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From: Woody on 1 Feb 2010 16:41 On 01/02/2010 19:44, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > Avalon<avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell wrote: >>> Avalon<avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: >>> >>>> David Tyler wrote: >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I >>>>> have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the >>>>> predictable one: >>>> >>>> Is it illegal to post from the US to uk.comp.sys.mac? >>> >>> How could it be illegal? >>> >>>> My understanding is you could post from anywhere in the world! >>>> >>> [snip] >>> >>> You need to read the charter, you do. >>> >>> <http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.comp.sys.mac.html> >>> >>> - in other words, your understanding is entirely correct. >>> >>> Rowland. >>> >> <rolls eyes>.... it was a *Joke*! > > I see - perhaps you should learn about the application of the smiley? > > The thing is that it's impossible on Usenet to pick up on the normal > cues of facial expression and tone of voice (etc) that would tell > someone in real life that you were joking, so it's necessary to use some > other means of flagging dead-pan humour. Well, not really, it was pretty bloody obvious from here. But what would I know, I don't understand people. Oh yes.. almost forgot the smiley ;-) -- Woody
From: Glavin Wobbly on 1 Feb 2010 22:40 On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:44:25 +0000, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > Avalon <avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell wrote: >>> Avalon<avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: >>> >>>> David Tyler wrote: >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I >>>>> have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the >>>>> predictable one: >>>> >>>> Is it illegal to post from the US to uk.comp.sys.mac? >>> >>> How could it be illegal? >>> >>>> My understanding is you could post from anywhere in the world! >>>> >>> [snip] >>> >>> You need to read the charter, you do. >>> >>> <http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.comp.sys.mac.html> >>> >>> - in other words, your understanding is entirely correct. >>> >>> Rowland. >>> >> <rolls eyes>.... it was a *Joke*! > > I see - perhaps you should learn about the application of the smiley? Check the charter for this group. Since you created this group, something for which we're all deeply indebted to you, why didn't you include something on the proper use of smilies? :) > > The thing is that it's impossible on Usenet to pick up on the normal > cues of facial expression and tone of voice (etc) that would tell > someone in real life that you were joking, so it's necessary to use some > other means of flagging dead-pan humour. /humour on/ What a wonderful idea. What about using this format to alert the humour-challenged curmudgeons who don't understand or like people? /humour off/ > > The reason for that can be illustrated using this thread as an example: > > While *you* knew you were joking, I thought you might merely have been > stupid and ignorant. If you'd added the smiley, I wouldn't have made > that mistake. You're being deliberately pig-headed and obstructionist again. You have misinterpreted everything. Do you have any proof? > > I still can't see any actual *joke* in progress, but I can accept that > you had humorous intent and so are not guilty of idiocy and ignorance > (in this case, anyway - we're all idiots from time to time). > > Rowland. In your case, you are an idiot most of the time. :) -- "But I think that dismissing someone with `Whatever' is the most antisocial and enraging way of dismissing someone that's ever been developed, and should be considered an acceptable reason by the courts for punching somone in the face." Rowland McDonnell on justice - Sept 10, 2007
From: Woody on 2 Feb 2010 02:56 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > > Avalon<avalon(a)legend.org> wrote: > [snip] > > >> <rolls eyes>.... it was a *Joke*! > > > > > > I see - perhaps you should learn about the application of the smiley? > > > > > > The thing is that it's impossible on Usenet to pick up on the normal > > > cues of facial expression and tone of voice (etc) that would tell > > > someone in real life that you were joking, so it's necessary to use some > > > other means of flagging dead-pan humour. > > > > Well, not really, it was pretty bloody obvious from here. > > Which means you had information that I did not have - such as, inside > knowledge of what it is makes the post in question a joke. inside knowledge? I have never (to the best of my knowledge) heard from either of these posters before. > Because there's no way it's a joke unless you're one of the in-crowd - > as you are. Don't ask me in what way, but it's just plain not funny > unless you happen to know the special background information that makes > it so. there is no background info, it is how it reads! > There was in fact absolutely no indication at all in the post in > question that the poster was not being serious, not the slightest - no > sign of there being a joke, for example. Not even now. Where's the > joke? I see none. I know you don't. As I said before, your reading of things doesn't show understanding. > > But what would > > I know, I don't understand people. > > *I* am the semi-autistic one around here, I'll have you know. I know, you don't need to remind anyone. That wasn't serious. As almost anyone else would know. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: David Tyler on 2 Feb 2010 08:27 On 2010-02-01 15:16:08 +0000, Avalon said: > On 01/02/2010 1:22pm, David Tyler wrote: >> Hello all, >> I've been away from this group for most of the last 10 years, whilst I >> have been living in the USA. Now I'm back, and my first posting is the >> predictable one: > > Is it illegal to post from the US to uk.comp.sys.mac? No, but ISPs in the US don't typically carry the lower-volume groups in uk.*, and I had a job and a social life so gaining access to a parochial Usenet group was never a priority for me. -- David Tyler dave(a)demonic.org.uk
From: David Tyler on 2 Feb 2010 09:13
On 2010-02-01 17:29:55 +0000, Rowland McDonnell said: > >> If your G4/400 is really >> graphite and AGP graphics, it would be the same model as mine; if it's >> the very first G4/400 with PCI graphics then it has a different PSU > > Graphite? - but it's made out of plastic and steel. The colour is blue > on the front panel and grey on the sides, although were my wife here > (instead of getting wet in Wales on a field trip) she might say that > it's not much of a /blue/ blue on the front panel. "Graphite" was Apple's name for these cases; dark grey (to my eyes slightly greenish, but certainly not a bright blue like the previous Power Mac models) and lighter grey on the sides and handles. > > Apple's model number for the G4/400 in question: M5183. > > AGP x2 graphics card. > > PSU: AC BELL API 9841-291 Rev B > > Date: b0021 (no, really - that's what it says) > > 10A/5A i/p (120V/240V); 126W o/p > > It was the very first G4 tower, I think. I think I might have noted the > part number for the PSU wrongly (I could have sworn there was a third > number group), but I bashed my shoulder and got covered in cobwebs > getting this far /and/ my feet got frozen. This is the same model mine is (although mine now has a 1GHz chip and a faster graphics card); it's not quite the first G4 model: there was one with a slower motherboard and PCI graphics that is colloquially referred to as the "Yikes!" model, but was only briefly available. > > Anyway, if the Mac I've got is the right model, you can have it. Thanks for the offer, it's much appreciated. But after some soul-searching, I have decided that this is a good moment to declare my Mac dead. It's been my main computer for 10 years, but I just bought a MacBook Pro, and the future as a 24/7 torrent server that I had in mind for the G4 is not practical for my current living situation. If I fixed it up it would just go in the parents' loft, and I'm supposed to be clearing that out not adding to it at the moment. So I'm going to strip the G4 for resellable parts, I think. There's an Airport card and some PC-100 RAM that somebody might want, and possible the processor and graphics card. Binning the carcass will be painful. I have no pre-PPC Mac bits, but I do have a SCSI scanner and CD writer to get rid of - drop me an email if you're interested. Thanks again! -- David Tyler dave(a)demonic.org.uk |