ActiveX Disaster!!!
The Stone Crusher
I was having trouble when I went to certain sites. I would receive a msg
that I neede ActiveX to continue. It seems it was already on my laptop, but
I assumed it was corrupt.
I decided it would be a good idea to delete it and reinstall. The only way
I could find to delete it is with 'RegSeeker' - which backs up you deletion.
After I deleted it all hell broke loose! I went back to undo the deletion
and received a msg in French that it was corrupt!!! Aaargh!
After searching around I found a suggestion to run 'sfc /scannow'. I did
for about a half hour. When I went back it seems everything worked fine, of
course, except the internet. When I attempt to get on the internet, I use
Google/Advance Search as my home page, it come up but the section of the
google page where you put in what you want to search for is missing! OK I
go to Yahoo. When I go to most site I get a blank page!!! It goes to the
site but nothing comes on my screen.
[I am using XP Pro SP3 on a Dell Inspiron 1525.]
When I went to Outlook Express to send this it came up mostly blank. I
worked around some of the settings and got it to work.
What do I have to do to redeem myself?
Goodwill,
Luke
chuckcar
news:4a57e016$0$31277$607e...@cv.net:
Clear your temporary internet files and cookies and try again. You can get
web sites up but they don't show properly. Exactly the right situation for
that to be the cause.
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(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
Mara
Try reinstalling whatever version of Internet Explorer you're running.
>Goodwill,
>Luke
>
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Singapore Computer Service
Avoid registry cleaners. They can cause more problems than they solve. Try
to do a System Restore to a restore point before you ran RegSeeker. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084 on how to do it
If the problem still exists, things are getting harder. We're unsure what
changes RegSeeker did. Reinstalling IE may help, you can download from the
links below
IE7 -
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9AE91EBE-3385-447C-8A30-081805B2F90B&displaylang=en
IE8 - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx
If it does fix the problem, count yourself lucky. Otherwise post back with
the problems that still exist and we can try to solve it for you.
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"The Stone Crusher" <theston...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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The Stone Crusher
"chuckcar" <ch...@nil.car> wrote in message
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The Stone Crusher
"chuckcar" <ch...@nil.car> wrote in message
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The Stone Crusher
"Singapore Computer Service" <singaporecom...@bootstrike.com>
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> Hello,
>
> Avoid registry cleaners. They can cause more problems than they solve. Try
> to do a System Restore to a restore point before you ran RegSeeker. See
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084 on how to do it
I tried the 'system restore' but I could not get into the program. I went t
'accessories' > system tools and when I selected system restore nothing
happened.
>
> If the problem still exists, things are getting harder. We're unsure what
> changes RegSeeker did. Reinstalling IE may help, you can download from the
> links below
> IE7 -
> http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9AE91EBE-3385-447C-8A30-081805B2F90B&displaylang=en
> IE8 - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx
>
I am using IE6; do you have a link for that?
The Stone Crusher
that Outlook Express was missing. I went back and installed it. The IE6
install did not change anything.
"Singapore Computer Service" <singaporecom...@bootstrike.com>
wrote in message news:h393tc$fkq$1...@reader01.singnet.com.sg...
Singapore Computer Service
Try System Restore in Safe mode with Command Prompt. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449
IE6
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx
If IE6 fails, try installing IE7 or IE8
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Aardvark
> Hell
Fix your sig delimiter and quit top-posting.
--
Aardvark
chuckcar
Well then try repairing IE. You can do this from add/remove programs. You
look or IE 6.0 and internet tools and click add/remove as *if* you were to
uninstall it. It will come up with an option to Add a component, Repair,
or Remove. Naturally you want to make *sure* you select the second or
middle one *before* you lick Ok. This repair will not work if you didn't
do the default install BTW.I.e. if you added things such as vector drawing
support etc.
Another thing to check is network in control panel. Telling us what you
use to connect to the internet (in terms of *real* hardware) and what is
actually listed there.
Bad/misbehaving internet connections/browsing behavior have to most causes
of any computer problem, so be patient.
