Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tad
distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet
participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now. Live long and prosper.
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tad
distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet
participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now.
Live long and prosper.
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tad distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am still toying with the idea of picking up EternalSeptember or some such- time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are still here now. Live long and prosper.
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the following
appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompson <[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tadFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as
distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet
participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now. Live long and prosper.
Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are
plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of
decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major
Geeks or similar?
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the followingWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompson
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tadFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as
distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet
participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such- >>> time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now. Live long and prosper.
Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are
plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of
decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major
Geeks or similar?
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:14:12 +0000, *Hemidactylus* <[email protected]d> wrote:
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the followingWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompson
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tadFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as
distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet
participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such- >>> time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally >>> had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are >>> still here now. Live long and prosper.
Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are
plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of
decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major
Geeks or similar?
There's no "if" about it:
*****************************
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:09:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
I used GG for 25+ years and never had a problem. I'll fade out when it does. ******************************
On 16/02/2024 06:44, jillery wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:55:11 +0100, [email protected] (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:
jillery <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:14:12 +0000, *Hemidactylus*
<[email protected]d> wrote:
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the followingWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompson
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tad >>>>>>> distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor UsenetFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as
participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am >>>>>>> still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally >>>>>>> had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are >>>>>>> still here now. Live long and prosper.
Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are
plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of
decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major
Geeks or similar?
There's no "if" about it:
*****************************
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:09:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
I used GG for 25+ years and never had a problem. I'll fade out when it does.******************************
In the olden days DIG used to block Gurgle altogether,
only the fnordic people excepted.
It was an experiment that didn't last,
Jan
Apparently broger never had a problem when GG spectacularly corrupted
topics when they went over 1000 posts, and ironically repeatedly broke
and fixed their search engine.
Threads exceeding 1000 articles probably
have ceased saying anything worthwhile.
The problem was that they fractured into
dozens of branches in Google Groups,
so ignoring that was more like hard work.
On 2/17/24 3:36 AM, jillery wrote:t does.
On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:52:52 -0800, erik simpson
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/16/24 7:56 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 16/02/2024 06:44, jillery wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:55:11 +0100, [email protected] (J. J. >>>>> Lodder) wrote:
jillery <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:14:12 +0000, *Hemidactylus*
<[email protected]d> wrote:
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the followingWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompson
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tad >>>>>>>>>> distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet >>>>>>>>>> participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time >>>>>>>>>> ago. I am still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal >>>>>>>>>> September or some such- time will tell. However should I not >>>>>>>>>> reappear, rest assured I generally had a great time here on >>>>>>>>>> t.o. and it was because of many of you who are still here now. >>>>>>>>>> Live long and prosper.FWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as >>>>>>>>> Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are >>>>>>>>> plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of
decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major >>>>>>>>> Geeks or similar?
There's no "if" about it:
*****************************
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:09:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]" >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
I used GG for 25+ years and never had a problem. I'll fade out when i
DrDr's eventual banishment took way too long.Many of those were due to the magnetic allure of DrDr.******************************
In the olden days DIG used to block Gurgle altogether,
only the fnordic people excepted.
It was an experiment that didn't last,
Jan
Apparently broger never had a problem when GG spectacularly corrupted >>>>> topics when they went over 1000 posts, and ironically repeatedly broke >>>>> and fixed their search engine.
Threads exceeding 1000 articles probably
have ceased saying anything worthwhile.
The problem was that they fractured into
dozens of branches in Google Groups,
so ignoring that was more like hard work.
DrDr eventual banishment doesn't inform GG's dismal performance.
Neither does the perceived worthiness of threads exceeding 1000 posts. Other news servers had no problem handling these threads. GG had no
good excuse.
--
To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge
I've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I
assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses.
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:24:42 -0800, erik simpson
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/17/24 3:36 AM, jillery wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:52:52 -0800, erik simpsonI've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/16/24 7:56 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:DrDr's eventual banishment took way too long.
On 16/02/2024 06:44, jillery wrote:Many of those were due to the magnetic allure of DrDr.
