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Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote:
> On Jun 4, 8:25 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>> JohnO <johno1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Jun 3, 11:58 pm, John0 <johnol...@gmai1.com> wrote:
>>>> On 3 June, 5:11 pm, John0 <johnol...@gmai1.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Bound to spark debate here:
>>>>> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology..._id=5&objectid...
>>
>>>>> At the bottom of the story I found this somewhat remarkable:
>>
>>>>> Operating system use in May:
>>>>> * Windows XP - 63 per cent.
>>>>> * Windows Vista - 15 per cent.
>>>>> * Windows 7 - 13 per cent.
>>>>> * Mac - 4 per cent.
>>>>> * Linux - 1 per cent.
>>>>> * Other - 4 per cent.
>>
>>>>> What would make up this "Other" 4%? All the other unixes combined?
>>
>>>> It says "Source: NetMarketShare.com". I know I could go there to
>>>> find out, but my time is more important than a serf's time. There
>>>> are plenty of fawning serfs in nz.comp who will run errands in the
>>>> hope that they might get an occasional word of praise.
>>
>>> WTF? I never posted that. Someone's newsreader is mis-configured or
>>> is doing a poor job of impersonating me.
>>
>> That post was from someone with a name ending with zero instead of
>> capital O, and an e-mail address with a lower case ell instead of the
>> digit one in the bit before the at sign, and a digit one instead of
>> lower case ell at the end of "gmail".
>>
>> i.e. someone masquerading as you but not trying very hard.
>>
>
> Hmmm, thanks for that. I don't recognise the writing style.

Heh! What is it that they say?

'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it. <g>
--
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson.

On Jun 5, 7:08*pm, "~misfit~" <sore_n_ha...@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 4, 8:25 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> >> JohnO <johno1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> On Jun 3, 11:58 pm, John0 <johnol...@gmai1.com> wrote:
> >>>> On 3 June, 5:11 pm, John0 <johnol...@gmai1.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Bound to spark debate here:
> >>>>>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology..._id=5&objectid...
>
> >>>>> At the bottom of the story I found this somewhat remarkable:
>
> >>>>> Operating system use in May:
> >>>>> * Windows XP - 63 per cent.
> >>>>> * Windows Vista - 15 per cent.
> >>>>> * Windows 7 - 13 per cent.
> >>>>> * Mac - 4 per cent.
> >>>>> * Linux - 1 per cent.
> >>>>> * Other - 4 per cent.
>
> >>>>> What would make up this "Other" 4%? All the other unixes combined?
>
> >>>> It says "Source: NetMarketShare.com". I know I could go there to
> >>>> find out, but my time is more important than a serf's time. There
> >>>> are plenty of fawning serfs in nz.comp who will run errands in the
> >>>> hope that they might get an occasional word of praise.
>
> >>> WTF? I never posted that. Someone's newsreader is mis-configured or
> >>> is doing a poor job of impersonating me.
>
> >> That post was from someone with a name ending with zero instead of
> >> capital O, and an e-mail address with a lower case ell instead of the
> >> digit one in the bit before the at sign, and a digit one instead of
> >> lower case ell at the end of "gmail".
>
> >> i.e. someone masquerading as you but not trying very hard.
>
> > Hmmm, thanks for that. I don't recognise the writing style.
>
> Heh! What is it that they say?
>
> 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it. <g>

Heh! you're not 'in' unless you have a stalker!

Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote:
> On Jun 5, 7:08 pm, "~misfit~" <sore_n_ha...@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 4, 8:25 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>>>> JohnO <johno1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Jun 3, 11:58 pm, John0 <johnol...@gmai1.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 3 June, 5:11 pm, John0 <johnol...@gmai1.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Bound to spark debate here:
>>>>>>> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology..._id=5&objectid...
>>
>>>>>>> At the bottom of the story I found this somewhat remarkable:
>>
>>>>>>> Operating system use in May:
>>>>>>> * Windows XP - 63 per cent.
>>>>>>> * Windows Vista - 15 per cent.
>>>>>>> * Windows 7 - 13 per cent.
>>>>>>> * Mac - 4 per cent.
>>>>>>> * Linux - 1 per cent.
>>>>>>> * Other - 4 per cent.
>>
>>>>>>> What would make up this "Other" 4%? All the other unixes
>>>>>>> combined?
>>
>>>>>> It says "Source: NetMarketShare.com". I know I could go there to
>>>>>> find out, but my time is more important than a serf's time. There
>>>>>> are plenty of fawning serfs in nz.comp who will run errands in
>>>>>> the hope that they might get an occasional word of praise.
>>
>>>>> WTF? I never posted that. Someone's newsreader is mis-configured
>>>>> or is doing a poor job of impersonating me.
>>
>>>> That post was from someone with a name ending with zero instead of
>>>> capital O, and an e-mail address with a lower case ell instead of
>>>> the digit one in the bit before the at sign, and a digit one
>>>> instead of lower case ell at the end of "gmail".
>>
>>>> i.e. someone masquerading as you but not trying very hard.
>>
>>> Hmmm, thanks for that. I don't recognise the writing style.
>>
>> Heh! What is it that they say?
>>
>> 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it. <g>
>
> Heh! you're not 'in' unless you have a stalker!

