• Re: Apple iMessage Now Working On My Windows and Android Devices Using

    From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Hank Rogers on Fri Feb 3 18:43:14 2023
    On 2023-02-03 18:41, Hank Rogers wrote:

    In short: his document is only to propagate his agenda unchallenged -
    misinformation and all.


    Continue your analysis, please. What the hell does he actually get out
    of it?

    That is a fine question.

    --
    “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
    danger to American democracy.”
    - J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
    - Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
    committee

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Fri Feb 3 17:34:33 2023
    badgolferman wrote:
    nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <xn0nxnwor3fgri2009@reader443.eternal-september.org>,
    badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

    Well, it IS his document so he can say whatever he wants.

    yes he can, just as people can (and do) refute his bullshit.

    Maybe you
    should ask for your money back if he charged anything for reading it.

    the problem isn't money. it's that he's deliberately and knowingly
    misleading people. it's not new either. he's done this before with
    other products.


    Obviously the response to this should be a competing document written by
    you and other approved partners with the correct information.

    I've tried to get the asshole to do just that. But he prefers to
    whine about it and hurl insults. I guess apple pays him a stipend
    for his service.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Fri Feb 3 17:41:26 2023
    Alan Browne wrote:
    On 2023-02-03 18:17, badgolferman wrote:
    nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <F_fDL.322956$t5W7.232360@fx13.iad>, Alan Browne
    <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    Well, it IS his document so he can say whatever he wants.
    Maybe you
    should ask for your money back if he charged anything for
    reading it.

    If he had any balls, he'd "publish" it as a form of Wiki and
    let it find
    its bottom by more people correcting it until it stabilized.

    But he'd rather keep his narrative. Can't have reality in there.

    exactly.


    You’ll be happy to know I have never looked at his document.
    I’m capable of
    finding problems with my iPhone on my own.

    There's nothing wrong with people making docs, or guides or help
    lists or whatever

    There's nothing wrong with people doing so and asking others for
    their input and/or corrections.

    The issue with this dude is he is imposing his narrative on it with
    correct and incorrect information and refusing to correct things
    that are wrong to some degree.

    In short: his document is only to propagate his agenda unchallenged
    - misinformation and all.


    Continue your analysis, please. What the hell does he actually get
    out of it? Is his only purpose to make poor nospam's ass crochet
    water buckets?

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Fri Feb 3 17:56:22 2023
    badgolferman wrote:
    nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <F_fDL.322956$t5W7.232360@fx13.iad>, Alan Browne
    <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

    Well, it IS his document so he can say whatever he wants. Maybe you
    should ask for your money back if he charged anything for reading it.

    If he had any balls, he'd "publish" it as a form of Wiki and let it find >>> its bottom by more people correcting it until it stabilized.

    But he'd rather keep his narrative. Can't have reality in there.

    exactly.


    You’ll be happy to know I have never looked at his document. I’m capable of
    finding problems with my iPhone on my own.


    Exactly. I've not read it either. This situation is precisely like
    two religious cults battling to keep anyone from reading the
    other's bullshit. Both are most likely lying.

    But in this case, one cult hasn't even produced a "document",
    preferring instead to hurl insults and quarrel endlessly ala Arlen.

    It's a damn shame, because this newsgroup could be a source of
    information and help to many iphone users. I guess their egos will
    never allow that.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to hank@nospam.invalid on Fri Feb 3 19:01:34 2023
    In article <LahDL.484489$8_id.474058@fx09.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:



    But in this case, one cult hasn't even produced a "document",
    preferring instead to hurl insults and quarrel endlessly ala Arlen.

    the only person who is hurling insults is the one who created the
    'document', who insults anyone that refutes his claims.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to bitbucket@blackhole.com on Fri Feb 3 18:54:00 2023
    In article <m_gDL.999303$GNG9.609517@fx18.iad>, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:


    Continue your analysis, please. What the hell does he actually get out
    of it?

    That is a fine question.

    mostly trolling.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to nospam on Fri Feb 3 18:37:29 2023
    nospam wrote:
    In article <LahDL.484489$8_id.474058@fx09.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:



    But in this case, one cult hasn't even produced a "document",
    preferring instead to hurl insults and quarrel endlessly ala Arlen.

    the only person who is hurling insults is the one who created the
    'document', who insults anyone that refutes his claims.


    No worries, you've certainly outdone him in the insult hurling.

