COLA Stats 10 Sep 2006
Roy Culley
This report covers 3429 articles received by this system to
newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy [1]
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Toplist of Posters
Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 470 561974 43%
2. Hadron Quark - WINTROLL 270 458830 74%
3. flatfish - TROLL / THIEF / LIAR / RACIST 222 247507 57%
4. Mark Kent <mark...@demon.co.uk> 175 465253 40%
5. Scott Nudds - TROLL / IDIOT 167 180679 36%
6. markzoom - TROLL 96 260887 85%
7. Peter Köhlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> 95 139561 64%
8. spi...@freenet.co.uk 90 60020 54%
9. Linonut <lin...@bone.com> 89 65367 52%
10. Kier <val...@tiscali.co.uk> 86 114026 74%
11. Rick <trol...@trollfeed.com> 73 198139 87%
12. yttrx <yt...@yttrx.net> 70 64530 67%
13. DooFuS - LIAR / WINTROLL / RACIST 59 64784 60%
14. The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus 54 156556 60%
15. [H]omer <sp...@uce.gov> 46 50624 33%
16. Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> 44 42979 35%
17. billwg - WINTROLL / LIAR LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 42 51150 44%
'ultranerd' Bob 42 44225 50%
Ewik 'the Weasel' Funkenbusch [4] 42 66800 55%
20. JEDIDIAH <je...@nomad.mishnet> 40 42474 72%
tha...@tux.glaci.remove-this.com 40 53396 22%
Gregory Shearman <ZekeG...@netscape.net> 40 54174 68%
23. John Bailo - TROLL / IDIOT 38 24647 40%
24. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@ncoldns.com> 36 27791 41%
25. 7 <website_...@www.enemygadgets.com> 35 38869 62%
26. alt <spam...@lazyeyez.net> 33 30745 72%
27. Jim <ja...@the-computer-shop.co.uk> 31 34647 63%
28. Peter Hayes <not_i...@btinternet.com> 27 37540 72%
High Plains Thumper <h...@singlecylinderbikes.co 27 46251 50%
30. Tim 'Funkenbusch Wannabee' Smith 26 17163 40%
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Toplist of Subjects
Pos Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Hey DFS...Ask Kohlmann to explain this one (was fo 137 167057
2. help needed : /home partition 83 105683
3. Bad drivers 82 58293
4. Will Linux Be Fully-Absorbed Through Change? 81 148424
5. cola "advocate" speaks: Vista requires 10x to 20x 78 76391
6. Ubuntu+Enlightenment (Ebuntu) Project on Its Way 74 300338
FireFox playing catchup! 74 78137
8. Successful trolls. 68 116904
9. Is SuSe ready for me yet? 65 69535
10. How do I... 63 55094
11. Linux Will Get Buried. 59 75781
12. 01/09/06 24 hrs 57 101201
13. Linux Dealt a DEATH BLOW by Apple !!!!!!! 52 80733
14. GoogleEarth 50 75826
15. Crikey! 48 28407
16. Paul Thurrott on Windows Vista RC1: "Welcome to th 45 68160
17. Engineering Desktops and Office Desktops 44 56545
18. Forbes: OEM's Suffer from Microsoft's 'Scare Tacti 40 132548
19. Proof that SCO is Microsoft Sock Puppet, Propelled 36 33377
20. Google Earth Under Linux...The Total LIES told by 33 39180
[News] Corporations That Don't Give Platform Freed 33 48443
22. [News] Internet Explorer 7 is Spyware 31 54010
23. Linux is wonderful 30 26014
CUPS? Even Eric Raymond has trouble making it work 30 28834
25. MORPH ALERT!!! 28 25460
26. [News] Forbes Covers Desktop Linux 26 23266
27. Hey DFS...Ask Kohlmann to explain this one 24 33332
28. [News] Microsoft's Tactics Drive Loyal Windows Use 23 30472
29. Flatfish on another psychotic break (Was Re: How d 21 13529
30. [OT] new amarok-like music jukebox for gnome!! 20 15747
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Toplist of Most Replied To Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 286
2. flatfish - TROLL / THIEF / LIAR / RACIST 252
3. Hadron Quark - WINTROLL 234
4. Mark Kent <mark...@demon.co.uk> 123
5. markzoom - TROLL 109
6. Peter Köhlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> 94
