Diligence pays off...
 

Downloaded the group this morning, and had 42 posts...all boating related.

Looks like I've finally got those filters and kill file working well...

Sweet... :)

--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/

Diligence pays off...
 

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 07:47:32 -0400, "Netsock"
wrote:

Downloaded the group this morning, and had 42 posts...all boating related.

Looks like I've finally got those filters and kill file working well...

Sweet... :)

Assuming you've properly killfiled yourself and all of your alias, how
do you know if your posts actually make it to the server?

bb

Diligence pays off...
 

In article , "Gene Kearns" wrote:

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 07:47:32 -0400, "Netsock"
wrote:

Downloaded the group this morning, and had 42 posts...all boating related.

Looks like I've finally got those filters and kill file working well...

Sweet... :)

Interesting post, Chris.

One of your many sock puppets, "netsock" has posted to rec.boats 47
times. Of those 47 time the word "boat" was only mentioned 12 times.
Thus, you are on topic less than 26% of the time. Should I note.. pot,
kettle, black?

Oh it's the NetCop again. Officer Gene O'Kearns. Top O' the Mornin'
to ya officer.


PS
Perhaps I should note that I have kill-filed about 6 posters and the
term "OT." That has virtually eliminated the off topic content that I
see ( or have to bother to delete). Six people. They change their
alias from time to time to insure, in their own mind, that they *will*
be heard. They never post with their own name.... ashamed, I guess.
Six people. Think about it.

I post with my own name lame brain. Guess that I am not one of the "6"
then eh? If I am then it shoots your credibility all to hell then.

Keep on kill-filtering Gene. It will help you with your anxiety problems....

Diligence pays off...
 

Gene Kearns wrote:

The only mean spirited posts were by people like Skipper.

Yea right. You just revealed your bias.

-- Charlie

Diligence pays off...
 

Gene Kearns wrote:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:46:01 -0400, Charles
wrote:



Gene Kearns wrote:

The only mean spirited posts were by people like Skipper.

Yea right. You just revealed your bias.

-- Charlie

?? Explain what you mean??


Because you singled out Skipper. There were, and are, far worse.

-- Charlie

Diligence pays off...
 

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:43:23 -0400, "Gene Kearns" wrote:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:46:01 -0400, Charles
wrote:



Gene Kearns wrote:

The only mean spirited posts were by people like Skipper.

Yea right. You just revealed your bias.

-- Charlie


?? Explain what you mean??

Gene, I'm by no means an 'old timer', but for every mean spirited post by
Skipper there was either a predecessor or a successor from Harry K.

Perhaps leaving the mention of HK out of your comment is what was meant by
"revealing your bias."

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Diligence pays off...
 

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 13:27:26 -0400, "Gene Kearns" wrote:

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:01:55 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:43:23 -0400, "Gene Kearns" wrote:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:46:01 -0400, Charles
wrote:



Gene Kearns wrote:

The only mean spirited posts were by people like Skipper.

Yea right. You just revealed your bias.

-- Charlie


?? Explain what you mean??

Gene, I'm by no means an 'old timer', but for every mean spirited post by
Skipper there was either a predecessor or a successor from Harry K.

Perhaps leaving the mention of HK out of your comment is what was meant by
"revealing your bias."

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

I remember the posts of which *I* was a part. I will *NOT* engage in
a good guys vs. bad guys discussion.... as that is what I think
started this current childish problem on rec.boats.

Skipper was a wannabe boater that gave dangerous and misleading bad
advice to newbies. I called his hand on it and he posted for weeks
trying to get other people to try to killfile me. He called me
names... childish. He tried to start threads belittling other peoples
boats... certainly in a time when we *did* talk about boats and the
general tone was "enjoy whatever it is you got that floats". He
posted reams of OT crap, because he didn't boat... he was a precursor
to the people that post reams of OT drivel here. This new breed comes
here with a "criminal" mind admittedly seeking to vandalize this
newsgroup. Skipper had no such intent, he was a caricature that
posted OT just because he was a boating wannabe and wanted to post in
a boating related newsgroup, though had nothing boating related to
talk about. I was thinking caricature, some people thought of it as
good guys vs. bad guys.

Perhaps I didn't include HK in my post because, although we were
diametrically opposed in the last election and posted strong opposing
view points.... he was civil about it... at least to me. Unlike
Skipper posted, I didn't have to listen to 18 months of accusations of
bestiality, because he didn't agree with me. I've told Harry he posts
too much off topic... he does. He has also returned fire with acerbic
posts that I thought were best left unanswered. However, I'm posting
from *my* experiences and from what people have said or done to me.