    Why not stop the meaningless insults and produce a better, more
    accurate document? You have the knowledge. You could do it.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to nospam on Fri Feb 3 18:23:26 2023
    nospam wrote:
    In article <m_gDL.999303$GNG9.609517@fx18.iad>, Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:


    Continue your analysis, please. What the hell does he actually get out
    of it?

    That is a fine question.

    mostly trolling.


    Maybe so, but you consider anyone who disagrees with you to be a
    troll. Some have accused you of being a troll as well. Hurling the
    troll insult has become meaningless. You should wean yourself.

    You seem very knowledgeable, and you _could_ be helpful. Does it
    ever bother you that you usually refrain from that?

    If SMS is the evil anti apple, so be it, but don't let him grind
    you down. You can rise above it, and pull yourself (and apple) out
    of the shit pit. Think about it man. Get a newsreader that has a
    filter function, if he bothers you so much.

    Or is this pissing contest actually your whole life?

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  • From badgolferman@21:1/5 to nospam on Sat Feb 4 00:22:36 2023
    nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <LahDL.484489$8_id.474058@fx09.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:



    But in this case, one cult hasn't even produced a "document",
    preferring instead to hurl insults and quarrel endlessly ala Arlen.

    the only person who is hurling insults is the one who created the
    'document', who insults anyone that refutes his claims.


    As an uninterested party I would have to refute that claim. I see more
    insults directed to sms by you than vice versa.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Fri Feb 3 18:49:16 2023
    badgolferman wrote:
    nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <LahDL.484489$8_id.474058@fx09.iad>, Hank Rogers
    <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:



    But in this case, one cult hasn't even produced a "document",
    preferring instead to hurl insults and quarrel endlessly ala Arlen.

    the only person who is hurling insults is the one who created the
    'document', who insults anyone that refutes his claims.


    As an uninterested party I would have to refute that claim. I see more insults directed to sms by you than vice versa.


    Yes, and I've also tried to tell him this, but don't know if he hears.

    I am actually interested, because I think he is knowledgeable and
    could be helpful if only he could stop allowing sms to get him so
    worked up.

    That sms guy control's poor nospam's life ... makes his asshole
    crotchet water buckets on demand. A damn shame to be owned like that.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to hank@nospam.invalid on Fri Feb 3 19:51:44 2023
    In article <6AhDL.429132$Tcw8.376575@fx10.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

    Continue your analysis, please. What the hell does he actually get out >>> of it?

    That is a fine question.

    mostly trolling.


    Maybe so, but you consider anyone who disagrees with you to be a
    troll.

    that is not true.

    disagreeing is fine, and often helpful because people can learn from
    each other.

    the problem is when someone claims things to fact when they're clearly
    not, deliberately misleading others.

    worse, he doesn't want to learn anything from his many errors, which is
    why he ignores and bashes everyone who refutes him. this is not new
    either, he's been doing this for a *long* time, at least since the 90s.

    Some have accused you of being a troll as well. Hurling the
    troll insult has become meaningless. You should wean yourself.

    You seem very knowledgeable, and you _could_ be helpful. Does it
    ever bother you that you usually refrain from that?

    i don't refrain from that. if someone asks a legitimate question and i
    know the answer (or know where to find the answer) i will post it.

    If SMS is the evil anti apple, so be it, but don't let him grind
    you down. You can rise above it, and pull yourself (and apple) out
    of the shit pit. Think about it man. Get a newsreader that has a
    filter function, if he bothers you so much.

    filters are for cowards, and i don't like it when people are misled,
    especially when it's deliberate.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com on Fri Feb 3 19:51:42 2023
    In article <trk8gc$1li6b$1@dont-email.me>, badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:


    But in this case, one cult hasn't even produced a "document",
    preferring instead to hurl insults and quarrel endlessly ala Arlen.

    the only person who is hurling insults is the one who created the 'document', who insults anyone that refutes his claims.


    As an uninterested party I would have to refute that claim. I see more insults directed to sms by you than vice versa.

    then you're not looking very hard. he insults everyone who refutes his
    claims.

    what i do is call out his claims as being false, baseless, misleading
    and/or absurd.

    message versus messenger.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to hank@nospam.invalid on Fri Feb 3 20:13:26 2023
    In article <W2iDL.576325$iS99.458683@fx16.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

    Why not stop the meaningless insults and produce a better, more
    accurate document? You have the knowledge. You could do it.

    as i said, the proper way to do this is *collaborate*.


