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David

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Mar 31, 2012, 11:08:18 PM3/31/12
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And people say rec.arts.tv is dying...

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/about

Top posters
This month
2153 Mason Barge
1021 anim8rfsk
1007 Obveeus
879 newportsre...@webtv.net
832 a...@chinet.com
654 atro...@mac.com
627 David
551 jimgy...@geemail.com
530 web...@polaris.net
378 gmsi...@email.com

Ken Wesson

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Apr 1, 2012, 1:25:07 AM4/1/12
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:08:18 -0400, David wrote:

> And people say rec.arts.tv is dying...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/about
>
> Top posters
> This month
> 2153 Mason Barge
> 1021 anim8rfsk
> 1007 Obveeus
> 879 newportsre...@webtv.net

We've been slimed!

> 832 a...@chinet.com

Who?

> 654 atro...@mac.com

Who?

> 627 David
> 551 jimgy...@geemail.com
> 530 web...@polaris.net

Who?

> 378 gmsi...@email.com

Who? Trotsky maybe?

And aww. What am I, chopped liver? Well, I guess that's the price I get
for mostly staying out of the OT political threads.

And I bet you-know-who would be pretty high on this list if his posts
weren't spread out across a zillion different nyms.

Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 1, 2012, 1:06:52 AM4/1/12
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How does this count off topic posts?

trotsky

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Apr 1, 2012, 7:43:29 AM4/1/12
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Not TV related.

trotsky

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Apr 1, 2012, 7:46:43 AM4/1/12
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On 4/1/12 12:25 AM, Ken Wesson wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:08:18 -0400, David wrote:
>
>> And people say rec.arts.tv is dying...
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/about
>>
>> Top posters
>> This month
>> 2153 Mason Barge
>> 1021 anim8rfsk
>> 1007 Obveeus
>> 879 newportsre...@webtv.net
>
> We've been slimed!
>
>> 832 a...@chinet.com
>
> Who?
>
>> 654 atro...@mac.com
>
> Who?
>
>> 627 David
>> 551 jimgy...@geemail.com
>> 530 web...@polaris.net
>
> Who?
>
>> 378 gmsi...@email.com
>
> Who? Trotsky maybe?
>
> And aww. What am I, chopped liver?


I thought you represented a brand of cooking oil.

Obveeus

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Apr 1, 2012, 8:26:20 AM4/1/12
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"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote in message
news:jl8npc$vtk$1...@news.albasani.net...
The same posters are at the top as is usual, but normally David's post count
is on par or higher with the other top posters. So, just as an estimate for
the number of off-topic posts you could subtract David's total from the
other totals and that would tell you about how many off topic posts the
other top posters churned out last month. 'We' have been very bad.


Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2012, 10:08:32 AM4/1/12
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Top poster
2153   Mason Barge
----------------------------------
SN: Always long-winded, often wrongheaded, and on every fucking thread.

**********************************
"March went out like a lion, a whippin' up the water in the bay..."--
Oscar Hammerstein II

Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2012, 10:13:12 AM4/1/12
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From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) We've been slimed.
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SN: David said that about on topic Oscar posts, which resulted in the
off-topic anti- Oscar thread about shopping, etc. So those of you who
participated gleefully have no one to blame but yourselves.

Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2012, 10:15:34 AM4/1/12
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From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
Ken Wesson: I thought you represented a brand of cooking oil.
---------------------------------------
SN: And I thought he was a pops up from time to time sockpuppet.

Steve Newport

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Apr 1, 2012, 10:18:44 AM4/1/12
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From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
normally David's post count is on par or higher with the other top
posters.
-----------------------------------------
SN: And he's published these numbers before when his rating was lower.
He really thinks he runs the place. And you enable that.

trotsky

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Apr 1, 2012, 11:32:36 AM4/1/12
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On 4/1/12 9:15 AM, Steve Newport wrote:
> From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
> Ken Wesson: I thought you represented a brand of cooking oil.
> ---------------------------------------
> SN: And I thought he was a pops up from time to time sockpuppet.


He comes off as rather oily either way.

Thanatos

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Apr 1, 2012, 12:05:17 PM4/1/12
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And you hate him for it because you want to be the one who runs the place
and instead you're just a joke to everyone but shitsky.

David

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Apr 1, 2012, 12:09:39 PM4/1/12
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 08:26:20 -0400, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:

>"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote in message
>news:jl8npc$vtk$1...@news.albasani.net...

>> How does this count off topic posts?
>
>The same posters are at the top as is usual, but normally David's post count
>is on par or higher with the other top posters. So, just as an estimate for
>the number of off-topic posts you could subtract David's total from the
>other totals and that would tell you about how many off topic posts the
>other top posters churned out last month. 'We' have been very bad.