7. spi...@freenet.co.uk 83
8. DooFuS - LIAR / WINTROLL / RACIST 66
Linonut <lin...@bone.com> 66
Scott Nudds - TROLL / IDIOT 66
11. [H]omer <sp...@uce.gov> 53
yttrx <yt...@yttrx.net> 53
13. Kier <val...@tiscali.co.uk> 51
14. Ewik 'the Weasel' Funkenbusch [4] 45
15. 'ultranerd' Bob 41
16. Peter Hayes <not_i...@btinternet.com> 40
17. billwg - WINTROLL / LIAR LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 38
John Bailo - TROLL / IDIOT 38
19. Rick <trol...@trollfeed.com> 37
The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> 37
21. Anonym skribent - TROLL 35
tha...@tux.glaci.remove-this.com 35
Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> 35
24. Gregory Shearman <ZekeG...@netscape.net> 34
25. alt <spam...@lazyeyez.net> 31
26. casioc...@gmail.com 29
27. Jim <ja...@the-computer-shop.co.uk> 27
Rex Ballard <rex.b...@gmail.com> 27
29. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@ncoldns.com> 26
30. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> 25
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Toplist of Troll Feeders [2]
Pos Poster Msgs %
1. flatfish - TROLL / THIEF / LIAR / RACIST 84 38
2. Rick <trol...@trollfeed.com> 71 97
Hadron Quark - WINTROLL 71 26
4. Peter Köhlmann <Peter.K...@t-online.de> 67 71
5. Kier <val...@tiscali.co.uk> 54 63
6. Linonut <lin...@bone.com> 52 58
7. spi...@freenet.co.uk 48 53
8. yttrx <yt...@yttrx.net> 42 60
9. Ray Ingles <sorc...@localhost.localdomain> 34 77
10. Gregory Shearman <ZekeG...@netscape.net> 26 65
11. 'ultranerd' Bob 25 60
12. The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> 21 39
13. JEDIDIAH <je...@nomad.mishnet> 20 50
Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 20 4
15. 7 <website_...@www.enemygadgets.com> 19 54
DooFuS - LIAR / WINTROLL / RACIST 19 32
17. Scott Nudds - TROLL / IDIOT 18 11
tha...@tux.glaci.remove-this.com 18 45
19. Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> 14 54
Peter Hayes <not_i...@btinternet.com> 14 52
21. GreyCloud <mi...@cumulus.com> 12 55
Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@ncoldns.com> 12 33
23. Jim Richardson <war...@eskimo.com> 11 48
markzoom - TROLL 11 11
Mark Kent <mark...@demon.co.uk> 11 6
26. Au79 <au...@789.edu> 10 83
27. alt <spam...@lazyeyez.net> 9 27
28. ed <e...@noreply.com> 8 38
29. Rex Ballard <rex.b...@gmail.com> 7 32
Jamie Hart <use...@jhart.ath.cx> 7 78
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Toplist of 'Quality' Posters [3]
Pos Poster Index
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 108
2. [H]omer <sp...@uce.gov> 80
3. Mark Kent <mark...@demon.co.uk> 75
4. Handover Phist <ja...@jason.websterscafe.com> 63
5. casioc...@gmail.com 62
High Plains Thumper <h...@singlecylinderbikes.com> 62
Mathew P. <Mat...@COLA.com> 62
8. Jim <ja...@the-computer-shop.co.uk> 59
9. Geico Caveman <sp...@spam.invalid> 57
10. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjar...@ncoldns.com> 54
11. Peter Hayes <not_i...@btinternet.com> 52
12. Rex Ballard <rex.b...@gmail.com> 51
tha...@tux.glaci.remove-this.com 51
Robert Newson <Reap...@bullet3.fsnet.oc.ku> 51
BearItAll <sp...@rassler.co.uk> 51
16. Chris Wilkinson <blob...@defeatspam.now> 50
arachnid <no...@goawayspammer.com> 50
Nigel Feltham <nigel....@btinternet.com> 50
[censored] <manyr...@lycos.com> 50
undercover <George Ellison> 50
Ruel Smith <No...@NoWhere.com> 50
Richard Rasker <spam...@linetec.nl> 50
23. William Poaster <w...@suseoss101.eu> 49
24. Seymour J. <Shmuel> 47
alt <spam...@lazyeyez.net> 47
Donn Miller <hac...@yahoo.com> 47
27. The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> 46
28. Linonut <lin...@bone.com> 43
29. spi...@freenet.co.uk 42
30. Kier <val...@tiscali.co.uk> 40
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Toplist of X-No-Archive Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. flatfish - TROLL / THIEF / LIAR / RACIST 103
2. Hadron Quark - WINTROLL 46
3. Black Dragon - TROLL 11
4. Meat Plow <me...@meatplow.local> 3
5. Flatfish Nyms - TROLL / THIEF / LIAR / RACIST 2
6. Terri <Te...@ArkArchives.com> 1
Pnuema Cheney <fr...@frank.spama> 1
Alan Truism <alan....@yahoo.com> 1
Alan Connor FGA <alanc...@earthlink.net> 1
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Toplist of Newsreaders
Pos Newsreader Msgs
1. KNode 833
2. slrn 511
3. Pan 296
4. Gnus 275
5. G2/0.2 262
6. tin 224
7. MacSOUP 175
8. Email 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060803) 167
9. Microsoft Outlook Express 121
10. Thunderbird 117
11. Mozilla 92
12. 40tude_Dialog 42
13. Shysterwitch version 0.99.18.41.03.21-a 41
14. Forte Agent 36
15. G2/1.0 25
16. Hogwasher/4.2.2 24
17. pan 0.99 (SuSE linux edition) 23
18. Forte Free Agent 21
Sylpheed 21
20. MesNews/1.06.00.00-gb 19
21. MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.1 (Intel Mac OS X) 18
22. MR/2 Internet Cruiser 14
23. gnus 9
24. Xnews 7
pan 0.111 (Tweedy) 7
Microhard Lookout 7
27. Unison/1.6.2 6
28. knews 5
29. MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (PPC Mac OS X) 4
30. Direct Read News 4.70 3
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[1]: Posts via mail to news gateways are dropped by this server
and hence not included in the stats.
Other attention seeking posters may not appear as well.
[2]: Troll feeder %'age is (troll feeding posts / total posts) * 100
[3]: The poster 'quality' stats is based on:
a) quoting: 100 - %'age quoted
b) cross-posting: 100 - %'age cross-posted
c) number of direct followups posters articles get
d) troll feeding: 100 - 1.5 * %'age troll followups
e) 75 deducted for known trolls
f) for the humour impaired the quotes around 'quality'
are intended to convey they are not to be taken too
seriously :-)
g) for Erik: it is highly unlikely, although perhaps
possible, for a troll to appear in the 'quality' stats
[4]: Erik Funkenbusch is a MS apologist, frequent liar and FUD
spreader and seriously lacking in ethical values. He often
tries to change the subject when his argument has been torn
to shreds or, more likely, just runs away.
weasel n. [Cambridge] A naive user, one who deliberately
or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised.
Roughly synonymous with loser
--
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as
false, and by rulers as useful." -- Seneca the Younger (4? BC - 65 AD)
Roy Culley
<slrneg6k8t...@jason.websterscafe.com>,
Handover Phist <ja...@jason.websterscafe.com> writes:
> Roy Culley :
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Toplist of 'Quality' Posters [3]
>>
>> Pos Poster Index
>> 1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 108
>
Outstanding IMHO. I really appreciate his News articles but even more
enjoyable is seeing how much it pisses off the wintrolls. The fact
they have to resort to personal attacks shows just how much Roy's
articles piss them off. Its water off a ducks back to Roy thankfully.
Mike Mozz
> Roy Culley :
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Toplist of 'Quality' Posters [3]
>>
>> Pos Poster
>> Index
>> 1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com>
>> 108
>
Be nice, give Donovan Hill his turn at slurping.
flatfish+++
>
>
> Outstanding IMHO. I really appreciate his News articles but even more
> enjoyable is seeing how much it pisses off the wintrolls. The fact
> they have to resort to personal attacks shows just how much Roy's
> articles piss them off. Its water off a ducks back to Roy thankfully.
Personal attacks?