���hw��f
pile of<4a58383a$0$22526$607e...@cv.net>:
IE is insecure. THat version is less secure than #8.
And theres a new exploit for code injection via an activeX script in IE
on XP. Vista and W'7' are not affected, fyi.
If you want to fix your shitty IE you'll need to hack the Registry.
Too much fucking work & hassle...interferes with Slack...
Firefox is way better.
Run No Script add-on also.
HTH
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���hw��f
>I realized that I have IE6 on my install disk. I installed it and
found
>that Outlook Express was missing. I went back and installed it. The
IE6
>install did not change anything.
>
FYI, you're too stupid to run M$ *anything*. Give up and do linux
instead. Theres even a new version that dosent run xwindows as root so
it should be safe for the likes of you :)
Or get a Mac and dont worry about all this crap.
chuckcar
news:2v71ng.c...@news.alt.net:
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:43:02 -0400, "The Stone Crusher"
> <theston...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>I need a real sympathetic ear . . .
>>
>>I was having trouble when I went to certain sites. I would receive a
>>msg that I neede ActiveX to continue. It seems it was already on my
>>laptop, but I assumed it was corrupt.
>>
>
> System Restore.
>
That's not going to repair corrupted files so probably won't work. He
*did* run sfc and assuming that it repaired the right files, it still
wouldn't touch any of IE because it's an add-on.
The Stone Crusher
original install disk - no effect. The connections seem OK.
"chuckcar" <ch...@nil.car> wrote in message
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The Stone Crusher
original XP disk).
"Singapore Computer Service" <singaporecom...@bootstrike.com>
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The Stone Crusher
bottom posting!
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
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Singapore Computer Service
Have you tried System Restore to a point back to where the system was
functioning fine? See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084 on how to
perform a System Restore. This is the best way to recover your system at the
moment.
If there are no restore points, try installing IE7 or IE8.
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"The Stone Crusher" <theston...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Aardvark
>
> "Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
> news:_E06m.31676$uV3....@newsfe22.ams2...
>> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:56:29 +0800, Singapore Computer Service wrote:
>>
>>> Hell
>>
>> Fix your sig delimiter and quit top-posting.
>>
>>
> I don't know what my 'sig delimieter' is, and people complained that I
> was bottom posting!
<top-posting fixed>
Quit top-posting. Don't bottom-post. You don't have a sig delimiter so my
reply to the Singapore Spammer doesn't apply to you.
The Stone Crusher
"���hw��f" <snuhwo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Great suggestion. I do have Firefox installed, but I had it going thru a
proxy. I removed it and it works fine. This, to me, would seem to indicate
that my problem is with IE6. Do you agree? Perhaps I should just install
IE8 as was suggested. ???
The Stone Crusher
> The Stone Crusher <theston...@yahoo.com> pinched out a steaming
> pile of<4a583eb1$0$5902$607e...@cv.net>:
>
>>I realized that I have IE6 on my install disk. I installed it and
> found
>>that Outlook Express was missing. I went back and installed it. The
> IE6
>>install did not change anything.
>>
>
> FYI, you're too stupid to run M$ *anything*. Give up and do linux
> it should be safe for the likes of you :)
>
> Or get a Mac and dont worry about all this crap.
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COaoYqkpkUA
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> _\ \/ / /_/ / _ / \ / \ \| \| \ \_\ \ \__\ _\
> /___/_/|_/\____/_//_/ \_@_/ \__|\__|\____/\____\_\
>
The Stone Crusher
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:23:41 +0800, Singapore Computer Service wrote:
>
>> Hell
>
> Fix your sig delimiter and quit top-posting.
>
>
>
Aardvark
> Hell
Fix your sig delimiter and quit top-posting.
If you're such a fucking computer expert you'll know how to do that.
The Stone Crusher
"Meat Plow" <me...@petitmorte.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:43:02 -0400, "The Stone Crusher"
> <theston...@yahoo.com>wrote:
I tried that but it will not restore!!! When I get to the poinst of 'system
restore, it just does not continue. Start>All Programs>Accesories>System
Tools>System Restore> Blatt! I get a blank window with 'System Restore' in
the blue header.