I think only one person ever passed 1,000 posts before - Newport.
Three did this month, with Mason topping 2,000.

bez

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Apr 1, 2012, 1:01:30 PM4/1/12
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On 01/04/2012 1:25 AM, Ken Wesson wrote:
46> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv

46> We've been slimed!

What does that have to do with television, Wesson?

46> Who?
46> Who?
46> Who?
46> Who? Trotsky maybe?

What do your questions of David have to do with television, Wesson?

46> And aww. What am I, chopped liver? Well, I guess that's the price I get
46> for mostly staying out of the OT political threads.

What does that have to do with television, Wesson?

46> And I bet you-know-who would be pretty high on this list if his posts
46> weren't spread out across a zillion different nyms.

Who is "you-know-who", Wesson? There is nobody in this newsgroup using
that alias.

Mason Barge

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Apr 1, 2012, 1:11:38 PM4/1/12
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In my defense, I almost never start OT threads.

And most of the OT stuff is due to thread drift. It happens. It's fun.
Message has been deleted

Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 1, 2012, 4:22:43 PM4/1/12
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Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
>>David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>And people say rec.arts.tv is dying...

>>>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/about

>>>Top posters
>>>This month
>>>2153 Mason Barge
>>>1021 anim8rfsk
>>>1007 Obveeus
>>>879 newportsre...@webtv.net
>>>832 a...@chinet.com
>>>654 atro...@mac.com
>>>627 David
>>>551 jimgy...@geemail.com
>>>530 web...@polaris.net
>>>378 gmsi...@email.com

>>How does this count off topic posts?

>The same posters are at the top as is usual, but normally David's post count
>is on par or higher with the other top posters. So, just as an estimate for
>the number of off-topic posts you could subtract David's total from the
>other totals and that would tell you about how many off topic posts the
>other top posters churned out last month. 'We' have been very bad.

It's not possible to count David's articles by that raw number, the vast
majority of which are full text quotes of articles written by others. I
don't count such things as Usenet discussion.

Ken Wesson

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Apr 1, 2012, 6:00:01 PM4/1/12
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We've been slimed!

On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:15:34 -0400, Steve Newport wrote:

> From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
> Ken Wesson: I thought you represented a brand of cooking oil.
> --------------------------------------- SN: And I thought he was a pops
> up from time to time sockpuppet.

Jennifer Korbin is a redhead.

Ken Wesson

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Apr 1, 2012, 6:01:32 PM4/1/12
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We've been slimed!

On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:13:12 -0400, Steve Newport wrote:

> From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) We've been slimed.
> -------------------------------------- SN: David said that about on
> topic Oscar posts,

Oscars are *movie* awards. This is a *television* newsgroup.

> which resulted in the off-topic anti- Oscar thread about shopping, etc.

In which you gleefully participated, instead of, say, killfiling that
thread and moving on.

> So those of you who participated gleefully have no one to blame but
> yourselves.

Since killfiles exist, those of you who read it have no one to blame but
yourselves.

hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com

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Apr 1, 2012, 5:10:01 PM4/1/12
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Is there a scandal involving Florence Henderson?

Mason Barge

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Apr 1, 2012, 5:46:17 PM4/1/12
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 20:22:43 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com>
On the other hand, they are on-topic and often not utterly full of crap,
unlike several of the top posters :)

David

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Apr 1, 2012, 6:38:52 PM4/1/12
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I remember when they used to generate discussion, back when people
would come here to talk about TV. Now I would need to air out my
racial grievances to start a long thread.

suzeeq

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Apr 1, 2012, 6:45:37 PM4/1/12
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Or one on the Oscars... You never know which ones are going to take off.

Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 1, 2012, 6:51:26 PM4/1/12
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I am utterly full of crap even when on topic, but I don't violate
copyright. This puts me hugely up on David.

Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 1, 2012, 6:52:10 PM4/1/12
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What race are you?

Smokie Darling (Annie)

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Apr 1, 2012, 7:02:01 PM4/1/12
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On Sunday, April 1, 2012 4:01:32 PM UTC-6, Ken Wesson wrote:
> We've been slimed!
>
> On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:13:12 -0400, Steve Newport wrote:
>
> > From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) We've been slimed.
> > -------------------------------------- SN: David said that about on
> > topic Oscar posts,
>
> Oscars are *movie* awards. This is a *television* newsgroup.

...but the show (and all the commercials for those nominated) is broadcast on *television*, how is that not an on topic subject?

> > which resulted in the off-topic anti- Oscar thread about shopping, etc.
>
> In which you gleefully participated, instead of, say, killfiling that
> thread and moving on.

