pose no threat to other law-abiding citizens."
Ammo, camo and things that go "blammo".
“That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.” ― George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by harbl_the_cat View Post
Wait a minute, I've spent all this time grooming Camo and there has been this other place the whole time? Damn harble, why didn't you tell me??Just because you?re paranoid, doesn?t mean they?re not out to get you?!
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Sorry to hear that GOC doesn't live up to the excitement level you expect (beyond BB's potato debauchery) but the GOC'ers I know (that I have met in person or have corresponded with outside of the forum, hell I've even worked with at least one of you) have all been interesting, knowledgeable and outgoing individuals. Most if not all are also very proficient and successful in their occupations away from GOC, another sign of a well-balanced lifestyle.Originally posted by harbl_the_cat View Post
Speaking for myself only, I have plenty of contacts should I need actual technical advice so my main reason to take up bandwidth on GOC is to commiserate with like-minded individuals trying to navigate the obstructions a worried/scared/vindicative government keeps throwing in our path. Other reasons include following the projects others have undertaken, be they old rifles brought back to life (FALover), old vehicles (normmus), bad ideas combined with questionable shortcuts (BSD), fighting off the evils of capitalism (aniest), that pinked guy (f*ck him), competitive shooting (Dewey, R&R), the charmed life (2012Cvoguy), soulchaser's dank political underbelly updates and many others that chime in with an update on something that interests them or affects us as a group. IMO we need more motorcycle content and more fishing content (especially ice fishing) and I'm just as guilty of not doing exactly that.
I see this as a relaxed atmosphere, less competitive and more like you're sitting around ribbing your buddies over something. Never have I thought of my GOC compadres as "old, disgusting barfly drunks" nor expected a Burning Man experience, complete with ecstasy and quickies. I suppose if that's your kink these days M1917 might be kind enough to arrange a hook-up for you with Stinky. I doubt there would be any ecstasy for either of you, it probably wouldn't last 5 minutes but guaranteed afterwards you'd be burning, man."It is an absolute truism that law-abiding, armed citizens pose no threat to other law-abiding citizens."
Ammo, camo and things that go "blammo".
“That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.” ― George OrwellComment
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Oh yeah, VERY hard to find out the character set GOC is using.... oh, wait, no it's not, 3rd line of the code, took 1 second.Originally posted by harbl_the_cat View Post
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
When you ignore history, you become its next example.
It is easier to control the lawful than to confront the lawless, history is full of governments that chose the wrong one.
If the past teaches anything, it is those who ask to be trusted with power often fear those who carry it themselves.Comment
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It would take 5 minutes because I can never spend 1 second looking for a single line of code, but 4:59 looking for bugs.Originally posted by Battle Beaver View Post
Remember, I'm not a Programmer. I'm a Test Engineer.🔍💬 "We live in a time where everyone is lying to everyone else all the time about everything, and no one can trust anyone about anything." 🚫🤥
Out of every one hundred men, ten are Omegas and shouldn't even be there. Eighty are Betas - just targets. Nine are Alphas, the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one - he is the Sigma, and he will bring the others back.Comment
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So you're saying he could get by on one job if....Originally posted by Battle Beaver View Post"It is an absolute truism that law-abiding, armed citizens pose no threat to other law-abiding citizens."
Ammo, camo and things that go "blammo".
“That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.” ― George OrwellComment
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That sounds like government work mentality. I'll have my friend Elon visit your employer...Originally posted by harbl_the_cat View Post"It is an absolute truism that law-abiding, armed citizens pose no threat to other law-abiding citizens."
Ammo, camo and things that go "blammo".
“That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.” ― George OrwellComment
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Hah! I'm training a bot to build a data scraper and tested that prompt on it.Originally posted by Camo tung View Post
This was it's response:
Your analogy is vivid but risks overshadowing your main point. If you’re aiming for clarity, you might tone down the colorful comparisons. They could distract readers or even alienate them. The core argument—that a smaller forum with older encoding is less attractive to data scrapers—stands well on its own. If you want humor, keep it subtle so it doesn’t dilute the message.🔍💬 "We live in a time where everyone is lying to everyone else all the time about everything, and no one can trust anyone about anything." 🚫🤥
Out of every one hundred men, ten are Omegas and shouldn't even be there. Eighty are Betas - just targets. Nine are Alphas, the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one - he is the Sigma, and he will bring the others back.Comment
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