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Yo Gene!
I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'.
I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. |
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Yo Gene!
John H wrote:
I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. There he goes again...whining about other posters and pretending "his" posts don't stink. (No, Herring, I don't have you blocked yet on Gene's server.) |
#3
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Yo Gene!
hk wrote:
John H wrote: I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. There he goes again...whining about other posters and pretending "his" posts don't stink. (No, Herring, I don't have you blocked yet on Gene's server.) Harry, Whenever you decide to respond to a post, you have either upgraded your computer and haven't installed your "filter", are using another computer, are using another server, the moon is out, the sun is out. The day of the week ends in the letter Y etc. No one believes any of your crap. |
#4
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Yo Gene!
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:21 -0400, John H penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. I've thought about this and there is just so much time I'm willing to invest in this. This wasn't an exercise in *MAKING* everybody "honest" as it was as a gentle nudge in the right direction. So... I need your help. We used to be pretty good at this, but it seems to have fallen out of favor. What is it? It is prefacing an Off Topic Post with OT. Let's say OT- .......an OH and a TEE and a hyphen. I will soon begin blocking PEOPLE... yes... YOU.. people... if you persist in posting either OT or attacks without the OT- in the subject line. Thus.... your choice. Admit up front that you are posting off topic or get your persona banned entirely. Why not just block everyone who posts OT? That would give me what I want...a newsgroup devoted to boating subjects... :) Of course, there would be about 3 posts a day getting through the server. :) I wonder what you really mean in your penultimate sentence...it sems to me you are saying it is quite OK to attack someone so long as you preface it with an OT- Is that a correct interpretation? Reggie, of course, will whine that his attack posts aren't attack posts...they're just something else. :) |
#5
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OT- Yo Gene!
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:37:04 -0400, hk penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: Gene Kearns wrote: On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:21 -0400, John H penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. I've thought about this and there is just so much time I'm willing to invest in this. This wasn't an exercise in *MAKING* everybody "honest" as it was as a gentle nudge in the right direction. So... I need your help. We used to be pretty good at this, but it seems to have fallen out of favor. What is it? It is prefacing an Off Topic Post with OT. Let's say OT- .......an OH and a TEE and a hyphen. I will soon begin blocking PEOPLE... yes... YOU.. people... if you persist in posting either OT or attacks without the OT- in the subject line. Thus.... your choice. Admit up front that you are posting off topic or get your persona banned entirely. Why not just block everyone who posts OT? That would give me what I want...a newsgroup devoted to boating subjects... :) You have no idea how close I am to that... Of course, there would be about 3 posts a day getting through the server. :) For me? NOT a problem.... I wonder what you really mean in your penultimate sentence...it sems to me you are saying it is quite OK to attack someone so long as you preface it with an OT- Is that a correct interpretation? Sure... I'm not the USENET police. I only control a teenie little slice of it and that sits on the corner of my desk. Feel free to slander and pee on each other's legs.... just don't expect me to support it. (Or read it.) You folks have effectively proved that the only ones that can stop this negative crap are you... yourselves.... using a bit of self control. I'm not your daddy or your guardian angel... I'm just a guy hoping that rec.boats will straighten itself out. If not, I'll close the server and move on to the moderated web groups. Not my first choice, but you guys have made the decision for me..... Reggie, of course, will whine that his attack posts aren't attack posts...they're just something else. :) Harry, that last comment is a perfect example of what has been wrong with rec.boats. You can probably credit yourself (among others) with a very high score, if rec.boats dies. You win, everybody else loses.... congrats.... I just call 'em as I see 'em, Gene. My opinion is that this newsgroup as a boating discussion forum is dead, and it is not going to arise, Phoenix-like, from its ashes. Hey, I started a new thread over at Chuck's joint today, and it didn't take long for several of "the usual group" to start attacking me personally and my knowledge, and to insist forcefully their ideas for the issue under discussion were better. These folks don't want reasonable discussion, they want to play "gotcha" and that is Reggie's game here and elsewhere. Moderated discussion groups with a proper moderator are fine with me, by the way. You'd be a great moderator of a boating discussion board. |
#6
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Yo Gene!