You mean like your commentary in your *stats* messages?
By your reasoning, that must mean that the trolls are pissing YOU off.
But I'm sure they know that already.
BTW, Roy isn't pissing anyone off.
In fact he's given the trolls here an endless collection of new material
to use!
I don't see anyone leaving.
Do you?
Look at it this way, a stereotypical Linux geek who spends 24x7 re-posting
messages because he has no social life.
It's classic! And it makes for great trolling material.
I nominate Roy for the "Linux Geek Poster Boy of The Year" Award.
He is also, by virtue of the sheer number of posts, driving informative
messages right off the news servers. And if that's not enough, without him
filtered (I recommend the Shyster News Reader with the "Shysterwitch
[News] Septic System Filter. Pat. Pend." plugin) this group just appears
as a dull, News SPAMBOT and people wandering in here are going to scratch
their heads, say wtf and leave because they are not going to have to fish
through 1000's of news posts to find good information.
So dream on Roy, but don't take your own advice because it's wrong.
Roy Culley
<8_IMg.73$hL...@newsfe08.lga>,
flatfish+++ <flat...@linuxmail.org> writes:
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:03:11 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>
>> Outstanding IMHO. I really appreciate his News articles but even
>> more enjoyable is seeing how much it pisses off the wintrolls. The
>> fact they have to resort to personal attacks shows just how much
>> Roy's articles piss them off. Its water off a ducks back to Roy
>> thankfully.
>
> Personal attacks?
Yup
> You mean like your commentary in your *stats* messages?
So you deny being a 'TROLL / THIEF / LIAR / RACIST'? I didn't include
homophobe and anti-semitic as there ain't enough space.
> By your reasoning, that must mean that the trolls are pissing YOU
> off.
Not at all. I know how to use a killfile. Troll feeders piss me off
much more.
> But I'm sure they know that already.
>
> BTW, Roy isn't pissing anyone off.
Hehe, whatever you say flattie.
> In fact he's given the trolls here an endless collection of new
> material to use!
I'm glad you realise that those pissed of with Roy's posts are, in the
main, trolls. Including you of course. The personal attacks on Roy
have been indicative of how much he bothers the likes of you. Only Rex
has been subjected to venomous personal attacks on this scale.
> I don't see anyone leaving.
> Do you?
>
> Look at it this way, a stereotypical Linux geek who spends 24x7 re-posting
> messages because he has no social life.
>
> It's classic! And it makes for great trolling material.
>
> I nominate Roy for the "Linux Geek Poster Boy of The Year" Award.
I'll nominate him for having the stamina to post on-topic News articles
despite the personal abuse he gets from trolls such as yourself.
> He is also, by virtue of the sheer number of posts, driving
> informative messages right off the news servers.
Utter unsubstantiated bullshit. A text newsgroup such as COLA uses a
tiny amount of resources compared to binary newsgroups. Please give a
single example of a newsfeed that has reduced article retention of
COLA since Roy started posting? Just one. I remember when 4,000+
articles per week were the norm on COLA. Compared to other text only
newsgroups like alt.atheism COLA is but a pimple on your backside.
> [snip]
flatfish+++
>
> So you deny being a 'TROLL / THIEF / LIAR / RACIST'? I didn't include
> homophobe and anti-semitic as there ain't enough space.
Yep.
>> By your reasoning, that must mean that the trolls are pissing YOU
>> off.
>
> Not at all. I know how to use a killfile. Troll feeders piss me off
> much more.
Do you think anyone really cares?
>> But I'm sure they know that already.
>>
>> BTW, Roy isn't pissing anyone off.
>
> Hehe, whatever you say flattie.
He's not.
He's entertaining.
Mark S. Bilk pisses people off.
Roy entertains people.
>> In fact he's given the trolls here an endless collection of new
>> material to use!
>
> I'm glad you realise that those pissed of with Roy's posts are, in the
> main, trolls. Including you of course. The personal attacks on Roy
> have been indicative of how much he bothers the likes of you. Only Rex
> has been subjected to venomous personal attacks on this scale.
Others have asked for a digest.
Even Kohlmann doesn't like Roy's spamming.
Personally, I use the Shysterwitch news reader with The Shysterwitch
[News] Septic System Filter. Pat. Pend. so I don't them unless I choose
to.
