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Andy Wardley
>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
This one.
Andy "I hope this goes on forever or I'm gonna look a fool" Wardley
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Ernst 'pooh' Mulder
Andy Wardley writes:
>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>This one.
pooh
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Thomas Beagle
>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
This one.
Every article ever posted has just been a follow-up to the first
"Hello world" post...
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Tom Salyers
In a previous article, po...@brokendrum.stack.urc.tue.nl (Ernst 'pooh' Mulder) says:
>
>Andy Wardley writes:
>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>This one.
>It does go on, doesn't it?
He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
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Liam Relihan
Tom Salyers writes:
>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>This one.
>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
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Jeff Robertson
a...@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Andy Wardley) writes:
>
>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>
>This one.
>
>Andy "I hope this goes on forever or I'm gonna look a fool" Wardley
in this thread ? Mention their names, maybe ?
> : , , This Spot (Not Allowed) is in no way dedicated
> Andy Wardley : -o o- to anyone called Derek, Dave or Terry, Lemurs,
> a...@oasis.icl.co.uk : l Leader Kibo, Odd Physics, GIFs or eMOTTOicons.
> std dsclmr avlbl : - This line still available - call 0800-SIGRENT.
> Kip Crosby tried to escape but I got him back.
David Hall
>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
Who knows, but I bet the current flame war concerning Vichael on alt.irc
has got to be in the top five. It has been going on for WEEKS and has
easily made up fifty percent of ALL postings to alt.irc in this time.
In fact, I would say closer to 70% but I don't like putting my neck out
and so will only be quoted as saying 50% ;). All told, probably 5 to
7 hundred messages in my estimate....
If my numbers are off, you may sue me for my 80088 w/ hercules graphics
and a 30 Meg hard.
Ernst 'pooh' Mulder
Jeff Robertson writes:
>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
Andy Wardley writes:
>This one.
If 'longest thread' doesn't necessarily mean 'thread with the highest count
of followups' but 'thread with the longest printout' there's an easy
opening for a new record...
pooh 'sorry, don't blame me!'
John William Chambless
David Hall <deh...@hellcat.ecn.uoknor.edu> wrote:
>a...@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Andy Wardley) writes:
>
>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>
>Who knows, but I bet the current flame war concerning Vichael on alt.irc
>has got to be in the top five. It has been going on for WEEKS and has
Not a record at all.
>easily made up fifty percent of ALL postings to alt.irc in this time.
>In fact, I would say closer to 70% but I don't like putting my neck out
>and so will only be quoted as saying 50% ;). All told, probably 5 to
>7 hundred messages in my estimate....
>
>If my numbers are off, you may sue me for my 80088 w/ hercules graphics
^^^^^^ I want one of THESE!
Let's see...off the top of my head, not looking in the archives...
There's the "how do I remove a file named '-' from comp.unix.wizards...
( at least a year so far..)
The " 'move' is less intuitive than 'copy-and-delete' thread from this
humble newgroup ( 3 or 4 months, and still kicking! Hi, Mike!).
The "Furrymuck is for lameoid perverts" thread that Joel Furr keeps
firing back up on alt.fan.furry...
And let's not forhget the "Imminent Death of the Net" theme, which has echoed
at least since the first FidoNet gateway...(or was it Compu$erve?)
Do the cyclical "september threads" count as continuous?
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>a...@dsbc.icl.co.uk (Andy Wardley) writes:
>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>
>Who knows, but I bet the current flame war concerning Vichael on alt.irc
>has got to be in the top five. It has been going on for WEEKS and has
>easily made up fifty percent of ALL postings to alt.irc in this time.
I just ran into a series of 'ritual genital mutilation' posts on
some group (alt.folklore.urban? It's crossposted to a million places
anyway..) -- THAT thread was very strong at least two months ago!
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>
>Tom Salyers writes:
>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>This one.
>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...take it to e-mail.
Merk
What about the Gravis Ultrasound vs. every other sound board war over on
alt.ibm.pc.hardware.soundcard (or whatever its name is) ?
It's probably been going on since the GUS was introduced.
merk.
R S Rodgers
John William Chambless <cham...@whale.st.usm.edu> wrote:
>>In fact, I would say closer to 70% but I don't like putting my neck out
>>and so will only be quoted as saying 50% ;). All told, probably 5 to
>>7 hundred messages in my estimate....
So are we talking longest lasting, or most posts? My own
creation, "Feminist Stupidity Disorder" has lasted for months
(since August? Maybe September) in the alt.feminism/soc.men/soc.women
groups where it is crossposted. In the beginning it created a
small flood of postngs that made up ~50% of the postings to a.f.
It's even kept on topic, as a matter of fact , so it's not just a
subject title that stuck with postings.
Because of the ease of baiting, though, some groups (like af) ought
to be excluded.
>Do the cyclical "september threads" count as continuous?
How about the ongoing, never ending "Is circumcision bad?"
and "Make money fast!!" threads? Both of those are short in
length, but huge in volume, and constantly recurring.
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>Let's see...off the top of my head, not looking in the archives...
>There's the "how do I remove a file named '-' from comp.unix.wizards...
>( at least a year so far..)
>The " 'move' is less intuitive than 'copy-and-delete' thread from this
>humble newgroup ( 3 or 4 months, and still kicking! Hi, Mike!).
>The "Furrymuck is for lameoid perverts" thread that Joel Furr keeps
>firing back up on alt.fan.furry...
>And let's not forhget the "Imminent Death of the Net" theme, which has echoed
>at least since the first FidoNet gateway...(or was it Compu$erve?)
Those are all recurring, not long-running.
>Do the cyclical "september threads" count as continuous?
It's moot now. September 1993 will go down in net.history as the September
that never ended.
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Andy Wardley
>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>This one.
>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
>>take it to e-mail.
>And the thread grows longer by the day...
A
John Todd West
: >>>>>This one.
: >>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
: >>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
: >>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
: >>take it to e-mail.
: >And the thread grows longer by the day...
: How long is a piece of string?
will be as long as it takes to wrap up at least eight bored users.
Hg
John Todd West
: It's even kept on topic, as a matter of fact , so it's not just a
Obviously not a real thread then. ;)
Hg
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: It's probably been going on since the GUS was introduced.
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Ernst 'pooh' Mulder
In article <2i17vc$p...@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>,
deh...@hellcat.ecn.uoknor.edu (David Hall) writes:
>><forgot-who> wrote:
>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>
>Who knows, but I bet the current flame war concerning Vichael on alt.irc
>has got to be in the top five. It has been going on for WEEKS and has
WEEKS? This group currently has threads ('Ignorant user stories' for one)
that were also running a couple of years or so ago, when I first started to
read this group.
pooh
Raymond Chen
>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
I believe the winner is ``MAKE.MONEY.FAST''.
Andy Wardley
>::>>>>>This one.
>::>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>::>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>::>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
>::>>take it to e-mail.
>::>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>:: How long is a piece of string?
>:If this keeps up much longer, it'll start to cascade, and then the string
>:will be as long as it takes to wrap up at least eight bored users.
>How long is too long, though?
A
Ernst 'pooh' Mulder
Liam Relihan wrote:
>Andy Wardley wrote:
>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>>>This one.
>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too
long...
>>>>take it to e-mail.
>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>>How long is a piece of string?
>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
pooh 'knowingly posting to surely the silliest thread in the history of
USENET, oh what is the longest descriptive middle name ever encoutered on
USENET?'
Buddha Buck
R S Rodgers <rsro...@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
>In article <2i26q0$7...@whale.st.usm.edu>,
>John William Chambless <cham...@whale.st.usm.edu> wrote:
>>>In fact, I would say closer to 70% but I don't like putting my neck out
>>>and so will only be quoted as saying 50% ;). All told, probably 5 to
>>>7 hundred messages in my estimate....
>
>
> So are we talking longest lasting, or most posts? My own
> creation, "Feminist Stupidity Disorder" has lasted for months
> (since August? Maybe September) in the alt.feminism/soc.men/soc.women
> groups where it is crossposted. In the beginning it created a
> small flood of postngs that made up ~50% of the postings to a.f.
> It's even kept on topic, as a matter of fact , so it's not just a
> subject title that stuck with postings.
>
I don't think that it matters if the subject title changes, since for
instance this thread has already changed subject title, but is still
the same thread. It's even changed topic (now we're discussing what
makes a long thread, not what is the longest thread).
I think it should count if it is a THREAD, not separate postings on the
same topic. This means that Make.Money.Fast wouldn't count, since it
usually isn't threaded (each initial posting counts as a new thread).
> Because of the ease of baiting, though, some groups (like af) ought
> to be excluded.
>
Nah, they are Usenet too (well, Altnet...).
>
>>Do the cyclical "september threads" count as continuous?
I wouldn't count them, unless they truely are continuous... Can you
trace one back to an earlier, or is it simply a new freshman starting
a new thread on the same topic?
>
>
> How about the ongoing, never ending "Is circumcision bad?"
> and "Make money fast!!" threads? Both of those are short in
> length, but huge in volume, and constantly recurring.
>
As above, I wouldn't count it...
David DeLaney
>JROB...@ua1vm.ua.edu (Jeff Robertson) writes:
>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>
>I believe the winner is ``MAKE.MONEY.FAST''.
*Now* you've done it. It just showed up again (after extended absence from
any of the groups I read) on news.groups ...
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>In article <2i17vc$p...@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>,
>deh...@hellcat.ecn.uoknor.edu (David Hall) writes:
>>><forgot-who> wrote:
>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>
>>Who knows, but I bet the current flame war concerning Vichael on alt.irc
>>has got to be in the top five. It has been going on for WEEKS and has
>WEEKS? This group currently has threads ('Ignorant user stories' for one)
>that were also running a couple of years or so ago, when I first started to
>read this group.
Don't forget YNYBHTLW...
That thread has been going on for so long that people have been archiving
it for posterity.
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Tom Watson
Still going after all this time. Its all the same subject, just the text
is changed from time to time, and flames repeated time and time
again.......
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Friedrich Fahnert
Ernst 'pooh' Mulder <po...@stack.urc.tue.nl> wrote:
>
>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>Andy Wardley wrote:
>>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>>>>This one.
>>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too
>long...
>>>>>take it to e-mail.
>>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>>>How long is a piece of string?
>>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
>Super water absorbant thread bits? Anyone?
Peter Knoerrich
We'll please everyone and make this a recursive thread (see Jeff Robertson).
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Kip Crosby
In article <2ibdo...@uni-erlangen.de>, Peter Knoerrich (prkn...@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de) writes:
>fwfa...@w214zrz.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE (Friedrich Fahnert) writes:
>>In article <94012620...@brokendrum.stack.urc.tue.nl>,
>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder <po...@stack.urc.tue.nl> wrote:
>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>Andy Wardley wrote:
>>>>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
>>>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>>>>>>This one.
>>>>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>>>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
>>>>>>>take it to e-mail.
>>>>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>>>>>How long is a piece of string?
>>>>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
>>>Super water absorbant thread bits? Anyone?
>>I like long threads, please don't let this one die...
>We'll please everyone and make this a recursive thread (see Jeff Robertson).
Kip Crosby
Daniel King
>:>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
By longest, do you mean #replies or time it stuck around, like
the recurring MAKE MONEY FAST nightmares on misc.forsale...
Robert M. Zigweid
David K. Bryant
sync sync sync - time for a sanity check
Jeff Robertson
prkn...@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Peter Knoerrich) writes:
>
>fwfa...@w214zrz.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE (Friedrich Fahnert) writes:
>
>>In article <94012620...@brokendrum.stack.urc.tue.nl>,
>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder <po...@stack.urc.tue.nl> wrote:
>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>Andy Wardley wrote:
>>>>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
>>>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>>>>>>This one.
>>>>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>>>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
>>>>>>>take it to e-mail.
>>>>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>>>>>How long is a piece of string?
>>>>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
>>>Super water absorbant thread bits? Anyone?
>>I like long threads, please don't let this one die...
>We'll please everyone and make this a recursive thread (see Jeff Robertson).
Dave Holland
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Buddha Buck
>Friedrich Fahnert writes:
>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder wrote:
>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>Andy Wardley wrote:
>>>>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
>>>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>>>>>>This one.
>>>>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>>>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
>>>>>>>take it to e-mail.
>>>>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>>>>>How long is a piece of string?
>>>>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
>>>Super water absorbant thread bits? Anyone?
>>I like long threads, please don't let this one die...
>sync sync sync - time for a sanity check
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>Hmm.. This probably wouldn't count as a thread, but MAKE.MONEY.FAST has to
>be the most annoying thing ever.
Well, for annoyances localized to one group, I nominate "How to get the
Mortimer story" thread on alt.tv.tiny-toon? The poster, John Palmer, decided
one day to post that article every 5 *seconds* to the newsgroup... A friend
of mine logged in one day and had to kill over *1000* copies of that article.
As for widest distribution, I'd nominate the recent "Jesus is coming"
thread...
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Andy Wardley writes:
|> Jeff Robertson writes:
|> >>Friedrich Fahnert writes:
|> >>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder <po...@stack.urc.tue.nl> wrote:
|> >>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
|> >>>>>Andy Wardley wrote:
|> >>>>>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
|> >>>>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
|> >>>>>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
|> >>>>>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
|> >>>>>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
|> >>>>>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
|> >>>>>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
|> >>>>>>>>>>>This one.
|> >>>>>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
|> >>>>>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
|> >>>>>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
|> >>>>>>>>take it to e-mail.
|> >>>>>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
|> >>>>>>How long is a piece of string?
|> >>>>>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
|> >>>>Super water absorbant thread bits? Anyone?
|> >>>I like long threads, please don't let this one die...
|> >>We'll please everyone and make this a recursive thread (see Jeff Robertson).
|> >You mean Jeff "longest USENET thread ever" Robertson
|>
<stuff deleted>, sorry had to happen.
|> re-formatting.
-it just grew
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>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>Peter Knoerrich writes:
>>>Friedrich Fahnert writes:
>>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>>Andy Wardley wrote:
>>>>>>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
>>>>>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>>>>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>>>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>>>>>>>>This one.
>>>>>>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>>>>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>>>>>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
>>>>>>>>>take it to e-mail.
>>>>>>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>>>>>>>How long is a piece of string?
>>>>>>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
>>>>>Super water absorbant thread bits? Anyone?
>>>>I like long threads, please don't let this one die...
>>>We'll please everyone and make this a recursive thread (see Jeff Robertson).
>>You mean Jeff "longest USENET thread ever" Robertson
No, _more_ thread, Ned!
WonderBoy
Hmm.. This probably wouldn't count as a thread, but MAKE.MONEY.FAST has to
be the most annoying thing ever.
-=::Peel a man that looks like an onion,
and I'll show you a man that looks like a peeled onion.
Spelling errors and bad grammar are centered intentionally.
Andy Wardley
>Peter Knoerrich writes:
>>Friedrich Fahnert writes:
>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>Andy Wardley wrote:
>>>>>>ae...@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
>>>>>>>Liam Relihan wrote:
>>>>>>>>Tom Salyers writes:
>>>>>>>>>Ernst 'pooh' Mulder says:
>>>>>>>>>>Andy Wardley writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>Jeff Robertson writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>What's the longest thread in the history of USENET ?
>>>>>>>>>>>This one.
>>>>>>>>>>It does go on, doesn't it?
>>>>>>>>>He's makin' it up as he goes along!!! =)
>>>>>>>>Goddamit...I'm tired of this thread...its been going on far too long...
>>>>>>>>take it to e-mail.
>>>>>>>And the thread grows longer by the day...
>>>>>>How long is a piece of string?
>>>>>Get a life or this stupid thread will outlive you
>>>>Super water absorbant thread bits? Anyone?
>>>I like long threads, please don't let this one die...
>>We'll please everyone and make this a recursive thread (see Jeff Robertson).
>You mean Jeff "longest USENET thread ever" Robertson
If one examines the nature of a "thread",
one sees that its constituent parts are
merely loosely related replies, and replies
to replies, to some initial question or
statement. In this case, the question was
posed by Jeff Robertson and was, the now
immortalised, "What's the longest thread in
the history of USENET?" One could argue,
if one was inclined to do so, that this
in itself was not the start of the thread
but was merely the question that prompted
the cascaded responses.
One could further demonstrate that if no-one
had bothered to respond to this question,
the single post would not have constituted
a thread and would have faded away into the
infinite obscurity of folklore anonymity.
This was not the case.
Extending this point further, it can be
argued that the point at which the thread
came into existence was when the first reply
was posted. This was the now equally
infamous "This one" reply by Andy Wardley
who demonstrated his characteristically
impressive insight and renowned sense of
humour in doing so. But then I would say
that because I am he.
What's more, is that this post has only
been generated in order to further extend
the lifetime (and size) of the thread to
greater increase its chance of being
remembered forever more as the "thread to
end all threads" and thus immortalise
both Jeff and myself. I have even been
thoughtful enough to keep the line length
short so that a great deal more follow-ups
can be posted before this text begins to
word-wrap and require some serious
re-formatting.
Andy "Drop Dead Thread" Wardley
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Andy Wardley : -o o- to anyone called Derek, Dave or Terry, Lemurs,
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Peter
: In article <94012620...@brokendrum.stack.urc.tue.nl>,
:
:
Andrew Bulhak
To witness a very good contender for the longest thread:
1) Choose two of { Windows/NT, OS/2, Linux }
2) Assert that one is unquestionably superior to the other, and that
anybody who thinks otherwise has rocks in their head.
3) Crosspost to half a dozen newsgroups, including at least one
comp.os.*.advocacy group, alt.folklore.computers, alt.religion.kibology
(for good measure) and alt.fan.mike-dahmus, where all threads mentioning
OS/2 belong, and if they don't mention it, they will.
4) Don asbestos longjohns and observe. If you are lucky, you may get
followups in the hundreds, including several ideological ping-pong matches,
considerable name-calling, dazzlingly witty retorts such as "bite me",
and perhaps even the odd cascade or two.
Note that you do not have to follow these instructions to witness the
result; these threads will form spontaneously given time.
--
Andrew Bulhak a...@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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