    Good. When will this start?

    whenever sms creates a wiki for others to contribute.

    don't hold your breath on that.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to nospam on Fri Feb 3 18:56:20 2023
    nospam wrote:
    In article <jNhDL.322960$t5W7.189814@fx13.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:


    Why not stop the meaningless insults and produce a better, more
    accurate document? You have the knowledge. You could do it.

    as i said, the proper way to do this is *collaborate*.


    Good. When will this start?

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to nospam on Fri Feb 3 18:54:36 2023
    nospam wrote:
    In article <6AhDL.429132$Tcw8.376575@fx10.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:

    Continue your analysis, please. What the hell does he actually get out >>>>> of it?

    That is a fine question.

    mostly trolling.


    Maybe so, but you consider anyone who disagrees with you to be a
    troll.

    that is not true.

    disagreeing is fine, and often helpful because people can learn from
    each other.

    the problem is when someone claims things to fact when they're clearly
    not, deliberately misleading others.

    worse, he doesn't want to learn anything from his many errors, which is
    why he ignores and bashes everyone who refutes him. this is not new
    either, he's been doing this for a *long* time, at least since the 90s.

    Some have accused you of being a troll as well. Hurling the
    troll insult has become meaningless. You should wean yourself.

    You seem very knowledgeable, and you _could_ be helpful. Does it
    ever bother you that you usually refrain from that?

    i don't refrain from that. if someone asks a legitimate question and i
    know the answer (or know where to find the answer) i will post it.

    If SMS is the evil anti apple, so be it, but don't let him grind
    you down. You can rise above it, and pull yourself (and apple) out
    of the shit pit. Think about it man. Get a newsreader that has a
    filter function, if he bothers you so much.

    filters are for cowards, and i don't like it when people are misled, especially when it's deliberate.


    I have to admire you. You are a brave man.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to nospam on Fri Feb 3 19:21:13 2023
    nospam wrote:
    In article <jNhDL.322960$t5W7.189814@fx13.iad>, Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:


    Why not stop the meaningless insults and produce a better, more
    accurate document? You have the knowledge. You could do it.

    as i said, the proper way to do this is *collaborate*.


    Yes, and to get to collaboration, *negotiate*.

    Put aside the petty, snide retorts. You are a successful developer,
    and YOU can contribute a hell of a lot of knowledge ... maybe more
    than you think. At least, I think you can. Don't sell yourself
    short man.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to nospam on Fri Feb 3 19:53:23 2023
    nospam wrote:
    In article <jqiDL.7866$Aoja.2652@fx01.iad>, Hank Rogers
    <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:


    Why not stop the meaningless insults and produce a better, more
    accurate document? You have the knowledge. You could do it.

    as i said, the proper way to do this is *collaborate*.


    Yes, and to get to collaboration, *negotiate*.

    it's rather difficult to negotiate with someone who claims that only he
    has the correct answers and everyone else is wrong.


    Yes. You've been doing a bit of that yourself.

    I guess you can't figure out a way to negotiate?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to hank@nospam.invalid on Fri Feb 3 20:36:18 2023
    In article <jqiDL.7866$Aoja.2652@fx01.iad>, Hank Rogers
    <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:


    Why not stop the meaningless insults and produce a better, more
    accurate document? You have the knowledge. You could do it.

    as i said, the proper way to do this is *collaborate*.


    Yes, and to get to collaboration, *negotiate*.

    it's rather difficult to negotiate with someone who claims that only he
    has the correct answers and everyone else is wrong.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From badgolferman@21:1/5 to nospam on Sat Feb 4 02:11:33 2023
    nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <jqiDL.7866$Aoja.2652@fx01.iad>, Hank Rogers
    <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:


    Why not stop the meaningless insults and produce a better, more
    accurate document? You have the knowledge. You could do it.

    as i said, the proper way to do this is *collaborate*.


    Yes, and to get to collaboration, *negotiate*.

    it's rather difficult to negotiate with someone who claims that only he
    has the correct answers and everyone else is wrong.


    Everyone is wrong, including you, sms, myself, and even Tim Cook. It only takes a bit of humility to see that.

    If you really must just cut him out. Take his document and rewrite it the
    way you want. I’m sure you can find some people here willing to help you
    out.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From sms@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Fri Feb 3 18:39:12 2023
    On 2/3/2023 4:22 PM, badgolferman wrote:

    <snip>

    As an uninterested party I would have to refute that claim. I see more insults directed to sms by you than vice versa.

