| Re: A further follow up which may, or may not, be of interest |
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2006/09/16 12:18 |
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:28:07 GMT, Ghost <Ghosts@aredead.did> wrote:
>In article <gp2og2teufcvlcb50s66lep8sr3n88gupf@4ax.com>, smeagol
><smeag@go|.|air> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:58:22 GMT, johnny_fairview
>> <johnny_lightvision@hushmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>
>> >Well, you were first but there is no way I would call you a bozo! :-)
>> >
>> >I feel it is a careless waste of resources when one considers what must
>> >amount to terabytes of duplicated crap flashing around the world and
>> >cluttering up servers everywhere. It also shows a lack of respect for
>> >probably the first instant international conference medium freely
>> >available to the man-in-the-street from most countries. I believe it
>> >also shows a lack of respect toward hoped for readers. My personal
>> >choice when I come across never ending streams of quoted and requoted
>> >messages posted in their entirety, well, it usually means I do not
>> >bother reading whatever few (or many, as the case may be) words the
>> >poster has added on to the end.
>> >
>> >Many believe the downhill slide began in September 1993 when AOL began
>> >offering Usenet access to its customers. Before that, every September
>> >would see hordes of new university students joining in and it would
>> >take a few months for these newbies to acclimatize to the posting norms.
>> >The influx of AOL subscribers, many of them ably fitting the
>> >descriptions in Mr. Follett's piece, led to the "September that never
>> >ended". :-) Although AOL dropped access to Usenet early in 2005,
>> >Google Groups appears to have picked up the torch to ensure "Eternal
>> >September" continues.
>> >
>> >What I do find strange is that in "the groups", not trimming follow ups
>> >seems to be on the increase and some posters who used to trim have
>> >ceased to do so. I blame this in part on their fear of certain loud
>> >proclamations posted about the "evils" of trimming, thereby exposing
>> >said proclaimers total lack of knowledge as to how Usenet is supposed to
>> >work. If they _do_ know how it is supposed to work then they are simply
>> >lying in their hysterical "do not trim" messages.
>> >
>> >All in all it is of no great import and the world will not get any
>> >warmer or stop turning because of such posters. I'm just thankful I had
>> >a decent education, am able to work things out for myself and can then
>> >follow my own mind and not be one of the timid flock that cowers into
>> >the nearest pen when the loud dog barks.
>> >
>> >johnny
>> >(change lightvision to fairview)
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> It may be a waste of resources, but this is not 1993, and usenet has
>> changed a bit since then. Today, we have multiple posters posting
>> identical multi-gigabyte files, sometimes on the same day, in some of
>> the larger multimedia groups. If you could eliminate the identical
>> posting of just one of those files, you would accomplish more in that
>> single day than you could ever hope to accomplish by getting everyone
>> to snip in this group.
>>
>> Just because someone honors another person's request not to snip does
>> not mean that they are uneducated, timid, or cowering to anything. For
>> me, it is more important to help other people to stay happy than to
>> save a few bytes of space. Of course, that could change of I go off my
>> meds. Just kidding; I do not take medication. :)
>>
>> -g
>
>Hi all,
>
>And there is another reason to not snip and that is late comers. Like
>myself who only just found this tread.
>
>Well back to the back of the room. Where I can hide behind the potted
>palms.
A ghost needs to hide? LOL
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