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From: Jim on 6 Jun 2010 14:49 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > That's untrue. His first posts to the group were met with attacks > > > > And I'm sure you'll be along any minute now with actual message ids. > > Hmmm. Insanity appears to be infectious. Fair point. So...WWDC... Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Jun 2010 16:06 On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:59:38 +0100, Bernard Peek <bap(a)shrdlu.com> wrote: >On 06/06/10 18:36, Peter Ceresole wrote: >> Steve Firth<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> That's untrue. His first posts to the group were met with attacks which >>> continue to the present. >> >> And that's simply untrue. > >I was around for that particular episode and made a point of re-reading >all of the posts in the relevant thread. You are quite correct, the >supposed attacks are a complete fabrication. There was a patch where someone or other stated that James was 'nym of our old 2008-2009 idiot troll. Which was clearly false, and I was one of the first to say so. Steve might be thinking of that rather short episode. My opinion? Asking people who continue to reply to Rowland after he goes off the deep end to give up doing so is perfectly acceptable. James gets that a lot, recently rather forcefully, because he's currently the rantiest responder. So - Please just killfile Rowland, James, or learn to stop responding as soon as he goes off. Same goes for Jim, Woody, and Tim, and anyone else really. Life in the group would be a lot saner. Cheers - Jaimie -- "If you're not able to ask questions and deal with the answers without feeling that someone has called your intelligence or competence into question, don't ask questions on Usenet where the answers won't be carefully tailored to avoid tripping your hair-trigger insecurities." - D M Procida, UCSM
From: James Jolley on 6 Jun 2010 16:40 On 2010-06-06 21:06:56 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:59:38 +0100, Bernard Peek <bap(a)shrdlu.com> > wrote: > >> On 06/06/10 18:36, Peter Ceresole wrote: >>> Steve Firth<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> That's untrue. His first posts to the group were met with attacks which >>>> continue to the present. >>> >>> And that's simply untrue. >> >> I was around for that particular episode and made a point of re-reading >> all of the posts in the relevant thread. You are quite correct, the >> supposed attacks are a complete fabrication. > > There was a patch where someone or other stated that James was 'nym of > our old 2008-2009 idiot troll. Which was clearly false, and I was one > of the first to say so. Yes and he still persists in telling us how much I am in his killfile. > > Steve might be thinking of that rather short episode. Possibly, couldn't say. The rest of your post noted though.
From: Steve Firth on 6 Jun 2010 16:32 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: > > > That's untrue. His first posts to the group were met with attacks > > And I'm sure you'll be along any minute now with actual message ids. And I'm sure that ICBA. If you want to live in denial, move to Egypt, or Ethiopia.
From: Steve Firth on 6 Jun 2010 16:32
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > And I keep asking, and neither you nor James seem to have any answer at > all, what is your alternative? Are you simply looking for agreement that > Rowland is rude to people? I'm looking for people to take their own advice and to leave James alone. And I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of those who beat on James for not doing what they want. |