When there is nothing else... even crap shows get watched when the DVR runs out.

Obveeus

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Apr 1, 2012, 7:05:01 PM4/1/12
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I think we've all had enough of your tossing stones at the Philistines.


Obveeus

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Apr 1, 2012, 7:06:18 PM4/1/12
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The food discussion was so much more worthwhile than the
political/healthcare/religion discussion.


David

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Apr 1, 2012, 7:59:17 PM4/1/12
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I don't have a grievance against foodies, I just think you should be
rounded up and shipped back to where you came from.

Obveeus

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Apr 1, 2012, 8:04:48 PM4/1/12
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Shipped? ...I forgot that the recent off topic threads also included
discussion on the Post Office, UPS, and Fed-Ex.


David

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Apr 1, 2012, 8:28:37 PM4/1/12
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That was about saving "Fringe," which is one of the most worthy topics
of all.

Rich

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Apr 1, 2012, 8:51:54 PM4/1/12
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David <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:fghfn7l9tjdfk3a3g...@4ax.com:

> And people say rec.arts.tv is dying...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/about
>
> Top posters
> This month
> 2153 Mason Barge
> 1021 anim8rfsk
> 1007 Obveeus
> 879 newportsre...@webtv.net
> 832 a...@chinet.com
> 654 atro...@mac.com
> 627 David
> 551 jimgy...@geemail.com
> 530 web...@polaris.net
> 378 gmsi...@email.com
>

What, paki spammers not featured?

Thanatos

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Apr 2, 2012, 1:02:49 AM4/2/12
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In article <jlan1c$al7$1...@dont-email.me>, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com>
wrote:
And both were more worthwhile than N*wport's relentless attempts to
hijack the discussion to ancient musical theatre.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:13:43 AM4/2/12
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From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
<<<SN: And I thought he was a (pops up from time to time) sockpuppet.>>>
---------------------------------------------
He comes off as rather oily either way.
---------------------------------------------
SN: Clearly, "Ken Wesson" is not to be trusted.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:17:34 AM4/2/12
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From: a...@chinet.com (Adam H. Kerman) David's articles: the vast
majority are full text quotes of articles written by others. I don't
count such things as Usenet discussion.
--------------------------------------
SN: Since many have no follow-ups?

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:20:02 AM4/2/12
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From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) Oscars are *movie* awards.
-----------------------------------------
SN: Televised annually.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:25:17 AM4/2/12
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From: su...@imbris.com (suzeeq)
Or one on the Oscars...
----------------------------------
SN: Which is mostly not about them.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:22:38 AM4/2/12
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From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)
Now I would need to air out my racial grievances to start a long thread.
--------------------------------------------
SN: Remember when you suggested "white guilt" as a prime motivating
factor for seeing THE HELP?

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:29:09 AM4/2/12
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Mason Barge <mason...@gmail.com> wrote:
Top posters
This month
2153 Mason Barge
1021 anim8rfsk
David's posts are on-topic and often not utterly full of crap, unlike
several of the top posters
---------------------------------------
SN: Especially the top two.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:35:14 AM4/2/12
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From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
recent off topic threads also included discussion on the Post Office,
UPS, and Fed-Ex.
--------------------------------------
SN: And again, no change in thread titles. I think several of you
(incluing our top poster) are not doing this on purpose.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:31:49 AM4/2/12
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From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
The food discussion was so much more worthwhile than the
political/healthcare/religion discussion.
---------------------------------------
SN: Whatever happened to changing the thread titles?

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:36:57 AM4/2/12
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From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)
saving "Fringe" is one of the most worthy topics of all.
------------------------------------
SN: Not by me.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:40:13 AM4/2/12
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From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)
I think only one person ever passed 1,000 posts before - Steve Newport.
Three did this month, with Mason (Barf) topping 2,000.
-----------------------------------------------
SN: That's quite a jump.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 9:45:52 AM4/2/12
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From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) I bet you-know-who would be
pretty high on this list if his posts weren't spread out across a
zillion different nyms.
------------------------------------
SN: You?

Obliquus

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Apr 2, 2012, 12:48:03 PM4/2/12
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On 02/04/2012 2:36 AM, Steve Newport wrote:
> From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)
> saving "Fringe" is one of the most worthy topics of all.
> ------------------------------------
> SN: Not by me.

Philistine.

Bill Steele

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Apr 2, 2012, 1:38:42 PM4/2/12
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It's not much of a copyright violation to post press releases. The
people who write press releases want as many people as possible to see them.

Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 2, 2012, 2:09:13 PM4/2/12
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I didn't make a comment on press releases.

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 6:20:56 PM4/2/12
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From: hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com
Is there a scandal involving Florence Henderson?
------------------------------------
SN: Other than her getting crabs from Mayor John Lindsay?

