My new helmet!

Bill Sornson said:

Almost have the fit worked out...

http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_20061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680

What will The Pompous Gasbag say about this?? ;-)

Bill Sornson said:

Almost have the fit worked out...

http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_20061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680

The Toshiba FaceBowl 2000 is the latest in bicycle helmet
technology. It is also suitable for rock climbing, space walks,
deep sea diving, and rollerblading.

I have one and I really love it. The only problem is ventilation.
And risk compensation. I ride like a crazy m*$!@#* when I'm
wearing my FaceBowl.

Robert

"Ozark Bicycle" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Bill Sornson said:

Almost have the fit worked out...

http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_2
0061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680

Quoted message said:

What will The Pompous Gasbag say about this?? ;-)

Show some initiative! The year is NOT over yet!

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/ed58db235
209c9ac/108fb35736a0c134

Afraid To Take Hands Off The Bars said:

"Ozark Bicycle" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Bill Sornson said:

Almost have the fit worked out...

http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_2
0061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680

Quoted message said:

What will The Pompous Gasbag say about this?? ;-)

Show some initiative! The year is NOT over yet!

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/ed58db235
209c9ac/108fb35736a0c134

Clicking on the link you gave leads to "No Subject". ?

Ozark Bicycle said:

Afraid To Take Hands Off The Bars said:

"Ozark Bicycle" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Bill Sornson wrote:
> Almost have the fit worked out...
>
>

http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_2
0061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680

Quoted message said:

What will The Pompous Gasbag say about this?? ;-)

Show some initiative! The year is NOT over yet!

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/ed58db235
209c9ac/108fb35736a0c134

Clicking on the link you gave leads to "No Subject". ?

Remember when you made beginner mistake of not counting quote
characters and thinking that you were being quoted when it was clear
(to those of us who understood how the usenet quoting convention
works) that you were not? My how you did get upset....

Anyway, your problem here is that there is a thing that happens with
some newsreaders - yours, for instance - called "word-wrap". What
happens is that any text line that exceeds some pre-set value is
broken and continued on the line below. You might notice that the
link given is followed by what must have appeared to you to be
unimportant numbers - but they are really part of the link, wrapped by
your newsreader.

You have two options, if you wish to reach the link provided:

a) manually add the second part of the line to the address in your
browser "address bar" or whatever it is called in your browser, then
press the "go" button (or whatever that is called in your browser); or

b) learn how to set your newsreader to not wrap long text lines.

Now remember, don't get cross. Everyone is new at first, and these
little tricks - counting quotes and figuring out whare a link starts
and stops - are not covered, as far as we know, in bicycle mechanic
school; there's no shame in not understanding them, or other tricky
things like proper scientific study design or the interpretation of
statistics, etcetera, etcetera, when you haven't been properly trained
to do so.

Quoted message said:

Ozark Bicycle said:

Afraid To Take Hands Off The Bars said:

"Ozark Bicycle" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
>
> Bill Sornson wrote:
> > Almost have the fit worked out...
> >
> >
http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_2
0061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680
>
> What will The Pompous Gasbag say about this?? ;-)
>

Show some initiative! The year is NOT over yet!

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/ed58db235
209c9ac/108fb35736a0c134

Clicking on the link you gave leads to "No Subject". ?

Remember when you made beginner mistake of not counting quote
characters and thinking that you were being quoted when it was clear
(to those of us who understood how the usenet quoting convention
works) that you were not? My how you did get upset....

Anyway, your problem here is that there is a thing that happens with
some newsreaders - yours, for instance - called "word-wrap". What
happens is that any text line that exceeds some pre-set value is
broken and continued on the line below. You might notice that the
link given is followed by what must have appeared to you to be
unimportant numbers - but they are really part of the link, wrapped by
your newsreader.

You have two options, if you wish to reach the link provided:

a) manually add the second part of the line to the address in your
browser "address bar" or whatever it is called in your browser, then
press the "go" button (or whatever that is called in your browser); or

b) learn how to set your newsreader to not wrap long text lines.