>
conwaycaine
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
You are having the man on, aren't you?
Aardvark
> "Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
> news:ntn6m.56871$NK.5...@newsfe26.ams2...
>> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:30:36 -0400, The Stone Crusher wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
>>> news:_E06m.31676$uV3....@newsfe22.ams2...
>>>> On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:56:29 +0800, Singapore Computer Service wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hell
>>>>
>>>> Fix your sig delimiter and quit top-posting.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I don't know what my 'sig delimieter' is, and people complained that I
>>> was bottom posting!
>>
>> <top-posting fixed>
>>
>> Quit top-posting. Don't bottom-post. You don't have a sig delimiter so
>> my reply to the Singapore Spammer doesn't apply to you.
>
> You are having the man on, aren't you?
Nope.
Top-posting is similar to writing a book, or having a conversation,
backwards- putting the answer before the question. It's illogical and non-
contextual.
Bottom-posting, although marginally better (placing the answer after the
question) is still non-contextual.
In-line posting is the way to go. place the parts of your reply directly
below the parts of the previous post to which you are replying. Then snip
away the parts of the previous post on which you have no comment,
especially the previous poster's signature. Proper newsreaders will
automatically do the latter.
You will notice that what I have written is posted on the bottom, but is
not bottom-posted in its most strict definition. What I have written is
actually in the context of your reply, and correctly written below what
you wrote.
If you had written more, I would either have quoted it below here and then
place my reaction to it below that, or failing that, I would have snipped
the rest and stopped typing right here.
Aardvark
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:30:36 -0400, "The Stone Crusher"
> <theston...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>I don't know what my 'sig delimieter' is, and people complained that I
>>was bottom posting!
>
> Well then middle post and everyone will be happy.
>
Nicely contextualised, mate. :-)
Singapore Computer Service
See http://windowsxp.mvps.org/srblank.htm on fixing the blank System Restore
problem
quote:
Login as Administrator or equivalent. Click Start, Run and type these
commands one by one:
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll (For Internet Explorer 6 only)
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Aardvark
> Hell
Fix your sig delimiter and quit top-posting.
If you're such a fucking computer expert you'll know how to do that.
Aardvark Sucubus Hunter
How did you anoint yourself 'controller', you succubus ass-hole?
Aardvark
Hey, DUH-ane!!!!!!!! How ya been? I've missed you! Sorry I haven't written
much this week but I've been working long days and doing a fair bit of
travelling. I see you've finally sussed out how to spell 'succubus'
correctly. Now all you have to do is discover what it means and practise
using it in a sensible context.
I sincerely and truly and honestly hope you're well. No, really. I do.
Love and kisses and stuff.
Your own personal superhero.
Aardvark.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
§ñühw¤£f
Interesting...I'd stick with what works then. If you think you "need" IE then
get the firefox add-on called User Agent Switcher to spoof IE when websites
complain that they only "support" IE.
Easy Peasy.
Problem Solved.
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by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and
sudden usurpations.... The means of defense against foreign danger historically
have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
-James Madison
conwaycaine
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
I'll admit that when I'm unraveling a long and winding post, I'll break the
message up in order to make my comments a bit more clear.
But I cannot imagine an Irishman laying down hard and fast rules about
anything.
Have you none of the rebel in you?
;=)
The Stone Crusher
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
not getting some sort of perverted
joy out of 'top posting'. Perhaps you could make a suggestion on how I
should deal with my 'sig delimiter'. You may find this hard to believe, but
I am not trying to piss you off.
The Stone Crusher
"conwaycaine" <conwa...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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The Stone Crusher
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
The Stone Crusher
Luke John Joseph Patrick O'Malley III
The Stone Crusher
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:30:36 -0400, "The Stone Crusher"
>
>>I don't know what my 'sig delimieter' is, and people complained that I was
>>bottom posting!
> Well then middle post and everyone will be happy.