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 6:26:33 PM4/2/12
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From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)
saving "Fringe" is one of the most worthy topics of all.
------------------------------------
SN: And what is there to be done by posters?

Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 6:23:57 PM4/2/12
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From: Barnab...@yahoo.com (Smokie Darling (Annie)) the Oscar show
(and all the commercials for those nominated) is broadcast on
*television*, how is that not an on topic subject?
-----------------------------------------
SN: It's inarguably on topic.

Obveeus

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Apr 2, 2012, 6:42:38 PM4/2/12
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"Steve Newport" <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote:
> From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)
> saving "Fringe" is one of the most worthy topics of all.
> ------------------------------------
> SN: And what is there to be done by posters?

People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
headquarters.


Steve Newport

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Apr 2, 2012, 7:38:03 PM4/2/12
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From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
headquarters.
-------------------------------------
SN: How does PETA feel about that?

Obveeus

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Apr 2, 2012, 7:46:54 PM4/2/12
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"Steve Newport" <Newpor...@webtv.net> wrote:
> From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
> People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
> headquarters.
> -------------------------------------
> SN: How does PETA feel about that?

They released an official statement stating that they support the plan as
long as people are diligent enough to poke some air holes in the shipping
crate.


David

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Apr 2, 2012, 7:58:48 PM4/2/12
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On Apr 2, 7:46 pm, "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
> "Steve Newport" <NewportsRe...@webtv.net> wrote:
> > From: Obve...@aol.com (Obveeus)
> > People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
> > headquarters.
> > -------------------------------------
> > SN: How does PETA feel about that?
>
> They released an official statement stating that they support the plan as
> long as people are diligent enough to poke some air holes in the shipping
> crate.

I'm not made of money, and the extra air will just add to the shipping
weight*


*I don't know if this is sound science but I'm not risking it.

Obveeus

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:22:51 PM4/2/12
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You don't seem to know much about science, do you? I saw the scientific
report conclusively showing that the leading cause of global warming is
methane gas emitted from cows. If you do not poke some holes in the
shipping crate, the methane will build up and the crate will float away into
the sky like a house tied to a bunch of helium balloons. Sure, that lowers
the shipping weight, but at the same time you will run into trouble when
they ask you if you are shipping anything flammable or explosive.


David

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:30:35 PM4/2/12
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On Apr 2, 8:22 pm, "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
> "David" <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Apr 2, 7:46 pm, "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
> >> "Steve Newport" <NewportsRe...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >> > From: Obve...@aol.com (Obveeus)
> >> > People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
> >> > headquarters.
> >> > -------------------------------------
> >> > SN: How does PETA feel about that?
>
> >> They released an official statement stating that they support the plan as
> >> long as people are diligent enough to poke some air holes in the shipping
> >> crate.
>
> >I'm not made of money, and the extra air will just add to the shipping
> >weight*
>
> >*I don't know if this is sound science but I'm not risking it.
>
> You don't seem to know much about science, do you?  I saw the scientific
> report conclusively showing that the leading cause of global warming is
> methane gas emitted from cows.  If you do not poke some holes in the
> shipping crate, the methane will build up and the crate will float away into
> the sky like a house tied to a bunch of helium balloons.

Duh, that's why I'm not feeding it beforehand or shipping it with
food.

Adam H. Kerman

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:33:18 PM4/2/12
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Obveeus <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:

>People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
>headquarters.

LSD, Shirly.

Obveeus

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:34:50 PM4/2/12
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Why would it need food? It can just drink milk, can't it?


David

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:42:02 PM4/2/12
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On Apr 2, 8:33 pm, "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:
If you have any to spare you're not cooking it right.

David

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:42:30 PM4/2/12
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I dunno, I heard cows are supposed to be smart. It'll figure something
out.

Obveeus

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:55:44 PM4/2/12
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This reminds me of the Whitney joke at the Courthouse last week...'I am
tired of getting my milk for free. I want to buy this cow.'


Thanatos

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Apr 2, 2012, 10:54:28 PM4/2/12
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In article <22362-4F7...@storefull-3172.bay.webtv.net>,
Newpor...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:

> From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
> People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
> headquarters.
> -------------------------------------
> SN: How does PETA feel about that?

Who cares?

elzbet

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Apr 3, 2012, 2:06:50 AM4/3/12
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I'd think a copy of N*wport's comment calling for its cancellation,
signed by N*wport, might be more effective. ;)

Steve Newport

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Apr 3, 2012, 3:41:13 AM4/3/12
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From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
Top posters
This month
2153 Mason Barge
1021 anim8rfsk
1007 Obveeus
'We' have been very bad.
-------------------------------------
SN: Well-- at least you admit it.

Ubiquitous

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Apr 3, 2012, 5:28:16 AM4/3/12
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In article <jlddpg$ssv$1...@dont-email.me>, Obv...@aol.com wrote:
> Someone wrote:
>> From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)

>> People that want to save Fringe are supposed to send a cow to FOX
>> headquarters.
>> -------------------------------------
>> How does PETA feel about that?
>
>They released an official statement stating that they support the plan as
>long as people are diligent enough to poke some air holes in the shipping
>crate.

Wait, we were sppsd to send them _alive_?

What a good waste of perfectly healthful food!

--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."


Steve Newport

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Apr 3, 2012, 9:15:59 AM4/3/12
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From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
tossing stones at the Philistines
-----------------------------------------
SN: is the most fun to be had here.

Steve Newport

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Apr 3, 2012, 9:12:17 AM4/3/12
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JUSTIFIED and other junk TV is not worth a scratch on an animal.

kensi

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Apr 3, 2012, 3:38:57 PM4/3/12
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On 03/04/2012 9:12 AM, Steve Newport wrote:
> JUSTIFIED and other junk TV is not worth a scratch on an animal.

True, but I fail to see the relevance in a thread about Fringe.

Dan Vladimir

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Apr 3, 2012, 3:39:34 PM4/3/12
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On 03/04/2012 9:15 AM, Steve Newport wrote:
> From: Obv...@aol.com (Obveeus)
> tossing stones at the Philistines
> -----------------------------------------
> SN: is the most fun to be had here.

The one being pelted isn't supposed to enjoy it, you idiot!

Ken Wesson

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Apr 3, 2012, 11:04:23 PM4/3/12
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We've been slimed!

On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:13:43 -0400, Steve Newport wrote:

> From: gms...@email.com (trotsky)
> <<<SN: And I thought he was a (pops up from time to time) sockpuppet.>>>
> --------------------------------------------- He comes off as rather
> oily either way. --------------------------------------------- SN:
> Clearly, "Ken Wesson" is not to be trusted.

Credibility is not on your side. Either of you.

Ken Wesson

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On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:23:57 -0400, Steve Newport wrote:

> From: Barnab...@yahoo.com (Smokie Darling (Annie)) the Oscar show
> (and all the commercials for those nominated) is broadcast on
> *television*, how is that not an on topic subject?
> ----------------------------------------- SN: It's inarguably on topic.

Your posts about it certainly weren't, N*wport. No mention of the
televised awards show at all -- only who won what and for which movie
role! Not to mention, half of them were referencing awards handed out
half a century ago rather than at the 2012 show that was nominally the
topic of discussion.

Ken Wesson

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Apr 3, 2012, 11:06:22 PM4/3/12
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:20:02 -0400, Steve Newport wrote:

> From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) Oscars are *movie* awards.
> ----------------------------------------- SN: Televised annually.

I'm more interested in the swimsuit pageants.

Ken Wesson

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On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:45:52 -0400, Steve Newport wrote:

> From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) I bet you-know-who would be pretty
> high on this list if his posts weren't spread out across a zillion
> different nyms.
> ------------------------------------
> SN: You?

No.

Remysun

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Apr 3, 2012, 11:08:04 PM4/3/12
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Fringe has no relevance?

Steve Newport

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Apr 4, 2012, 9:47:10 AM4/4/12
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From: kensi_ke...@zoonoses.de (kensi) <<<SN: JUSTIFIED and other
junk TV is not worth a scratch on an animal.>>>
-------------------------------------
True, but I fail to see the relevance in a thread about Fringe.
--------------------------------------
SN: The thread's about more than FRINGE. It began as a complaint from
David about Barge, Anim8R and Obveeus posting excessively-- and largely
off-topic.

Steve Newport

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Apr 4, 2012, 9:50:00 AM4/4/12
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From: dvla...@snackbar.usc.edu (Dan Vladimir) <<<tossing stones at
the Philistines is the most fun to be had here.>>>
-----------------------------------
The one being pelted isn't supposed to enjoy it
-----------------------------------
SN: And yet many seem to. Look at Ubi, for instance.

Steve Newport

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Apr 4, 2012, 9:55:41 AM4/4/12
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From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) I'm more interested in the
swimsuit pageants.
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SN: You, like so many others here, need to get laid.

Steve Newport

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Apr 4, 2012, 9:53:35 AM4/4/12
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From: kwe...@gmail.com (Ken Wesson) Credibility is not on your side.
Either of you.
-----------------------------------
SN: Says a relatively recent sockpuppet. lol

Steve Newport

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Apr 4, 2012, 3:13:31 PM4/4/12
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From: remys...@yahoo.com (Remysun) Fringe has no relevance?
-------------------------------------------
SN: I loved singing "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top."

kensi

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Apr 4, 2012, 4:21:13 PM4/4/12
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On 04/04/2012 9:47 AM, Steve Newport wrote:
> From: kensi_ke...@zoonoses.de (kensi)<<<SN: JUSTIFIED and other
> junk TV is not worth a scratch on an animal.>>>
> -------------------------------------
> True, but I fail to see the relevance in a thread about Fringe.
> --------------------------------------
> SN: The thread's about more than FRINGE. It began as a complaint from
> David about Barge, Anim8R and Obveeus posting excessively-- and largely
> off-topic.

So?

Ubiquitous

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Apr 4, 2012, 9:18:17 PM4/4/12
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diml...@yahoo.com wrote:

>And people say rec.arts.tv is dying...
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.tv/about
>
>Top posters
>This month
>2153 Mason Barge
>1021 anim8rfsk
>1007 Obveeus
>879 Newpor...@webtv.net

Ironically, the only on-topic article Newport posted here was forged.

Steve Newport

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Apr 5, 2012, 5:58:18 AM4/5/12
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From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
forged articles
--------------------------------
SN: You're the expert! As with re-directed responses.

Steve Newport

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Apr 5, 2012, 6:28:31 AM4/5/12
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From: kensi_ke...@zoonoses.de (kensi) SN: The thread began as a
complaint from David about Barge, Anim8R and Obveeus posting
excessively-- and largely off-topic.
---------------------------------
So?
--------------------------------
SN: It was never a thread *about* FRINGE.

Ubiquitous

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Apr 5, 2012, 5:59:00 AM4/5/12
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>From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
>Ironically, the only on-topic article Newport posted here was forged.
>--------------------------------
>SN: You're the expert!

Well, there you go making up stories about people when you've lost
the debate again!

Hass

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Apr 5, 2012, 7:25:03 AM4/5/12
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On Apr 5, 4:59 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

>
> Well, there you go making up stories about people when you've lost
> the debate again!


Not TV related. Please try to stay on-topic, even when losing
debates. Thanks.

Steve Newport

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Apr 5, 2012, 9:35:59 AM4/5/12
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From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
making up stories
----------------------------------
SN: About your redirecting of responses? Nah. Many others have called
you on it, time and again.

kensi

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Apr 5, 2012, 4:19:46 PM4/5/12
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On 05/04/2012 6:28 AM, Steve Newport wrote:
> From: kensi_ke...@zoonoses.de (kensi) SN: The thread began as a
> complaint from David about Barge, Anim8R and Obveeus posting
> excessively-- and largely off-topic.
> ---------------------------------
> So?
> --------------------------------
> SN: It was never a thread *about* FRINGE.

So?

Remysun

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Apr 5, 2012, 5:30:16 PM4/5/12
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On Apr 5, 5:58 am, NewportsRe...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:

> SN: You're the expert! As with re-directed responses.

The forger is hung up about the 5000 Facebook friend limit. Add access
to aioe.org and you'll narrow the field of suspects.

Remysun

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On Apr 4, 3:13 pm, NewportsRe...@webtv.net (Steve Newport) wrote:
> From: remysun2...@yahoo.com (Remysun) Fringe has no relevance?
> -------------------------------------------
> SN: I loved singing "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top."

I caught the end of Oklahoma on Encore Westerns.

Ubiquitous

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Apr 5, 2012, 6:16:18 PM4/5/12
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>>From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
>>Ironically, the only on-topic article Newport posted here was forged.
>>--------------------------------
>>SN: You're the expert!
>
>Well, there you go making up stories about people when you've lost
>the debate again!
>----------------------------------
>SN: About your redirecting of responses? Nah. Many others have called
>you on it, time and again.

Funny how those with the least to say whine the loudest about it, isn't not?

By your weak attempt at using a strawman, one can only assume you have once
again lost the debate and are desperately trying to change the subject. Do try
not to be a sore loser, mmkay?

elzbet

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Apr 6, 2012, 1:34:46 AM4/6/12
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On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:08:18 -0400, David wrote:

If This Group's Assholes Were Computer Programs:

Barb May is the antivirus program that insists on broadcasting a shrill
alarm every twenty minutes or so because of some harmless file rename or
other.

Thanatos is that ancient program that insists on only voluntarily
yielding its timeslice to the operating system and will not submit to
preemptive multitasking, so if it ever crashes ...

Newport is that annoying thing which is spinning using a whole core,
vomiting a gigabyte or so an hour of meaningless junk into its logfile,
while ignoring any signal you can think to send it (trapped, as it were,
in a loop).

Hunter is the video game with the long unskippable expository cutscenes
that always seem to be located between a checkpoint and a difficult fight
or jumping puzzle.

Seamus is the app that is always grabbing focus to pop up messages saying
File Not Found anytime something is changed without going through its own
interface to make that change. CSI Not Found, SVU Not Found, Seamus Not
Found ... It may be a virus, particularly seeing as how it keeps setting
off the antivirus and UAC.

anim8rfsk is the bot someone's using to spam RottenTomatoes.com with one-
star ratings for every single thing, ever.

RichA is the thingy that periodically pops up a low battery warning
despite the machine not even being a laptop.

trotsky is the filter program that tries to stop you from using Facebook
at work. Emphasis on the "tries".

Ubiquitous is that program whose error messages are frequent, cryptic,
and almost invariably themselves erroneous.

Brian Henke is the random teapot that occasionally pops up in the 3D
Pipes screensaver and usually goes unnoticed when it does, since no-one's
in the room.

wolfagain is the poorly-translated Japanese video game with blatantly
offensive content and barely-literate subtitles.

Mason Barge is the buggy cron job that starts daily, then promptly
crashes and dumps core, and "Charades vs. The Game" is the corefile it
keeps appending to.

David is the MOTD script that prints out a bunch of news and stuff every
time you login.

The Starmaker is that undiagnosed source of occasional cryptic log
entries that aren't explained in any of the system's man files.

Adam H. Kerman is UAC, and since the group's unmoderated, no-one has an
administrator password they can use to turn it off.

tholen/thoolen/z00lian/etc. is the logfile analyzer whose output is more
cryptic than the logfiles it analyzes.

cloud dreamer is the infrequently used application that insists on taking
up half a gig of RAM.

Irish Mike is the Japanese video game with blatantly offensive content
that actually got translated into reasonably legible English ...
unfortunately.

Jim G. is the hwmonitor app that keeps screaming about the CPU
temperature even when nothing's actually wrong with it.

thinbluemime is the mostly-useful app that unfortunately happens to be
bundled with adware.

Ken Wesson is that thing that keeps emitting a warning message on
startup, but works anyway and came bundled with a free swimsuit edition
screen saver that miraculously doesn't contain any malware.

Ed Conrad is the buggy keyboard driver that causes the caps lock function
to occasionally toggle by itself.

Eric Walker is the paperclip. You know, THAT paperclip.

W/Q is the sticking GPU fan that causes the video card to overheat and
crash the system seven minutes after starting to watch any high
definition media file.

Ronnie Bateman is the mouse driver whose IRQ conflicts somehow cause
occasional nasty squawks from the speaker. This tends especially to
happen when the GPU is overheating, for some reason.

.alien.

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Apr 6, 2012, 2:39:51 AM4/6/12
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On 06/04/2012 1:34 AM, elzbet wrote:
2> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv

2> If This Group's Assholes Were Computer Programs:

What do this group's assholes have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Barb May is the antivirus program that insists on broadcasting a shrill
2> alarm every twenty minutes or so because of some harmless file rename or
2> other.

What does antivirus have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Thanatos is that ancient program that insists on only voluntarily
2> yielding its timeslice to the operating system and will not submit to
2> preemptive multitasking, so if it ever crashes ...

What does preemptive multitasking have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Newport is that annoying thing which is spinning using a whole core,
2> vomiting a gigabyte or so an hour of meaningless junk into its logfile,
2> while ignoring any signal you can think to send it (trapped, as it were,
2> in a loop).

What does Newport have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Hunter is the video game with the long unskippable expository cutscenes
2> that always seem to be located between a checkpoint and a difficult fight
2> or jumping puzzle.

What do jumping puzzles have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Seamus is the app that is always grabbing focus to pop up messages saying
2> File Not Found anytime something is changed without going through its own
2> interface to make that change. CSI Not Found, SVU Not Found, Seamus Not
2> Found ... It may be a virus, particularly seeing as how it keeps setting
2> off the antivirus and UAC.

Who is "Seamus", elzbet? There is nobody in this newsgroup using that alias.

2> anim8rfsk is the bot someone's using to spam RottenTomatoes.com with one-
2> star ratings for every single thing, ever.

What does your speculation that anim8rfsk is a bot have to do with
television, elzbet?

2> RichA is the thingy that periodically pops up a low battery warning
2> despite the machine not even being a laptop.

What do low battery warnings have to do with television, elzbet?

2> trotsky is the filter program that tries to stop you from using Facebook
2> at work. Emphasis on the "tries".

What does Facebook have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Ubiquitous is that program whose error messages are frequent, cryptic,
2> and almost invariably themselves erroneous.

