John H. wrote:
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:03:38 -0400, "JimH" wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:10:42 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 12:09:16 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Apr 6, 8:16 am, wrote:
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 05:13:48 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

More like BOB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hyjEGkm-A
Wrong BOB. MS came out with a... wait for it... dumbed down version of
Windows
they called BOB. Looked like it was designed by Mr. Rogers in
collaboration with
Fisher-Price. It was a major flop, but subsequent versions of Windows
have
interfaces that look more and more like BOB, with vivid, cartoonish,
brightly
colored rounded icons, etc.
I thought I was in your bozo bin?
I guess you missed it when I explained that I rarely kill off anybody
permanently. I first set a 7-10 day filter that marks their posts "READ"
so my
reader skips right over them. If one of those is in a thread I'm
following, I
sometimes read it to see if its anything other than more of the stuff I
killed
them about. After 10 days, the filter expires and they are back to normal.
If
they still haven't changed their tune, I once again set a "READ" filter,
but
usually for 30 days. If they are still acting like a jackass after that, I
permanently filter them, either completely, or to mark as "READ".

Periodically I delete ALL my filters, as most of the posters involved are
no
longer posting, or the overly long thread I filtered is so old that it's
no
longer a problem.

I usually refer to my filter as "The Penalty Box", not the Bozo Bin,
although
many Bozo's get put there.

Salty, what is the purpose of announcing to the world that you've put
someone in your killfile? Some folks use it as a threat, as though it will
really hurt.

I can understand killfiling, but I can't understand the announcement
necessity.
Tell that to Tom, Richard and others here next time they do it.

Neither Tom nor Richard have the fascination with their kill files that you
two do.

But, asking them is no problem. They're nice guys, but I'm not a lap dog.


Maybe another vacation, but without the rug rats, and you'll come back
without the same old snarkchip on your shoulder, eh?