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From: Dan C on 14 Feb 2010 16:49 On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:07:22 +0000, 'rm' trolled: <SNIP all useless drivel> Looks like the 'rm' troll has some new posting names. Ignore it and laugh at him behind his back. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he shot another Spotted Owl. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Thanks, Obama: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/obama_thanks.jpg
From: Chick Tower on 15 Feb 2010 12:35 On 2010-02-14, JHWorthy <JHW(a)JHWorthy.com> wrote: > Which software would be the easiest to use for searching usenet as a > whole, for example, to determine every newsgroup to which a certain > poster had ever posted? Yer buddy Sidney has a script to do just this, so ask him to share it with you. -- Chick Tower For e-mail: aols2 DOT sent DOT towerboy AT xoxy DOT net
From: Grant on 15 Feb 2010 15:35 On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:35:24 +0000 (UTC), Chick Tower <c.tower(a)deadspam.com> wrote: >On 2010-02-14, JHWorthy <JHW(a)JHWorthy.com> wrote: >> Which software would be the easiest to use for searching usenet as a >> whole, for example, to determine every newsgroup to which a certain >> poster had ever posted? > >Yer buddy Sidney has a script to do just this, so ask him to share it >with you. Yes, download all of Usenet to your local drive, then use grep, from the command line, of course ;^) Grant. -- http://bugs.id.au/
From: Michael Black on 15 Feb 2010 18:29 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Grant wrote: > On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:35:24 +0000 (UTC), Chick Tower <c.tower(a)deadspam.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-02-14, JHWorthy <JHW(a)JHWorthy.com> wrote: >>> Which software would be the easiest to use for searching usenet as a >>> whole, for example, to determine every newsgroup to which a certain >>> poster had ever posted? >> >> Yer buddy Sidney has a script to do just this, so ask him to share it >> with you. > > Yes, download all of Usenet to your local drive, then use grep, from the > command line, of course ;^) > But it's a magic script that not only does the searching, but pulls all the messages posted ot Usenetto Usenet in 30 years into the computer without a feed. Michael
From: Dan C on 15 Feb 2010 20:38
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:29:48 -0500, Michael Black wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Grant wrote: > >> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:35:24 +0000 (UTC), Chick Tower >> <c.tower(a)deadspam.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2010-02-14, JHWorthy <JHW(a)JHWorthy.com> wrote: >>>> Which software would be the easiest to use for searching usenet as a >>>> whole, for example, to determine every newsgroup to which a certain >>>> poster had ever posted? >>> >>> Yer buddy Sidney has a script to do just this, so ask him to share it >>> with you. >> >> Yes, download all of Usenet to your local drive, then use grep, from >> the command line, of course ;^) >> > But it's a magic script that not only does the searching, but pulls all > the messages posted ot Usenetto Usenet in 30 years into the computer > without a feed. ....And, it dumps all the message bodies of those people you don't like, *unread* of course, into the bit-bucket, automagically. It's got to be seen to be believed! -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as the condom ripped. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Thanks, Obama: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/obama_thanks.jpg |