Now remember, don't get cross. Everyone is new at first, and these
little tricks - counting quotes and figuring out whare a link starts
and stops - are not covered, as far as we know, in bicycle mechanic
school; there's no shame in not understanding them, or other tricky
things like proper scientific study design or the interpretation of
statistics, etcetera, etcetera, when you haven't been properly trained
to do so.

I know the link "wrapped". IMO, it's the resposibility of the poster to
provide a working link, you little post humper.

Ozark Bicycle said:

Quoted message said:

Ozark Bicycle said:

Afraid To Take Hands Off The Bars wrote:
> "Ozark Bicycle" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> >
> > Bill Sornson wrote:
> > > Almost have the fit worked out...
> > >
> > >
> http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_2
> 0061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680
> >
> > What will The Pompous Gasbag say about this?? ;-)
> >
>
> Show some initiative! The year is NOT over yet!
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/ed58db235
> 209c9ac/108fb35736a0c134

Clicking on the link you gave leads to "No Subject". ?

Remember when you made beginner mistake of not counting quote
characters and thinking that you were being quoted when it was clear
(to those of us who understood how the usenet quoting convention
works) that you were not? My how you did get upset....

Anyway, your problem here is that there is a thing that happens with
some newsreaders - yours, for instance - called "word-wrap". What
happens is that any text line that exceeds some pre-set value is
broken and continued on the line below. You might notice that the
link given is followed by what must have appeared to you to be
unimportant numbers - but they are really part of the link, wrapped by
your newsreader.

You have two options, if you wish to reach the link provided:

a) manually add the second part of the line to the address in your
browser "address bar" or whatever it is called in your browser, then
press the "go" button (or whatever that is called in your browser); or

b) learn how to set your newsreader to not wrap long text lines.

Now remember, don't get cross. Everyone is new at first, and these
little tricks - counting quotes and figuring out whare a link starts
and stops - are not covered, as far as we know, in bicycle mechanic
school; there's no shame in not understanding them, or other tricky
things like proper scientific study design or the interpretation of
statistics, etcetera, etcetera, when you haven't been properly trained
to do so.

I know the link "wrapped". IMO, it's the resposibility of the poster to
provide a working link, you little post humper.

The poster cannot possible know

a) what newsreader you - or anyone else - is using; and/or

b) if you - or anyone else - knows how to use it.

It is _your_ responsibility to find out how your software, and usenet
in general, works.

Now remember, you can't expect people to hold your hand forever,
especially if you keep on acting like a teenager that has discovered
that other teenagers giggle when you use foul language - in
otherwords, Bill Sornson is _not_ a good role-model.

Quoted message said:

On 26 Oct 2006 09:01:40 -0700, "Ozark Bicycle"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

<snip>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I know the link "wrapped". IMO, it's the resposibility of the poster to
provide a working link, you little post humper.

The poster cannot possible know

a) what newsreader you - or anyone else - is using; and/or

b) if you - or anyone else - knows how to use it.

It is _your_ responsibility to find out how your software, and usenet
in general, works.

Then you should know this - most wrapping is imposed by the *poster's*
newsreader. In addition, convention is to wrap long links in
open/close angle brackets (<>😉. Very many newsreaders will then not
wrap the link when posting, and a few can sometimes properly
reconstruct the link if it is wrapped. One more thing, proper
newsgroup etiquette calls for using a shortened-url redirector (such as
<http://tinyurl.com/>😉.

Quoted message said:

Now remember, you can't expect people to hold your hand forever,
especially if you keep on acting like a teenager that has discovered
that other teenagers giggle when you use foul language - in
otherwords, Bill Sornson is _not_ a good role-model.

Good advice for yourself, in this case.

Austin

On 26 Oct 2006 11:00:15 -0700, "AustinMN" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Now remember, you can't expect people to hold your hand forever,
especially if you keep on acting like a teenager that has discovered
that other teenagers giggle when you use foul language - in
otherwords, Bill Sornson is _not_ a good role-model.

Good advice for yourself, in this case.

Not needed.

I can do maths, even _with_ a calculator.

j '20 and a fraction' taylor said:

On 26 Oct 2006 11:00:15 -0700, "AustinMN" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Now remember, you can't expect people to hold your hand forever,
especially if you keep on acting like a teenager that has discovered
that other teenagers giggle when you use foul language - in
otherwords, Bill Sornson is _not_ a good role-model.

Good advice for yourself, in this case.

Not needed.

I can do maths, even _with_ a calculator.

But can ya count past 20 without opening yer fly? ;-)

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Ozark Bicycle said:

Afraid To Take Hands Off The Bars wrote:

[...]

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/ed58db235
209c9ac/108fb35736a0c134

[...]

Quoted message said:

b) learn how to set your newsreader to not wrap long text lines.

The word wrap problem came from the sending news reader:
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106
X-Priority: 3
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106

--
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<[email hidden]>,

AustinMN said:

One more thing, proper
newsgroup etiquette calls for using a shortened-url redirector (such as
<http://tinyurl.com/>😉.

I disagree very strongly. I want to see the link that
is recommended to me. Will etiquette deny me this?

--
Michael Press

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Michael Press said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

AustinMN said:

One more thing, proper
newsgroup etiquette calls for using a shortened-url redirector (such as
<http://tinyurl.com/>😉.

I disagree very strongly. I want to see the link that
is recommended to me. Will etiquette deny me this?

When I use tinyurl or makeashorterlink or whatever, I like to
also include the original, long URL. I figure the full name
of the URL at least helps provide readers with some context,
so they're not invited to blindly click on some gawd-only-knows-
where-it-goes link. So even if the long link is line-broken,
it's still informative, while the abbreviated link is functional.

cheers,
Tom

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Michael Press said:

In article
<[email hidden]>,

AustinMN said:

One more thing, proper
newsgroup etiquette calls for using a shortened-url redirector (such
as <http://tinyurl.com/>😉.

I disagree very strongly. I want to see the link that
is recommended to me. Will etiquette deny me this?

Many people will not click on a blind link (I sure won't, at least until
others indicate that it's safe). I seldom have to copy and paste to fill in
a wrapped link, either; they usually work just fine as is.

Bill "now about that PS business..." S.

Michael Press said:

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<[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

Ozark Bicycle said:

Afraid To Take Hands Off The Bars wrote:

[...]

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_frm/thread/ed58db235
> 209c9ac/108fb35736a0c134

[...]

Quoted message said:

b) learn how to set your newsreader to not wrap long text lines.

The word wrap problem came from the sending news reader:
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106
X-Priority: 3
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106

This will only be a problem if the person reading news does not
understand what word wrap is and what a link looks like. Those that do
can manually edit the link (if their newsreader won't fix it for
them); those that do not can complain (as Ozark did) in the newsgroup
that the link does not work, and sooner or later someone will take the
time to explain things to them.

On 26 Oct 2006 11:00:15 -0700, "AustinMN" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

One more thing, proper
newsgroup etiquette calls for using a shortened-url redirector (such as
<http://tinyurl.com/>😉.

I think it's bad to only post a shortened URL like that. If that
company goes out of business, the links will break. Seems to me the
proper thing is to post the full URL properly, and perhaps also a
shorted URL as a bonus.
--
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:26:30 -0700, [email hidden] (Tom Keats)

Quoted message said:

When I use tinyurl or makeashorterlink or whatever, I like to
also include the original, long URL. I figure the full name
of the URL at least helps provide readers with some context,

Yes!

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Bill Sornson said:

Almost have the fit worked out...

http://apnews.excite.com/image/20061023/JAPAN_TOSHIBA_GADGET-1.sff_XKAJ102_20061023071750.html?date=20061025&docid=D8KVV0680

What, no racing stripes?

Of course, you'll need to tell us whether it's supported by the strap
tucked into your double chin or if it hangs from the raised hairs on
the top of your head. BTW, does it use a dessicant to absorb your
sweat, or a wicking pad to channel it away, or does it come with its
own antiperspirant stick or spray, and does it have Teflon in it?

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AustinMN said:

...One more thing, proper newsgroup etiquette calls for using a shortened-url redirector
(such as <http://tinyurl.com/>😉....

Only if the poster is a trusted source - otherwise the link might be to
goatse or similar matter.

--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.