"Sqwertz" > wrote
> Whatever you do, stay away from the orange-filled Cadbury creme
> eggs. They had a nasty burnt aftertaste to me.

Orange filled? Ick. Do they make dark chocolate Cadbury eggs, do you
know?



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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:40:14 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
>"T" > wrote in message
...
>> In article >, says...
>>>
>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>> 3.184...
>>> > On Mon 24 Mar 2008 08:41:42p, Sqwertz told us...
>>> >
>>> >> cybercat <cybercat >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> The most pointless and boring threads ever, I say. Announcing this
>>> >>> sort
>>> >>> of thing is like announcing a visit to the bathroom. Nobody cares. Or
>>> >>> maybe just, I don't care.
>>> >
>>> > And maybe that's why I have you KF'd. Your posts are usually pointless
>>> > and
>>> > boring. I only see you if you're quoted.
>>>
>>>
>>> Wayne, if a half-wit, mushmouthed fence rider like you had anything nice
>>> to
>>> say
>>> to me, I would not be pleased.
>>>
>>> Killfile the world, asswipe. It's still out there. And you are still a
>>> caricature of
>>> an asshole's asshole. HAND, baby. HAND.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Wow, you get the award for best ad hominem of the year.
>>
>
>*deep bow*
>
>I like to use the abilities I've been given. I try to use them for good and
>not
>for Evil. *noble look*
>

i thought you came over to the Dark Side, or at least dipped a toe
therein.

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:42:53 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
>"Giusi" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>
>> -- "Wayne Boatwright" > ha
>>> I apologize to those posters to rfc who legimately post using Gmail. I
>>> had
>>> been posting listing a Gmail account, but several folks here asked that I
>>> change it to something else so that they would miss my posts. I did so a
>>> while back. Probably not a bad idea for others.
>>
>> And absolutely certainly impossible for some others. I used Google Groups
>> for months because my ISP does not offer email addresses/accounts nor
>> news. Until I could get U of Berlin to accept a payment mode I had no
>> choice.
>>
>> I agree that the spam is irritating, but what I think is that if you are
>> going to put everyone using those various addresses and services on ignore
>> you should just do it and not announce it. Announcing it does nothing but
>> increase the frustration for those helpless to change. And frankly the
>> advice each of you tacks on the end of the announcement is a bit clueless
>> and superior sounding.
>
>Spending a lot of time talking about the various ways to arrange it so that
>one does not even SEE spam in a group always makes people sound so ..
>*precious* to me. "Please, you must help me, these advertisements
>injure my delicate sensibilities so, I cannot bear to actually sense their
>presence, let alone DELETE them!" hahaha! People kill me.
>

i don't know. i don't think that giving tips on how to make reading
the list more enjoyable is a bad thing.

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:26:24 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-03-25, blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> this is what i usually do, but this bjlk or jklb or kjhl (it varies)
>> character at gmail (i think) is starting to get to me. i think i'll
>> start flagging gmail people to see who's actually there before giving
>> it a general boot.
>
>Naw ....too late. I just KF'd google and 200 spams in 2 newsgroups (rfc,
>included) just vanished. That's good enough for me. If someone can't
>spring $5 for a decent service, they should pack it in. I know that's a bit
>harsh, but I've had enough. I'm not going to keep changing my scorefill to
>keep up with spammers. I've heard 99% of all spam originates from half a
>dozen points. If google, with all there power and know how can't deal with
>it, I can. Bye-bye, google!
>
>nb

i guess it depends on how much you value the baby and how much you
value the bathwater. once it's set up to my liking, i don't think
i'll have to dick around with it much.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:53:06 GMT, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:
>
>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
>>
>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve. Obviously, not to newer
>>>>posters.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it fits his
>>> personality.
>>
>> Indeed.
>
><laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed the pope by
>your oh-so-holy reactions.
>

there's no use in killing the pope, they just go ahead and get another
one.

your pal,
mehmet

blake wrote on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:34:44 GMT:

??>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
??>> >> wrote:
??>>
??>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
??>>>
??>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
??>>>> > wrote:
??>>>>
??>>>>> Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve.
??>>>>> Obviously, not to newer posters.
??>>>>
??>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it
??>>>> fits his personality.
??>>>
??>>> Indeed.
??>>
??>> <laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed
??>> the pope by your oh-so-holy reactions.
??>>
bm> there's no use in killing the pope, they just go ahead and
bm> get another one.

