Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn about Palm technology and to help others.
Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:09 GMT, George Fragos <fra...@earthlink.net> waived the right to be silent and professed:
>Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact >they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the >worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't >understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn >about Palm technology and to help others.
>Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. >My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
Spouses? We're all 14 year old kids with bad complexions and neglectful parents who do not monitor our Internet usage!
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:09 GMT, George Fragos <fra...@earthlink.net> > waived the right to be silent and professed:
>>Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact >>they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the >>worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't >>understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn >>about Palm technology and to help others.
>>Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. >>My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
> Spouses? We're all 14 year old kids with bad complexions and > neglectful parents who do not monitor our Internet usage!
Speak for yourself. I finally moved out of my parents basement last year.
-- Derek
"(I've heard), 'If God wanted us to fly into space, he would have given us more money'." - Dick Rutan
In article <d8uWc.31667$9Y6.20...@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
George Fragos <fra...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact > they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the > worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't > understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn > about Palm technology and to help others.
> Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact > they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the > worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't > understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn > about Palm technology and to help others.
> Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. > My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:09 GMT, George Fragos wrote: > Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact > they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the > worst possible abuse of the users of this group.
Have you ever gone to user group meetings? I never owned a Kaypro computer, but attended several of their meetings, most of which were interesting. Perhaps because much of what was discussed would technically be considered off-topic.
> Perhaps I don't understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group > was to learn about Palm technology and to help others.
Much of it is helpful but I skip many of the messages whose headers indicate that they're either about things that I'm not very interested in, or they're a request for help, that I have little knowledge of - unless I think I might learn something useful from it. I hope you don't think that this ng should discuss hardware and software only if produced by Palm.
> Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to > the attack. My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
You've been attacked? If so I haven't noticed it. Perhaps it's been in some of the messages I've skipped. Either that or you're trying to bait people into adding fuel to a flame war now that you've lit the match.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:09 GMT George Fragos ( fra...@earthlink.net ) wrote
> Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact > they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the > worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't > understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn > about Palm technology and to help others.
No, this isn't a users group. This is a usenet newsgroup. What goes on in here is par for the course for usenet. In fact, this is one of the saner and more on-topic groups. Go find a genuine user's group to whine in, if whine you must. Otherwise do what everyone else does: learn to be discriminating about what you read, and you'll find it a very useful place indeed to poke your nose into from time to time.
> Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. > My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
Unless you include electronic and/or inflatable devices, no one on usenet has a spouse.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:09 GMT, George Fragos <fra...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact >they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the >worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't >understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn >about Palm technology and to help others.
"tis the nature of usenet and not much you can do to enforce all participants to post "properly" and on-topic.
>Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. >My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:18:33 +1200, Alan Brennan <th...@in.the.hat> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:09 GMT >George Fragos ( fra...@earthlink.net ) >> Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. >> My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
>Unless you include electronic and/or inflatable devices, no one on >usenet has a spouse.
> Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact > they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the > worst possible abuse of the users of this group. Perhaps I don't > understand but, I thought the purpose of this user group was to learn > about Palm technology and to help others.
What do you expect from a "user group"? I see postings from people who use devices that want help, advice, software tips, etc. What does a user group do differently?
> Now I've said my bit and the anal retentives can return to the attack. > My God I feel sorry for their spouses.
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:10:31 -0400, "Peter Franks"
<hazar...@mailcan.removethis.com> wrote: >What do you expect from a "user group"? I see postings from people who use >devices that want help, advice, software tips, etc. What does a user group >do differently?
They a) meet IN PERSON periodically b) have a mailing list c) and don't use USENET
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:59:18 GMT, BillB <rainb...@earthlink.newt> wrote: >On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:24:09 GMT, George Fragos wrote:
>> Unfortunately a large number of posts are totally off topic. In fact >> they aren't even on this planet. I for one find these ramblings the >> worst possible abuse of the users of this group.
This is not a user group. This is a newsgroup.
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:16:37 GMT, yeltrabn...@email.com wrote: > This is not a user group. This is a newsgroup.
True, but there are many different types of newsgroups serving many different purposes. This ng could have been limited in many ways, such as to restrict discussion to "News" only. ie, current and future developments in the Palm world, as reported in the trade press. It could also restrict discussion to nothing but Palm products (no Clies, TRGs, SanDisk or non-Palm software). Instead, all of these are discussed, as well as how to "fix what's broke", how to find a suitable dictionary, evaluate Flash cards, etc. In other words, it's usenet's version of a user group. A support user group, actually and yet --- it's still a newsgroup.
User group <==> newsgroup. Why do you think that they're mutually exclusive? Newsgroups were not all created from the same template.
