From: Leythos on 8 Apr 2010 18:08 In article <hpljte$gio$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, me(a)nowhere.whocareswhatthisemailisanyway says... > Do you take into account that just about every thread on the internet has an > ebb and flow and it's normal for content within threads to vary away from > the subject title? Just a thought. > Yes, this one has been off-topic for many posts, but, do we accept wrongs just because it's not convenient or do we seek to correct wrongs because it's the proper and right thing to do? -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: ~BD~ on 8 Apr 2010 18:11 Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > ~BD~ wrote: > >> Leythos wrote: >>> Why not respect Usenet yourself? >>> >>> Usenet is not a chat group that you can ramble on about any given >>> subject in any given group - the GROUP NAME DEFINES THE DISCUSSION >>> TYPE AND CONTENT. >>> >>> If you want to "Talk" with people about non-Anti-Virus things, then >>> you should respect Usenet and how it was intended to be used and >>> take your discussion to email. >>> >>> It's simple to follow Usenet methods, if you care. >> >> Everyone has a different view! Here's an example: >> >> <snip> >> >> There, SeaNymph said ........ > > "SeaNymph" is definitely not a person whose opinion should be used as a > reference to describe how Usenet works. That's like throwing down a gauntlet! Perhaps you should consider saying that to her face, BTS. *Why* is her opinion unworthy? Tell me that. -- Dave
From: Jenn on 8 Apr 2010 18:12 "Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in message news:MPG.26281dfb4cde55fe98a29c(a)us.news.astraweb.com... > In article <hpljte$gio$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > me(a)nowhere.whocareswhatthisemailisanyway says... >> Do you take into account that just about every thread on the internet has >> an >> ebb and flow and it's normal for content within threads to vary away from >> the subject title? Just a thought. >> > > Yes, this one has been off-topic for many posts, but, do we accept > wrongs just because it's not convenient or do we seek to correct wrongs > because it's the proper and right thing to do? oh come on ... :D ...... it's a newsgroup .. not a moral dilema <wink> ;-) -- Jenn (from Oklahoma) http://pqlr.org/bbs/
From: Andy Walker on 8 Apr 2010 18:13 Jenn wrote: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off_Topic Wikipedia is not considered a reliable enough content source for Usenet. ;-)
From: Jenn on 8 Apr 2010 18:15
"Andy Walker" <awalker(a)nspank.invalid> wrote in message news:4bbe549e.688634718(a)news.webtv.com... > Jenn wrote: > >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off_Topic > > Wikipedia is not considered a reliable enough content source for > Usenet. ;-) well ... it was good enough for Lythos... so I used the same source ... makes no nevermind to me... -- Jenn (from Oklahoma) http://pqlr.org/bbs/ |