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:55:11 +0100, [email protected] (J. J. >>>>>>> Lodder) wrote:
jillery <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:14:12 +0000, *Hemidactylus*
<[email protected]d> wrote:
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the followingWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompson
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tad >>>>>>>>>>>> distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet >>>>>>>>>>>> participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I amFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as >>>>>>>>>>> Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are >>>>>>>>>>> plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of >>>>>>>>>>> decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major >>>>>>>>>>> Geeks or similar?
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now. Live long and prosper.
There's no "if" about it:
*****************************
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:09:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]" >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
I used GG for 25+ years and never had a problem. I'll fade out when it does.******************************
In the olden days DIG used to block Gurgle altogether,
only the fnordic people excepted.
It was an experiment that didn't last,
Jan
Apparently broger never had a problem when GG spectacularly corrupted >>>>>>> topics when they went over 1000 posts, and ironically repeatedly broke >>>>>>> and fixed their search engine.
Threads exceeding 1000 articles probably
have ceased saying anything worthwhile.
The problem was that they fractured into
dozens of branches in Google Groups,
so ignoring that was more like hard work.
DrDr eventual banishment doesn't inform GG's dismal performance.
Neither does the perceived worthiness of threads exceeding 1000 posts.
Other news servers had no problem handling these threads. GG had no
good excuse.
--
To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge
assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses.
DIG?
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:07:44 -0500, the following appearedCreator (Peace Be Upon Him)
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <[email protected]>:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:24:42 -0800, erik simpsonDavid Ian Greig, the t.o moderator (actually, the Keeper of
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/17/24 3:36 AM, jillery wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:52:52 -0800, erik simpsonI've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/16/24 7:56 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:DrDr's eventual banishment took way too long.
On 16/02/2024 06:44, jillery wrote:Many of those were due to the magnetic allure of DrDr.
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:55:11 +0100, [email protected] (J. J. >>>>>>>> Lodder) wrote:
jillery <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:14:12 +0000, *Hemidactylus*
<[email protected]d> wrote:
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the following >>>>>>>>>>>> appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompsonWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tad >>>>>>>>>>>>> distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet >>>>>>>>>>>>> participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I amFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as >>>>>>>>>>>> Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are >>>>>>>>>>>> plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of >>>>>>>>>>>> decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major >>>>>>>>>>>> Geeks or similar?
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now. Live long and prosper.
There's no "if" about it:
*****************************
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:09:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]" >>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
I used GG for 25+ years and never had a problem. I'll fade out when it does.******************************
In the olden days DIG used to block Gurgle altogether,
only the fnordic people excepted.
It was an experiment that didn't last,
Jan
Apparently broger never had a problem when GG spectacularly corrupted >>>>>>>> topics when they went over 1000 posts, and ironically repeatedly broke >>>>>>>> and fixed their search engine.
Threads exceeding 1000 articles probably
have ceased saying anything worthwhile.
The problem was that they fractured into
dozens of branches in Google Groups,
so ignoring that was more like hard work.
DrDr eventual banishment doesn't inform GG's dismal performance.
Neither does the perceived worthiness of threads exceeding 1000 posts. >>>> Other news servers had no problem handling these threads. GG had no
good excuse.
--
To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge
assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses.
DIG?
the Moderator).
On 2024-02-18 3:13 PM, Bob Casanova wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:07:44 -0500, the following appearedCreator (Peace Be Upon Him)
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <[email protected]>:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:24:42 -0800, erik simpsonDavid Ian Greig, the t.o moderator (actually, the Keeper of
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/17/24 3:36 AM, jillery wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:52:52 -0800, erik simpsonI've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/16/24 7:56 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:DrDr's eventual banishment took way too long.
On 16/02/2024 06:44, jillery wrote:Many of those were due to the magnetic allure of DrDr.
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:55:11 +0100, [email protected] (J. J. >>>>>>>>> Lodder) wrote:
jillery <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:14:12 +0000, *Hemidactylus*
<[email protected]d> wrote:
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the following >>>>>>>>>>>>> appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompsonWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tadFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as >>>>>>>>>>>>> Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are >>>>>>>>>>>>> plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of >>>>>>>>>>>>> decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major >>>>>>>>>>>>> Geeks or similar?
distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet >>>>>>>>>>>>>> participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now. Live long and prosper.
There's no "if" about it:
*****************************
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:09:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]" >>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
I used GG for 25+ years and never had a problem. I'll fade out when it does.******************************
In the olden days DIG used to block Gurgle altogether,
only the fnordic people excepted.
It was an experiment that didn't last,
Jan
Apparently broger never had a problem when GG spectacularly corrupted >>>>>>>>> topics when they went over 1000 posts, and ironically repeatedly broke
and fixed their search engine.
Threads exceeding 1000 articles probably
have ceased saying anything worthwhile.
The problem was that they fractured into
dozens of branches in Google Groups,
so ignoring that was more like hard work.
DrDr eventual banishment doesn't inform GG's dismal performance.
Neither does the perceived worthiness of threads exceeding 1000 posts. >>>>> Other news servers had no problem handling these threads. GG had no >>>>> good excuse.
--
To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge
assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses.
DIG?
the Moderator).
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:13:56 -0700, Bob Casanova <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:07:44 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <[email protected]>:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:24:42 -0800, erik simpson >>><[email protected]> wrote:David Ian Greig, the t.o moderator (actually, the Keeper of
On 2/17/24 3:36 AM, jillery wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:52:52 -0800, erik simpsonI've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I >>>>assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses.
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 2/16/24 7:56 AM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:DrDr's eventual banishment took way too long.
On 16/02/2024 06:44, jillery wrote:Many of those were due to the magnetic allure of DrDr.
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 13:55:11 +0100, [email protected] (J. J. >>>>>>>>> Lodder) wrote:
jillery <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:14:12 +0000, *Hemidactylus*
<[email protected]d> wrote:
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:30:46 -0800 (PST), the following >>>>>>>>>>>>> appeared in talk.origins, posted by chris thompsonWeening off GG may be too much an ask for some.
<[email protected]>:
Having morphed into a lurker for at least a year now, I was a tadFWIW, ES works fairly well most of the time. Not as well as >>>>>>>>>>>>> Supernews (my prior service), but it's free. And there are >>>>>>>>>>>>> plenty of free newsreaders; I used Free Agent a couple of >>>>>>>>>>>>> decades ago; dunno if it's still available. Maybe via Major >>>>>>>>>>>>> Geeks or similar?
distressed at Google ending their admittedly piss-poor Usenet >>>>>>>>>>>>>> participation. My ISP dropped Usenet access quite some time ago. I am
still toying with the idea of picking up Eternal September or some such-
time will tell. However should I not reappear, rest assured I generally
had a great time here on t.o. and it was because of many of you who are
still here now. Live long and prosper.
There's no "if" about it:
*****************************
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:09:30 -0800 (PST), "[email protected]" >>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
I used GG for 25+ years and never had a problem. I'll fade out when it does.******************************
In the olden days DIG used to block Gurgle altogether,
only the fnordic people excepted.
It was an experiment that didn't last,
Jan
Apparently broger never had a problem when GG spectacularly corrupted >>>>>>>>> topics when they went over 1000 posts, and ironically repeatedly broke
and fixed their search engine.
Threads exceeding 1000 articles probably
have ceased saying anything worthwhile.
The problem was that they fractured into
dozens of branches in Google Groups,
so ignoring that was more like hard work.
DrDr eventual banishment doesn't inform GG's dismal performance.
Neither does the perceived worthiness of threads exceeding 1000 posts. >>>>> Other news servers had no problem handling these threads. GG had no >>>>> good excuse.
--
To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge
DIG?
the Moderator).
I presume even you understand my question isn't who is DIG, but how
Erik's reference to DIG informs the discussion.
On 23/02/2024 08:58, jillery wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:20:06 +0000, Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 22/02/2024 14:01, jillery wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:13:24 +0000, Robert Carnegie
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 19/02/2024 04:23, jillery wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:13:56 -0700, Bob Casanova <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:07:44 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <[email protected]>:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:24:42 -0800, erik simpsonDavid Ian Greig, the t.o moderator (actually, the Keeper of
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I >>>>>>>> assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses.
DIG?
the Moderator).
I presume even you understand my question isn't who is DIG, but how >>>>> Erik's reference to DIG informs the discussion.
