Test 6/26

You fail!

Stormy said:

6/26

= (approx.) 0.231

Stormy said:

6/26

Ever heard of a TEST newsgroup? There are a LOT of them. Do
you [censored] in your pants because that is where your ass
happens to be? No, you go to the bathroom which is the
proper place to [censored]. See the analogy?

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6/26/2004
7:10 PM [GMT-8]

sittingduck said:

Stormy said:

6/26

Quoted message said:

Ever heard of a TEST newsgroup? There are a LOT of them.
Do you [censored] in your pants because that is where your ass
happens to be? No, you go to the bathroom which is the
proper place to [censored]. See the analogy?

Exceedingly weak...but at least you didn't plop down 142
test link turdlets this time!

Bill "hope for you yet, duckster" S.

S o r n i said:

Exceedingly weak...but at least you didn't plop down 142
test link turdlets this time!

I knew you would like that one.

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6/26/2004
7:17 PM [GMT-8]

sittingduck said:

Stormy said:

6/26

Ever heard of a TEST newsgroup? There are a LOT of them.
Do you [censored] in your pants because that is where your ass
happens to be? No, you go to the bathroom which is the
proper place to [censored]. See the analogy?

Out of curiousity I had a look to see what test groups my
server carried. There are 3:
microsoft.public.windowsce.testtools,
netscape.test.moderated, and opera.internal.test. I can see
why we get test messages here. It's a sad day when news
servers don't carry test groups.
--
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Sittin Duck is haveing a bad day......

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Quoted message said:

sittingduck said:

Stormy said:

6/26

Ever heard of a TEST newsgroup? There are a LOT of them.
Do you [censored] in your pants because that is where your ass
happens to be? No, you go to the bathroom which is the
proper place to [censored]. See the analogy?

Out of curiousity I had a look to see what test groups my
server carried. There are 3:
microsoft.public.windowsce.testtools,

netscape.test.moderated,

Quoted message said:

and opera.internal.test. I can see why we get test
messages here. It's a sad day when news servers don't
carry test groups.
--
Westie (Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)

Stephen Baker said:

Westie says:

Quoted message said:

Out of curiousity I had a look to see what test groups my
server carried. There are 3:
microsoft.public.windowsce.testtools,
netscape.test.moderated, and opera.internal.test.

What? No alt.test? That's dithpickabull!

Quoted message said:

It's a sad day when news servers don't carry test groups.

It is unfortunately symptomatic of the penny-pinching, cost-
cutting service-reducing days we live in....

Hmmm. I just checked Roadrunner, and looks like there are
thousands of 'em.

Still, if I'm having server issues for whatever reason, I'm
more interested in knowing if my post will show up on AM-B
than on some obscure test group (to which I would have to
subscribe, anyway).

Bill "just not bothered by the occasional teste massage" S.

(spell-check no help with THAT!)

S o r n i said:

Still, if I'm having server issues for whatever reason,
I'm more interested in knowing if my post will show up on
AM-B than on some obscure test group (to which I would
have to subscribe, anyway).

Computers and newsreaders are a lot more challenging for
some of us, apparently. Same goes for simple newsgroup
etiquette.

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6/27/2004
7:19 AM [GMT-8]

sittingduck said:

S o r n i said:

Still, if I'm having server issues for whatever reason,
I'm more interested in knowing if my post will show up on
AM-B than on some obscure test group (to which I would
have to subscribe, anyway).

Computers and newsreaders are a lot more challenging for
some of us, apparently. Same goes for simple newsgroup
etiquette.

Like pasting 5 kb's worth of links to a one-word test
message? I agree.

Bill "top-posting, mis- and non-quoting, and
spamming/trolling bother me a lot more is all" S.

S o r n i said:

Like pasting 5 kb's worth of links to a one-word test
message? I agree.

Considering that usenet has over a terrabyte a day uploaded
to it, I don't think the few extra lines I sometimes use to
make a point is going to bother much. The only ones who will
complain are those that are still in the stone age, and
reading offline after downloading messages with their
ancient phone modems.

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6/27/2004
7:25 AM [GMT-8]

sittingduck said:

S o r n i said:

Like pasting 5 kb's worth of links to a one-word test
message? I agree.

Considering that usenet has over a terrabyte a day
uploaded to it, I don't think the few extra lines I
sometimes use to make a point is going to bother much. The
only ones who will complain are those that are still in
the stone age, and reading offline after downloading
messages with their ancient phone modems.

My only point is that, if you feel /compelled/ to admonish a
test poster, you could do so without listing hundreds of
group names. (Sorta like those who leave pages and pages of
Vandedrivel just to say "go away" or something likewise
succinct.)

Bill "truly not a big deal -- just a tad hypocritical
is all" S.

S o r n i said:

My only point is that, if you feel /compelled/ to admonish
a test poster, you could do so without listing hundreds of
group names. (Sorta like those who leave pages and pages
of Vandedrivel just to say "go away" or something likewise
succinct.)

Bill "truly not a big deal -- just a tad hypocritical
is all" S.

You miss the point.... again

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6/27/2004
7:44 PM [GMT-8]

sittingduck said:

S o r n i said:

My only point is that, if you feel /compelled/ to
admonish a test poster, you could do so without listing
hundreds of group names. (Sorta like those who leave
pages and pages of Vandedrivel just to say "go away" or
something likewise succinct.)

Bill "truly not a big deal -- just a tad hypocritical is
all" S.

You miss the point.... again

Missed my own point...right.

Bill "sigh" S.