The proper way to post to a group

DarkMatter · Oct 11, 2003

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:20:01 -0500, John Fields
<jfields@austininstruments.com> Gave us:

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:13:34 -0700, DarkMatter
DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

You guys sure do waste a lot of your time saying nothing meaningful.

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And you waste a lot of everyone else's time by doing the same thing.

You just proved my statement. Good job!

I do more in a single day to make the world a better place for
others than you probably ever have.

Our "IT guy" wanted to ship a wide form plotter over seas from
England to here so that we could plot large drawings. OUR plotter
merely needed a belt, which done by outside service would have cost
around 3/4 of a grand. Easily.

We got the belt for our plotter from England at a cheaper cost than
getting it here, and that included a $50 bank wire fee. So we got it
done for a couple hundred bucks.

I changed the belt in less than an hour without ever seeing a
service manual, and no screws were touched or removed that were not
specific to the service.

Then, I went on to my development of life saving medical devices.
By the time it is over, we'll have tuberculosis, and a few respiratory
cancers "licked".

Do you have any clue what it costs a pharma co to bring a single new
pill to market? I'll bet you don't know.

Keith R. Williams · Oct 11, 2003

In article <gnjeovcpn0mh13vslogj6dahpv4mkfd3ce@4ax.com>,
DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org says...

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:20:01 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> Gave us:

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:13:34 -0700, DarkMatter
DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

You guys sure do waste a lot of your time saying nothing meaningful.

-
And you waste a lot of everyone else's time by doing the same thing.

You just proved my statement. Good job!

I do more in a single day to make the world a better place for
others than you probably ever have.

Then try it here, DimBulb. GO KILL YOUSELF! It would make this
place "kinder and gentler".

No, you'd rather be *the* supreme Usenet jerk!

--
Keith

Active8 · Oct 11, 2003

In article <f8b945bc.0310101619.6a313497@posting.google.com>,
jeffm_@email.com says...

You didn't get it either.

Alanis Morissette wrote a song called "Ironic"
in which she uses some examples of irony which aren't valid
--probably because she doesn't understand what the word means.

i get your point.

like the first verse. no irony there at all. looks like most of the song
lacks irony. the bulk (75% ?) of the chorus lacks irony.

i just wanted to point out where that parkway/driveway driveway line
came from. *that's* irony. you could say i was trolling for george
carlin fans or at least trying to bring back good memories. it was a
long time ago and carlin was funny. i could just as well talk about a
bar owner/hairdresser who hair was totally fubared, but no one could
relate to that unless they were there. i don't consider that case
ironic, because she didn't do her own hair. then again... she allowed
it.

i like alanis' unique and freaky voice. now this could be considered
funny. i'm visiting friends in KC KS. cute little 5 year old daughter
asked me what "wine me dine me 69 me" means. "uh, i think you'd better
ask your mom before you ask your teacher."

brs,
mike

Active8 · Oct 11, 2003

In article <62xhb.19618$%C5.279@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
g.ryan@macetech.com says...

"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
news:06icov4mh9cfiae8lt40ij4enisln6fhbp@4ax.com...
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 05:30:35 GMT, "Garrett Mace" <g.ryan@macetech.com
Gave us:

Excellent top-posting point!

Said the total usenet retard that just quoted 64 lines to make yet
one more baby bullshit one line twit post.

That was *exactly* the point, sorry it went over your head.

though it appears that you people are using this thread as an example of

how to post and how not to post, i'll submit that it isn't neccessary to
snip all but the post of the poster you're replying to.

a couple/few posts history would probbly be enough to jog one's memory
as to what was previously said a day or so past, e.g.,

a post with only

That was *exactly* the point, sorry it went over your head.

might require one to back up, whereas the above quoted text might be
sufficient while not wasting too much bandwidth.

just in case anyone missed the point.

brs,
mike

John Fortier · Oct 11, 2003

"JeffM" <jeffm_@email.com> wrote in message
news:f8b945bc.0310091710.4c78dfbc@posting.google.com...

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/08/2348224&mode=nested&tid=106&tid=185&threshold=5

Notice that vast amounts of text from the previous post is not
re-posted
(blockquoted).

There was recently a ridiculous squabble
as to whether it was proper to add you comment above or below the
existing text.

The answer is NEITHER.

That newsreader software, as a convenience to its user,
blockquotes the whole damned previous post is a major source of the
problem.
It doesn't take into account those fools who don't know enough
to edit the blockquote to the minimal snip
(often the new post doesn't need ANY snip.

Most folks who post to newsgroups have never seen a set of rules
(and many others generally choose to ignore them when displayed).

http://216.239.33.104/search?q=cachex5j4dSLfP0J:homepages.rootsweb.com/~scroots/sc09773.htm+%22Don%27t+quote+excessively%22++Netiquette+%22Steven+J.+Coker%22+uppercase+quoting&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8

http://216.239.33.104/search?q=cache:XKQH9mPJtiEJ:mailman.dca.net/pipermail/idyllchat/2002-September/008799.html+Idyllchat+quoting+Netiquette+sep+%22all+caps%22&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8
Those who visit _good_ BBSs (bulletin board systems)
have likely seen the proper technique.

/rant

Who elected you?

Ben Bradley · Oct 11, 2003

In the following newsgroups:

sci.electronics,
sci.electronics.design,
sci.electronics.misc,
sci.electronics.basics,
sci.electronics.cad,

Active8 <mTHISREMOVEcolasono@earthlink.net.invalid> wrote:

In article <62xhb.19618$%C5.279@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
g.ryan@macetech.com says...

"DarkMatter" <DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
news:06icov4mh9cfiae8lt40ij4enisln6fhbp@4ax.com...
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 05:30:35 GMT, "Garrett Mace" <g.ryan@macetech.com
Gave us:

Excellent top-posting point!

Said the total usenet retard that just quoted 64 lines to make yet
one more baby bullshit one line twit post.

That was *exactly* the point, sorry it went over your head.

though it appears that you people are using this thread as an example of
how to post and how not to post, i'll submit that it isn't neccessary to
snip all but the post of the poster you're replying to.

a couple/few posts history would probbly be enough to jog one's memory
as to what was previously said a day or so past, e.g.,

a post with only

That was *exactly* the point, sorry it went over your head.

might require one to back up, whereas the above quoted text might be
sufficient while not wasting too much bandwidth.

just in case anyone missed the point.

This thread is starting to resemble Rocky Horror:

Man standing in front of projection screen: "But what's the point?"

Man in the movie: "The point is, ..."

And I'm sure there's some Monty Python skit or Douglas Adams quote
that fits here as well.

brs,
mike

I also like to make the crossposts clear, as demonstrated above.
For a moment I thought the list included sci.electronics.rocky-horror.

Active8 · Oct 11, 2003

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:37:57 -0400, Keith R. Williams, said...

In article <gnjeovcpn0mh13vslogj6dahpv4mkfd3ce@4ax.com>,
DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org says...
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:20:01 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> Gave us:

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:13:34 -0700, DarkMatter
DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
snipped

Then try it here, DimBulb. GO KILL YOUSELF! It would make this
place "kinder and gentler".

No, you'd rather be *the* supreme Usenet jerk!

uh, he's taking some stiff competition from someone who's moniker is

budgie, which sounds like one who has something shoved up their ass,
literally. maybe because it rhymes with wedgie.

brs,
mike

DarkMatter · Oct 11, 2003

On 10 Oct 2003 17:19:38 -0700, jeffm_@email.com (JeffM) Gave us:

You didn't get it either.

Alanis Morissette wrote a song called "Ironic"
in which she uses some examples of irony which aren't valid
--probably because she doesn't understand what the word means.

Like I said. You're the one that didn't get it. In fact, you
cannot even describe what *it* is.

John Fields · Oct 11, 2003

On 10 Oct 2003 17:19:38 -0700, jeffm_@email.com (JeffM) wrote:

You didn't get it either.

Alanis Morissette wrote a song called "Ironic"
in which she uses some examples of irony which aren't valid
--probably because she doesn't understand what the word means.

---
Maybe nobody got it except Alanis. There's a certain irony about a song
purportedly referring to irony while using non-ironic references,
wouldn't you agree?

--
John Fields

John Fields · Oct 11, 2003

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:37:10 -0700, DarkMatter
<DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:20:01 -0500, John Fields
jfields@austininstruments.com> Gave us:

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:13:34 -0700, DarkMatter
DarkMatter@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:

You guys sure do waste a lot of your time saying nothing meaningful.

-
And you waste a lot of everyone else's time by doing the same thing.

You just proved my statement. Good job!

---
Merely saying it doesn't make it so, you ignorant cocksucker. Get a
grounding in logic before you shoot of that stupid mouth of yours and
perhaps you'll make less of a fool of yourself as time goes by.
---

I do more in a single day to make the world a better place for
others than you probably ever have.

Our "IT guy" wanted to ship a wide form plotter over seas from
England to here so that we could plot large drawings. OUR plotter
merely needed a belt, which done by outside service would have cost
around 3/4 of a grand. Easily.

We got the belt for our plotter from England at a cheaper cost than
getting it here, and that included a $50 bank wire fee. So we got it
done for a couple hundred bucks.

I changed the belt in less than an hour without ever seeing a
service manual, and no screws were touched or removed that were not
specific to the service.

---
So you made the world a better place by keeping the outside firm from
making some money and by wrecking the British economy (by not buying a
new plotter) because of your niggardly ways?

As far as changing the belt goes, I don't think you'll get a Nobel prize
for that either since they don't have a "Grunt Work" category...
---

Then, I went on to my development of life saving medical devices.
By the time it is over, we'll have tuberculosis, and a few respiratory
cancers "licked".

---
Clue: TB is curable, so it's licked. "We", I'm sure, refers to a team
where your job is something like running down tennis balls at Wimbledon,
or maybe cleaning out stables at the Kentucky Derby.
---

Do you have any clue what it costs a pharma co to bring a single new
pill to market? I'll bet you don't know.

---
You're right, but so what? If I need to I can find out, but in the
meantime why should I give a shit?

--
John Fields

DarkMatter · Oct 11, 2003