> I'll nominate him for having the stamina to post on-topic News articles
> despite the personal abuse he gets from trolls such as yourself.
Goofballs like him come and go.
He'll flame out soon enough, but until then, he's putting on one hell of a
floor show!
> Utter unsubstantiated bullshit. A text newsgroup such as COLA uses a
> tiny amount of resources compared to binary newsgroups. Please give a
> single example of a newsfeed that has reduced article retention of
> COLA since Roy started posting? Just one. I remember when 4,000+
> articles per week were the norm on COLA. Compared to other text only
> newsgroups like alt.atheism COLA is but a pimple on your backside.
Really?
You can barely search google for just about anything Linux and not have
his name come up.
Go into Google Groups for cola and see what happens.
And that's exactly what he wants.
Roy is a narcissitic, self centered persona who is full of himself and
wants everyone else to be full of him as well.
Take a look at his shrine website.
It's all very twisted.
You COLA nutsacks are being played like an out of tune banjo and you are
so caught up in what you deem *advocacy* that you haven't figured it out
yet.
But you will.
>> [snip]
Tim Smith
wrote:
> Outstanding IMHO. I really appreciate his News articles but even more
> enjoyable is seeing how much it pisses off the wintrolls. The fact
> they have to resort to personal attacks shows just how much Roy's
> articles piss them off. Its water off a ducks back to Roy thankfully.
So what explains your personal attacks on people?
--
--Tim Smith
ed
flatfish+++ <flat...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Look at it this way, a stereotypical Linux geek who spends 24x7
> re-posting messages because he has no social life.
>
> It's classic! And it makes for great trolling material.
>
> I nominate Roy for the "Linux Geek Poster Boy of The Year" Award.
>
> He is also, by virtue of the sheer number of posts, driving
> informative messages right off the news servers. And if that's not
> enough, without him filtered (I recommend the Shyster News Reader with
> the "Shysterwitch [News] Septic System Filter. Pat. Pend." plugin)
> this group just appears as a dull, News SPAMBOT and people wandering
> in here are going to scratch their heads, say wtf and leave because
> they are not going to have to fish through 1000's of news posts to
> find good information.
>
> So dream on Roy, but don't take your own advice because it's wrong.
Getting knocked down once or twice isn't enough for you is it.
--
Regards, Ed :: http://www.gnunix.net
just another java person
If a child ignores the "You Must Be At Least This Tall To Ride" signs
at an amusement park, Chuck Norris immediately jumps out from behind
the sign and roundhouse kicks the child in the face, before
impregnating the child's mother with his beard.
William Poaster
02:58:20 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
<snip>
>> He is also, by virtue of the sheer number of posts, driving informative
>> messages right off the news servers.
>
> Utter unsubstantiated bullshit.
I wonder, if this "...driving informative messages right off the news
servers." is referring to the tolls crap (maybe "informative" to them, but
crap to us) being drowned by Roy S's newsposts. And is this another way of
flatfarce saying that the trolls posts are being shunted off the
newsservers.. GREAT! Keep it going Roy! :-)
> A text newsgroup such as COLA uses a tiny amount of resources compared
> to binary newsgroups. Please give a single example of a newsfeed that
> has reduced article retention of COLA since Roy started posting? Just
> one. I remember when 4,000+ articles per week were the norm on COLA.
> Compared to other text only newsgroups like alt.atheism COLA is but a
> pimple on your backside.
>
>> [snip]
--
Linux is not a desktop OS for people
whose VCRs are still flashing "12:00".
That eliminates a lot of wintrolls then.
William Poaster
> Toplist of Posters
>
> Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
> 1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 470 561974 43%
Top of the stats again, Roy S! Well done, keep it up. :-)
Roy Schestowitz
> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
> 01:22:51 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>
>> Toplist of Posters
>>
>> Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
>> 1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 470 561974 43%
>
> Top of the stats again, Roy S! Well done, keep it up. :-)
*smile* Thanks, I'll try. No real interferences on the horizon, but the
volume will be hard to sustain when the undergrads return next week
(Freshers' Week). I need to help getting newcomers connected (my daytime
job).