Yep. I've had a few of them in my time on usenet.
--
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson.

In article <hud5v1$clu$>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
(snip)
>>> 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it. <g>
>>
>> Heh! you're not 'in' unless you have a stalker!
>
>Yep. I've had a few of them in my time on usenet.

... and some "classy" ones at that. Is that 'all over' now or does it
still surface occasionally ?

On Jun 8, 11:43*am, bruce.sincl...@NOSPAMORELSEagresearch.NOTco.NOTnz
(Bruce Sinclair) wrote:
> In article <hud5v1$cl...@news.eternal-september.org>, "~misfit~" <sore_n_ha...@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:
> (snip)
>
> >>> 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it. <g>
>
> >> Heh! you're not 'in' unless you have a stalker!
>
> >Yep. I've had a few of them in my time on usenet.
>
> .. and some "classy" ones at that. Is that 'all over' now or does it
> still surface occasionally ?

If you mean Greg Dowle, aka Scooter... then yes he's still around. Not
sure who he's stalking at the moment but he seems to have a couple on
the go at any one time.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <hud5v1$clu$>, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote: (snip)
>>>> 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it. <g>
>>>
>>> Heh! you're not 'in' unless you have a stalker!
>>
>> Yep. I've had a few of them in my time on usenet.
>
> .. and some "classy" ones at that. Is that 'all over' now or does
> it
> still surface occasionally ?

Mine seems to have gone. He posed as me posting in NZ backpackers forums
looking for "like-minded pedophiles" to hook up with, claimed to be making
large quantities of 'bathtub crank'... Lots of nasty ****. All because I
called him on his illegal activities. The harrasment seems to have stopped
about the time this happened:

<www.justice.gov/usao/pae/News/Pr/2009/aug/leamanrelease.pdf>

That's the main guy who was stalking me although he had some cronies as well
as sockpuppets.
--
Cheers,
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson.

In article <hukmvm$46f$>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
>> In article <hud5v1$clu$>, "~misfit~"
>> <> wrote: (snip)
>>>>> 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it. <g>
>>>>
>>>> Heh! you're not 'in' unless you have a stalker!
>>> Yep. I've had a few of them in my time on usenet.
>>
>> .. and some "classy" ones at that. Is that 'all over' now or does
>> it
>> still surface occasionally ?
>
>Mine seems to have gone. He posed as me posting in NZ backpackers forums
>looking for "like-minded pedophiles" to hook up with, claimed to be making
>large quantities of 'bathtub crank'... Lots of nasty ****. All because I
>called him on his illegal activities. The harrasment seems to have stopped
>about the time this happened:
><www.justice.gov/usao/pae/News/Pr/2009/aug/leamanrelease.pdf>
>That's the main guy who was stalking me although he had some cronies as well
>as sockpuppets.

Good news ... nice to know it's gone away. Thanks

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <hukmvm$46f$>, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Bruce Sinclair wrote:
>>> In article <hud5v1$clu$>, "~misfit~"
>>> <> wrote: (snip)
>>>>>> 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'? Yeah, that's it.
>>>>>> <g>
>>>>>
>>>>> Heh! you're not 'in' unless you have a stalker!
>>>> Yep. I've had a few of them in my time on usenet.
>>>
>>> .. and some "classy" ones at that. Is that 'all over' now or does
>>> it
>>> still surface occasionally ?
>>
>> Mine seems to have gone. He posed as me posting in NZ backpackers
>> forums looking for "like-minded pedophiles" to hook up with, claimed
>> to be making large quantities of 'bathtub crank'... Lots of nasty
>> ****. All because I called him on his illegal activities. The
>> harrasment seems to have stopped about the time this happened:
>> <www.justice.gov/usao/pae/News/Pr/2009/aug/leamanrelease.pdf>
>> That's the main guy who was stalking me although he had some cronies
>> as well as sockpuppets.
>
> Good news ... nice to know it's gone away. Thanks

Cheers.

As much as I don't like the idea of taking pleasure in the misfortune others
I also believe in Karma and that guy got what he deserved I reckon.
--
Rgds,
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson.