What Ails ARBR?

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Edward Dolan wrote:

What did I write? I don't see it!

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The same thing that ails all of usenet. The fact that is is un-moderated
and pretty much anyone can post anything they like.

Well, yes, that explains why your type is the ruination of Usenet, but it
does not take into account a genius like me.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!

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Edward Dolan wrote:

What did I write? I don't see it!

You didn't see it because I snipped all the trash.

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The same thing that ails all of usenet. The fact that is is un-moderated
and pretty much anyone can post anything they like.

Well, yes, that explains why your type is the ruination of Usenet, but it
does not take into account a genius like me.

Mr. Dolan, in my opinion, you are what ruins ARBR. All of your trash /
garbage posts turn people off. If you wish to have ARBR turn into a
worth while NG again, try cutting back on your worthless ramblings.

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Edward Dolan said:

I have noted lately that despite my best efforts ARBR is withering on the
vine.

Perhaps it's because of your unwanted and uneeded "efforts". What ails
ARBR you ask? In a word .... YOU!!!

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Newbies now ask questions and do not get answers. Where are all the
helpful regulars that used to infest this group. Yes, Tom Sherman has left
us and as near as I can figure it out he is not on any other newsgroups.
Maybe he is on BROL? Tom was always very helpful to newbies and gave them
the very best advice. But are there not any other Tom Shermans on ARBR?

Perhaps Tom has just grown weary of you like so many others have. If
you weren't deaf, dumb, blind and as perceptive as the average tree
stump, you would be able to draw the obvious conclusion.

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It is not my function to help newbies as I am too high minded for that. I am
here to critique anyone who gets out of line. I am very good at this and
have been doing it for the past 3 years.

WIth unrestrained ego, braving a repetive stress injury, the
self-serving, self-apointented, self-annointed "nonpareil" HEAD Dolan
pats himself on the back for a service that none have requested and
none require.

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But that is no reason to get all
down and out. In order to be critiqued by me you have to be a real idiot.
Thankfully I have noted that all the worst idiots are long gone. Most of the
rest of us that remain are more or less sane. So I urge you to answer the
newbies. I NEVER interfere with that sort of thing.

Lacking a bit f foresight are you? Lets see now ... you stated that
inorder to be critiqued by you, one has to be a real idiot, but furhter
stated that the worst of the idiots are long gone. Then, it logically
follows that you have fewer and fewer victims. OK ... now I understand
what you're crying about. Something just doesn't make sense thoughr.
You have indicated in the past that it is your intendition to dispatch
with all the idiots on ARBR. So what you are actually saying then is
that you have become a victim of your own success. Well
congratualtions. The conudrum continues - Jim McNamara

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Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

"Ken C. M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Edward Dolan said:

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ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!

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Edward Dolan wrote:

What did I write? I don't see it!

You didn't see it because I snipped all the trash.

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The same thing that ails all of usenet. The fact that is is un-moderated
and pretty much anyone can post anything they like.

Well, yes, that explains why your type is the ruination of Usenet, but it
does not take into account a genius like me.

Mr. Dolan, in my opinion, you are what ruins ARBR. All of your trash /
garbage posts turn people off. If you wish to have ARBR turn into a worth
while NG again, try cutting back on your worthless ramblings.

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Just try blocking Ed in Outlook - it worked for me.

Actually I think he fell into the blocked category during the period of time
that the nocomm lowrider guy was posting all of the time.

Doug Thomas

On Thu, 25 May 2006 11:40:44 -0400, "Ken C. M." <[email hidden]>

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Edward Dolan said:

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ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!

Quoted message said:

Edward Dolan wrote:

What did I write? I don't see it!

You didn't see it because I snipped all the trash.

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The same thing that ails all of usenet. The fact that is is un-moderated
and pretty much anyone can post anything they like.

Well, yes, that explains why your type is the ruination of Usenet, but it
does not take into account a genius like me.

Mr. Dolan, in my opinion, you are what ruins ARBR. All of your trash /
garbage posts turn people off. If you wish to have ARBR turn into a
worth while NG again, try cutting back on your worthless ramblings.

Ken

See Ed, I told you that you were cluttering up the landscape.

I've got a challenge for you, Ed.

You've posted an awful lot in your 3 years, but it is extremely
repetitive. How about for 100 days you limit your posting to one
message per day. I am only talking about ARBR, I don't particularly
care how many posts to the other cycling groups, the folks in them
seem to, for the most part, understand filters. If you made your
normal amount of posts to the other groups, and only one to ARBR, you
might see your effect more clearly.

Indiana Mike

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Edward Dolan said:

"Ken C. M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!

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Edward Dolan wrote:

What did I write? I don't see it!

You didn't see it because I snipped all the trash.

Well, I could just as easily snip all your one-liner trash too, but then we
would have a very blank newsgroup wouldn't we?

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The same thing that ails all of usenet. The fact that is is un-moderated
and pretty much anyone can post anything they like.

Well, yes, that explains why your type is the ruination of Usenet, but it
does not take into account a genius like me.

Mr. Dolan, in my opinion, you are what ruins ARBR. All of your trash /
garbage posts turn people off. If you wish to have ARBR turn into a worth
while NG again, try cutting back on your worthless ramblings.

I am greatly beloved by all the denizens of ARBR. Without me the group would
not survive a single day. However, I agree with you that I should cut back
some. I will only look in on the newsgroups every third day from now on.
After all, it is not like I will be missing anything, that is for sure.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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"Ken C. M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Edward Dolan said:

"Ken C. M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!

>Edward Dolan wrote:

What did I write? I don't see it!

You didn't see it because I snipped all the trash.

Quoted message said:

>The same thing that ails all of usenet. The fact that is is un-moderated
>and pretty much anyone can post anything they like.

Well, yes, that explains why your type is the ruination of Usenet, but
it does not take into account a genius like me.

Mr. Dolan, in my opinion, you are what ruins ARBR. All of your trash /
garbage posts turn people off. If you wish to have ARBR turn into a worth
while NG again, try cutting back on your worthless ramblings.

Ken
--
New cycling jersey: $49
new cycling shorts: $39
Not being a slave to the petrol pump: priceless.

Just try blocking Ed in Outlook - it worked for me.

Actually I think he fell into the blocked category during the period of
time that the nocomm lowrider guy was posting all of the time.

Do a search on the Johnny NoCom [censored] from two winters ago if you would like
to become enlightened on what happened to ARBR. Or better yet, just go back
and look at the postings on the Google website for ARBR from that time
period. I will be looking forward to your report to the group on what you
discover.

The bottom line is that no one gave a good g.d. about ARBR and so I decided
not to give a good g.d. about it either.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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On Thu, 25 May 2006 11:40:44 -0400, "Ken C. M." <[email hidden]>

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Edward Dolan said:

"Ken C. M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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ALL TOP POSTERS ARE IDIOTS!

>Edward Dolan wrote:

What did I write? I don't see it!

You didn't see it because I snipped all the trash.

Quoted message said:

>The same thing that ails all of usenet. The fact that is is un-moderated
>and pretty much anyone can post anything they like.

Well, yes, that explains why your type is the ruination of Usenet, but
it
does not take into account a genius like me.

Mr. Dolan, in my opinion, you are what ruins ARBR. All of your trash /
garbage posts turn people off. If you wish to have ARBR turn into a
worth while NG again, try cutting back on your worthless ramblings.

Ken

See Ed, I told you that you were cluttering up the landscape.

I've got a challenge for you, Ed.

You've posted an awful lot in your 3 years, but it is extremely
repetitive. How about for 100 days you limit your posting to one
message per day. I am only talking about ARBR, I don't particularly
care how many posts to the other cycling groups, the folks in them
seem to, for the most part, understand filters. If you made your
normal amount of posts to the other groups, and only one to ARBR, you
might see your effect more clearly.

Indiana Mike

I have decided to limit myself to looking in on the groups about once every
3 days at which times I will lambaste everyone who has had the effrontery to
disagree with me about anything. That is the way of us Great Ones. It is my
karma to be ever afflicted with all the idiots, morons and imbeciles of
Usenet, but I will NEVER give in to them. Nay, I will go to my grave in the
firm conviction that I have always been right about everything and everyone
else has always been wrong about everything. Like I said, that is the way of
us Great Ones.

ARBR would be improved enormously if everyone would simply praise me to high
heaven and tell me how Great I am - or at least have the good grace never to
disagree with me about anything. Then all would be peace and harmony on
ARBR.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

"JimmyMac" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Edward Dolan said:

I have noted lately that despite my best efforts ARBR is withering on the
vine.

Perhaps it's because of your unwanted and uneeded "efforts". What ails
ARBR you ask? In a word .... YOU!!!

Quoted message said:

Newbies now ask questions and do not get answers. Where are all the
helpful regulars that used to infest this group. Yes, Tom Sherman has
left
us and as near as I can figure it out he is not on any other newsgroups.
Maybe he is on BROL? Tom was always very helpful to newbies and gave them
the very best advice. But are there not any other Tom Shermans on ARBR?

Perhaps Tom has just grown weary of you like so many others have. If
you weren't deaf, dumb, blind and as perceptive as the average tree
stump, you would be able to draw the obvious conclusion.

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It is not my function to help newbies as I am too high minded for that. I
am
here to critique anyone who gets out of line. I am very good at this and
have been doing it for the past 3 years.

WIth unrestrained ego, braving a repetive stress injury, the
self-serving, self-apointented, self-annointed "nonpareil" HEAD Dolan
pats himself on the back for a service that none have requested and
none require.

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But that is no reason to get all
down and out. In order to be critiqued by me you have to be a real idiot.
Thankfully I have noted that all the worst idiots are long gone. Most of
the
rest of us that remain are more or less sane. So I urge you to answer the
newbies. I NEVER interfere with that sort of thing.

Lacking a bit f foresight are you? Lets see now ... you stated that
inorder to be critiqued by you, one has to be a real idiot, but furhter
stated that the worst of the idiots are long gone. Then, it logically
follows that you have fewer and fewer victims. OK ... now I understand
what you're crying about. Something just doesn't make sense thoughr.
You have indicated in the past that it is your intendition to dispatch
with all the idiots on ARBR. So what you are actually saying then is
that you have become a victim of your own success. Well
congratualtions. The conudrum continues - Jim McNamara

I am delighted to see that Jim McNamara is finally posting in the correct
format. I am also detecting some humor and wit. Keep up the good work!

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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Claire Petersky said:

Dane Buson said:

Not quite accurate, some are moderated. Though most of the moderated
ones die because of the lag induced by human moderation. There are one
or two exceptions, but at least one group works because everyone in the
group is a moderator. Sort of.

As a former moderator of misc.kids.moderated, I find the fate of that
newsgroup rather sad. It gets very little traffic compared to its
unmoderated companion, misc.kids.

That's usually how it goes. Even if you have a good set of moderators,
or mods + robo-moderation, you cut into the potential number of people.
Any initial hurdle cuts down significantly on your population and hence
vitality. And then of course you have any problems that creep into your
moderation scheme wiping out your group.

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A slightly different fate struck soc.culture.jewish and scj.moderated.
SCJ
is mostly nazis and missionaries; SCJM is mostly Orthodox Jews. Neither
one
is a particularly friendly environment.

Ah, sucky. Not quite orthagonal, but it is sad to see how often the
equation holds true for:

"Normal Person"
+
"Anonymity"
+
"Audience"
=
Total Jerk

Here is how it works from my point of view:

Normal Person = Dullard = Nonentity = Zzzzz ...

Great Person = Excitement = Ed Dolan the Great = Holy Cow!

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota

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Dane Buson said:

Claire Petersky said:

"Dane Buson" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Not quite accurate, some are moderated. Though most of the moderated
> ones die because of the lag induced by human moderation. There are one
> or two exceptions, but at least one group works because everyone in the
> group is a moderator. Sort of.
As a former moderator of misc.kids.moderated, I find the fate of that
newsgroup rather sad. It gets very little traffic compared to its
unmoderated companion, misc.kids.

That's usually how it goes. Even if you have a good set of moderators,
or mods + robo-moderation, you cut into the potential number of people.
Any initial hurdle cuts down significantly on your population and hence
vitality. And then of course you have any problems that creep into your
moderation scheme wiping out your group.

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A slightly different fate struck soc.culture.jewish and scj.moderated.
SCJ is mostly nazis and missionaries; SCJM is mostly Orthodox Jews.
Neither one is a particularly friendly environment.

Ah, sucky. Not quite orthagonal, but it is sad to see how often the
equation holds true for:

"Normal Person"
+
"Anonymity"
+
"Audience"
=
Total Jerk

Couldn't we just have a 'robo-monitor' and filter out some people who
never have anything useful to say? Start with Dolan. I doubt that there is
a single group without it's own dedicated jerks. SCJ should maybe be
monitored by the feds and stage periodic raids of the nazi [censored]. SCJM
sounds like they have found a club for themselves and anyone who disagrees
gets a hostile greeting, like if they dare not to be Jewish.

Has it ever occured to Bill Baka that maybe the Nazis and the Jews deserved
one another?

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What would make this group much more misc would be if we could somehow get
bicycle messengers world wide to participate with tales of riding in their
own country. A lot of countries still have more people on bikes than cars
and they could provide some interesting input, if we English speaking
types could understand it.

Keep up with the heavy duty thinking there Bill. We really need and desire
your every input - no matter how stupid! As if this group is not already
misc. enough.

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Does that make us elitist by being an English speaking group, or just that
no one else can translate?

Why the hell don't you go to France where you will encounter nothing but
French speaking idiots.

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There's a world of cyclists out there that we don't hear from, and they
aren't on Treks. It would be interesting to see what they have managed to
patch together to ride.

Yes, about as interesting as warmed over death!

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Bill Baka....Seeding a new thread, or trying.

Hang in there Bill - sooner or later you will come up with a winner, but you
have just struck out like mighty Casey at the bat.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota