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Helm
Apr 30, 2020, 10:25:44 AM4/30/20
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On 2020-04-29 21:19:37 +0000, Steve said:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:39:27 -0400, Dissatisfied
> Altopia Customer wrote:
>>
>> Here is a little parody song/poem that I like.
>>
>> We're LOUD! ah huh say it again, Alt.net
>> We're LOUD!
>> We're in last place,
>> LOUD!
>> We're gonna fall right on our face
>> LOUD!
>> Since Mara left our retention stayed the same
>> 15 binary, 100 text,
>> Bet ya wonder if we care
>> NO!
>> We're just proud to be Alt.net,
>> We're LOUD!
>> We're livin in the past,
>> LOUD!
>> Retention's droppin' out real fast
>> (LOUD!)
>> Of our boring articles, just watch us jam 'em up our peers
>> We don't care, it's not there, Alt.net is never there,
>> We're not just proud, were're also LOUD!
>> We're LOUD!
>> We're louder than the rest
>> So LOUD!
>> It doesn't matter we're not the best
>> LOUD!
>> We're gonna screw around and BGP hijack at the SIX
>> I'm with Lyda's Express, so thank you, Chris
>> Yeah! Thanks a whole lot!
>> Alt.net, Proud as a Rainbow!
>>
>> Bonus points if you can guess the original song.
>
> Girls just wanna have fun?
It could be, but I know a song that is a much better fit (the lyrics
almost match).
Keep guessing.
(hint: I reposted this to rec.arts.tv - the original song was a network
jingle from the 80s)
Also reposted to altnet.general so some other people can have a stab at
it (I do not agree or disagree with the opnions of the poster).
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:39:27 -0400, Dissatisfied
> Altopia Customer wrote:
>>
>> Here is a little parody song/poem that I like.
>>
>> We're LOUD! ah huh say it again, Alt.net
>> We're LOUD!
>> We're in last place,
>> LOUD!
>> We're gonna fall right on our face
>> LOUD!
>> Since Mara left our retention stayed the same
>> 15 binary, 100 text,
>> Bet ya wonder if we care
>> NO!
>> We're just proud to be Alt.net,
>> We're LOUD!
>> We're livin in the past,
>> LOUD!
>> Retention's droppin' out real fast
>> (LOUD!)
>> Of our boring articles, just watch us jam 'em up our peers
>> We don't care, it's not there, Alt.net is never there,
>> We're not just proud, were're also LOUD!
>> We're LOUD!
>> We're louder than the rest
>> So LOUD!
>> It doesn't matter we're not the best
>> LOUD!
>> We're gonna screw around and BGP hijack at the SIX
>> I'm with Lyda's Express, so thank you, Chris
>> Yeah! Thanks a whole lot!
>> Alt.net, Proud as a Rainbow!
>>
>> Bonus points if you can guess the original song.
>
> Girls just wanna have fun?
It could be, but I know a song that is a much better fit (the lyrics
almost match).
Keep guessing.
(hint: I reposted this to rec.arts.tv - the original song was a network
jingle from the 80s)
Also reposted to altnet.general so some other people can have a stab at
it (I do not agree or disagree with the opnions of the poster).
Peter J Ross
Apr 30, 2020, 12:54:30 PM4/30/20
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[rec.arts.tv trimmed]
In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:25:42 -0400, Helm
wrote:
Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
that.
Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
of speech.
Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
Meow!
--
PJR :-)
μεγάλη ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ὑπερισχύει.
- Esdras A 4.41
In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:25:42 -0400, Helm
wrote:
I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
that.
Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
of speech.
Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
Meow!
--
PJR :-)
μεγάλη ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ὑπερισχύει.
- Esdras A 4.41
"Sir Hømer Hall, Esq."
Apr 30, 2020, 1:17:43 PM4/30/20
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On 30 Apr 2020 16:54:29 GMT, Peter J Ross <peadar...@gmail.com> wrote:
<...>
>Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>
>I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
>Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
>the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
>
>Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>that.
>
>Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
>of speech.
>
>Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>
>Meow!
Peter Eater Ross.
LOL
--
Yours Truly, Sir Gregøry
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the
essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and
not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." __Henry David Thoreau
<...>
>Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>
>I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
>Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
>the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
>
>Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>that.
>
>Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
>of speech.
>
>Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>
>Meow!
