deer sannta
David DeLaney
crossposts-from-idiots carefully followuped OUT of ARK until they are all
(all!) gone away again. I am Allowed to think that having trails of shit
smeared all over the gentle humor I am trying to read is not what I was
subscirbed for, am I not?
We probably can't get rid of the x-private.org idiot, he knows where we live
and that type doesn't stop until they get bored or until their Mom finds out
what they've been doing, but we can certainly take pains to not keep the
UnFunni MustUseSwearwordsAndInsultEveryoneElse crowd (I'd call them alt.flame
people but even a.f did this better than them) glued to this group, right?
Dave
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bar...@bookpro.com
DeLaney) wrote:
>For New Year's this year, please leave in my stocking an ARK with the
>crossposts-from-idiots carefully followuped OUT of ARK until they are all
>(all!) gone away again. I am Allowed to think that having trails of shit
>smeared all over the gentle humor I am trying to read is not what I was
>subscirbed for, am I not?
>
>We probably can't get rid of the x-private.org idiot, he knows where we live
>and that type doesn't stop until they get bored or until their Mom finds out
>what they've been doing, but we can certainly take pains to not keep the
>UnFunni MustUseSwearwordsAndInsultEveryoneElse crowd (I'd call them alt.flame
>people but even a.f did this better than them) glued to this group, right?
I heartily endorse &c &c &c.
BW
Dr. HotSalt
> For New Year's this year, please leave in my stocking an ARK with the
> crossposts-from-idiots carefully followuped OUT of ARK until they are all
> (all!) gone away again. I am Allowed to think that having trails of shit
> smeared all over the gentle humor I am trying to read is not what I was
> subscirbed for, am I not?
Certainly you are. In fax, I heartily (lungily etc.) agree.
New broom and all that, wot?
> We probably can't get rid of the x-private.org idiot, he knows where we live
> and that type doesn't stop until they get bored or until their Mom finds out
> what they've been doing, but we can certainly take pains to not keep the
> UnFunni MustUseSwearwordsAndInsultEveryoneElse crowd (I'd call them alt.flame
> people but even a.f did this better than them) glued to this group, right?
In deed. At least the alt.f lamers could manage to be teh fun'ni.
Dr. HotSalt
Doctroid
bar...@bookpro.com wrote:
And I heartily endorse scorefiles, but David doesn't want to hear that,
I think.
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Jared
[...]
> We probably can't get rid of the x-private.org idiot, he knows where we live
> and that type doesn't stop until they get bored or until their Mom finds out
> what they've been doing, but we can certainly take pains to not keep the
> UnFunni MustUseSwearwordsAndInsultEveryoneElse crowd (I'd call them alt.flame
> people but even a.f did this better than them) glued to this group, right?
I was under the impression it was all one laundry basket of socks.
bar...@bookpro.com
wrote:
I have more kill filters than ever before in ARK, on both threads and
individual posters, but it's still a PITA to keep adding them.
I don't think Agent kills on newsgroups in crossposts. That would
probably help.
BW
Shelly
news:e1jmj59mme0sltmok...@4ax.com...
> I have more kill filters than ever before in ARK, on both threads and
> individual posters, but it's still a PITA to keep adding them.
>
> I don't think Agent kills on newsgroups in crossposts. That would
> probably help.
You can plonk anything xposted to more than X number of groups, which
might be helpful.
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http://www.cat-sidh.net/blog
bar...@bookpro.com
wrote:
Not in any obvious way in Agent 3.x.
BW
Shelly
news:6sjmj5d52pifn2vpg...@4ax.com...
> Not in any obvious way in Agent 3.x.
Interesting! I haven't used Agent in years, so it was a much older
version, but I'm pretty sure I could plonk anything xposted to more than
3 groups (my personal threshhold for asshattery). Mabye I'm smoking
crack and totally misremembering?
Xnews has the capability, for sure. Not saying you should change
readers, but Xnews has overall *much* more flexible and useful scoring
and plonking cababilities than Agent. And it's free as in beer.
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Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net/blog
Doctroid
David DeLaney
> bar...@bookpro.com wrote:
>>d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>>>For New Year's this year, please leave in my stocking an ARK with the
>>>crossposts-from-idiots carefully followuped OUT of ARK until they are all
>>>(all!) gone away again. I am Allowed to think that having trails of shit
>>>smeared all over the gentle humor I am trying to read is not what I was
>>>subscirbed for, am I not?
>>>
>>>We probably can't get rid of the x-private.org idiot, he knows where we live
>>>and that type doesn't stop until they get bored or until their Mom finds out
>>>what they've been doing, but we can certainly take pains to not keep the
>>>UnFunni MustUseSwearwordsAndInsultEveryoneElse crowd (I'd call them alt.flame
>>>people but even a.f did this better than them) glued to this group, right?
>>
>>I heartily endorse &c &c &c.
>
>And I heartily endorse scorefiles, but David doesn't want to hear that,
>I think.
