OT posts?
 

what are OT posts?

OT posts?
 

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:49:47 +0000, Himm wrote:

what are OT posts?

Off Topic

OT posts?
 

It stands for "off topic", theoretically unrelated to boating. I don't know
if it's newsgroup tradition or not, but it's done primarily for people who
might become fatally annoyed when clicking on the following subject line,
only to find that it's unrelated to boating:

"Bush Banned from Wal Mart After Swallowing Anti-Theft Bar Code Tag"

Washington Sunday 10/19/03
Wal Mart has requested that President Bush refrain from a planned fund
raising visit to several of their rural Virginia stores, after he swallowed
the anti-theft tag from a newly purchased copy of the video game "Warlords
IV - Heroes of Etheria". White House sources say Bush mistook the
rectangular plastic bar code for a stick of free gum. Lee Scott, Wal-Mart's
Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman said he's concerned about Bush
repeatedly setting off security alarms, which might be overly challenging to
store employees. "Our security staff completes a rigorous 30 minute training
course, but even so, we're concerned about them tackling Mr. Bush and
getting into an unfortunate scuffle with secret service personnel", said
Scott. "The White House's physician assures me that the president's problem
should pass within 48 hours, after which time he's welcome in any of our
stores".

Checkpoint Systems is Wal Mart's supplier for RFID merchandise tags. A
spokesperson said they've provided the White House with a full list of their
clientele so the president can avoid those merchants for the time being.

OT posts?
 

Actually it's done as a courtesy for people who set their newsreader to
automaticly filter out OT posts.

-W

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

if it's newsgroup tradition or not, but it's done primarily for people who
might become fatally annoyed when clicking on the following subject line,
only to find that it's unrelated to boating:

OT posts?
 

Clams Canino wrote:

Actually it's done as a courtesy for people who set their newsreader to
automaticly filter out OT posts.

-W

Speaking of newsreaders, so to speak, I've been playing around with the
full version of Agent again, and I still can't figure out why it is so
"popular."
It is a real kludge, and while it presents the user with a wide variety
of features that may be customized, there are lots of things it cannot
do without forcing the user to jump through many hoops.

As an example, setting it up to read posts emanating from a number of
servers - it can be done, but it takes considerable effort. And the
program doesn't make much effective use of the mouse right-clicks.
And...it is slow.

I far prefer Mozilla, even with its warts and occasional crashes.





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I just use Outlook Express, it came free with my Windoze... LOL

-W

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:CL6dneHdNo4JBw-iRVn- Speaking of newsreaders, so to speak, I've been
playing around with the
full version of Agent again, and I still can't figure out why it is so
"popular."

OT posts?
 

Clams Canino wrote:

I just use Outlook Express, it came free with my Windoze... LOL

-W

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:CL6dneHdNo4JBw-iRVn- Speaking of newsreaders, so to speak, I've been
playing around with the
full version of Agent again, and I still can't figure out why it is so
"popular."



I've tried that one, too. Too Microsofty for me, even though the price
is right. Also, it wants to seek out and hook up with the Outlook email
servers of my various clients, then it gets all confused, because I have
a number of profiles to hook up with a number of servers. And I am not a
fan of MS Internet Explorer, either, though I do use it from time to time.



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I use IE and OE primarily because they are "here" and over time, you get to
know how to work around the quirks, or just get used to them. One thing I do
like about them, is the automatic self-patching feature. Seems when
Microsoft is made aware of a new leak in the code, a patch comes out that's
usually painless.

-W

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:sYWdnciYzcSPAg-iRVn-

I've tried that one, too. Too Microsofty for me, even though the price
is right. Also, it wants to seek out and hook up with the Outlook email
servers of my various clients, then it gets all confused, because I have
a number of profiles to hook up with a number of servers. And I am not a
fan of MS Internet Explorer, either, though I do use it from time to time.

OT posts?
 

Doug Kanter wrote:
It stands for "off topic", theoretically unrelated to boating. I don't know
if it's newsgroup tradition or not, but it's done primarily for people who
might become fatally annoyed when clicking on the following subject line,
only to find that it's unrelated to boating:

"Bush Banned from Wal Mart After Swallowing Anti-Theft Bar Code Tag"

Washington Sunday 10/19/03
Wal Mart has requested that President Bush refrain from a planned fund
raising visit to several of their rural Virginia stores, after he swallowed
the anti-theft tag from a newly purchased copy of the video game "Warlords
IV - Heroes of Etheria". White House sources say Bush mistook the
rectangular plastic bar code for a stick of free gum. Lee Scott, Wal-Mart's
Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman said he's concerned about Bush
repeatedly setting off security alarms, which might be overly challenging to
store employees. "Our security staff completes a rigorous 30 minute training
course, but even so, we're concerned about them tackling Mr. Bush and
getting into an unfortunate scuffle with secret service personnel", said
Scott. "The White House's physician assures me that the president's problem
should pass within 48 hours, after which time he's welcome in any of our
stores".

Checkpoint Systems is Wal Mart's supplier for RFID merchandise tags. A
spokesperson said they've provided the White House with a full list of their
clientele so the president can avoid those merchants for the time being.