LOL
--
Yours Truly, Sir Gregøry
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the
essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and
not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." __Henry David Thoreau
Helm
Apr 30, 2020, 2:10:46 PM4/30/20
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(the one refreneced in the poem) has way more retention, is cheaper (if
you get it during a sale), and could care less about what you say on a
text newsgroup.
So for free speech in 2020, Altopia is no longer the only option and it
looks like there are better options, but I have not really tried their
service so I would not know. The only thing I really don't like is the
2 connections rule - i pay for newsgroupdirect and get like 100
connections - thats 50 times the connections!
Good to see your perspective however. Nice to learn more about Usenet history!
Peter J Ross
Apr 30, 2020, 2:37:35 PM4/30/20
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In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:17:43 -0400, Sir
Earth. Similarly, it seems that Cecil Neal Warren is among the last
lifeforms left on Usenet.
Hømer Hall, Esq. wrote:
> On 30 Apr 2020 16:54:29 GMT, Peter J Ross <peadar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <...>
>
>>Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>>
>>I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
>>Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
>>the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
>>
>>Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>>when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>>that.
>>
>>Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>>what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
>>of speech.
>>
>>Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>>
>>Meow!
>
> Peter Eater Ross.
> LOL
They say that cockroaches will be among the last lifeforms left on
> On 30 Apr 2020 16:54:29 GMT, Peter J Ross <peadar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <...>
>
>>Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>>
>>I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
>>Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
>>the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
>>
>>Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>>when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>>that.
>>
>>Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>>what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
>>of speech.
>>
>>Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>>
>>Meow!
>
> Peter Eater Ross.
> LOL
Earth. Similarly, it seems that Cecil Neal Warren is among the last
lifeforms left on Usenet.
"Sir Hømer Hall, Esq."
Apr 30, 2020, 2:56:09 PM4/30/20
to
On 30 Apr 2020, Peter J Ross <peadar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>In alt.arts.poetry, Sir Hømer Hall, Esq. wrote:
<...>
>> Peter Eater Ross.
>> LOL
>
>They say that cockroaches will be among the last lifeforms left on
>Earth. Similarly, it seems that Cecil Neal Warren is among the last
>lifeforms left on Usenet.
Whatever happened to old "Honest John" anyhow.
>In alt.arts.poetry, Sir Hømer Hall, Esq. wrote:
<...>
>> Peter Eater Ross.
>> LOL
>
>They say that cockroaches will be among the last lifeforms left on
>Earth. Similarly, it seems that Cecil Neal Warren is among the last
>lifeforms left on Usenet.
Peter J Ross
Apr 30, 2020, 3:31:32 PM4/30/20
to
In alt.arts.poetry.comments on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:10:44 -0400, Helm
wrote:
> On 2020-04-30 16:54:29 +0000, Peter J Ross said:
>
>> Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>>
>> I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I
>> found Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off
>> days of the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used
>> his service.
>>
>> Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>> when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>> that.
>>
>> Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>> what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is
>> freedom of speech.
>>
>> Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>>
>> Meow!
>
> Well you can get free speech on any server these days. UsenetExpress
> (the one refreneced in the poem) has way more retention, is cheaper
> (if you get it during a sale), and could care less about what you
> say on a text newsgroup.
For many years, I got the retention I needed from my ISP, which gave
me Giganews access for no extra charge, but then they dropped Usenet.
For a while I paid for Giganews, but then I decided that I didn't
really care about proving who said what about whom ten years ago.
I'm happy to make do with individual.net now. They have some
aggressive filtering, but it's the same kind of filtering I'd do in my
own scorefile if they didn't do it for me.
I think free speech is tolerated on all servers nowadays because
nobody's complaining. In olden times, when there were lots of
complaints - not to mention threats of lawsuits against news admins -
Chris Caputo was fanatically devoted to his users' rights, which is
why some of us regard him with affection.
> So for free speech in 2020, Altopia is no longer the only option and
> it looks like there are better options, but I have not really tried
> their service so I would not know. The only thing I really don't
> like is the 2 connections rule - i pay for newsgroupdirect and get
> like 100 connections - thats 50 times the connections!
That never made a difference to me, because I didn't want binaries.
> Good to see your perspective however. Nice to learn more about
> Usenet history!
After twenty years, I'm still a newbie.
wrote:
> On 2020-04-30 16:54:29 +0000, Peter J Ross said:
>
>> Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>>
>> I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I
>> found Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off
>> days of the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used
>> his service.