The same applies to other leaders. Just think what would happen
if someone bumped off our current great leader so that he was
succeeded by his veep!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On 2008-03-26, Sqwertz > wrote:

> until you manually get rid of them (in most cases, unless you have
> them set to expire shortly).

Agreed. Most GOOD scorfiles allow all these variables to be edited. With
linux, it's a simple text file. I've discovered with some older hardware
(mine is ancient), the scorefile will actually slow down the scanning of
headers if it becomes too large. Mine was huge. I tossed that one and
started over, being much more picky. KF'ing google kills about 99% of the
crap and doesn't slow the scan cuz I only have a couple rules, now. I also
limited the google rule to only a couple groups. Apparently, spammers only
target ng's with large audiences and I had a couple smaller groups with nice
google posters, so it all worked out.

nb

On Wed 26 Mar 2008 09:34:44a, blake murphy told us...

> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:53:06 GMT, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve. Obviously, not to newer
>>>>>posters.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it fits his
>>>> personality.
>>>
>>> Indeed.
>>
>><laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed the pope by
>>your oh-so-holy reactions.
>>
>
> there's no use in killing the pope, they just go ahead and get another
> one.
>
> your pal,
> mehmet
>

LOL! But the voting of the Cardinals is so much fun to watch!

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On Wed 26 Mar 2008 09:40:38a, James Silverton told us...

> blake wrote on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:34:44 GMT:
>
> ??>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
> ??>> >> wrote:
> ??>>
> ??>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
> ??>>>
> ??>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> ??>>>> > wrote:
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>>> Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve.
> ??>>>>> Obviously, not to newer posters.
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it
> ??>>>> fits his personality.
> ??>>>
> ??>>> Indeed.
> ??>>
> ??>> <laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed
> ??>> the pope by your oh-so-holy reactions.
> ??>>
> bm> there's no use in killing the pope, they just go ahead and
> bm> get another one.
>
> The same applies to other leaders. Just think what would happen
> if someone bumped off our current great leader so that he was
> succeeded by his veep!
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
>
>

That's even more revolting that what we have now.

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On 2008-03-26, Michael "Dog3" > wrote:

> There are quite a few of them around. What's the skinny on aioe?

Basically, pretty anal. One of my fave ng,s (the whole ng!) was KF'd for
whatever reason. I thought that was pretty weird, as that group was
certainly no more offensive than rfc, and infinitely smaller. But, be nice
and don't offend and aioe is better than nothing ....or google.

nb

On 2008-03-26, Ms P > wrote:

> As far as I can tell the only thing in Vista that is truly an upgrade is the
> clock.

.....and lack of drivers:

http://tinyurl.com/29fr2g

nb

notbob wrote:

> On 2008-03-26, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> until you manually get rid of them (in most cases, unless you
>> have them set to expire shortly).
>
> Agreed. Most GOOD scorfiles allow all these variables to be
> edited. With linux, it's a simple text file. I've discovered
> with some older hardware (mine is ancient), the scorefile will
> actually slow down the scanning of headers if it becomes too
> large.

Another speed factor is which headers you filter on. If you
filter on headers that aren't in the server's xover database, then
your client will download headers *twice* -- first, the normal run
downloading those xover headers; then, if you're filtering on
"expensive" headers (those not in that database at the server) it
will have to download another set of headers so that they, too can
be filtered on. That's a lot of overhead; those other headers
should be avoided for filtering for this reason. Some examples of
expensive filters are those that look at Newsgroups and
Organization. So while Organization, for instance, can be
filtered on (with some news clients), it's an inefficient way to
filter GG posts, which is why Message-ID filtering is superior.

