ac wrote:
> Gandalf wrote:
<snip>
>> One honest question looking for an honest answer;
>>
>> Do you really believe he archives your posts?
>>
>> --
>> -Gandalf
>>
>> Never meddle in the affairs of a dragon for you are crunchy and taste
>> good with ketchup!
>
> Gandalf
> Honest answer ... obsession and flames aside
> you know as well as anyone he's quoted from posts from as far back as 2004 on
> more than one occasion
> the last (as usual) ridiculously out of context excerpt being from a non flame
> reply to sam i'm.
>
> this was presented and used as a straight quote to illustrate one of his
> twisted threads
> ****not**** as an impression of what had been said.
>
> So either he's a liar - and makes them up .... or the fruitcake keeps the
> posts .... which do you choose?
> I go for the christmas cake.
>
> obsession or not ... I only ever work with what I'm given ....
>
> even
>>> ac himself posted in "yenc"
> is out of context ... yEnc was always intended for large multimedia posting
> (which I've never criticised) -
> not for JPGs (which I have criticised).... and that's how I used it.
> Doc on the other hand argues that yEnc is the best for any format of file ....
>
> but never uses it for either format himself.
>
> so Gandalf
> that's my straight answer yes I think he archives
>
> and I am concerned about this group .... I prefer here to any of the other
> groups
> but ......
>
> now it's my turn .... what do you think about spam?
> ....is it legitimate in this group or not?
>
> ac
Thanks. That was an honest answer.
Incorrect, but honest as you see it.
I'm going to break one of my rules and lay out a few facts here, and
that's the last of my time I'm going to waste on it.
[Fact One]
Doc does not archive your, nor anyone else's, posts.
To think so is simple arrogance.
No one in this [or any] group is as important to him as they are to
themselves.
When he needs to quote a previous post, or refresh his memory of an
event or person, he does as most computer literates do and Google's the
Usenet archive. [Since Google acquired DejaNews.]
Being in the IT field, you do know that, barring a few exclusions, every
Usenet text post since the beginning has been permanently archived, right?
[Fact Two]
The author of yEnc never imposed 'large multimedia posting' as a
restriction, but simply made a tool for *binary* posts.
Doc's involvement in the yEnc debates was essentially the same as mine.
It's faster and more efficient, and [most importantly] it's the poster's
choice.
Use it or not, as you see fit.
Where we [tinw] took exception was when leechers *demanded* posters not
use it, for whatever silly reason/argument.
The bottom line was, yEnc was here to stay whether any of us liked it or
not. Therefore, the only logical [and intelligent] thing to do was to
learn how to cope with it.
Most lurkers adopted the free [and vastly superior] newsreaders that
supported it internally. Others, while exercising their freedom of
choice to remain with Outlook, were jumping on the yProxy bandwagon.
Then there was a handful of ignorant, loudmouthed lusers, stuck in their
8-track days, that demanded all of Usenet stay put to serve them.
Well, it's 2007 now and they've all finally fucked off and died as near
as I can tell.
[Fact Three]
Spam is not legitimate in this or any other newsgroup.
[Opinion]
Doc posts on-topic, and always has.
Yes, in the days of yore he, like me, posted shitloads of ph pics from
various sources. Time constraints/family/lives prohibit that today.
Yes, today he posts primarily for advertising his website.
Again, always on-topic.
This group has always been about discussion as well.
Name one [real] spammer that's ever been in a discussion here.
There are plenty of spammers in here posting the same, old tired shit,
day after day.
I don't see you climbing up PHPlease's ass, or NDNOutlaw, or whatever
that asshole's name is.
Shit, even the much admired Hudson is off-topic half the time.
I believe it's simply a personal vendetta stemming from the original
problem you had when I said it was bad 'netiquette to flood without
indexes, and Doc joined in. [No, I don't archive messages either.]
[Fact Four]
You will believe what you want to believe and will always see yourself
as right and somehow wronged by me and Doc.
The difference is, *we* can live with that.
--
-Gandalf
Never meddle in the affairs of a dragon for you are crunchy and taste
good with ketchup!
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