When this was just Harry and Skipper at each other's throats it was
manageable. Mix in the new spate of:

Democrat | Republican
Haves | Havenots
Teachers Suck | Teachers Work Hard
Bigboats | Littleboats
Liberals | Conservatives
Hate Unions | Unions
rec.boats isn't about boats | rec.boats is really about boats

and you have nothing but chaos and anarchy. Too many people come here
now to post ideology.... not boats. They expressly state they come
here to spew ideology (not boating) and the more *their* ideology is
at odds with *your* ideology the better they like it. More reason to
call names, belittle, and generally **** people off... that is, after
all, their goal.

In this case, the wages of diligence by those off topic posters is to
reduce the number of posts per day from around 235 to 135 and reduce
the number of on topic posts from about 210 to 45. Is it really that
hard to NOT RESPOND to posts that you KNOW will do no good? What is
the point to responding to a "your ideology sucks" post. What good can
possibly come of it?

But, to some, that is how diligence pays off......

Hey, I'm not saying whether you're right or wrong. I was just providing a
rationale, based on my observations, for the comment that was made. It seemed to
me that Skipper and Harry were pretty much in a dead heat with the mean,
name-calling, spiteful posts. Now that Skipper is gone, God bless the man, Harry
has pretty much taken over the throne. Of course, their are a couple of strong
contenders out there (from both sides of the fence)!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Diligence pays off...
 

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:51:04 -0400, John H wrote:

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 13:27:26 -0400, "Gene Kearns" wrote:

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 12:01:55 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:43:23 -0400, "Gene Kearns" wrote:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:46:01 -0400, Charles
wrote:



Gene Kearns wrote:

The only mean spirited posts were by people like Skipper.

Yea right. You just revealed your bias.

-- Charlie


?? Explain what you mean??

Gene, I'm by no means an 'old timer', but for every mean spirited post by
Skipper there was either a predecessor or a successor from Harry K.

Perhaps leaving the mention of HK out of your comment is what was meant by
"revealing your bias."

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

I remember the posts of which *I* was a part. I will *NOT* engage in
a good guys vs. bad guys discussion.... as that is what I think
started this current childish problem on rec.boats.

Skipper was a wannabe boater that gave dangerous and misleading bad
advice to newbies. I called his hand on it and he posted for weeks
trying to get other people to try to killfile me. He called me
names... childish. He tried to start threads belittling other peoples
boats... certainly in a time when we *did* talk about boats and the
general tone was "enjoy whatever it is you got that floats". He
posted reams of OT crap, because he didn't boat... he was a precursor
to the people that post reams of OT drivel here. This new breed comes
here with a "criminal" mind admittedly seeking to vandalize this
newsgroup. Skipper had no such intent, he was a caricature that
posted OT just because he was a boating wannabe and wanted to post in
a boating related newsgroup, though had nothing boating related to
talk about. I was thinking caricature, some people thought of it as
good guys vs. bad guys.

Perhaps I didn't include HK in my post because, although we were
diametrically opposed in the last election and posted strong opposing
view points.... he was civil about it... at least to me. Unlike
Skipper posted, I didn't have to listen to 18 months of accusations of
bestiality, because he didn't agree with me. I've told Harry he posts
too much off topic... he does. He has also returned fire with acerbic
posts that I thought were best left unanswered. However, I'm posting
from *my* experiences and from what people have said or done to me.

When this was just Harry and Skipper at each other's throats it was
manageable. Mix in the new spate of:

Democrat | Republican
Haves | Havenots
Teachers Suck | Teachers Work Hard
Bigboats | Littleboats
Liberals | Conservatives
Hate Unions | Unions
rec.boats isn't about boats | rec.boats is really about boats

and you have nothing but chaos and anarchy. Too many people come here
now to post ideology.... not boats. They expressly state they come
here to spew ideology (not boating) and the more *their* ideology is
at odds with *your* ideology the better they like it. More reason to
call names, belittle, and generally **** people off... that is, after
all, their goal.

In this case, the wages of diligence by those off topic posters is to
reduce the number of posts per day from around 235 to 135 and reduce
the number of on topic posts from about 210 to 45. Is it really that
hard to NOT RESPOND to posts that you KNOW will do no good? What is
the point to responding to a "your ideology sucks" post. What good can
possibly come of it?

But, to some, that is how diligence pays off......

Hey, I'm not saying whether you're right or wrong. I was just providing a
rationale, based on my observations, for the comment that was made. It seemed to
me that Skipper and Harry were pretty much in a dead heat with the mean,
name-calling, spiteful posts. Now that Skipper is gone, God bless the man, Harry
has pretty much taken over the throne. Of course, their are a couple of strong
contenders out there (from both sides of the fence)!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Whoops! "..., there".

I sure don't want "you know who" jumping in to correct my error and point out my
total stupidity!

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!