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Farmer Giles

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Feb 1, 2009, 3:09:38 PM2/1/09
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JeffM

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Feb 1, 2009, 3:43:26 PM2/1/09
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Farmer Giles wrote:
> test

You would think that immediately after running the test,
you would see these morons make an actual post
--making the test surperfluous.

So, why even bother testing if you don't have something to post?
...and why bother testing if you DO have something to post?

...and why don't the morons test in the PROPER place?
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:aetkKiLDUawJ:lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/testpost.html+Please-don't-do-this+better.solution+alt.test+annoying+Zen+tens-of-thousands-*-*+misc.test

William Sommerwerck

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Feb 1, 2009, 4:17:38 PM2/1/09
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Attempting to is one way of troubleshooting problems.


Farmer Giles

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Feb 1, 2009, 4:40:18 PM2/1/09
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"JeffM" <jef...@email.com> wrote in message
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> Farmer Giles wrote:
>> test
>
> You would think that immediately after running the test,
> you would see these morons make an actual post
> --making the test surperfluous.
>
> So, why even bother testing if you don't have something to post?
> ...and why bother testing if you DO have something to post?
>
> ...and why don't the morons test in the PROPER place?


Thank you, do have a nice day.

I won't pander to your obvious sense of self-importance with an
explanation - although there is a perfectly reasonable one.


JeffM

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Feb 1, 2009, 6:52:17 PM2/1/09
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>JeffM wrote:
>>You would think that immediately after running the test,
>>you would see these morons make an actual post
>>--making the test surperfluous.
>>
>>So, why even bother testing if you don't have something to post?
>>...and why bother testing if you DO have something to post?
>>
>>...and why don't the morons test in the PROPER place?
Farmer Giles wrote:
>Thank you, do have a nice day.
>
>I won't pander to your obvious sense of self-importance with an
>explanation - although there is a perfectly reasonable one.

If you had an actual explanation that justified your selfishness,
I'm sure you would have included it.
No explanation==no justification
In your case
selfishness==self-importance

You're just another fool using good tools in a clumsy way.

Farmer Giles

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Feb 2, 2009, 5:17:57 AM2/2/09
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"JeffM" <jef...@email.com> wrote in message
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Get over yourself. Stop behaving like a scratch looking for an itch.


Charlie

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Feb 2, 2009, 5:39:43 AM2/2/09
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"JeffM" <jef...@email.com> wrote in message
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Continuing that thought, What kind of moron puts the above post in an
electronics repair NG?


JeffM

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Feb 2, 2009, 2:29:16 PM2/2/09
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>>Farmer Giles wrote:
>>>test

>>
>JeffM wrote:
>>You would think that immediately after running the test,
>>you would see these morons make an actual post
>>--making the test surperfluous.
>>
>>So, why even bother testing if you don't have something to post?
>>...and why bother testing if you DO have something to post?
>>
>>...and why don't the morons test in the PROPER place?
>>http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:aetkKiLDUawJ:lipas.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/testpost.html+Please-don't-do-this+better.solution+alt.test+annoying+Zen+tens-of-thousands-*-*+misc.test
>
Charlie wrote:
>Continuing that thought, What kind of moron puts the above post
>in an electronics repair NG?

So far, there's the original moron,
an apologist for the moron (with no useful example),
and another clueless someone who hasn't answered my question.

Here it is again:
If you can _read_ a *discussion* group and can _post_ to a *test*
group,
what is to be gained by posting a **test** to a **discussion** group.

I maintain that last case is always selfishness and ignorance
and is ALWAYS inappropriate.
...and I haven't heard an example given yet where that isn't true.

Franc Zabkar

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Feb 2, 2009, 4:43:56 PM2/2/09
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:29:16 -0800 (PST), JeffM <jef...@email.com> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

In the past I have posted test messages to one particular Microsoft
discussion group (microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion).

This was necessary because that one specific group was being filtered
by a bot on Microsoft's news server. This particular bot would discard
any post containing the word "flood". The same bot would also discard
any post containing any reference to the
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt newsgroup.

Strange but true.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

JeffM

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Feb 2, 2009, 9:58:38 PM2/2/09
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>>Charlie wrote:
>>>Continuing that thought, What kind of moron puts the above post
>>>in an electronics repair NG?
>>>
JeffM wrote:
>>another clueless someone who hasn't answered my question.
>>
>>Here it is again:
>>If you can _read_ a *discussion* group
>>and can _post_ to a *test* group,
>>what is to be gained by posting a **test** to a **discussion** group.
>>
>>I maintain that last case is always selfishness and ignorance
>>and is ALWAYS inappropriate.
>>...and I haven't heard an example given yet where that isn't true.
>>
Franc Zabkar wrote:
>In the past I have posted test messages to one particular Microsoft
>discussion group (microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion).
>
>This was necessary because that one specific group was being filtered
>by a bot on Microsoft's news server. This particular bot would discard
>any post containing the word "flood". The same bot would also discard
>any post containing any reference to the
>alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt newsgroup.
>
>Strange but true.

So, your tests were about the **content** of the post.
They weren't brainless posts that only said "test".
**That** was the nugget I've been waiting for.

Twayne

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:01:34 PM2/6/09
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NO, there is an answer, but it's not reasonable. Lazy, selfish, stupid,
stoopid, and foolish maybe, but ... not reasonable. So, no interest in
your answer anyway -


Twayne

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:03:09 PM2/6/09
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Defensive instead of informational and open minded: like a child on the
playlot calling "Look no hands!". Also no brains.


Twayne

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:03:56 PM2/6/09
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ME! Me! Me teach!

Uhh, 'cause he's a ... moron?

lol,


Twayne

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:05:38 PM2/6/09
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With an accompanying explanation that might result in some help and a
response or two, to help you know that it works in both directions.
Without same, it's just another moronic "test" post. Different animals.


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Peter Hucker

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Feb 15, 2009, 1:42:41 PM2/15/09
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Lazyness, quickness, and not caring about pedants like you.

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