From: Martha Adams on
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:59:03 -0000, <//joecosby.com/code/mail.pl(a)foo.com>
wrote:

> On 8 Jan 2010 20:35:21 GMT, Bud <Bud(a)bud.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2010-01-08, Zapanaz wrote:
>>>
>>> No, he's actually just trolling.
>>>
>>> Whenever you reply to a message in a thread, if you see it is
>>> crossposted to 5 newsgroups, that usually means the person who posted
>>> it is trying to flood one of the groups with meaningless posts for
>>> whatever weird reason of his own. In this case, alt.slack, which Rob
>>> Cypher has been trying to "have a war against" for several weeks.
>>>
>>> Rob Cypher is apparently a cough-syrup addict who is trying to become
>>> an internet celebrity or something. Really, no kidding. There is a
>>> video clip of him floating around somewhere but I didn't save a link.
>>> A TV show actually did an episode on him just because he is so
>>> incredibly pathetic.
>>
>> Why don't you just post to the news group you are reading?
>> Don't know how to use a news reader?
>
> Because I don't have any way of knowing which newsgroup the lady I was
> replying to is reading, and posting a reply to her which she would not
> have seen would have been pointless.

==========================================================

My Opera header reminds me I'm posting into alt.os.linux.slackware, and
at age 78 I've figured out who I am and for most purposes I'm fine for
me. Maybe the poster at the top of this thread is a known troller; if
that is so then why not read between the lines for what he says of
himself? If you don't want to get into that just don't post. My own
personal experience includes years of hospital and shelter volunteer
work so most of what upsets people is boring to me. Which brings me
around to *my* core topic. Namely, a lot has happened since I was a
user of MIT ITS and the protocols to work there were simple; immense
elaboration has developed since and I don't see much improvement in it.
So the reference to Borland Pascal and since I'm impressed these days
with so many people not writing source, I thought I'd jump in and say
a thing or two. So here I am in alt.os.linux.slackware, lurking and
speaking up from time to time.

Titeotwawki -- mha [2010 Jan 08]
From: Rev.Dr. LoBotomy on
On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:54:27 +0000, Martha Adams wrote:

> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:59:03 -0000,
> <//joecosby.com/code/mail.pl(a)foo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 8 Jan 2010 20:35:21 GMT, Bud <Bud(a)bud.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2010-01-08, Zapanaz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> No, he's actually just trolling.
>>>>
>>>> Whenever you reply to a message in a thread, if you see it is
>>>> crossposted to 5 newsgroups, that usually means the person who posted
>>>> it is trying to flood one of the groups with meaningless posts for
>>>> whatever weird reason of his own. In this case, alt.slack, which Rob
>>>> Cypher has been trying to "have a war against" for several weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Rob Cypher is apparently a cough-syrup addict who is trying to become
>>>> an internet celebrity or something. Really, no kidding. There is a
>>>> video clip of him floating around somewhere but I didn't save a link.
>>>> A TV show actually did an episode on him just because he is so
>>>> incredibly pathetic.
>>>
>>> Why don't you just post to the news group you are reading? Don't know
>>> how to use a news reader?
>>
>> Because I don't have any way of knowing which newsgroup the lady I was
>> replying to is reading, and posting a reply to her which she would not
>> have seen would have been pointless.
>
> ==========================================================
>
> My Opera header reminds me I'm posting into alt.os.linux.slackware, and
> at age 78 I've figured out who I am and for most purposes I'm fine for
> me. Maybe the poster at the top of this thread is a known troller; if
> that is so then why not read between the lines for what he says of
> himself? If you don't want to get into that just don't post. My own
> personal experience includes years of hospital and shelter volunteer
> work so most of what upsets people is boring to me. Which brings me
> around to *my* core topic. Namely, a lot has happened since I was a
> user of MIT ITS and the protocols to work there were simple; immense
> elaboration has developed since and I don't see much improvement in it.
> So the reference to Borland Pascal and since I'm impressed these days
> with so many people not writing source, I thought I'd jump in and say a
> thing or two. So here I am in alt.os.linux.slackware, lurking and
> speaking up from time to time.
>
> Titeotwawki -- mha [2010 Jan 08]

