Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button?
Posted: December 14th, 2022, 1:55 pm
Yes. I tried to be Swithin here, but they wouldn't let me. So I had to pick another Anglo-Saxon saint.
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Yes. I tried to be Swithin here, but they wouldn't let me. So I had to pick another Anglo-Saxon saint.
Thanks Lawrence, I wasn't sure which guy Hibi meant. Thought possibly he wanted to know more about St. Cuthbert.LawrenceA wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 4:11 pmAlan Turing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
You're right, I didn't even think of Cuthbert. Oops!Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 4:27 pm
Thanks Lawrence, I wasn't sure which guy Hibi meant. Thought possibly he wanted to know more about St. Cuthbert.
I visited Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire in October and took that photo of a photo of Alan Turning, who did much of his renowned work there.
Thanks.LawrenceA wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 4:11 pmAlan Turing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
St. Cuthbert's dates are ca. 634-687. He is associated with Northumbria in the northeast of England (St. Swithin is associated with Winchester, in the south). St. Cuthbert is also associated with Durham Cathedral, which I've visited; and with the monastery at Lindisfarne.
Cuthbert is mentioned a few times in the Canterbury Tales. A brief Google search says he is mentioned in the Reeves Tale but also the one where the Princess beheads a man with a curse. The tale is set in Pagan Northumbria I believe.Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 5:17 pmSt. Cuthbert's dates are ca. 634-687. He is associated with Northumbria in the northeast of England (St. Swithin is associated with Winchester, in the south). St. Cuthbert is also associated with Durham Cathedral, which I've visited; and with the monastery at Lindisfarne.
LostHorizons wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 6:11 pmCuthbert is mentioned a few times in the Canterbury Tales. A brief Google search says he is mentioned in the Reeves Tale but also the one where the Princess beheads a man with a curse. The tale is set in Pagan Northumbria I believe.Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 5:17 pmSt. Cuthbert's dates are ca. 634-687. He is associated with Northumbria in the northeast of England (St. Swithin is associated with Winchester, in the south). St. Cuthbert is also associated with Durham Cathedral, which I've visited; and with the monastery at Lindisfarne.
Sorry, but I just don't understand the reasoning in this. With all the negativity in the world today and especially so expressed via the internet, how and in what possible way could a simple expression of a POSITIVE response to something one has said or shown on the net become viewed as somehow being a "negative", and as long as what was said or shown does NOT press some sort of negative or intolerant thoughts or ideas???EP Millstone wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 9:45 pm After briefly searching the Web for Pro and Con arguments regarding the Like button, I discovered that . . .
There ain't many likes for Likes.
Lotta angst about the deterioration of society. Lotta pearl-clutching and Sturm und Drang from psychologists, sociologists, social scientists, and folks who have waaaaay too much free time on their hands IMO about the pernicious and corrupting effects of the upright thumb and beating heart. Oh, Lawdy! This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a . . .
Dargo wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 10:07 pmSorry, but I just don't understand the reasoning in this. With all the negativity in the world today and especially so expressed via the internet, how and in what possible way could a simple expression of a POSITIVE response to something one has said or shown on the net become viewed as somehow being a "negative", and as long as what was said or shown does NOT press some sort of negative or intolerant thoughts or ideas???EP Millstone wrote: ↑December 14th, 2022, 9:45 pm After briefly searching the Web for Pro and Con arguments regarding the Like button, I discovered that . . .
There ain't many likes for Likes.
Lotta angst about the deterioration of society. Lotta pearl-clutching and Sturm und Drang from psychologists, sociologists, social scientists, and folks who have waaaaay too much free time on their hands IMO about the pernicious and corrupting effects of the upright thumb and beating heart. Oh, Lawdy! This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a . . .
(...nope, just don't get it here...sorry)