I has an scorefile. I generally don't use it here, and have it set up for
r.a.sf.w only because of certain REALLY annoying incidents and/or persons
(well, they're able to post, that makes them legally persons, right?) that
inhabit or have inhabited it. My annoyance at those mentioned above is large,
but not yet large enough to force me to figuring out what to add to the
-9999 entries for here.
David DeLaney
Static cling has a lot to answer for.
Dave "firing up the anti-muonium ray" DeLaney
David DeLaney
>>>d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>>>>We probably can't get rid of the x-private.org idiot, he knows where we live
>>>>and that type doesn't stop until they get bored or until their Mom finds out
>>>>what they've been doing, but we can certainly take pains to not keep the
>>>>UnFunni MustUseSwearwordsAndInsultEveryoneElse crowd (I'd call them
alt.flame
>>>>people but even a.f did this better than them) glued to this group, right?
>>>
>>>I heartily endorse &c &c &c.
Though I think we can keep Grand Mal, if he wants to stick around.
Dave "let a thousand Venus flytraps bloom" DeLaney
Glenn Knickerbocker
>On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:54:21 -0500, "Shelly" <she...@cat-sidh.net>
>wrote:
>>might be helpful.
>Not in any obvious way in Agent 3.x.
For some values of obvious, possibly. Will Agent 3 filter on the
Newsgroups: header? (Agent 1 won't, and I haven't kept up.) If
it will, you just have to count commas, like so:
newsgroups:{,.*,.*,}
�R http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/zangelding.html "When there's
a nuclear attack, that's when buckets are used." --Tim Brown, IUSD
Seger
> <barb...@bookpro.com> wrote in message
I plonked myself. So far so good.
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Dr. HotSalt
> Jared <jared4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Dec 29, 3:22 pm, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
> >> We probably can't get rid of the x-private.org idiot, he knows where we live
> >> and that type doesn't stop until they get bored or until their Mom finds out
> >> what they've been doing, but we can certainly take pains to not keep the
> >> UnFunni MustUseSwearwordsAndInsultEveryoneElse crowd (I'd call them alt.flame
> >> people but even a.f did this better than them) glued to this group, right?
>
> >I was under the impression it was all one laundry basket of socks.
>
> Static cling has a lot to answer for.
>
> Dave "firing up the anti-muonium ray" DeLaney
That's overkill. We just need a clothes dryer with a large appetite.
BTW did you get that "reply to author" message I sent you about the
COMPLETE LACK of "followups to" settings in Googlegropes?
If not, it appears there's a COMPLETE LACK of "followups to"
settings in Googlegropes. Do you/does anybody know of a hack/Firefox
addon that will work?
Dr. HotSalt
Otto Bahn
< If not, it appears there's a COMPLETE LACK of "followups to"
<settings in Googlegropes. Do you/does anybody know of a hack/Firefox
<addon that will work?
GET A MAC!
--oTTo--
Dr. HotSalt
> "Dr. HotSalt" <alien8...@gmail.com> wrote
I HAZ WUN IN TEH BASEMENTS! IT DON'T WORX!
Dr. Hot"GLOD"Salt
Otto Bahn
> > I have more kill filters than ever before in ARK, on both threads and
> > individual posters, but it's still a PITA to keep adding them.
>
> > I don't think Agent kills on newsgroups in crossposts. That would
> > probably help.
>
> You can plonk anything xposted to more than X number of groups, which
> might be helpful.
<
<I plonked myself. So far so good.
Can you still sing the body electric?
--oTTo--
Adam Funk
> I has an scorefile. I generally don't use it here, and have it set up for
> r.a.sf.w only because of certain REALLY annoying incidents and/or persons
> (well, they're able to post, that makes them legally persons, right?) that
> inhabit or have inhabited it. My annoyance at those mentioned above is large,
> but not yet large enough to force me to figuring out what to add to the
> -9999 entries for here.
I don't normally use negative scoring here, but I might have to
start. (I also don't go for the =-9999 thing; I'm satisfied with
"marked as read".)
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Donald Knuth in his mountain hideaway. [XKCD 342]
David DeLaney
>On Dec 30, 2:21�am, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>> Static cling has a lot to answer for.
>>
>> Dave "firing up the anti-muonium ray" DeLaney
>
> That's overkill. We just need a clothes dryer with a large appetite.
>
> BTW did you get that "reply to author" message I sent you about the
>COMPLETE LACK of "followups to" settings in Googlegropes?
Um. Not yet. Or it got labelled as [spam] and I didn't recognize the name,
though that Subject: header OUGHT to have caught my eye considering I
composed it in the first place.
> If not, it appears there's a COMPLETE LACK of "followups to"
>settings in Googlegropes. Do you/does anybody know of a hack/Firefox
>addon that will work?
It's Not-a-Newsreader, alas.
Dave
Jared
[...]
> It's Not-a-Newsreader, alas.
Wha? I'm using it.
Dr. HotSalt
How did you do that redirect? (Which I fixed BTW)
I need to know for to help herd the dipsticks OUTTA HERE!
