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Mike Easter <> wrote in
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> thanatoid wrote:

<snip>

>> I sometimes think it should
>> simply be dismantled (yes, I know it's impossible... for
>> now, anyway).
>
> Newsgroups evolve.
>
> There are always tons and tons more people 'participating'
> ie lurking in a group than just the people who are posting.
>
> When we are talking, a lot more people are listening than
> it 'looks like'.

I realize that. Invisible lurkers are not a problem. Posters who
should have never been allowed to exist, let alone own a
computer, let alone get on the Usenet... are /the/ problem.

;-]


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chuckcar <> wrote in
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> thanatoid <> wrote in
> news:Xns9DE6676F2AC2Cthanexit@85.214.73.210:
>
>> Mike Easter <> wrote in
>> news::
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Mike, if it were not for you and a few other people, I
>> don't know WHAT this group would be... I sometimes think
>> it should simply be dismantled (yes, I know it's
>> impossible... for now, anyway).
>>
>>
> Dismantle the trolls - or have their own brains to it to
> themselves. Emminently rewarding and surely the most
> elegant solution.

Sustained automatic weapon fire has always seemed to me an
elegant - although rather messy - solution to various problems
humans cause. Good thing (???) that animals do not know how to
use such weapons, or we'd be in BIG trouble.



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thanatoid wrote:
> Mike Easter

>> When we are talking, a lot more people are listening than
>> it 'looks like'.
>
> I realize that. Invisible lurkers are not a problem. Posters who
> should have never been allowed to exist, let alone own a
> computer, let alone get on the Usenet... are /the/ problem.

I ignore them as if they didn't exist. Only if I can't ignore something
mentally do I bother to make them disappear from my newsreader
algorithmically.

So, they shouldn't be a /problem/. They might be a 'condition' of usenet.

My news provider gets rid of virtually all of the spam, so all I have
left to do is ignore those posts which are rude or unpleasant.

Most of the people who make rude posts don't have much useful to say
anyway, so if ignoring them doesn't work for you, then kf them.

Your agent is XNews; I think it can take care of that if you need it to.


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Mike Easter <> wrote in
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<snip>

> Your agent is XNews; I think it can take care of that if
> you need it to.

Yes, my KF has 162 peoploids in it, but if I plonked everyone I
had problems with, that would leave us two and maybe 5 other
people!


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thanatoid <> wrote in
news:Xns9DE6B753257E5thanexit@85.214.73.210:

> chuckcar <> wrote in
> news:Xns9DE6AA277EC71chuck@127.0.0.1:
>
>> thanatoid <> wrote in
>> news:Xns9DE6676F2AC2Cthanexit@85.214.73.210:
>>
>>> Mike Easter <> wrote in
>>> news::
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Mike, if it were not for you and a few other people, I
>>> don't know WHAT this group would be... I sometimes think
>>> it should simply be dismantled (yes, I know it's
>>> impossible... for now, anyway).
>>>
>>>
>> Dismantle the trolls - or have their own brains to it to
>> themselves. Emminently rewarding and surely the most
>> elegant solution.
>
> Sustained automatic weapon fire has always seemed to me an
> elegant - although rather messy - solution to various problems
> humans cause. Good thing (???) that animals do not know how to
> use such weapons, or we'd be in BIG trouble.
>
I wouldn't put it past the great apes, and for all we know the dolphins
could have a nuke stockpile that would put Scrub's wildest dreams to
shame. My bet is on the whales taking over however - nobody pushes
*them* around.


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On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:14:14 +0000, chuckcar wrote:

> Emminently

WTF?????



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On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:06:33 -0700, larya wrote:

> How can I stop the mcafee pop-up reminders... Larry

The quickest way would be to format your hard drive.


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Dan C <> wrote in
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> http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/politica/thanks.jpg

Idiotic.

Oh no, Bush had NOTHING to do with it. And there is only one
political party in the US, anyway. (If that's news to you, get a
clue.)


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Aardvark <> wrote in
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> On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:14:14 +0000, chuckcar wrote:
>
>> Emminently
>
> WTF?????

Give it a rest - you guys are getting REALLY tedious.


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