DIG rarely uses the power to exclude people
from talk.origins. People are here because
DIG allows them to be.
Is that supposed to answer my question?
Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
Really? My understanding is which newsreader DIG uses isn't relevant
to "the need to ban a few people". Apparently your mileage varies.
This is going to sound more and more theological
but it isn't very clear that DIG reads in this
group at all. That's the "if he's doing so now"
part. And it's plausible that he has been using
Google Groups as a convenient reading and
statistics service. We don't know.
On 28/02/2024 12:58, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 23/02/2024 08:58, jillery wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:20:06 +0000, Robert Carnegie
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 22/02/2024 14:01, jillery wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:13:24 +0000, Robert Carnegie
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 19/02/2024 04:23, jillery wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:13:56 -0700, Bob Casanova <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:07:44 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <[email protected]>:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:24:42 -0800, erik simpsonDavid Ian Greig, the t.o moderator (actually, the Keeper of
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I >>>>>>>>>> assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses. >>>>>>>>>
DIG?
the Moderator).
I presume even you understand my question isn't who is DIG, but how >>>>>>> Erik's reference to DIG informs the discussion.
DIG rarely uses the power to exclude people
from talk.origins. People are here because
DIG allows them to be.
Is that supposed to answer my question?
Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
Really? My understanding is which newsreader DIG uses isn't relevant
to "the need to ban a few people". Apparently your mileage varies.
This is going to sound more and more theological
but it isn't very clear that DIG reads in this
group at all. That's the "if he's doing so now"
part. And it's plausible that he has been using
Google Groups as a convenient reading and
statistics service. We don't know.
Huh? DIG has direct access to the spool.
Why would he even think of reading back things that have gone out?
With newsgroup interface software, you can
read selectively. You can search for
particular text in messages. It may be not
!easy to do that on the server side -
though it isn't necessarily hard to feed
the messages to your own news server.
I am committing theological speculation,
as I say. I believe that DIG does not
personally see most of what is posted in
t.o. DIG rarely posts himself. When he
does, that is likely to reveal what he is
posting with, and possibly reading with.
There may be two different answers to two
questions. I haven't investigated, and
I do not see another regular coming forward
to say that DIG is known to favour,
Say, NZBGet.
I think we are not meant to know.
On 28/02/2024 12:58, J. J. Lodder wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 23/02/2024 08:58, jillery wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:20:06 +0000, Robert Carnegie
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 22/02/2024 14:01, jillery wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:13:24 +0000, Robert Carnegie
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 19/02/2024 04:23, jillery wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:13:56 -0700, Bob Casanova <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 02:07:44 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <[email protected]>:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:24:42 -0800, erik simpsonDavid Ian Greig, the t.o moderator (actually, the Keeper of
<[email protected]> wrote:
I've no idea what DIG uses to read TO, or if he's doing so now. I >>>>>>>>>>> assume he will still be the nominal "boss" if he so chooses. >>>>>>>>>>
DIG?
the Moderator).
I presume even you understand my question isn't who is DIG, but how >>>>>>>> Erik's reference to DIG informs the discussion.
DIG rarely uses the power to exclude people
from talk.origins. People are here because
DIG allows them to be.
Is that supposed to answer my question?
Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
Really? My understanding is which newsreader DIG uses isn't relevant
to "the need to ban a few people". Apparently your mileage varies.
This is going to sound more and more theological
but it isn't very clear that DIG reads in this
group at all. That's the "if he's doing so now"
part. And it's plausible that he has been using
Google Groups as a convenient reading and
statistics service. We don't know.
Huh? DIG has direct access to the spool.
Why would he even think of reading back things that have gone out?
With newsgroup interface software, you can
read selectively. You can search for
particular text in messages. It may be not
!easy to do that on the server side -
though it isn't necessarily hard to feed
the messages to your own news server.
I am committing theological speculation,
as I say. I believe that DIG does not
personally see most of what is posted in
t.o. DIG rarely posts himself. When he
does, that is likely to reveal what he is
posting with, and possibly reading with.
There may be two different answers to two
questions. I haven't investigated, and
I do not see another regular coming forward
to say that DIG is known to favour,
Say, NZBGet.