Dr. HotSalt
bar...@bookpro.com
<No...@bestweb.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:05:51 -0500, bar...@bookpro.com wrote:
>>On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:54:21 -0500, "Shelly" <she...@cat-sidh.net>
>>wrote:
>>>You can plonk anything xposted to more than X number of groups, which
>>>might be helpful.
>>Not in any obvious way in Agent 3.x.
>
>For some values of obvious, possibly. Will Agent 3 filter on the
>Newsgroups: header? (Agent 1 won't, and I haven't kept up.) If
>it will, you just have to count commas, like so:
>
> newsgroups:{,.*,.*,}
Not that I can find. From some info. I found on teh Web, it seems
that Agent 4 might allow filtering crossposted, but I'm not sure it's
worth paying for the upgrade.
BW
David DeLaney
Yep. And it is NOT a NEWSREADER. It is set up, essentially, as a web forum that
happens to only have news articles as entries. This is a fairly bad UI, which
has been commented on previously. It also doesn't have several other functions
that many newsreaders have (see: KILLFILES, for example); it's got much of the
basics but not all.
It's not as bad as AOL was. But lordy, it ain't good.
Dave
PS: Also, Gharlane of Eddore did this better than you.
Doctroid
bar...@bookpro.com wrote:
> Not that I can find. From some info. I found on teh Web, it seems
> that Agent 4 might allow filtering crossposted, but I'm not sure it's
> worth paying for the upgrade.
What is this "paying" of which you speak?
(OK, MT-NewsWatcher's UI sucks dead camels, but it will score on
Newsgroups headers matching a RE, and it's free. For Macs, of course.)
bar...@bookpro.com
wrote:
I didn't mind paying for Agent, when I did. I like it. I didn't like
the other newsreaders I've tried. I used Free Agent for a long time
and decided the pay features were worth the price, and I've been happy
with it. There was a time when I regularly read a dozen newsgroups.
These days, I read ARK and two other newsgroups, and the current
version of Agent does me fine for the most part. Most crossposting
problems are taken care of by filtering on H*mmond and whoever the
latest troll wannabe is. Sometimes we get a particularly persistent
one, but filtering on the Subject line helps.
BW
Jared
> On Dec 30, 11:35 pm, Jared <jared4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 30, 2:51 pm, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
> > [...]
>
> > > It's Not-a-Newsreader, alas.
>
> > Wha? I'm using it.
>
> How did you do that redirect? (Which I fixed BTW)
When I click on Reply, right below the Newsgroups box, there are three
links: "Add Cc", "Add Followup-to" and "Edit Subject".
Dr. HotSalt
Oh, f*ck me, I completely failed to notice those. All this time.
That's my DURR moment for the week. Month. Year. Aw, hell. I'll have
a hard time topping that one this LIFETIME.
OTOH I've been all through Google's "help" system for groups and
gmail and all that. I saw no mention of it. Sheesh.
Well, thanks for tossing me headfirst into the Obvious Bag. I think
I'll just stay in here for a bit.
Dr. "not so"Hot"now, am I?"Salt
Mark Edwards
>> When I click on Reply, right below the Newsgroups box, there are three
>> links: "Add Cc", "Add Followup-to" and "Edit Subject".
No cluons were harmed when Dr. HotSalt wrote:
> Oh, f*ck me, I completely failed to notice those. All this time.
>
> That's my DURR moment for the week. Month. Year. Aw, hell. I'll have
>a hard time topping that one this LIFETIME.
Oh heavens no! We've gotten a lot of enjoyment watching you top yourself,
and expect you will do so again very soon ( FNARR ).
Mark Edwards
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bar...@bookpro.com
<Mark-E...@comcast.net> wrote:
>d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
>>> When I click on Reply, right below the Newsgroups box, there are three
>>> links: "Add Cc", "Add Followup-to" and "Edit Subject".
>
>
>No cluons were harmed when Dr. HotSalt wrote:
>> Oh, f*ck me, I completely failed to notice those. All this time.
>>
>> That's my DURR moment for the week. Month. Year. Aw, hell. I'll have
>>a hard time topping that one this LIFETIME.
>
>Oh heavens no! We've gotten a lot of enjoyment watching you top yourself,
I thought that sort of thing went out with M Otis Beard.
BW
Doctroid
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>I thought that sort of thing went out with M Otis Beard.
Just what do you mean to imply about his wife?
�R http://users.bestweb.net/~notr You are already too educated stupid to
understand the truth of nature's harmonic simultaneous 4-liter wine cube
bar...@bookpro.com
<No...@bestweb.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:17:03 -0500, bar...@bookpro.com wrote:
>>I thought that sort of thing went out with M Otis Beard.
>
>Just what do you mean to imply about his wife?
God bless Kontext-Away!
BW
Nicko
> "Seger" <monkey.pa...@live.com> wrote
<snippage>
> <I plonked myself. So far so good.
>
> Can you still sing the body electric?
Ignorant of verse
I sometimes wax lyrical
Oer Margaret Richards
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