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From: markspace on 16 Sep 2009 18:11 Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: > Apparently he is posting through news.eternal-september.org. Does anyone > know if killing all threads with this domain in the references would have > an adverse effect on my enjoyment of this newsgroup? Is it is a popular > USENET server? Yes, I use it.
From: Arne Vajhøj on 16 Sep 2009 21:51 Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:33:12 +0000, Lars Enderin wrote: > >> Lew wrote: >>> "Dave Searles" wrote: >>>>> Number four certainly is a personal criticism. It's a statement that >>>>> he expects my code to contain serious bugs, which is clearly a direct >>>>> questioning of my competence. The others imply indirect such >>>>> questioning. >>> Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: >>>> I really get sick of these kinds of threads. He didn't say anything >>>> that was an attack on you. The idea that new code is more likely to >>>> have bugs than old code is simply true... even if you are the best >>>> programmer that ever lived. >>>> Get a thicker skin. >>> This thread has truly been Twisted off its path. What does feeding the >>> troll do to further the topic? >>> >> Yes, Dave Searles must be Twisted, a k a Jerry Gerrone, etc, etc. His >> familiar M O is even more apparent in comp.lang.emacs, in an >> interminable thread which seems to be crossposted to comp.lang.lisp. >> This Twisted character is beyond salvation. He deserves no respect. > > Apparently he is posting through news.eternal-september.org. Does anyone > know if killing all threads with this domain in the references would have > an adverse effect on my enjoyment of this newsgroup? Is it is a popular > USENET server? It is what was once Motzarella. It, Aioe and GG allows free anonymous posters. But even though it may tempting to killfile them all, then ISP's shutting down NNTP-servers has forced a lot of usenet users to use these services. So if you kilfile them then you will miss something. Arne
From: Arne Vajhøj on 16 Sep 2009 21:52 Dave Searles wrote: > Lew wrote: >> Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: >>> Get a thicker skin. >> >> What does feeding the troll do to further the topic? > > To what troll do you refer? Peter Duniho? Yourself? You. Arne
From: Arne Vajhøj on 16 Sep 2009 21:53 Lew wrote: > "Dave Searles" wrote: >>> Number four certainly is a personal criticism. It's a statement that he >>> expects my code to contain serious bugs, which is clearly a direct >>> questioning of my competence. The others imply indirect such >>> questioning. > > Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: >> I really get sick of these kinds of threads. He didn't say anything >> that was an attack on you. The idea that new code is more likely to >> have bugs than old code is simply true... even if you are the best >> programmer that ever lived. >> Get a thicker skin. > > This thread has truly been Twisted off its path. What does feeding the > troll do to further the topic? Keep him occupied so he do not spam other threads. Arne
From: Dave Searles on 17 Sep 2009 02:59
Arne Vajhøj wrote: > Dave Searles wrote: >> Lew wrote: >>> Kenneth P. Turvey wrote: >>>> Get a thicker skin. >>> >>> What does feeding the troll do to further the topic? >> >> To what troll do you refer? Peter Duniho? Yourself? > > You. But I am not a troll. |