I think we are not meant to know.
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 28/02/2024 12:58, J. J. Lodder wrote:
[]Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
I think we are not meant to know.
DIG has used both Google and AIOE for testing purposes.
Usually his test postings are injected directly at Ediacara,
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:52:52 +0100
[email protected] (J. J. Lodder) wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 28/02/2024 12:58, J. J. Lodder wrote:
[dunno too deep]
[]Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
I think we are not meant to know.
DIG has used both Google and AIOE for testing purposes.
Usually his test postings are injected directly at Ediacara,
I managed to sneak in without any particular problem.
Maybe there's not a lot of posts getting rejected?
Kerr-Mudd, John <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:52:52 +0100
[email protected] (J. J. Lodder) wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 28/02/2024 12:58, J. J. Lodder wrote:
[dunno too deep]
[]Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
I think we are not meant to know.
DIG has used both Google and AIOE for testing purposes.
Usually his test postings are injected directly at Ediacara,
I managed to sneak in without any particular problem.
Maybe there's not a lot of posts getting rejected?
Nothing gets ever rejected to begin with.
The group is bot-moderated against posters, not against posts.
You, and all your posts with you, get rejected only
when you manage to hit DIG's irogenenic zones hard enough
to generate sufficient ire to get him to program the bot
to kill you.
Few people have ever succeeded in doing that.
BTW, nym-shifting to avoid kill-files is forbidden.
IIRC someone, that is, all of him,
did succeed in getting banned for this reason.
Nando succeeded in getting banned once,
by flaunting a direct order, but even he is back again,
under two nyms even,
J. J. Lodder <[email protected]> wrote:
Kerr-Mudd, John <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:52:52 +0100
[email protected] (J. J. Lodder) wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 28/02/2024 12:58, J. J. Lodder wrote:
[dunno too deep]
[]Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
I think we are not meant to know.
DIG has used both Google and AIOE for testing purposes.
Usually his test postings are injected directly at Ediacara,
I managed to sneak in without any particular problem.
Maybe there's not a lot of posts getting rejected?
Nothing gets ever rejected to begin with.
The group is bot-moderated against posters, not against posts.
You, and all your posts with you, get rejected only
when you manage to hit DIG's irogenenic zones hard enough
to generate sufficient ire to get him to program the bot
to kill you.
Few people have ever succeeded in doing that.
BTW, nym-shifting to avoid kill-files is forbidden.
IIRC someone, that is, all of him,
did succeed in getting banned for this reason.
Nando succeeded in getting banned once,
by flaunting a direct order, but even he is back again,
under two nyms even,
Yeah I think it takes a lot to raise DIG's hackles. Didn't jonathan the complexity guy try and maybe succeed at suicide by moderator? Jabriol, Prawnster, and DrDr stand out as rare occurrences if my memory is correct.
J. J. Lodder <[email protected]> wrote:
Kerr-Mudd, John <[email protected]> wrote:Yeah I think it takes a lot to raise DIG�s hackles. Didn�t jonathan the >complexity guy try and maybe succeed at suicide by moderator? Jabriol, >Prawnster, and DrDr stand out as rare occurrences if my memory is correct.
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:52:52 +0100
[email protected] (J. J. Lodder) wrote:
Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:
On 28/02/2024 12:58, J. J. Lodder wrote:
[dunno too deep]
[]Yes. The preceding remarks included the need
to ban a few people. Over and over again,
when necessary. And of such is the kingdom
of DIG.
I think we are not meant to know.
DIG has used both Google and AIOE for testing purposes.
Usually his test postings are injected directly at Ediacara,
I managed to sneak in without any particular problem.
Maybe there's not a lot of posts getting rejected?
Nothing gets ever rejected to begin with.
The group is bot-moderated against posters, not against posts.
You, and all your posts with you, get rejected only
when you manage to hit DIG's irogenenic zones hard enough
to generate sufficient ire to get him to program the bot
to kill you.
Few people have ever succeeded in doing that.
BTW, nym-shifting to avoid kill-files is forbidden.
IIRC someone, that is, all of him,
did succeed in getting banned for this reason.
Nando succeeded in getting banned once,
by flaunting a direct order, but even he is back again,
under two nyms even,
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