>>
>> Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>> when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>> that.
>>
>> Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>> what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is
>> freedom of speech.
>>
>> Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>>
>> Meow!
>
> Well you can get free speech on any server these days. UsenetExpress
> (the one refreneced in the poem) has way more retention, is cheaper
> (if you get it during a sale), and could care less about what you
> say on a text newsgroup.
me Giganews access for no extra charge, but then they dropped Usenet.
For a while I paid for Giganews, but then I decided that I didn't
really care about proving who said what about whom ten years ago.
I'm happy to make do with individual.net now. They have some
aggressive filtering, but it's the same kind of filtering I'd do in my
own scorefile if they didn't do it for me.
I think free speech is tolerated on all servers nowadays because
nobody's complaining. In olden times, when there were lots of
complaints - not to mention threats of lawsuits against news admins -
Chris Caputo was fanatically devoted to his users' rights, which is
why some of us regard him with affection.
> So for free speech in 2020, Altopia is no longer the only option and
> it looks like there are better options, but I have not really tried
> their service so I would not know. The only thing I really don't
> like is the 2 connections rule - i pay for newsgroupdirect and get
> like 100 connections - thats 50 times the connections!
> Good to see your perspective however. Nice to learn more about
> Usenet history!
Chris Caputo
May 15, 2020, 1:06:50 AM5/15/20
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Thanks,
Chris Caputo
Chief Geek, Altopia Corporation
Checkmate
May 15, 2020, 1:10:52 PM5/15/20
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Checkmate.
On 30 Apr 2020 16:54:29 GMT Peter J Ross put forth the following
notion, which was duly noted and recorded:
Hi, Peter. Do you have any idea WEHT that Gary fellow, or AUK?
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Author, Humorist, Cynic
Philosopher, Humanitarian
Poet, Elektrishun to the Stars
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and the "Dance for me" lame.
In loving memory of The Battle Kitten
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Checkmate.
On 30 Apr 2020 16:54:29 GMT Peter J Ross put forth the following
notion, which was duly noted and recorded:
--
Checkmate ®
Copyright © 2020
all rights reserved
https://youtu.be/wT-8Dm1VThc
***************************************************
"I am the author of nearly as much kook butthurt as
kensi." -Nadegda
Message-ID: <pbg8ne$p9k$2...@dont-email.me>
***************************************************
AUK Hammer of Thor award, Feb. 2012 (Pre-Burnore)
Destroyer of the AUK Ko0k Awards (Post-Burnore)
Co-winner Pierre Salinger Hook, Line & Sinker
award May 2001, (Brethern of Beelzebub troll)
Pierre Salinger Hook, Line & Sinker award, Feb 2012
Author, Humorist, Cynic
Philosopher, Humanitarian
Poet, Elektrishun to the Stars
Usenet Shot-Caller
Inventor of the "SPANKY-SPANKY! (tm)
and the "Dance for me" lame.
In loving memory of The Battle Kitten
May 2010-February 12, 2017
Colonel Edmund J. Burke
May 16, 2020, 5:30:06 PM5/16/20
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On 4/30/2020 10:17 AM, "Sir Hømer Hall, Esq." wrote:
> On 30 Apr 2020 16:54:29 GMT, Peter J Ross <peadar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <...>
>
>> Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>>
>> I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
>> Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
>> the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
>>
>> Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>> when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>> that.
>>
>> Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>> what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
>> of speech.
>>
>> Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>>
>> Meow!
>
> Peter Eater Ross.
> LOL
>
LOL!
> On 30 Apr 2020 16:54:29 GMT, Peter J Ross <peadar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> <...>
>
>> Hello Helm, Steve and Dissatisfied Altopia Customer!
>>
>> I haven't been an Altopia customer for many, many years, but I found
>> Chris Caputo's service entirely satisfactory in the far-off days of
>> the early 2000s. So did many net.friends of mine who used his service.
>>
>> Chris could be trusted to ignore the whining of NetCops in the days
>> when NetCopping was a serious problem. He deserves much praise for
>> that.
>>
>> Anybody who moans about Altopia's retention is missing the point of
>> what Altopia was (and presumably still is) all about, which is freedom
>> of speech.
>>
>> Anyway, thanks to you all for the trip down memory lane.
>>
>> Meow!
>
> Peter Eater Ross.
> LOL
>
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