Shoutbox Has Been Retired
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Just a quick note to tell you that the shoutbox has officially been retired. We’ve had complaints over the years due to comments in the shoutbox being offensive (whether intended as such or not, the disappearing-post-format makes it impossible to keep context alive for long). Please resume regularly scheduled bantering in the Water Cooler, and please remember your manners.
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Is there going to be, like, some kind of a retirement party or something?
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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Complaints? I tell you, there's a lot of people in this world that really need a hobby.
I didn't use the shout box very often, but virtually every time I read a comment in it, it made me laugh.
I think the forum would be a better place with the shout box, and without the whiners....
The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.
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I think it's important to remember that this IS a commercial site designed to help potential customers buy their speakers. Although I personally was never offended, there have been times when I thought "This doesn't make a very good impression" to some first-time visitors. What's funny to one person can be offensive to another, and everyone is entitled to their personal feelings.
Kumbayah and all that.
Really, if JP weren't so obnoxious, we wouldn't be in this predicament.
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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What are you talking about?! They call me the welcoming committee! Here, take a look:
Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
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I think it's important to remember that this IS a commercial site designed to help potential customers buy their speakers. Although I personally was never offended, there have been times when I thought "This doesn't make a very good impression" to some first-time visitors. What's funny to one person can be offensive to another, and everyone is entitled to their personal feelings. I respect Axioms decision, bud. It's the complaints that ultimately drove them to this decision that bother me. The same applies to Bob's post a while back that had a homosexual slant to it. If it was of a heterosexual vein, I doubt anyone would have said anything. Isn't that a type of kayak? Really, if JP weren't so obnoxious, we wouldn't be in this predicament. It's always J.P. And I'm glad you said it, because if I did, Peter would be on me .
The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.
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I guess speech is only free until they start charging for it.
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And I'm glad you said it, because if I did, Peter would be on me . I don't find you that attractive, Cam.
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Cam, wrap yourself in bacon and he'll change his mind.
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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Cam, wrap yourself in bacon and he'll change his mind. I'll do it if you take the picture and I get to eat some of the bacon.
The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.
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WHEW! For once, I know I'm innocent. I never posted in the shoutbox.
Jack
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
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I think I posted a grand total of 3 things in the shoutbox... and then forgot to stick around to see the responses.
Bren R.
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Yeah, but it didn't get yanked until you showed up again. IT'S YOUR FAULT!!
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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First Cam wants me on him, now you're talking about yanking. This place has horrible!
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::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
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Too bad. I enjoyed the shoutbox for its ephemeral nature.
I can see how the edgy nature of some of the stuff is not fitting for a commercial site though.
RIP shoutbox.
JP. If you fall off the edge of a flat world you go from flat horizontal to flat vertical. How many people do you suppose would notice the difference?
Fred
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I'm only gone for a while and you lot get the shout box removed? This is why we can't have nice things!!!
"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." ---Frank Zappa
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... If you fall off the edge of a flat world you go from flat horizontal to flat vertical. How many people do you suppose would notice the difference?
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We are getting new speakers!
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If you fall off the edge of a flat world you go from flat horizontal to flat vertical. That's called a pancake-flockhart maneuver.
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Raise your hand if you have had to break the habit of using the scroll wheel on your mouse to check out the Shout Box after the web page loads.
(Raises hand)
Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
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I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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+1.
OTOH, it'll be better when reading on my iPod. Many times I swiped and scrolled the shoutbox instead of the whole page as intended.
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