>
The Stone Crusher
"���hw��f" <snuh...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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'System Restore'
I went into 'safe mode' and selected that last working instance of the
program an
received a msg that ntoskrnl.exe was corrupt. I replaced it but it only
cured the
problem of getting past 'select the last working instance . . .' I have no
way of
knowing whether it did or not. I suspect it did not. Usually I run with a
yellow
background screen. Every time I opt for the 'last working instance' I get a
blue
background. Oh well. I am going to see what I can do to fix 'system
restore'
Goodwill,
Luke
The Stone Crusher
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
If I were "such a fucking computer expert" I wouldn't be dealing with you.
Goodwill,
Luke
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
Evan Platt <ev...@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:27:18 +0800, "Singapore Computer Service"
> <singaporecom...@bootstrike.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> See
>
> Do NOT follow the advice of Spammers. BAD IDEA.
A. He's not spamming by putting a business link in his sig. (It's really
beyond me how anyone thinks that his posting of a link to a computer
business in Singapore constitutes meaningful advertising anyway. How many
people do you see posting here from Singapore? Look for another motive.)
Besides which, a sig link is one of the few traditionally acceptable ways to
advertise on usenet:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/advertising/how-to/part1/
B. He seems to give helpful advice, which is more than can be said of many
people posting here.
C. Rather than bitching at him for the sig delimiter (which you did not do,
but which has been done several times), perhaps someone would be kind enough
to point him to QuoteFix. Oh. Wait. I can do that, can't I:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#oequotefix
D. I hate top-posting, but it seems to be the norm in the Microsoft groups,
where he also posts. Nonetheless, here's another clue:
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html
--
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Aardvark
> I'll admit that when I'm unraveling a long and winding post, I'll break
> the message up in order to make my comments a bit more clear.
>
Read a bit, pass comment, read some more, pass comment etc. Just like
spoken dialogue. Far easier to understand things. A long monologue
followed by another long monologue means neither monologist is necessarily
referring in context to any particular point the other is making.
> But I cannot imagine an Irishman laying down hard and fast rules about
> anything.
I'm not laying down any rules, just explaining what, in my experience,
makes for a coherent, sensible and easily followed dialogue for all
concerned. A poster may have the most detailed and correct solution to
some question in a newsgroup, but if it's written in a single block either
above or below the previous post and totally out of context with the
points made in that previous post, I'm sure as hell not going to read the
damned thing.
> Have you none of the rebel in you?
> ;=)
Plenty. But I also have an innate understanding of the art of
conversation, coupled with a kissing of the Blarney Stone when I was eight
years old. :-)
Aardvark
My previous post wasn't a reply to anything you posted. Please pay
attention, will you.
Aardvark
> I hate top-posting, but it seems to be the norm in the Microsoft
> groups, where he also posts.
Their operating systems, other software and their NGs. Totally non-
conforming as far as standards are concerned.
The Stone Crusher
"Singapore Computer Service" <singaporecom...@bootstrike.com>
wrote in message news:h3d2m6$kkm$1...@reader01.singnet.com.sg...
> Hello,
>
> See http://windowsxp.mvps.org/srblank.htm on fixing the blank System
> Restore problem
>
> quote:
> Login as Administrator or equivalent. Click Start, Run and type these
> commands one by one:
>
> regsvr32 jscript.dll
> regsvr32 vbscript.dll
> regsvr32 /i mshtml.dll (For Internet Explorer 6 only)
>
that could be executed. As a last resort I copied them into the 'run'
window. Bravo! Immediately IE6 was cured but 'System Restore' was still a
problem. I restarted the computer and everything worked . . . almost! Now
I can get to the calendar in 'System Restore' but when I selected the
offered date and press 'next' nothing happens. Oh well! Then I decided if
you wonderful people had solved my problem, why would I want to go back!!!