> Mine was huge. I tossed that one and started over,
> being much more picky. KF'ing google kills about 99% of the

Yep -- one blanket but precision rule - GG posts - versus scores
of individual checks the client has to grind away at about
"shoes" "nike", etc. Fast. Good.


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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:40:38 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

>The same applies to other leaders. Just think what would happen
>if someone bumped off our current great leader so that he was
>succeeded by his veep!

Cheney is better protection than body armor. <shudder>

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:44:18 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-03-26, Ms P > wrote:
>
>> As far as I can tell the only thing in Vista that is truly an upgrade is the
>> clock.
>
>....and lack of drivers:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/29fr2g
>

now I'm back to wavering again


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On 2008-03-26, Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> your client will download headers *twice* -- first, the normal run
> downloading those xover headers;

Ahh, I've run into that phenom using t-bird and a dial-up server. Is it the
OS (XP), the client, or the server?


> Organization. So while Organization, for instance, can be
> filtered on (with some news clients), it's an inefficient way to
> filter GG posts, which is why Message-ID filtering is superior.

So, how does that work? I'm now filtering on Org. How do you filter on msg
ID? Use a wildcard, like *@*google*, etc?

nb




>> Mine was huge. I tossed that one and started over,
>> being much more picky. KF'ing google kills about 99% of the
>
> Yep -- one blanket but precision rule - GG posts - versus scores
> of individual checks the client has to grind away at about
> "shoes" "nike", etc. Fast. Good.
>
>

On 2008-03-26, sf <sf> wrote:

> now I'm back to wavering again

Don't forget the class action lawsuit against M$ because much of the "Vista
Capable" labeling is bogus:

http://tinyurl.com/39lja9
http://tinyurl.com/2elkld

nb ....wavering back at sf

On 2008-03-26, sf <sf> wrote:

> Cheney is better protection than body armor. <shudder>

.....unless you're his hunting partner.

nb

Blinky the Shark <Blinky the Shark >> wrote:

> notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2008-03-26, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>> until you manually get rid of them (in most cases, unless you
>>> have them set to expire shortly).
>>
>> Agreed. Most GOOD scorfiles allow all these variables to be
>> edited. With linux, it's a simple text file. I've discovered
>> with some older hardware (mine is ancient), the scorefile will
>> actually slow down the scanning of headers if it becomes too
>> large.
>
> Another speed factor is which headers you filter on. If you
> filter on headers that aren't in the server's xover database, then
> your client will download headers *twice* -- first, the normal run
> downloading those xover headers; then, if you're filtering on
> "expensive" headers (those not in that database at the server) it
> will have to download another set of headers so that they, too can
> be filtered on.

I don't think most clients go back for a second pass. I guess SLRN
and Xnews do (Pan? or whatever it was that somebody pointed out in
NSR the other day), but I know for sure Agent, OE, Dialog, and
probably 90% of the rest do not make a second pass until the whole
article (w/complete headers) is retrieved. If it's not in XOVER
then it has to be downloaded in it's entirety is usually the rule.

This is the only annoying thing about Dialog is that if you're not
scoring on XOVER the articles may disappear when you go to read them
with a double-click.

-sw

notbob <notbob >> wrote:

>> Organization. So while Organization, for instance, can be
>> filtered on (with some news clients), it's an inefficient way to
>> filter GG posts, which is why Message-ID filtering is superior.
>
> So, how does that work? I'm now filtering on Org. How do you filter on msg
> ID? Use a wildcard, like *@*google*, etc?

Just filter on *googlegroups.com. All posts from Google have this
domain at the end of the M-ID. And it's included in every XOVER
database of every real news server (that I've seen, which is a lot).

-sw

cybercat <cybercat >> wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote
>> Whatever you do, stay away from the orange-filled Cadbury creme
>> eggs. They had a nasty burnt aftertaste to me.
>
> Orange filled? Ick. Do they make dark chocolate Cadbury eggs, do you
> know?