You've been a victim of a troll. The original post was to alt.slack. Rob
Cypher, who doesn't like alt.slack replied to the post and crossposted it
to 4 other newsgroups, including alt.os.linux.slackware. He's a real putz
and does these things just to stir up trouble.
From: Martha Adams on
On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:56:37 -0000, Rev.Dr. LoBotomy
<ewl(a)nosepamdrlobotomy.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:54:27 +0000, Martha Adams wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:59:03 -0000,
>> <//joecosby.com/code/mail.pl(a)foo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8 Jan 2010 20:35:21 GMT, Bud <Bud(a)bud.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2010-01-08, Zapanaz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No, he's actually just trolling.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whenever you reply to a message in a thread, if you see it is
>>>>> crossposted to 5 newsgroups, that usually means the person who posted
>>>>> it is trying to flood one of the groups with meaningless posts for
>>>>> whatever weird reason of his own. In this case, alt.slack, which Rob
>>>>> Cypher has been trying to "have a war against" for several weeks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob Cypher is apparently a cough-syrup addict who is trying to become
>>>>> an internet celebrity or something. Really, no kidding. There is a
>>>>> video clip of him floating around somewhere but I didn't save a link.
>>>>> A TV show actually did an episode on him just because he is so
>>>>> incredibly pathetic.
>>>>
>>>> Why don't you just post to the news group you are reading? Don't know
>>>> how to use a news reader?
>>>
>>> Because I don't have any way of knowing which newsgroup the lady I was
>>> replying to is reading, and posting a reply to her which she would not
>>> have seen would have been pointless.
>>
>> ==========================================================
>>
>> My Opera header reminds me I'm posting into alt.os.linux.slackware, and
>> at age 78 I've figured out who I am and for most purposes I'm fine for
>> me. Maybe the poster at the top of this thread is a known troller; if
>> that is so then why not read between the lines for what he says of
>> himself? If you don't want to get into that just don't post. My own
>> personal experience includes years of hospital and shelter volunteer
>> work so most of what upsets people is boring to me. Which brings me
>> around to *my* core topic. Namely, a lot has happened since I was a
>> user of MIT ITS and the protocols to work there were simple; immense
>> elaboration has developed since and I don't see much improvement in it.
>> So the reference to Borland Pascal and since I'm impressed these days
>> with so many people not writing source, I thought I'd jump in and say a
>> thing or two. So here I am in alt.os.linux.slackware, lurking and
>> speaking up from time to time.
>>
>> Titeotwawki -- mha [2010 Jan 08]
>
> You've been a victim of a troll. The original post was to alt.slack. Rob
> Cypher, who doesn't like alt.slack replied to the post and crossposted it
> to 4 other newsgroups, including alt.os.linux.slackware. He's a real putz
> and does these things just to stir up trouble.

===========================================================

When I see advice from a Rev.Dr. LoBotomy apparently using address
ewl(a)nosepamdrlobotomy.net, I think I can figure out a thing or two
real quick. This topic needs no more time.

Titeotwawki -- mha [2010 Jan 09]


From: John Cook on
On 10/01/10 12:27 PM, Martha Adams wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:56:37 -0000, Rev.Dr. LoBotomy
> <ewl(a)nosepamdrlobotomy.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:54:27 +0000, Martha Adams wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:59:03 -0000,
>>> <//joecosby.com/code/mail.pl(a)foo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8 Jan 2010 20:35:21 GMT, Bud <Bud(a)bud.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2010-01-08, Zapanaz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, he's actually just trolling.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Whenever you reply to a message in a thread, if you see it is
>>>>>> crossposted to 5 newsgroups, that usually means the person who posted
>>>>>> it is trying to flood one of the groups with meaningless posts for
>>>>>> whatever weird reason of his own. In this case, alt.slack, which Rob
>>>>>> Cypher has been trying to "have a war against" for several weeks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rob Cypher is apparently a cough-syrup addict who is trying to become
>>>>>> an internet celebrity or something. Really, no kidding. There is a
>>>>>> video clip of him floating around somewhere but I didn't save a link.
>>>>>> A TV show actually did an episode on him just because he is so
>>>>>> incredibly pathetic.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why don't you just post to the news group you are reading? Don't know
>>>>> how to use a news reader?
>>>>
>>>> Because I don't have any way of knowing which newsgroup the lady I was
>>>> replying to is reading, and posting a reply to her which she would not
>>>> have seen would have been pointless.
>>>
>>> ==========================================================
>>>
>>> My Opera header reminds me I'm posting into alt.os.linux.slackware, and
>>> at age 78 I've figured out who I am and for most purposes I'm fine for
>>> me. Maybe the poster at the top of this thread is a known troller; if
>>> that is so then why not read between the lines for what he says of
>>> himself? If you don't want to get into that just don't post. My own
>>> personal experience includes years of hospital and shelter volunteer
>>> work so most of what upsets people is boring to me. Which brings me
>>> around to *my* core topic. Namely, a lot has happened since I was a
>>> user of MIT ITS and the protocols to work there were simple; immense
>>> elaboration has developed since and I don't see much improvement in it.
>>> So the reference to Borland Pascal and since I'm impressed these days
>>> with so many people not writing source, I thought I'd jump in and say a
>>> thing or two. So here I am in alt.os.linux.slackware, lurking and
>>> speaking up from time to time.
>>>
>>> Titeotwawki -- mha [2010 Jan 08]
>>
>> You've been a victim of a troll. The original post was to alt.slack. Rob
>> Cypher, who doesn't like alt.slack replied to the post and crossposted it
>> to 4 other newsgroups, including alt.os.linux.slackware. He's a real putz
>> and does these things just to stir up trouble.
>
> ===========================================================
>
> When I see advice from a Rev.Dr. LoBotomy apparently using address
> ewl(a)nosepamdrlobotomy.net, I think I can figure out a thing or two
> real quick. This topic needs no more time.
>
> Titeotwawki -- mha [2010 Jan 09]
>
>
Figuring things out Too quickly is usually a mistake.

--
John Cook


Reality is not Democratic

From: Peter Chant on
Martha Adams wrote:

>
> But down in this topic, I think I see a changing market, and
> it's not changing for the better. Seems to me, almost everyone
> who uses a computer, one way or another, is becoming a script
> kiddie, someone who uses software but has no knowhow about its

Nope. Very few computer users write scripts, let alone anything that needs
compiling. Very few people even use macros.

Pete

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