See the MM arbcom case - has suddenly felt that is his duty to comment on absoloutely everything going on. I thought tony had got better - apparently not.

See the MM arbcom case - has suddenly felt that is his duty to comment on absoloutely everything going on. I thought tony had got better - apparently not.

It figures he'd name himself after a GSV-type ship... The GCU ones are waaay better!

I mean, I like science fiction novels as much as the next guy, but isn't it sort of pathetic when they do things like this? It was probably cute in the early days of WP, in a geeky sort of way, but you'd think by now they would have realized.

It was probably cute in the early days of WP, in a geeky sort of way, but you'd think by now they would have realized.

What I find neither understandable nor logical is going to the trouble to make a pseudo-name-change and then A) Link your old user page, and B) Act in an identical manner.

Wouldn't a different signature have doen the same thing with less complication?

I'd say - purely from a psychological perspective - that he's trying to reassert some level of intellectual superiority, which is also evident from the choice of name.

I find his new username distasteful.

I haven't been following this very closely, but Tony Sidaway, a veteran of internet bitch-fests long before he became such an odious presence on WP, appears to have concocted a new persona. This is known as Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The.

The new persona has been turning up around the place like a stale fart. Including on Wikiback where it was roundly dismissed as resentful nuisance.

I'm posting this here as a placeholder, for what I imagine will be a thread detailing the usual obnoxious nonsense emanating from this unwelcome persona.

Being a Banks fan, both with and without the M, I don't read it as a reference, simply an overly long sexualising distraction. So I agree. Or as my kids would put it, it's a bit gay.

The prime movers and shakers in the Culture are not humans. The true decision-makers are the Minds, advanced cybernetic intelligences that were originally built by humans and other races, but which have long since moved beyond their makers...

The Minds are people; that is, thinking, feeling beings with their own quirks and idiosyncrasies. They are usually the guiding personalities (of) ships, orbitals, stations, and other major constructs. The main difference between humans and the Minds is that the latter can think faster and deeper. And while humans and other alien species all play their parts in making the Culture run, it is the Minds who usually get rolling first, and who make plans for the big picture. So it is not surprising that the Minds get organized first when the Excession shows up.

An Excession is, quite simply, anything that is excessive: excessively powerful, excessively aggressive, excessively mysterious...

The Culture had actually survived OCP's (Outside Context Problems) before, but there was never anything quite like this, something so powerful and unfathomable that it made galaxy-spanning civilizations ripple and shiver just by sitting there. So a group of Minds form "The Interesting Times Gang" to deal with the problem, ships with names like Serious Callers Only, Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, Shoot Them Later, and No Fixed Abode.

Odd, are we sure it's not a sock of Jimbo?

Giano

Odd, are we sure it's not a sock of Jimbo?

So in essence, he's attempting to refer to himself (indirectly) as one of the "Minds" who comprise the "prime movers and shakers" of the Culture.

Surely you can tell the difference in writing styles? I'd be willing to give long odds on it being Tony. Or were you just being ironic? I always miss that sort of thing.

Maybe this helps?

My email address: tonysidaway@gmail.com

Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have any real evidence?


Oh, sorry, I thought I was on the ArbCom for a minute there.

I think the new name is ace.

1. It's got a sweet, romantic tinge to it. A bit sad, too.
2. It's got a persnickety twist, what with the ", The."
3. It's based upon an uber-cool series of books.

"Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The"

I mean no offense to Tony, but that's a pretty bad username. Well the last alias I heard him use was Sherilyn Sidaway and that's not very creative. He could at least take a trip to http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

He should make someting more akin with a hobby. Like he used to be big into anti-scientology, so make something like "Lord Xenu".