Not That I've seen. But KIt-Kat has a zillion different flavors
which I've never seen either.

-sw

Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:

> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 05:53:06a, Sqwertz told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve. Obviously, not to newer
>>>>>posters.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it fits his
>>>> personality.
>>>
>>> Indeed.
>>
>> <laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed the pope by
>> your oh-so-holy reactions.
>>
>> And I'll do it again, just for you two.
>
> We're so lucky.
>
> There was a song written in the very early 20th century entitled, "(S)he Is
> To Be Pitied More Than Censured". Often makes me think of you.

[Bowing] You take things too seriously - You need to lighten up.
Maybe we can round you up a few more Julie Bove's to whip you into
shape.

-sw

"Ms P" > wrote

> It used to be on "message" You just clicked message>block sender and you
> were done. Now there is no block sender.

That stinks, I use that often.

nancy

On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:45:12p, Sqwertz told us...

> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
> >> wrote:
>
>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 05:53:06a, Sqwertz told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>>> >> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve. Obviously, not to
>>>>>>newer posters.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it fits his
>>>>> personality.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed.
>>>
>>> <laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed the pope by
>>> your oh-so-holy reactions.
>>>
>>> And I'll do it again, just for you two.
>>
>> We're so lucky.
>>
>> There was a song written in the very early 20th century entitled,
>> "(S)he Is To Be Pitied More Than Censured". Often makes me think of
>> you.
>
> [Bowing] You take things too seriously - You need to lighten up.
> Maybe we can round you up a few more Julie Bove's to whip you into
> shape.
>
> -sw
>

No, Steve, I think it is *you* who take things too seriously and make way
too much of things.

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On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:45:12p, Sqwertz told us...

> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
> >> wrote:
>
>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 05:53:06a, Sqwertz told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>>> >> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve. Obviously, not to
>>>>>>newer posters.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it fits his
>>>>> personality.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed.
>>>
>>> <laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed the pope by
>>> your oh-so-holy reactions.
>>>
>>> And I'll do it again, just for you two.
>>
>> We're so lucky.
>>
>> There was a song written in the very early 20th century entitled,
>> "(S)he Is To Be Pitied More Than Censured". Often makes me think of
>> you.
>
> [Bowing] You take things too seriously - You need to lighten up.
> Maybe we can round you up a few more Julie Bove's to whip you into
> shape.
>
> -sw

heh, forgot to add that probably the only reason you're not in my killfile
is that I find you mildly amusing. :-)

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Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:

> No, Steve, I think it is *you* who take things too seriously and make way
> too much of things.

Uh, you're the one that had the hissy fit(s) over this, not I.

Sheesh.

-sw

Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:

> heh, forgot to add that probably the only reason you're not in my killfile
> is that I find you mildly amusing. :-)

Oh, buttering me up will get you no where!

I do talk about food a lot, too.

ObFood: I'm out of ObFoods right now.

-sw

notbob wrote:

> On 2008-03-26, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>> your client will download headers *twice* -- first, the normal run
>> downloading those xover headers;
>
> Ahh, I've run into that phenom using t-bird and a dial-up server. Is it
> the OS (XP), the client, or the server?

It is in the nature of how header information is stored on servers.

>> Organization. So while Organization, for instance, can be filtered on
>> (with some news clients), it's an inefficient way to filter GG posts,
>> which is why Message-ID filtering is superior.
>
> So, how does that work? I'm now filtering on Org. How do you filter on
> msg ID? Use a wildcard, like *@*google*, etc?

slrn (and two other clients): http://improve-usenet.org/filters_ex1.html


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Sqwertz wrote:

> Blinky the Shark <Blinky the Shark >> wrote:
>
>> notbob wrote:
>>
>>> On 2008-03-26, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>>
>>>> until you manually get rid of them (in most cases, unless you have
>>>> them set to expire shortly).
>>>
>>> Agreed. Most GOOD scorfiles allow all these variables to be edited.
>>> With linux, it's a simple text file. I've discovered with some older
>>> hardware (mine is ancient), the scorefile will actually slow down the
>>> scanning of headers if it becomes too large.
>>
>> Another speed factor is which headers you filter on. If you filter on
>> headers that aren't in the server's xover database, then your client
>> will download headers *twice* -- first, the normal run downloading those
>> xover headers; then, if you're filtering on "expensive" headers (those
>> not in that database at the server) it will have to download another set
>> of headers so that they, too can be filtered on.
>
> I don't think most clients go back for a second pass. I guess SLRN and
> Xnews do (Pan? or whatever it was that somebody pointed out in NSR the
> other day), but I know for sure Agent, OE, Dialog, and probably 90% of the
> rest do not make a second pass until the whole article (w/complete
> headers) is retrieved. If it's not in XOVER then it has to be downloaded
> in it's entirety is usually the rule.

I believe that in the case of Agent and OE, at least, there's no second
pass for filtering because the client isn't *capable* of filtering on
headers that are not in the overview -- so there's no second pass to make.


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On Wed 26 Mar 2008 11:09:43p, Sqwertz told us...

> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
> >> wrote:
>
>> No, Steve, I think it is *you* who take things too seriously and make
way
>> too much of things.
>
> Uh, you're the one that had the hissy fit(s) over this, not I.
>
> Sheesh.
>
> -sw
>

Uh, you started it with you're the one that had the hissy fit(s) over
Bronwyn's post (with no damn good reason). I was only reacting to your
unwarranted and unkind remarks. But this is typical of you, and I suppose
I should expect nothing less. See ya!

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"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
3.184...
> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 11:09:43p, Sqwertz told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>> No, Steve, I think it is *you* who take things too seriously and make
> way
>>> too much of things.
>>
>> Uh, you're the one that had the hissy fit(s) over this, not I.
>>
>> Sheesh.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
> Uh, you started it with you're the one that had the hissy fit(s) over
> Bronwyn's post (with no damn good reason). I was only reacting to your
> unwarranted and unkind remarks. But this is typical of you, and I suppose
> I should expect nothing less. See ya!

boyees, boyeees, boyeeees.



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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:11:03 GMT, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:
>
>> heh, forgot to add that probably the only reason you're not in my killfile
>> is that I find you mildly amusing. :-)
>
>Oh, buttering me up will get you no where!
>
>I do talk about food a lot, too.
>
>ObFood: I'm out of ObFoods right now.
>
>-sw

hmm, good name for a grocery chain...

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:40:38 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> blake wrote on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:34:44 GMT:
>
> ??>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
> ??>> >> wrote:
> ??>>
> ??>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
> ??>>>
> ??>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> ??>>>> > wrote:
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>>> Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve.
> ??>>>>> Obviously, not to newer posters.
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it
> ??>>>> fits his personality.
> ??>>>
> ??>>> Indeed.
> ??>>
> ??>> <laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed
> ??>> the pope by your oh-so-holy reactions.
> ??>>
> bm> there's no use in killing the pope, they just go ahead and
> bm> get another one.
>
>The same applies to other leaders. Just think what would happen
>if someone bumped off our current great leader so that he was
>succeeded by his veep!
>
>James Silverton

bite your tongue. on the other hand, maybe we could get both of them
some kind of group excursion rate to the gates of hell.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:06:16 -0700, sf wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:40:38 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:
>
>>The same applies to other leaders. Just think what would happen
>>if someone bumped off our current great leader so that he was
>>succeeded by his veep!
>
>Cheney is better protection than body armor. <shudder>

cheney has been to the naval medical hospital for his heart so often,
there's a parking space there with his name painted on it.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:35:19 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Wed 26 Mar 2008 09:34:44a, blake murphy told us...
>
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:53:06 GMT, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 01:21:44a, told us...
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:09:36 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bronwyn is known to many people here, Steve. Obviously, not to newer
>>>>>>posters.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure why he decided to be so mean to her, but it fits his
>>>>> personality.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed.
>>>
>>><laugh> Oh, stop you're crying. You'd think I'd killed the pope by
>>>your oh-so-holy reactions.
>>>
>>
>> there's no use in killing the pope, they just go ahead and get another
>> one.
>>
>> your pal,
>> mehmet
>>
>
>LOL! But the voting of the Cardinals is so much fun to watch!