Uh-oh. Calif Bill won't like this one, either!


Bush-Cheney: Four More Wars

OT posts?
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


I far prefer Mozilla, even with its warts and occasional crashes.


I use the NS/Moz browser, but I still stick with outlook express for news
because as far as I can tell, Moz won't let you keep "watched" message
threads at the top of the list. It'll mark them in read, but you still have
to browse the header list for them, which can be a real pain in the ass.

OT posts?
 

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:49:47 GMT, Himm wrote:

what are OT posts?

Old Testament. You see, as our government moves closer to a theocracy, people's
opinions are categorized according ecclesiastical criteria.

HTH
Joe Parsons

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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


I far prefer Mozilla, even with its warts and occasional crashes.


I use the NS/Moz browser, but I still stick with outlook express for news
because as far as I can tell, Moz won't let you keep "watched" message
threads at the top of the list. It'll mark them in read, but you still have
to browse the header list for them, which can be a real pain in the ass.



Well, there's a difference. I don't encounter many threads worth
watching. At least not here. My wife informs me we're going to "The
Mall" soon, so maybe I will encounter some watchable threads there.

I was going to go out fishing today, but everyone I checked with who
went out yesterday found nothing but dink stripers, and they're hardly
worth the effort.


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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 10:07:16 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Clams Canino wrote:

Actually it's done as a courtesy for people who set their newsreader to
automaticly filter out OT posts.

-W

Speaking of newsreaders, so to speak, I've been playing around with the
full version of Agent again, and I still can't figure out why it is so
"popular."
It is a real kludge, and while it presents the user with a wide variety
of features that may be customized, there are lots of things it cannot
do without forcing the user to jump through many hoops.

I've been using Agent since its pre-release--over ten years. The one
disadvantage I find is the difficulty of using more than one server. And
yes--it is a pain. For those few cases where I need to use multiple servers, I
use multiple agent.ini files. It is a kludge that is supposed to be corrected
with 2.0, due out Any Day Now.

If your Agent is slow, there is *definitely* something wrong--IME, it is as fast
as or faster than anything else out there, even on a slow machine.

Joe Parsons

As an example, setting it up to read posts emanating from a number of
servers - it can be done, but it takes considerable effort. And the
program doesn't make much effective use of the mouse right-clicks.
And...it is slow.

I far prefer Mozilla, even with its warts and occasional crashes.





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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


I far prefer Mozilla, even with its warts and occasional crashes.


I use the NS/Moz browser, but I still stick with outlook express for
news
because as far as I can tell, Moz won't let you keep "watched" message
threads at the top of the list. It'll mark them in read, but you still
have
to browse the header list for them, which can be a real pain in the ass.



Well, there's a difference. I don't encounter many threads worth
watching.

Harry, you must be kidding. You hang onto some of these discussions like a
dog with a bone. :-)

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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:49:47 GMT, Himm wrote:

what are OT posts?

=============================

OT in this group means "On Topic". This may seem a bit convoluted but
rec.boats long ago stopped being a boating news group. Therefore any
posting which does NOT deal with boats is, by definition, "On Topic".

This is basically done as a convenience for folks who have no interest
in boating related posts and want to skip over them.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:49:47 GMT, Himm wrote:

what are OT posts?

=============================

OT in this group means "On Topic". This may seem a bit convoluted but
rec.boats long ago stopped being a boating news group. Therefore any
posting which does NOT deal with boats is, by definition, "On Topic".

This is basically done as a convenience for folks who have no interest
in boating related posts and want to skip over them.


1) If you go into the bar at the marina, do you see a sign which prohibits
the discussion of non-boating topics?

2) When boating topics are posted here, have you noticed that the same
people who are at each other's throats sometimes usually manage to answer
boating questions completely, accurately and politely?

Jeez...suck it up. You want a static-free environment? Stock up on boating
books.

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Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 10:07:16 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:


Speaking of newsreaders, so to speak, I've been playing around with the
full version of Agent again, and I still can't figure out why it is so
"popular."
It is a real kludge, and while it presents the user with a wide variety
of features that may be customized, there are lots of things it cannot
do without forcing the user to jump through many hoops.

As an example, setting it up to read posts emanating from a number of
servers - it can be done, but it takes considerable effort. And the
program doesn't make much effective use of the mouse right-clicks.
And...it is slow.


Hang in there Harry..... version 2.0 is in beta.... there is hope...


Yeah, I know. I've messed around with Agent over the years, and each
time I do, I'm left wondering why it is so popular. To me, it looks loke
a program sloppily ported over to Windows from...well, I don't know. It
certainly doesn't follow many of the Windows guidelines for program
operation.

But I'll give Agent 2.0 a fair test. It allegedly is all new code.


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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:45:42 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Yeah, I know. I've messed around with Agent over the years, and each
time I do, I'm left wondering why it is so popular.

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Agent's original claim to fame was that it was very adept at dealing
with multi-part binaries. Compared to the other alternatives
available at the time, it was a thing of beauty.

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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:49:47 GMT, Himm wrote:

what are OT posts?

Obtuse tomes?

*snicker*

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