If you kill-file a person, you have forfeited your privilege to comment on them.
Oddly enough I agree with that.
If you kill-file a person, you have forfeited your privilege to comment
on
them.
Oddly enough I agree with that.
Nothing odd about that. It is just common courtesy. I have never
kill-filed anyone - ever! What really matters is that what happens on
Usenet stays on Usenet. If it goes beyond that, then you are dealing
with a true idiot.
I do look in on this newsgroup occasionally, but the fact remains it has died. I think Mike Vandeman and I killed this group with our eternal war
on
mountain biking on hiking trials. I have since learned that Mike Vandeman
is a liberal no-nothing idiot (California variety) and does not know
what is left hand is doing from what his right hand is doing. How can you
be in favor of open borders and also be in favor of preserving the environment in a pristine condition? In any event I am done arguing
with that idiot on that subject.
This should be a mainstream bicycle newsgroup as there is much to be said about
bicycles and recreation. But this was always a contentious newsgroup and
I think everyone decided to go with more friendly social media like
Facebook.
Frankly, I am not social enough for friendly groups. I like the give
and take of argument, provided the one on the other end is not an idiot
like Mike Vandeman. He turned out to be nothing but a crank and a
crackpot.
Ed Dolan - Minnesota
I wonder whether there is anybody still monitoring this newsgroup? I
found out I was still subscribed only by accident.
I wonder whether there is anybody still monitoring this newsgroup? I
found out I was still subscribed only by accident.
I wonder if all the other bicycle newsgroups are as dead as this one. In
fact I wonder if anything is happening on Usenet - period! I recall the
days when there were many hundreds of posters to all the various bicycle
newsgroups. But their posts were all fairly contentious. At the time
everyone was complaining about trolls, but trolls were never the problem.
The real problem was that most folks cannot take disagreement. It is too
bad, because it was lots of fun while it lasted.
A Usenet newsgroup is not where you go to find friends. Sorry, but it is
where you go to exchange information. From the beginning there were
always those who wanted a friendly chat room. Those types were gotten rid
of easily, and then we were left with some very intelligent types who
knew what they were talking about. However, disagreement is inevitable
and very many would take offense at the degree of disagreement. To be on
Usenet, you have to grow the hide of a rhinoceros. If you are unable to
do that, then you have no business being on Usenet.
It is very odd to me that many folks cannot take disagreement. I have
never learned anything by others agreeing with me. I only learn something
new by others disagreeing with me. I thrived on Usenet, but many others
felt they were being insulted and put upon. I think if all you want to
do is massage one another's ego, then Usenet will never be for you.
Usnent grew out of the academic world, and as we all know, academics are
the most contentious people in the world. Usenet - RIP!
Ed Dolan - Minnesota
On 12/7/2010 8:16 AM, Tºm Shermªn™ °_° > wrote:
On 12/6/2010 10:26 PM, Edward Dolan wrote:
"T�m Sherm�nT �_�"<""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI$southslope.net"> wrote in
message news:idk5nv$iq2$2@news.eternal-september.org...
On 12/6/2010 10:08 AM, Duane H�bert wrote:
At home I use Outlook Express for a news reader.[...]
Bill Gates holding a gun to your head?
Most of us are already paying enough for our Internet connection
without the
extra expense of a newsreader.
I paid $0.00 for Mozilla Thunderbird.
<http://www.mozilla.org/>
I didn't pay of OE. What difference does it make
anyway? The point was that you are preventing people
from replying to you with the same method that you're
trying to prevent them from kill filing you.
Just saying.
I just realized I will not see a response to this post unless I make sure it comes to RBS. I do not monitor RBT.
Ed Dolan
"Tad McClellan" <tadmc@seesig.invalid> wrote in message news:slrnifrh0f.jvr.tadmc@tadbox.sbcglobal.net...
["Followup-To:" header set to rec.bicycles.tech.]
Edward Dolan <edolan@iw.net> wrote:
"Tºm ShermªnT °_°" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI$southslope.net"> wrote in >> message news:idk5nv$iq2$2@news.eternal-september.org...
On 12/6/2010 10:08 AM, Duane Hébert wrote:
At home I use Outlook Express for a news reader.[...]
Bill Gates holding a gun to your head?
Most of us are already paying enough for our Internet connection without >> the
extra expense of a newsreader.
There are over a dozen free newsreaders available to Bill's minions,
so the "extra expense" is zero.
I think a lot of folks have ISPs which do not provide free newsreaders. I used to use Outlook Express and now I use Windows Mail. It is convenient to use them and they work well enough as far as I can tell. I am pretty sure
Mr. Sherman is paying for his newsreader.
What is a good free newsreader just in case I need one someday?
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
Kill filing is hardly effective when everyone else is quoting you in
their posts.
I think a lot of folks have ISPs which do not provide free newsreaders. I used to use Outlook Express and now I use Windows Mail. It is convenient
to
use them and they work well enough as far as I can tell. I am pretty sure
Mr. Sherman is paying for his newsreader.
What is a good free newsreader just in case I need one someday?
Ed, Windows 10 comes with Edge. If your computer is powerful enough you
can't get a better newsreader. Windows 7 uses Explorer - these come with
the operating systems.
I didn't pay of OE. What difference does it make
anyway? The point was that you are preventing people
from replying to you with the same method that you're
trying to prevent them from kill filing you.
Just saying.
Kill filing is hardly effective when everyone else is quoting you in
their posts.
Kill filing is hardly effective when everyone else is quoting you inImproves the signal to noise ratio.
their posts.
At that stage you just killfile the morons that quote morons.
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