From: Scotto on
On 2008-03-16 09:14:28 -0500, Howard Brazee said:

> In article <xaadnchBkuvK-EHanZ2dnUVZ_rvinZ2d(a)giganews.com>,
> Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopiesofposts> wrote:
>
>>> Why didn't my request to change default editors take?
>>
>> because you don't have permissions to write to the FOLDER that file is
>> in.
>
> That's interesting - it implies that there is a file within that folder
> telling OS-X what applications are the defaults to open files within
> that folder. Is this a Unix thing or an OS X thing? I assumed that
> these settings were much more global than this.
>
> Is there a way to set up the default so it works globally or so that it
> works in this folder?

testing

From: Tom Harrington on
In article <2010021515165927544-srornat(a)yahoocom>,
Scotto <srornat(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> testing

Failing

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From: Richard Maine on
Scott A. Ornat <srornat(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 2/15/10 3:26 PM, Tom Harrington wrote:
> > In article<2010021515165927544-srornat(a)yahoocom>,
> > Scotto<srornat(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> testing
> >
> > Failing
> >
> Cute.

Not particularly. It is the "standard" response to people who make the
mistake that you made. In this case, however, it doesn't seem to have
been sufficient to get the message across, as illustrated by the
multiple other test messages also posted. :-(

The message is that there are test newsgroups specifically for the
purpose of testing newsreaders. Most notable is alt.test. It is
generally considered inappropriate to use regular newsgroups for such
tests. Doing so will usually get you responses along the general line of
"test failed."

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From: Scotto on
On 2/15/10 4:30 PM, Richard Maine wrote:
> Scott A. Ornat<srornat(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2/15/10 3:26 PM, Tom Harrington wrote:
>>> In article<2010021515165927544-srornat(a)yahoocom>,
>>> Scotto<srornat(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> testing
>>>
>>> Failing
>>>
>> Cute.
>
> Not particularly. It is the "standard" response to people who make the
> mistake that you made. In this case, however, it doesn't seem to have
> been sufficient to get the message across, as illustrated by the
> multiple other test messages also posted. :-(
>
> The message is that there are test newsgroups specifically for the
> purpose of testing newsreaders. Most notable is alt.test. It is
> generally considered inappropriate to use regular newsgroups for such
> tests. Doing so will usually get you responses along the general line of
> "test failed."
>

Well then my bad. I thought a really old thread would be OK. It's been
awhile since I was on Usenet (back when I had Windows) and I forgot
about alt.test.
From: Davoud on
Richard Maine wrote:
> The message is that there are test newsgroups specifically for the
> purpose of testing newsreaders. Most notable is alt.test. It is
> generally considered inappropriate to use regular newsgroups for such
> tests. Doing so will usually get you responses along the general line of
> "test failed."

What does a "Test failed" response do for the respondent? Give him (it
generally won't be a her) a sense of power and personal triumph like
"Boy, I guess I told him, huh!?" Maybe something like the great sense
of accomplishment some must feel after setting a troll straight?

Being a net cop will always be as useful as pissing into the wind.

Davoud

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