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David Lindauer  
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 More options Apr 9 1998, 3:00 am
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From: David Lindauer <cami...@bluegrass.net>
Date: 1998/04/09
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

I do hope the respondent isn't one of your aliases.  In some of the groups I
frequent it is common for people to talk to themselves and then say they
had nothing to do with the conversation :).

Anyway you don't expect anyone to try to track you down just because you
insist it is possible, do you? :)

But it is supposed to rain tomorrow.

David

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David Lindauer  
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From: David Lindauer <cami...@bluegrass.net>
Date: 1998/04/09
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

my my, I have made an enemy!  Not the last one I trust.  I was reading anarticle
the other day about L R Hubbard audition one of those guys from the orion
cluster that had started a group that attracted the blatantly irresponsible
folk.  If you must know, I consider you a part of that group.  One of the ploys
of
members of that group is to say all sorts of untrue things just in an effort to
get people to chase them around so they can have fun running.  Of course
the game is rigged, even if they stop for a rest there is no way to catch them
:)

BTW if you would like to be censored in my new group, just send me an email
begging to be censored and I'll make a blacklist program just to censor you.

> Lap,

see what I mean?

> bbxxxx

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enigma  
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From: Enigma
Date: 1998/04/09
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

Hi BB,

Ok what the heck, l'll take a stab at this as well.
I know some of what I will say has already been
said by Dr. Postman I believe, but I will try to
add some new stuff as well.

1) Your name is Brendan Burton or possibly Brenda Burton.
2) I think you are male but for some reason I'm getting female as
    well... Confusing...
3) You are around 37 years old
4) You have be known to enjoy a puff or two of marijuana.
5) Oasis is one of your favorite bands.
6) You are left handed.
7) You are currently attending some kind of school or classes.
8) You have some scars on your body that you don't know
    the origin of.
9) You have more than a passing interest in UFO phenomena.
10) You don't like clinical environments at all.
11) You have recently started to awaken to your spiritual side.

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DrPostman  
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From: I...@mysig.emailthere (DrPostman)
Date: 1998/04/10
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

And now some think that BB is one of the a.s.t. gang.
Oh well - the whois tool I used said that BB is using
an ISP in the UK, but even that can be faked.

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enigma  
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From: Enigma
Date: 1998/04/10
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 04:29:41 GMT, I...@mysig.emailthere (DrPostman)
wrote:

>And now some think that BB is one of the a.s.t. gang.
>Oh well - the whois tool I used said that BB is using
>an ISP in the UK, but even that can be faked.

heh heh, maybe we'll find out tomorrow... :-)

regards,
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enigma  
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From: Enigma
Date: 1998/04/10
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 04:29:41 GMT, I...@mysig.emailthere (DrPostman)
wrote:

>And now some think that BB is one of the a.s.t. gang.
>Oh well - the whois tool I used said that BB is using
>an ISP in the UK, but even that can be faked.

I don't know about BB but that
"Re: IMPORTANT: Gary L. Burnore is a Sex 0ffender!" thread
and other related threads on Gary L. Brumore here in a.p definitely
look like spammer  material. It looks like alt.paranormal is being
targeted. With all the spam and flame wars in here already, I doubt
anyone hardly notices anyway. :-)

regards,
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enigma  
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From: Enigma
Date: 1998/04/10
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

On 10 Apr 1998 07:34:18 GMT, "bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Enigma wrote in article <352d3c16.2187...@usenet.idirect.com>...

>> Hi BB,

>> Ok what the heck, l'll take a stab at this as well.
>> I know some of what I will say has already been
>> said by Dr. Postman I believe, but I will try to
>> add some new stuff as well.

>( usual net search results snipped )
> Sorry, Enima. Nothing new in that lot.

I hope that was a typo! :-) Actually it wasn't all net search results,
(although I don't recall you saying that net searches were not
allowed). Does that mean i don't get a prize? :-(

These were genuine "guesses":
What about Brenda Burton as opposed to Brendan Burton?
Are there two of you using the same account?
What about the confusion between male and female thing?
What about the 37 years old one?
Do you also like the band skunkworks? Or is that your son?

BTW I don't think you are one of the spammers, your posts seem
legit to me.

regards,
Enigma


 
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Samhain  
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 More options Apr 10 1998, 3:00 am
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From: "Samhain" <postmas...@localhost.com>
Date: 1998/04/10
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

DrPostman wrote in message <35369f15.5930...@news.mindspring.com>...
>And now some think that BB is one of the a.s.t. gang.
>Oh well - the whois tool I used said that BB is using
>an ISP in the UK, but even that can be faked.

Nope I dont think so but Enigma is right there is trolling going on out
of some ast (mostly alt.flame and afkm-n) groups

dial.pipex.uk is a regular ISP.

Hows this for a ng troll from the Gary Burnmore thread:

triangle.general,alt.teens,alt.flame,alt.fan.karl-malden.nose,alt.horror.we r
ewolves,news.groups,alt.rock-n-roll.metal.death,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt .
games.final-fantasy,news.admin.censorship,alt.paranormal,news.admin.net-abu s
e.usenet

Best thing for now is not to react and forget them.
I will post the battle plans if you are interested?
Have you been watching afkm-n then?

luv and peas


 
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DrPostman  
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 More options Apr 11 1998, 3:00 am
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From: I...@mysig.emailthere (DrPostman)
Date: 1998/04/11
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

"Samhain" <postmas...@localhost.com> wrote:
>Best thing for now is not to react and forget them.

I am - I hate to see LV get caught up in it.

>I will post the battle plans if you are interested?

Sure - it would be an education to several here.

>Have you been watching afkm-n then?

Yea, what a mess.

>luv and peas

when frozen they are very good for a herniated
disk, and cheaper than an ice pack.

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Samhain  
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From: "Samhain" <postmas...@localhost.com>
Date: 1998/04/11
Subject: Re: Who Am I - Help!

DrPostman wrote in message <353406ff.3424...@news.mindspring.com>...
>>I will post the battle plans if you are interested?
>Sure - it would be an education to several here.

>>luv and peas
>when frozen they are very good for a herniated
>disk, and cheaper than an ice pack.

Also very good as a cheap icepack for severed fingers and
other severed bits of humans, so they can be transported to
hospital along with the victim.

more luv and peas


 
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Discussion subject changed to "LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL" by DrPostman
DrPostman  
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From: I...@mysig.emailthere (DrPostman)
Date: 1998/04/12
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

I do hope you are kidding.

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enigma  
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From: Enigma
Date: 1998/04/12
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

On 12 Apr 1998 07:09:25 GMT, "bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

BB? In know way did I take Samhain's comment to be any kind of
a threat to anyone. Samhain and Postman were joking about how a frozen
bag of peas could be used as an icepack. At most it was an off-color
joke.

BB, if you are new to posting to Usenet, then you need to be aware of
something. It is very easy to misunderstand the meaning and intention
of something someone states in a message on Usenet, because you
can't see their facial expressions and hear their tone of voice. If
you have any doubts about something someone posts, just post a
follow-up message and politely ask the person to clarify their
comments.

I doubt anyone else reading this newsgroup took Samhain's
comments as anything other than a joke to Postman. They were not
even talking to you. Take a look at some of the other posts Samhain
has made in alt.paranormal in the last couple of weeks and you'll see
that Samhain has been extremely polite in all his postings with
everyone he was responding to. Samhain also posted up some
helpful comments and information concerning moderating Usenet
newsgroups.

BB, either you are a very clever troller as some have suspected, or
you need to calm down and rethink this through. If you were concerned
about something someone said, wouldn't it make more sense to post a
message asking the person to clarify their comments before jumping to
conclusions?

regards,
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Dan Pressnell  
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From: dpres...@ns.vvm.com (Dan Pressnell)
Date: 1998/04/12
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

In article <01bd65ea$47669620$2dfc82c1@hp-pavilion>,
  "bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> > Also very good as a cheap icepack for severed fingers and
> > other severed bits of humans, so they can be transported to
> > hospital along with the victim.

> > more luv and peas

> As 'Who Am I' was started by me, and "luv and peas" cannot be mistaken as
> anything but a reference to my signature, I have been advised to state the
> following;

> "I, yb...@dial.pipex.com (bb) as a user of alt.paranormal, consider the
> above posting to be a threat of violence directed towards me, and hereby

Next time, get your legal advice from a lawyer.

Dan

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Date: 1998/04/12
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

In article <01bd664e$da9c4ac0$3cf882c1@hp-pavilion>, "bb"

As a joke. Certainly not directed at you. Ironicly the joke has a bit of
helpful health advice. Get over yourself bb, this is USENET. Its not
always about you.

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DrPostman  
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Date: 1998/04/12
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

For one thing he never would had made the quote that you have decided to
take/and or make issue with had I not brought up the use of peas in
frozen form - I did so with levity but I was not joking.  Call it
alacrity.  I suffered a herniated disc back in January and with physical
therapy I was able to avoid an operation.  Because I was unable to
work it was suggested to me by the therapist to use a bag of frozen
peas instead of paying over $35 for a reusable ice pack.  Damned sound
advice.  Now had Samhain responded to you with his remark you might
have taken it personally, or however you are taking it (depending upon
your motives) but he didn't - he said it to me.  End of subject.  Even
if this was a trolling attempt it would be such a desperate reach that
it would be doomed for failure.

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From: "Samhain" <postmas...@localhost.com>
Date: 1998/04/12
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

bb wrote in message <01bd65ea$47669620$2dfc82c1@hp-pavilion>...
>"I, yb...@dial.pipex.com (bb) as a user of alt.paranormal, consider the
>above posting to be a threat of violence directed towards me, and hereby
>register this as a concern with readers of this newsgroup. Any reader aware
>of the identity of the poster 'Samhain' is requested to forward this
>information on the basis and understanding of the sender,  that
>information forwarded ( electronic or otherwise) may be used in criminal
>investigations."

Hey bb, chill out there, its one my sigs, I have used it for 10 years.
Mostly on fido and sometimes on Usenet.
Check it out...
No I am not slagging you off, I dont have time for that.

luv and peas
Samhain.


 
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dr. digger  
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From: bhe...@spamfree.polarnet.com (dr. digger)
Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

DrPostman wrote:
>Even
>if this was a trolling attempt it would be such a desperate reach that
>it would be doomed for failure.

Actually it turned out pretty successful.  Either that, or bb is just
getting into the spirit of alt.paranormal.

Love and peas, dr. digger

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DrPostman  
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Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

"bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Why post private discussions on usenet? Do you not know each others private
>email adds?

>Always, Love and Peace.

>bbxxxx

Usenet is a bulletin board version of chatting.  What was private about
what was said?  Who is making email adds - this has nothing to do with
email.  Samhain and I have never emailed each other  - what are you
trying to say?

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enigma  
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Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

On 12 Apr 1998 22:17:55 GMT, "bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Why post private discussions on usenet? Do you not know each others private
>email adds?

If its posted to private email its a private discussion, if its posted
to Usenet its a public discussion. Either one is ok. BTW, I wonder
if you are going to publicly apologize to Samhain for your bizarre
accusation against him? If you don't do so, don't be surprised if some
people here start calling you strange names like "sock puppet" and
"kook" and such. There are a few  others who have made an
entrance into alt.paranormal very similar to yours and they are still
carrying on in a similar manner. You seem to be following in
their footsteps. If I'm not making sense here don't worry about it.
This is Usenet, not reality. :-)

regards,
Enigma


 
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DrPostman  
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From: I...@mysig.emailthere (DrPostman)
Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

bhe...@spamfree.polarnet.com (dr. digger) wrote:
>DrPostman wrote:

>>Even
>>if this was a trolling attempt it would be such a desperate reach that
>>it would be doomed for failure.

>Actually it turned out pretty successful.  Either that, or bb is just
>getting into the spirit of alt.paranormal.

>Love and peas, dr. digger

>"As ye troll, so shall ye be trolled." -- ancient celtic proverb

That would depend upon what is considered successful.

"All we are saying, is give peas a chance"
                - Jolly Green Giant

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Earl Curley  
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From: "Earl Curley" <earlcur...@hotmail.com>
Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

Get a life, bb.  If you think that Samhain was threatening you then I'd like
to suggest that you remove yourself from these news groups because the real
threats that we all get subjected to having even started for you yet and I'm
sure you will never be able to them.

Take your ego and childish attitude somewhere else.

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Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

"bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>Like I said before, if you don't want misinterpretations of your postings,
>keep it private, particularly if you refer to another users sig or post
>header. By the way, you referred publicly to 'battle plans', could you
>clear that one up? Or was that meant to be for Dr Postmans eyes only, it's
>hard to tell.

>Thanks for your reply though Samhain, I admit I shouldn't jump to
>conclusions, but I am, after all, only human......

>Bangers and Mash

>bbxxxx

He was talking about alt.syntax.tactical - I thought you knew enough
about Usenet to tell people what they should or should not talk about.
No mention was made about your sig file and by the time the thread had
gotten to that post there is no way you could have even inferred we had
you in mind.  I saw a good quote in a post today - recognize it:
"USENET is not always about you."

Now I wonder who could have written that today?

"all we are saying, is give peas a chance."

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DrPostman  
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 More options Apr 13 1998, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: alt.paranormal
From: I...@mysig.emailthere (DrPostman)
Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

"bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>Email ADDRESS not adverts ( two 'd'). I say keep private converstations
>private, USENET is not always about you.

>LaP

>bbxxx

So what is your objection here - Samhain and I have only corresponded on
Usenet.  How do you get from claiming that someone has threatened you
in a post between two people other than yourself where you were not
even referred to, to lecturing me on what Usenet is or isn't about.  I'd
say that you should have been speaking to yourself.  Bad answer BB

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enigma  
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 More options Apr 13 1998, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: alt.paranormal
From: Enigma
Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

On 13 Apr 1998 09:34:18 GMT, "bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Samhain <postmas...@localhost.com> wrote in article
><6grgs4$h2...@news.indigo.ie>...
>> Hey bb, chill out there, its one my sigs, I have used it for 10 years.
>> Mostly on fido and sometimes on Usenet.
>> Check it out...
>> No I am not slagging you off, I dont have time for that.

>> luv and peas
>> Samhain.

>Like I said before, if you don't want misinterpretations of your postings,
>keep it private, particularly if you refer to another users sig or post

bb, I'm really beginning to wonder about you. Did you not read what
Samhain said above? He said that he has been using the signature
"luv and peas" for about 10 years. It had nothing to do with you.
That's why Matt Kriebel made the comment about Usenet not always
being about you. Do you follow now?

You seem to be new to Usenet yet you also seem to be telling people
what is supposedly appropriate and not appropriate for Usenet, instead
of listening to others explanations of how things work. Also, whether
you realize it or not, you have been "flaming" Postman for doing
nothing more than try to clear up some misconceptions that you seem
to have.

>header. By the way, you referred publicly to 'battle plans', could you
>clear that one up? Or was that meant to be for Dr Postmans eyes only, it's
>hard to tell.

Samhain was referring to an organized group of mostly juveniles that
spend most of their time on Usenet trying to disrupt newsgroups.
This group is known as "a.s.t" which stands for alt.syntax.tactical.
There are other offshoots from the original a.s.t group in existence
these days. These groups hang out in newsgroups such as
alt.fan.karl-malden.nose, alt.flame, alt.bigfoot, and others.

These groups of juveniles will "invade" newsgroups and try to cause
as much disruption as they can by instigating flame wars (long
drawn out heated arguments) and by filling the group with off-topic
posts, possibly driving all the legitimate users of the group away
from the newsgroup. As I said they are organized and they have
"battle plans" which they use a guidelines for invading a newsgroup.
Samhain was referring to such battle plans as there have recently
been some threads in alt.paranormal that were probably cross-posted
to alt.paranormal by some of these guys. Sometimes they do this to
try to get users in one newsgroup to start flaming others in another
newsgroup where the posts originated from, although the originators of
the cross-posted messages may not be the ones who cross-posted them.

The best defence against these guys is to not respond to their
posts. Doing so only encourages them and also helps to clutter
up the newsgroup more, which is one of their twisted objectives.
You can quite often recognize a spam post from one of these groups
by looking at the newsgroups field in the header. If a post is
crossposted to several unrelated newsgroups and contains
newsgroups such as alt.fan.karl-malden.nose, alt.flame, alt.bigfoot,
etc., then it is pretty likely that the post was crossposted by one of
these guys. Don't respond to such posts. When they see that their
attempts to disrupt a newsgroup aren't working they will move on to
another group where the users are more clued out.

If anyone is interested, you can read the a.s.t faq at:
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/net-abuse-faq/troll-faq.html

Sometimes these guys will send a "scout" into a newsgroup
to feel out the users and see if they are clued out enough
to make a good target. These scouts will sometimes play
dumb to see how easy it is to provoke people into flames.
Some people here have been wondering if you (bb) are
one of these, but I am inclined to think that you
are not although I still have my doubts.

bb, you seem to be new to Usenet yet you said previously
in a message  <01bd5fbb$2fb5ab40$dffb82c1@hp-pavilion>
in alt.paranormal:

>My point IS, I'm trying an experiment. Trace? I don't think so. Heard of
>the ID Headtwister called 'Nut-Roast'? Obviously not............

Are you referring to a program that alters the header of a
Usenet post or something else? This might help clarify a few
things.

regards,
Enigma


 
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Sherilyn  
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 More options Apr 13 1998, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: alt.paranormal
From: Sherilyn <Sheri...@sidaway.demon.co.uk>
Date: 1998/04/13
Subject: Re: LEGAL NOTICE ALT.PARANORMAL

In article <01bd65ea$47669620$2dfc82c1@hp-pavilion>,
  "bb" <yb...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:

Just in case this is not some late and ill-conceived April fool joke,
would you care to explain how you arrived at the conclusion that samhain
was threatening you?

It looked to me as if it was more some rather tasteless but handy
first-aid advice for the unfortunate Mr John Bobbitt.
--
Sherilyn

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