JANET and cam.ac.uk cutting Usenet News feed from July
in [UK Mac]
|
Prev: Mail and trash
Next: Mac Pro problem
From: Elliott Roper on 20 Apr 2010 12:36 In article <1jh9e0p.1sg64at1kozvuqN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >Surely one loses pedant points for consulting a dictionary? > > > > > > Yep, nil points for me. > > > > Yes, you need to be more indepedant. > > Or even independent. > > Points to me, then. Dunno? I /think/ I finessed you there. Deffo pun not typo. I get bonus points? -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Pd on 20 Apr 2010 13:24 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >Surely one loses pedant points for consulting a dictionary? > > > > > > Yep, nil points for me. > > > > Yes, you need to be more indepedant. > > Or even independent. > > Points to me, then. Haha, whoosh points to Elliott. -- Pd
From: Ben Shimmin on 20 Apr 2010 13:37 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: >> > > >Surely one loses pedant points for consulting a dictionary? >> > > >> > > Yep, nil points for me. >> > >> > Yes, you need to be more indepedant. >> >> Or even independent. >> >> Points to me, then. > > Haha, whoosh points to Elliott. This is the sort of exchange that would've fit perfectly on Twitter! b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Zombies are defined by behavior and can be "explained" by many handy shortcuts: the supernatural, radiation, a virus, space visitors, secret weapons, a Harvard education and so on.' -- Roger Ebert
From: Bella Jones on 19 Apr 2010 14:18 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-18 20:29:19 +0100, Ben Shimmin said: > > > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>: > >> On 2010-04-18 20:08:20 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: > >>> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >>>> Why? 10 years ago that is what everyone was using, and it worked fine! > >>> > >>> Only according to a very, very restrictive definition of 'fine'. > >> > >> I don't remember people posting DVD rips when there was just dial-up. > > > > I (dimly) remember spending *hours* downloading Netscape Communicator 4, > > which was something ridiculous like 15MB. > > Noob :-) I remember when Netscape got /slightly/ too big to fit on a > floppy and wondering if they'd ruined it. IRTA 'Nobscape' and did a double take. Need to get out more. -- bellajonez at yahoo dot co dot uk
From: Chris Ridd on 19 Apr 2010 14:33
On 2010-04-19 19:18:00 +0100, Bella Jones said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-18 20:29:19 +0100, Ben Shimmin said: >> >>> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>: >>>> On 2010-04-18 20:08:20 +0100, Peter Ceresole said: >>>>> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> Why? 10 years ago that is what everyone was using, and it worked fine! >>>>> >>>>> Only according to a very, very restrictive definition of 'fine'. >>>> >>>> I don't remember people posting DVD rips when there was just dial-up. >>> >>> I (dimly) remember spending *hours* downloading Netscape Communicator 4, >>> which was something ridiculous like 15MB. >> >> Noob :-) I remember when Netscape got /slightly/ too big to fit on a >> floppy and wondering if they'd ruined it. > > IRTA 'Nobscape' and did a double take. Need to get out more. Hob Nobs? -- Chris |