they sure seem to smoke a lot, though. last time they must have been
drinking as well.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:45:03 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-03-26, sf <sf> wrote:
>
>> now I'm back to wavering again
>
>Don't forget the class action lawsuit against M$ because much of the "Vista
>Capable" labeling is bogus:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/39lja9
>http://tinyurl.com/2elkld
>
>nb ....wavering back at sf

will there come a time when vista actually works well, or will that be
the time for the next p.o.s. operating system? (cue smug mac users.)

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:55:06 GMT, blake murphy >
wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:06:16 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:40:38 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:
>>
>>>The same applies to other leaders. Just think what would happen
>>>if someone bumped off our current great leader so that he was
>>>succeeded by his veep!
>>
>>Cheney is better protection than body armor. <shudder>
>
>cheney has been to the naval medical hospital for his heart so often,
>there's a parking space there with his name painted on it.
>
But it hasn't been written in stone yet.

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Sqwertz wrote:

> Blinky the Shark <Blinky the Shark >> wrote:

> > Another speed factor is which headers you filter on. If you
> > filter on headers that aren't in the server's xover database, then
> > your client will download headers twice -- first, the normal run
> > downloading those xover headers; then, if you're filtering on
> > "expensive" headers (those not in that database at the server) it
> > will have to download another set of headers so that they, too can
> > be filtered on.
>
> I don't think most clients go back for a second pass. I guess SLRN
> and Xnews do (Pan? or whatever it was that somebody pointed out in
> NSR the other day), but I know for sure Agent, OE, Dialog, and
> probably 90% of the rest do not make a second pass until the whole
> article (w/complete headers) is retrieved. If it's not in XOVER
> then it has to be downloaded in it's entirety is usually the rule.

The speed doesn't really concern me that much. XanaNews is not
particularly fast, but what I do is load all newsgroups at once. When
the first is done, I start reading it, while it continues to load the
rest.



Brian

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:05:51 GMT, blake murphy >
wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:45:03 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2008-03-26, sf <sf> wrote:
>>
>>> now I'm back to wavering again
>>
>>Don't forget the class action lawsuit against M$ because much of the "Vista
>>Capable" labeling is bogus:
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/39lja9
>>http://tinyurl.com/2elkld
>>
>>nb ....wavering back at sf
>
>will there come a time when vista actually works well, or will that be
>the time for the next p.o.s. operating system? (cue smug mac users.)
>
Was it just a problem with the upgrade? We have quite a few posters
here using full Vista now and I'm not seeing complaints.

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Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> wrote:

> On Wed 26 Mar 2008 11:09:43p, Sqwertz told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright <Wayne Boatwright
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>> No, Steve, I think it is *you* who take things too seriously and make
> way
>>> too much of things.
>>
>> Uh, you're the one that had the hissy fit(s) over this, not I.
>>
>> Sheesh.
>
> Uh, you started it with you're the one that had the hissy fit(s) over
> Bronwyn's post (with no damn good reason).

Did not. There's nothing hissy about my post at all. I was even
trying to be helpful.

I don't get hissy, you thilly boy.

-sw

blake murphy <blake murphy >> wrote:

> will there come a time when vista actually works well, or will that be
> the time for the next p.o.s. operating system? (cue smug mac users.)

Microsoft got quite a kickback from the hardware manufacturers for
making consumers go out and buy all new hardware to run that POS.

It appears Vista is dead already. It'll be filed right next to
Windows ME shortly.

-sw