"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:59:48 -0800, "jps" wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

When I had had my boat for six months, there was still a lot I didn't
know
about
it. I learned a lot about risers and headers when I pulled mine to
check
them
out. Some things just take time. Every year I learn more. As time goes
by,
you
will learn more too.

You won't learn a lot about headers or anything else from Rush Limbaugh,
Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly.


Nor from you, jps. What the heck your reply has to do with John's
comments is beyond me.

You crossposted this to four groups because.... ?

Look closer, Einstein, the original writer crossposted it. If you respond,
your reply goes to the same groups as the original message, unless you edit
out the extraneous ones. Most of us don't do the editing because it's not
worth the trouble. Crossposting provides a benefit if the posting is done to
groups that make sense. Obviously, in this case, it didn't.

Main Entry: ex·tra·ne·ous
Pronunciation: ek-'strA-nE-&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin extraneus -- more at STRANGE
Date: 1638
1 : existing on or coming from the outside
2 a : not forming an essential or vital part extraneous ornamentation b :
having no relevance an extraneous digression
3 : being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of
the equation extraneous roots

What I found hilarious was the groups that it was posted to. marriage,
divorce, survival, boats. The first three have more in common.
Bill

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"WaIIy" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:59:48 -0800, "jps" wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

When I had had my boat for six months, there was still a lot I didn't
know
about
it. I learned a lot about risers and headers when I pulled mine to
check
them
out. Some things just take time. Every year I learn more. As time
goes
by,
you
will learn more too.

You won't learn a lot about headers or anything else from Rush
Limbaugh,
Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly.


Nor from you, jps. What the heck your reply has to do with John's
comments is beyond me.

You crossposted this to four groups because.... ?

Look closer, Einstein, the original writer crossposted it. If you respond,
your reply goes to the same groups as the original message, unless you
edit
out the extraneous ones. Most of us don't do the editing because it's not
worth the trouble. Crossposting provides a benefit if the posting is done
to
groups that make sense. Obviously, in this case, it didn't.

Main Entry: ex·tra·ne·ous
Pronunciation: ek-'strA-nE-&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin extraneus -- more at STRANGE
Date: 1638
1 : existing on or coming from the outside
2 a : not forming an essential or vital part extraneous ornamentation b
:
having no relevance an extraneous digression
3 : being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution
of
the equation extraneous roots

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
What I found hilarious was the groups that it was posted to. marriage,
divorce, survival, boats. The first three have more in common.
Bill

It's interesting: The first three groups seem to be part of a pattern I've
seen with incorrectly crossposted messages in other newsgroups. In other
words, one of four groups is correct, but that set of three is present. I
wonder why?

Cross posting provides benefit only when the context is beneficial to its
readers, or believable.



"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
"WaIIy" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:59:48 -0800, "jps" wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

When I had had my boat for six months, there was still a lot I didn't
know
about
it. I learned a lot about risers and headers when I pulled mine to
check
them
out. Some things just take time. Every year I learn more. As time
goes
by,
you
will learn more too.

You won't learn a lot about headers or anything else from Rush
Limbaugh,
Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly.


Nor from you, jps. What the heck your reply has to do with John's
comments is beyond me.

You crossposted this to four groups because.... ?

Look closer, Einstein, the original writer crossposted it. If you respond,
your reply goes to the same groups as the original message, unless you
edit
out the extraneous ones. Most of us don't do the editing because it's not
worth the trouble. Crossposting provides a benefit if the posting is done
to
groups that make sense. Obviously, in this case, it didn't.

Main Entry: ex·tra·ne·ous
Pronunciation: ek-'strA-nE-&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin extraneus -- more at STRANGE
Date: 1638
1 : existing on or coming from the outside
2 a : not forming an essential or vital part extraneous ornamentation b
:
having no relevance an extraneous digression
3 : being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution
of
the equation extraneous roots

" Tuuk" wrote in message
...
Cross posting provides benefit only when the context is beneficial to its
readers, or believable.

You're right. But, some dolts like to clamp onto a word or term they think
is naughty, or cool, (like "socialist", "ad hominem" or "crossposting"), and
use it to death. Somehow, the entire process of crossposting had gotten a
bad rap. But, if you have a question about networking windows 98 and you
crosspost to win98.general and win98.networking, the responses will be seen
in both newsgroups and you'll have your answers in half the time.

Listening, Wally?