    I have him filtered out. There is no upside in responding to endless
    incorrect information and no upside in hurling insults.

    He is free to e-mail me with any corrections, additions, etc., and I'm
    happy to make changes. The issue he's run into is that I've been
    extremely careful to provide references and citations for nearly every
    item in the list so it's highly unlikely that there are more than a
    handful of errors, and those errors are likely because one platform or
    the other has added or removed features.




    “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and
    beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com on Fri Feb 3 21:20:49 2023
    In article <trkesl$1mi9t$1@dont-email.me>, badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

    Take his document and rewrite it the
    way you want. Im sure you can find some people here willing to help you
    out.

    several people did that when he posted it in this newsgroup, back when
    he first started with it.

    he doesn't want any help, because he knows just how weak his claims
    actually are.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to scharf.steven@geemail.com on Fri Feb 3 22:09:25 2023
    In article <trkggj$1pk46$1@dont-email.me>, sms
    <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

    There is no upside in responding to endless
    incorrect information and no upside in hurling insults.

    spewing incorrect information and hurling insults is what *you* do,
    including the above, where you falsely claim that anything others say
    is incorrect, without ever having seen it.

    He is free to e-mail me with any corrections, additions, etc., and I'm
    happy to make changes.

    history shows that to be very much false.

    if you're 'happy to make changes', as you claim, then you wouldn't
    ignore those who offer corrections and additions.

    several people have emailed you with such info as well as posting it
    and nothing of significance has changed.

    The issue he's run into is that I've been
    extremely careful to provide references and citations for nearly every
    item in the list

    you've been careful to cherry-pick highly biased 'references and
    citations' to fit your narrative.

    those 'references and citations' are easily debunked with actual
    credible references.

    you ignore anything and everything that shows you to be wrong, falsely
    claiming that others fail to provide them (they do).

    so it's highly unlikely that there are more than a
    handful of errors, and those errors are likely because one platform or
    the other has added or removed features.

    more bullshit, and your weasel words aren't going to get you off the
    hook either.

    the bulk of your 'document' is full of errors, ranging from absurdly
    wrong to highly misleading. there's only a handful of items that have
    any basis in reality.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Andy Burnelli@21:1/5 to Hank Rogers on Sat Feb 4 05:00:30 2023
    Hank Rogers wrote:

    But in this case, one cult hasn't even produced a "document",
    preferring instead to hurl insults and quarrel endlessly ala Arlen.

    Look Steve, stop it or I'll expose you for who you are.
    And I don't bluff.

    I've read your resume and you know I know what you've done.
    You're a liar, and that's why what happened to you, happened, Steve.

    I'm _not_ a liar, Steve.

    You have _never_ found a single fact from me _ever_ to be wrong.
    Nobody has.

    You are a horribly ugly despicable unprepossessing human being Steve.
    But don't try to insult me simply because I have exposed your lies.

    Stop it.
    You have _twice_ the IQ of nospam, and ten times more than the rest.
    Even so, you resort to endless lies to further your political agenda.

    Stop it.
    I further my agenda with facts, and I state what my agenda is:

    1. I am here to learn and disseminate truthful factual information,
    2. And, I'm here to expose the iKooks (and you) for what you are.

    For decades I've watched ugly horrible people like you brazenly lie.
    You're no different than George Santos or Donald Trump in your lies.

    Stop blaming me simply for exposing you for what you are.
    Grow up Steve.

    Don't try to insult me just because _you_ are a liar.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to nospam@nospam.net on Sat Feb 4 05:15:50 2023
    In article <trkoov$2sbtt$1@paganini.bofh.team>, Andy Burnelli <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:


    You have _never_ found a single fact from me _ever_ to be wrong.
    Nobody has.

    many people have, and continue to do so.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Andy Burnelli@21:1/5 to nospam on Sat Feb 4 18:08:23 2023
    nospam wrote:

    You have _never_ found a single fact from me _ever_ to be wrong.
    Nobody has.

    many people have, and continue to do so.

    I'm not afraid of facts, nospam. I love facts. I live & breath facts.

    On the other hand, you love lies. You live and breath lies.

    BTW, it's easy to prove you wrong nospam, in only three words, in fact.
    *Name just one*
    --
    All bullshitters, like nospam is, fail that simple three-word test.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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