Seriously. Who's pulling this joke on the entire tea world?

--Blair

And why does anyone want to pay $400 a share for Google when this is
the way it treats Usenet?

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> And why does anyone want to pay $400 a share for Google when this is
> the way it treats Usenet?
>
What the heck are you talking about, and what has it got to do with Earl
Grey?

dmh

"Blair P. Houghton" > writes:

> And why does anyone want to pay $400 a share for Google when this is
> the way it treats Usenet?

If you're bothered[1] by your inability to quote from the post you're
replying to, see

http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html
[1]Not that you asked, but I'm bothered by your inability to quote
from the post you're replying to.

No, I'm bothered by the fact that it doesn't actually post messages
when it posts them, causing me to re-post them and look like a moron.

--Blair
"Go ahead. Gainsay is thine."

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> No, I'm bothered by the fact that it doesn't actually post messages
> when it posts them, causing me to re-post them and look like a moron.

Looks to me like you're doing that on your own without any help from
Google.


stePH
--
in cup: Ahmad Earl Grey

"stePH" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> No, I'm bothered by the fact that it doesn't actually post messages
>> when it posts them, causing me to re-post them and look like a moron.
>
> Looks to me like you're doing that on your own without any help from
> Google.
>
>
> stePH
> --
> in cup: Ahmad Earl Grey
>
Now stePH, I've come to know you through your posts as someone who is above
comments like that.

I'd say 95% of my Google posts are no delay. The remaining several
minutes,hours but no longer than two sweeps of the hour hand. No lost
posts. I've noticed around any holiday there maybe an extended lag. I
think it is maintenance. I've learned to trust Google and since it is
'free' who is complaining?

Jim

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> No, I'm bothered by the fact that it doesn't actually post messages
> when it posts them, causing me to re-post them and look like a moron.
>
> --Blair
> "Go ahead. Gainsay is thine."

In article .com>,
Space Cowboy > wrote:
>I'd say 95% of my Google posts are no delay. The remaining several
>minutes,hours but no longer than two sweeps of the hour hand. No lost
>posts. I've noticed around any holiday there maybe an extended lag. I
>think it is maintenance. I've learned to trust Google and since it is
>'free' who is complaining?

I am complaining. Google provides a horribly crude interface to Usenet
and so newbies come in thinking that's the same thing everyone else sees.
Also they purchased the old dejanews archives and have progressively been
making access to them more and more ugly and clumsy. Now even folks like
Blair are winding up stock on it.

Blair, here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself...
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"Blair P. Houghton" > writes:

> No, I'm bothered by the fact that it doesn't actually post messages
> when it posts them, causing me to re-post them and look like a moron.

I'm afraid that if you're looking for instant propagation, Usenet's
the wrong medium; it isn't just Google Groups as a Usenet provider.

You're still omitting the context for your replies, I notice.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

The problem wasn't instant propagation. It's loading in a timely
manner. Something delayed the original message's appearance in
Google's own database for a considerable time, making it look like
nothing had posted, and a check of the group confirmed that. But when
I reposted, both appeared.

The thing that will probably cause me the most reason to stop using
Google Groups, though, is that it has a posting limit. And doesn't say
what the limit is.

As for context, I recommend a threaded newsreader. I wouldn't post
anywhere without one.

--Blair

"Blair P. Houghton" > wrote in
oups.com:

>
> Seriously. Who's pulling this joke on the entire tea world?
>
> --Blair
>

FLUSH!