Best wishes,
Roy
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Roy Schestowitz
> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
> 02:58:20 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>> He is also, by virtue of the sheer number of posts, driving informative
>>> messages right off the news servers.
>>
>> Utter unsubstantiated bullshit.
>
> I wonder, if this "...driving informative messages right off the news
> servers." is referring to the tolls crap (maybe "informative" to them, but
> crap to us) being drowned by Roy S's newsposts. And is this another way of
> flatfarce saying that the trolls posts are being shunted off the
> newsservers.. GREAT! Keep it going Roy! :-)
They lie, yet again. Gary does not killfile news items and neither does Erik.
They have proven it before. And yet, if I dare to have a typo in the tag,
they loudly nag. When that line of attack fails, they mention server
retention. But newsgroups servers retain by the post, not by the thread. So
the effect of my news posting is minute. But that's not what they would have
you believe. Other lies, off the top of my head: no followups as an
implication of no interest, Windows/MS-related being utterly irrelevant,
etc.
Seems as though I'll be getting in contact with some viruses (Windows) next
week. My activity in this newsgroup will be affected. Inevitably, not all
problems can be resolved remotely. No worries. I'll loosen that Windows
chastity belt. it's been accumulating dust for many months.
Best wishes,
Roy
William Poaster
> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 13:28 \__
>
>> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
>> 02:58:20 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> He is also, by virtue of the sheer number of posts, driving
>>>> informative messages right off the news servers.
>>>
>>> Utter unsubstantiated bullshit.
>>
>> I wonder, if this "...driving informative messages right off the news
>> servers." is referring to the tolls crap (maybe "informative" to them,
>> but crap to us) being drowned by Roy S's newsposts. And is this another
>> way of flatfarce saying that the trolls posts are being shunted off the
>> newsservers.. GREAT! Keep it going Roy! :-)
>
> They lie, yet again.
There's a surprise. ;-)
> Gary does not killfile news items and neither does Erik.
Because they'd sooner whine.
> They have proven it before. And yet, if I dare to have a typo in the
> tag, they loudly nag. When that line of attack fails, they mention
> server retention. But newsgroups servers retain by the post, not by the
> thread. So the effect of my news posting is minute. But that's not what
> they would have you believe. Other lies, off the top of my head: no
> followups as an implication of no interest, Windows/MS-related being
> utterly irrelevant, etc.
>
> Seems as though I'll be getting in contact with some viruses (Windows)
> next week. My activity in this newsgroup will be affected. Inevitably,
> not all problems can be resolved remotely. No worries. I'll loosen that
> Windows chastity belt. it's been accumulating dust for many months.
Good luck with the "Freshers", Roy. :-)
Hadron Quark
> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 13:29 \__
>
>> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
>> 01:22:51 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>>
>>> Toplist of Posters
>>>
>>> Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
>>> 1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 470 561974 43%
>>
>> Top of the stats again, Roy S! Well done, keep it up. :-)
>
> *smile* Thanks, I'll try. No real interferences on the horizon, but the
> volume will be hard to sustain when the undergrads return next week
> (Freshers' Week). I need to help getting newcomers connected (my daytime
> job).
They let you near new grads? Well, there goes all independant thoughts
for them. Ever see that Jim Carey movie "Cable Guy"? I can see it now.
Terrified young freshers locked in their room, hiding under the bed as Roy
bangs continually on the door asking them how their Linux installation
is going.
Shudder.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
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Roy Schestowitz
We were out clubbing for 6 hours on Thursday. But we'll be out on Fresher's
Week as well. Can't miss that special time of the year...
Best wishes,
Roy
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flatfish+++
> They let you near new grads? Well, there goes all independant thoughts
> for them. Ever see that Jim Carey movie "Cable Guy"? I can see it now.
> Terrified young freshers locked in their room, hiding under the bed as Roy
> bangs continually on the door asking them how their Linux installation
> is going.
>
> Shudder.
>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Roy
Hahah!
They probably let him near the females (no danger there) but no doubt he
is under strict orders to stay out of the males dorm.
We had a graduate student like Roy when I was in college.
He was a weird computer geek type, much like Roy, who hung out in the
computing center all the time banging away on the Decwriter hammering out
code while he muttered to himself.
We called him *rickets*....
ed
flatfish+++ <flat...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> They probably let him near the females (no danger there) but no doubt
> he is under strict orders to stay out of the males dorm.
Every group has a troll like flatfish who fantasises about male dorms.
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Mark Kent
William Poaster <w...@suseoss101.eu> espoused:
> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
> 13:44:41 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 13:28 \__
>>
>>> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
>>> 02:58:20 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>> He is also, by virtue of the sheer number of posts, driving
>>>>> informative messages right off the news servers.
>>>>
>>>> Utter unsubstantiated bullshit.
>>>
>>> I wonder, if this "...driving informative messages right off the news
>>> servers." is referring to the tolls crap (maybe "informative" to them,
>>> but crap to us) being drowned by Roy S's newsposts. And is this another
>>> way of flatfarce saying that the trolls posts are being shunted off the
>>> newsservers.. GREAT! Keep it going Roy! :-)
>>
>> They lie, yet again.
>
> There's a surprise. ;-)
>
>> Gary does not killfile news items and neither does Erik.
>
> Because they'd sooner whine.
They're becoming more of the landscape here, now. Several [News]
threads have made it into Roy C's top threads list - how things change.
>
>> They have proven it before. And yet, if I dare to have a typo in the
>> tag, they loudly nag. When that line of attack fails, they mention
>> server retention. But newsgroups servers retain by the post, not by the
>> thread. So the effect of my news posting is minute. But that's not what
>> they would have you believe. Other lies, off the top of my head: no
>> followups as an implication of no interest, Windows/MS-related being
>> utterly irrelevant, etc.
Server retention is one of the daftest arguments I've heard; we get
those guys posting several hundred messages each a month, but they
complain about server retention... if they were really worried about
that, they could stop posting :-)
The storage required for text-only groups is miniscule compared with
the binaries groups, too.
>>
>> Seems as though I'll be getting in contact with some viruses (Windows)
>> next week. My activity in this newsgroup will be affected. Inevitably,
>> not all problems can be resolved remotely. No worries. I'll loosen that
>> Windows chastity belt. it's been accumulating dust for many months.
>
> Good luck with the "Freshers", Roy. :-)
Ah, yes, it's that time of the year, isn't it?
>
>>>>> [snip]
>
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Mark Kent
Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> espoused:
> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 13:29 \__
>
>> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
>> 01:22:51 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>>
>>> Toplist of Posters
>>>
>>> Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
>>> 1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 470 561974 43%
>>
>> Top of the stats again, Roy S! Well done, keep it up. :-)
>
> *smile* Thanks, I'll try. No real interferences on the horizon, but the
> volume will be hard to sustain when the undergrads return next week
> (Freshers' Week). I need to help getting newcomers connected (my daytime
> job).
>
Perhaps some others might help? I did note that we've had submissions
from one or two others - perhaps I should add some stats to the digest?
Roy Schestowitz
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> espoused:
>> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 13:29 \__
>>
>>> This message was posted on Usenet, NOT JLAforums, & on Sun, 10 Sep 2006
>>> 01:22:51 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Toplist of Posters
>>>>
>>>> Pos Poster Msgs Bytes
>>>> Quoted
>>>> 1. Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> 470 561974
>>>> 43%
>>>
>>> Top of the stats again, Roy S! Well done, keep it up. :-)
>>
>> *smile* Thanks, I'll try. No real interferences on the horizon, but the
>> volume will be hard to sustain when the undergrads return next week
>> (Freshers' Week). I need to help getting newcomers connected (my daytime
>> job).
>>
>
> Perhaps some others might help? I did note that we've had submissions
> from one or two others - perhaps I should add some stats to the digest?
I think I might ask my Supervisor to slow things down and have me work part
time. I'll be seeing him tomorrow. The only other alternatives are to give
up the gym (occupies about 15 hours a week), or lose some sleep. But that
affects the ability to focus...
And it's not because of COLA, but because of the general workload online.
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
at 02:58 AM, r...@nodomain.none (Roy Culley) said:
>I'm glad you realise that those pissed of with Roy's posts are, in
>the main, trolls.
Or idiots. But the intersection is most definitely not null. I've also
noticed that those attacking him soon give me cause to add them to my
twit list, unrelated to their vendetta.
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