Many thanks to all . . . even the poor misguided souls who use this ng in an
attempt to authenticate their achievements(?), i.e., their computer
expertise. I suspect they are liberals because their first response is to
call people names!(LOL)
The Stone Crusher
"Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries" <rhonda...@earthling.net> wrote in message
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> In news:02ck55leaekm8tpuc...@4ax.com,
> Evan Platt <ev...@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:27:18 +0800, "Singapore Computer Service"
>> <singaporecom...@bootstrike.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> See
>>
>> Do NOT follow the advice of Spammers. BAD IDEA.
>
> A. He's not spamming by putting a business link in his sig. (It's really
> beyond me how anyone thinks that his posting of a link to a computer
> business in Singapore constitutes meaningful advertising anyway. How many
> people do you see posting here from Singapore? Look for another motive.)
> Besides which, a sig link is one of the few traditionally acceptable ways
> to advertise on usenet:
>
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/advertising/how-to/part1/
>
> B. He seems to give helpful advice, which is more than can be said of many
> people posting here.
>
> C. Rather than bitching at him for the sig delimiter (which you did not
> do, but which has been done several times), perhaps someone would be kind
> enough to point him to QuoteFix. Oh. Wait. I can do that, can't I:
>
> http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
I tried this and received the following msg:
Warning: fopen(counters/OE-QuoteFix.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open
stream: Permission denied in /u/halle/jain/home_page/html-data/dl.php on
line 97
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output
started at /u/halle/jain/home_page/html-data/dl.php:97) in
/u/halle/jain/home_page/html-data/dl.php on line 122
>
> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#oequotefix
>
> D. I hate top-posting, but it seems to be the norm in the Microsoft
> groups, where he also posts. Nonetheless, here's another clue:
>
Guilty
Thanks
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html
>
> --
> Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
>
P.S. The suggestion to context answer is exactly what I do with my emails.
Figure?
Singapore Computer Service
Try System Restore in Safe Mode again.
At this point, we strongly recommend a reinstall. You can already see that
System Restore is having problems, Other software may also have new problems
which you have not discovered yet. So when you've got the time, make a
backup of your documents, e-mails, etc to an external drive and do a Restore
to Factory (if your system has such a feature) or format and reinstall
Windows XP.
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"The Stone Crusher" <theston...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Aardvark
conwaycaine
>> the message up in order to make my comments a bit more clear.
>>
>> But I cannot imagine an Irishman laying down hard and fast rules about
>> anything.
>> Have you none of the rebel in you?
>> ;=)
>>
>>
> As another Irishman, the only rule is that there are no rules!
> Luke John Joseph Patrick O'Malley III
My point exactly.
As a people, the Irish are not given to obeying any rule, any time, or
anywhere.
It is that trait (among others) which endeared them to the hearts of the
*nglish.
conwaycaine
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:41:35 -0400, conwaycaine wrote:
>
>> I'll admit that when I'm unraveling a long and winding post, I'll break
>> the message up in order to make my comments a bit more clear.
>>
>
> Read a bit, pass comment, read some more, pass comment etc. Just like
> spoken dialogue. Far easier to understand things. A long monologue
> followed by another long monologue means neither monologist is necessarily
> referring in context to any particular point the other is making.
>
>> But I cannot imagine an Irishman laying down hard and fast rules about
>> anything.
>
> I'm not laying down any rules, just explaining what, in my experience,
> makes for a coherent, sensible and easily followed dialogue for all
> concerned. A poster may have the most detailed and correct solution to
> some question in a newsgroup, but if it's written in a single block either
> above or below the previous post and totally out of context with the
> points made in that previous post, I'm sure as hell not going to read the
> damned thing.
Now I'll admit that when asking for or receiving written help for a software
problem, clarity is of the essence.
But if I'm out to get someone's goat, more more confusing the better.
>> Have you none of the rebel in you?
>> ;=)
> Plenty. But I also have an innate understanding of the art of
> conversation, coupled with a kissing of the Blarney Stone when I was eight
> years old. :-)
Of course you do.
It is your birthright.
(Blarney Castle still stands then?)
;=)
conwaycaine
>>> Quit top-posting. Don't bottom-post. You don't have a sig delimiter so
>>> my
>>> reply to the Singapore Spammer doesn't apply to you.
>>
>> You are having the man on, aren't you?
>>
> Huh?
It's a common expression in the British Isles
and means Ard is teasing you in order to get a reaction.
Such teasing is sometimes called "Slagging"
Say to him something like
"There is a shower of tossers out today" and he'll grin and hush.
Aardvark
>>> You are having the man on, aren't you?
>>>
>> Huh?
>
> It's a common expression in the British Isles and means Ard is teasing
> you in order to get a reaction. Such teasing is sometimes called
> "Slagging"
Sorry to burst your bubble,mate. Having someone on is, indeed, light-
hearted teasing although it can end up, on occasion, in fisticuffs.
Slagging, or 'slagging off' is somewhat more malicious and can end up, on
occasion, in fisticuffs.
Aardvark
>> I'm not laying down any rules, just explaining what, in my experience,
>> makes for a coherent, sensible and easily followed dialogue for all
>> concerned. A poster may have the most detailed and correct solution to
>> some question in a newsgroup, but if it's written in a single block
>> either above or below the previous post and totally out of context with
>> the points made in that previous post, I'm sure as hell not going to
>> read the damned thing.
>
> Now I'll admit that when asking for or receiving written help for a
> software problem, clarity is of the essence. But if I'm out to get
> someone's goat, more more confusing the better.
>
Yeah. There's that, too.
>>> Have you none of the rebel in you?
>>> ;=)
>
>
>> Plenty. But I also have an innate understanding of the art of
>> conversation, coupled with a kissing of the Blarney Stone when I was
>> eight years old.
>
> Of course you do.
> It is your birthright.
> (Blarney Castle still stands then?)
> ;=)
>
Of course. And it'll still be standing when you and I are mere dust in the
wind. They didn't do gerry-building in them days.
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
Yeah, I see that. I figured I'd offer to mail it, but it turns out Major
Geeks has it:
http://majorgeeks.com/OE-QuoteFix_d4029.html
>> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#oequotefix
>>
>> D. I hate top-posting, but it seems to be the norm in the Microsoft
>> groups, where he also posts. Nonetheless, here's another clue:
>>
> Guilty
You look innocent to me.
> Thanks
>
>> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html
>>
>> --
>> Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
>>
> P.S. The suggestion to context answer is exactly what I do with my
> emails. Figure?
It appears that's what you're doing in post replies as well.
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
"...if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively
calls for attachment
than any other it is the principle of free thought--not free thought for
those who agree with
us but freedom for the thought that we hate." Mr. Justice Holmes, 279 U.S.
644 (1929)
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
Evan Platt <ev...@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:36:05 -0500, "Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries"
> <rhonda...@earthling.net> wrote:
>
>> A. He's not spamming by putting a business link in his sig. (It's
>> really beyond me how anyone thinks that his posting of a link to a
>> computer business in Singapore constitutes meaningful advertising
>> anyway. How many people do you see posting here from Singapore? Look
>> for another motive.) Besides which, a sig link is one of the few
>> traditionally acceptable ways to advertise on usenet:
>
> was given. He hasn't responded to any polite requests yet.
I haven't seen any *polite* requests.
I suspect that three words of most of those kinds of messages have been
sufficient for him to determine that the author thereof belongs in his bit
bin.
That fact that he's only responding to the OP and totally ignoring the rest
of you tells me that his interest is offering help if he can rather than
getting into a flame war with you lot.
>> B. He seems to give helpful advice, which is more than can be said
>> of many people posting here.
>
> See above.
>
>> C. Rather than bitching at him for the sig delimiter (which you did
>> not do, but which has been done several times), perhaps someone
>> would be kind enough to point him to QuoteFix. Oh. Wait. I can do
>> that, can't I:
>
> He's been politely asked numerous times. Politeness is over. And if he
> really is a 'tech service', he shouldn't need to be hand fed the FM -
> a simple request should suffice. But it hasn't.
He's not forcing you to read his posts. On the other hand, there's not much
you can do about his choice of posting style...or his sig.