What do Ubiquitous's frequent errors have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Brian Henke is the random teapot that occasionally pops up in the 3D
2> Pipes screensaver and usually goes unnoticed when it does, since no-one's
2> in the room.

What do screensavers have to do with television, elzbet?

2> wolfagain is the poorly-translated Japanese video game with blatantly
2> offensive content and barely-literate subtitles.

What does wolfagain's blatantly offensive content have to do with
television, elzbet?

2> Mason Barge is the buggy cron job that starts daily, then promptly
2> crashes and dumps core, and "Charades vs. The Game" is the corefile it
2> keeps appending to.

What does "Charades vs. The Game" have to do with television, elzbet?

2> David is the MOTD script that prints out a bunch of news and stuff every
2> time you login.

What does the MOTD script have to do with television, elzbet?

2> The Starmaker is that undiagnosed source of occasional cryptic log
2> entries that aren't explained in any of the system's man files.

What do cryptic log entries have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Adam H. Kerman is UAC, and since the group's unmoderated, no-one has an
2> administrator password they can use to turn it off.

What does the inability to turn off Kerman have to do with television,
elzbet?

2> tholen/thoolen/z00lian/etc. is the logfile analyzer whose output is more
2> cryptic than the logfiles it analyzes.

What does your classic unsubstantiated and erroneous claim have to do
with television, elzbet?

2> cloud dreamer is the infrequently used application that insists on taking
2> up half a gig of RAM.

What does dreamer's prodigious size have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Irish Mike is the Japanese video game with blatantly offensive content
2> that actually got translated into reasonably legible English ...
2> unfortunately.

What does Irish Mike's blatantly offensive content have to do with
television, elzbet?

2> Jim G. is the hwmonitor app that keeps screaming about the CPU
2> temperature even when nothing's actually wrong with it.

What does the CPU temperature have to do with television, elzbet?

2> thinbluemime is the mostly-useful app that unfortunately happens to be
2> bundled with adware.

What does adware have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Ken Wesson is that thing that keeps emitting a warning message on
2> startup, but works anyway and came bundled with a free swimsuit edition
2> screen saver that miraculously doesn't contain any malware.

What does Wesson's free swimsuit edition screen saver have to do with
television, elzbet?

2> Ed Conrad is the buggy keyboard driver that causes the caps lock function
2> to occasionally toggle by itself.

What does Ed Conrad have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Eric Walker is the paperclip. You know, THAT paperclip.

What does "THAT" paperclip have to do with television, elzbet?

2> W/Q is the sticking GPU fan that causes the video card to overheat and
2> crash the system seven minutes after starting to watch any high
2> definition media file.

What do GPU fans have to do with television, elzbet?

2> Ronnie Bateman is the mouse driver whose IRQ conflicts somehow cause
2> occasional nasty squawks from the speaker. This tends especially to
2> happen when the GPU is overheating, for some reason.

What do IRQ conflicts have to do with television, elzbet?

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Adam H. Kerman

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Ronnie Bateman <OurOwnRon...@earthlinc.net> wrote:

>An entertaining read. ;)

Uh, written by a seamus sock, reviewing a number of other seamus's
socks. Kind of insulting to be ranked so low on the Lits 'O Haet and
compared to a Windows function, but at least I'm ranked above you.
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l0sk3n3

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On 06/04/2012 2:53 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
41069> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv

41069> Uh, written by a seamus sock, reviewing a number of other seamus's
41069> socks.

Who is "seamus", Kerman? There is nobody in this newsgroup using that alias.

41069> Kind of insulting to be ranked so low on the Lits 'O Haet and
41069> compared to a Windows function, but at least I'm ranked above you.

What does your alleged rank have to do with television, Kerman?

Steve Newport

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Apr 6, 2012, 8:48:47 AM4/6/12
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From: remys...@yahoo.com (Remysun) The forger is hung up about the
5000 Facebook friend limit.
----------------------------------------
SN: It's become 4,000 now and he's doing it on rec.arts.theatre.musicals
as well. Ubi and Bateman have made guest appearances there.

Stephen Wolstenholme

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Apr 6, 2012, 9:32:54 AM4/6/12
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I've not seen any so that alone is a good reason to stick with the
servers and filters I currently use.

Steve

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Apr 6, 2012, 10:02:14 AM4/6/12
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From: remys...@yahoo.com (Remysun) I caught the end of Oklahoma! on
Encore Westerns.
-------------------------------------
SN: You've never seen the whole thing?????

Steve Newport

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Apr 6, 2012, 10:19:59 AM4/6/12
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From: web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous)
Well, there you go making up stories ----------------------------------
SN: About your redirecting of responses? Nah. Many others have called
you on it, time and again.

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