Sometimes I really love usenet.
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
"...if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
Totally agreed, and it drives me crazy.
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk Fries
"...if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively
conwaycaine
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
Not with raiders on every hand, out to pull down the walls.......
conwaycaine
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
Not among my Irish friends,old soul.
In fact, some of them are eager to discuss this whole matter with you.
And I can distinctly hear murmurings of "Plastic Paddy" here and there.
;=)
The whole idea of slagging, according to them, is to provoke the other guy
before he provokes you.
He who gets mad first, loses.
But you are correct in that slagging can get mean and nasty.
Aardvark
> "Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
> news:WQG6m.68382$VX3....@newsfe14.ams2...
>> Sorry to burst your bubble,mate. Having someone on is, indeed, light-
>> hearted teasing although it can end up, on occasion, in fisticuffs.
>> Slagging, or 'slagging off' is somewhat more malicious and can end up,
>> on occasion, in fisticuffs.
>
> Not among my Irish friends,old soul.
They must have missed the tongue-in-cheek humour in what I wrote, then.
> In fact, some of them are eager to discuss this whole matter with you.
> And I can distinctly hear murmurings of "Plastic Paddy" here and there.
Let 'em stay eager, then. If I go there it'll be in my own sweet time. IF.
"I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
And if you don't like me, well leave me alone"
:-)
> ;=)
>
> The whole idea of slagging, according to them, is to provoke the other
> guy before he provokes you.
It can be.
> He who gets mad first, loses.
'He who throws the first punch has lost the argument'.
> But you are correct in that slagging can get mean and nasty.
But it's such fun.
Aardvark
That kind of thing is so 1600's. :-)
conwaycaine
"Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:42:49 -0400, conwaycaine wrote:
>
>> "Aardvark" <aard...@youllnever.know> wrote in message
>> news:WQG6m.68382$VX3....@newsfe14.ams2...
>
>>> Sorry to burst your bubble,mate. Having someone on is, indeed, light-
>>> hearted teasing although it can end up, on occasion, in fisticuffs.
>>> Slagging, or 'slagging off' is somewhat more malicious and can end up,
>>> on occasion, in fisticuffs.
>>
>> Not among my Irish friends,old soul.
>
> They must have missed the tongue-in-cheek humour in what I wrote, then.
An Irishman?
Miss tongue in cheek humor?
Next I'll be hearing there is no irony to be found among them.
>> In fact, some of them are eager to discuss this whole matter with you.
>> And I can distinctly hear murmurings of "Plastic Paddy" here and there.
>
> Let 'em stay eager, then. If I go there it'll be in my own sweet time. IF.
>
> "I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler, I'm a long way from home
> And if you don't like me, well leave me alone"
To which I reply:
"Stand and deliver for I am a bold deceiver"
(That one made it all the way from Ireland to the mountains of East
Tennessee and that long before the folk singers made it popular in the 60's)
>> The whole idea of slagging, according to them, is to provoke the other
>> guy before he provokes you.
>
> It can be.
>
>> He who gets mad first, loses.
> 'He who throws the first punch has lost the argument'.
>
>> But you are correct in that slagging can get mean and nasty.
>
> But it's such fun.
Especially when putting it to the Sassenach.
They generally have no idea they are being roundly insulted
They stand there, mouth agape, suspecting something is amiss but not knowing
what.
My favorite description of Saxon humor is
"Har! Har! I hit you in head with club. Har! Har! Har!"
;=)
Penn...@derrymaine.gov
A given.
All OS's had the menu bar at the top, Apple, AmigA, Atari, fairly an
accepted standard - along comes windows and they place it at the
bottom - Mine of course is at the top, out of the way.
And I.E. was so non standard (they were in such a hurry to release it
they didn't care). It's still causing websites problems or demanding
extra work so other browsers will work as well as I.E.
I.E. and malware babble would of gone here:
Just noticed the subject, ActiveX Disaster!!! pretty much sums it up.
--
Ever drop your cell phone in the toilet?
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