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:57:00 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:37:04 -0400, hk penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: Gene Kearns wrote: On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:21 -0400, John H penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. I've thought about this and there is just so much time I'm willing to invest in this. This wasn't an exercise in *MAKING* everybody "honest" as it was as a gentle nudge in the right direction. So... I need your help. We used to be pretty good at this, but it seems to have fallen out of favor. What is it? It is prefacing an Off Topic Post with OT. Let's say OT- .......an OH and a TEE and a hyphen. I will soon begin blocking PEOPLE... yes... YOU.. people... if you persist in posting either OT or attacks without the OT- in the subject line. Thus.... your choice. Admit up front that you are posting off topic or get your persona banned entirely. Why not just block everyone who posts OT? That would give me what I want...a newsgroup devoted to boating subjects... :) You have no idea how close I am to that... Of course, there would be about 3 posts a day getting through the server. :) For me? NOT a problem.... I wonder what you really mean in your penultimate sentence...it sems to me you are saying it is quite OK to attack someone so long as you preface it with an OT- Is that a correct interpretation? Sure... I'm not the USENET police. I only control a teenie little slice of it and that sits on the corner of my desk. Feel free to slander and pee on each other's legs.... just don't expect me to support it. (Or read it.) You folks have effectively proved that the only ones that can stop this negative crap are you... yourselves.... using a bit of self control. I'm not your daddy or your guardian angel... I'm just a guy hoping that rec.boats will straighten itself out. If not, I'll close the server and move on to the moderated web groups. Not my first choice, but you guys have made the decision for me..... Reggie, of course, will whine that his attack posts aren't attack posts...they're just something else. :) Harry, that last comment is a perfect example of what has been wrong with rec.boats. You can probably credit yourself (among others) with a very high score, if rec.boats dies. You win, everybody else loses.... congrats.... Harry is merely a symptom. ALL of the regulars killed rec.boats. Sure Harry helped, but he couldn't have done it without your help. I've seen other very busy newsgroups die in exactly the same way. They all end with everyone pointing fingers at everyone else while the place gets over run with spam, usenet kooks, and just plain OT posts. There is nothing special about the demise of rec.boats. No autopsy needed. |
#7
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OT- Yo Gene!
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:21:44 -0400, HK wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote: On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:37:04 -0400, hk penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: Gene Kearns wrote: On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:21 -0400, John H penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. I've thought about this and there is just so much time I'm willing to invest in this. This wasn't an exercise in *MAKING* everybody "honest" as it was as a gentle nudge in the right direction. So... I need your help. We used to be pretty good at this, but it seems to have fallen out of favor. What is it? It is prefacing an Off Topic Post with OT. Let's say OT- .......an OH and a TEE and a hyphen. I will soon begin blocking PEOPLE... yes... YOU.. people... if you persist in posting either OT or attacks without the OT- in the subject line. Thus.... your choice. Admit up front that you are posting off topic or get your persona banned entirely. Why not just block everyone who posts OT? That would give me what I want...a newsgroup devoted to boating subjects... :) You have no idea how close I am to that... Of course, there would be about 3 posts a day getting through the server. :) For me? NOT a problem.... I wonder what you really mean in your penultimate sentence...it sems to me you are saying it is quite OK to attack someone so long as you preface it with an OT- Is that a correct interpretation? Sure... I'm not the USENET police. I only control a teenie little slice of it and that sits on the corner of my desk. Feel free to slander and pee on each other's legs.... just don't expect me to support it. (Or read it.) You folks have effectively proved that the only ones that can stop this negative crap are you... yourselves.... using a bit of self control. I'm not your daddy or your guardian angel... I'm just a guy hoping that rec.boats will straighten itself out. If not, I'll close the server and move on to the moderated web groups. Not my first choice, but you guys have made the decision for me..... Reggie, of course, will whine that his attack posts aren't attack posts...they're just something else. :) Harry, that last comment is a perfect example of what has been wrong with rec.boats. You can probably credit yourself (among others) with a very high score, if rec.boats dies. You win, everybody else loses.... congrats.... I just call 'em as I see 'em, Gene. My opinion is that this newsgroup as a boating discussion forum is dead, and it is not going to arise, Phoenix-like, from its ashes. Hey, I started a new thread over at Chuck's joint today, and it didn't take long for several of "the usual group" to start attacking me personally and my knowledge, and to insist forcefully their ideas for the issue under discussion were better. These folks don't want reasonable discussion, they want to play "gotcha" and that is Reggie's game here and elsewhere. Moderated discussion groups with a proper moderator are fine with me, by the way. You'd be a great moderator of a boating discussion board. Gene would not make such a good moderator. Look up: Passive-Aggressive |
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OT- Yo Gene!
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#9
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Yo Gene!
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:31:02 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote: On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:21 -0400, John H penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. I've thought about this and there is just so much time I'm willing to invest in this. This wasn't an exercise in *MAKING* everybody "honest" as it was as a gentle nudge in the right direction. So... I need your help. We used to be pretty good at this, but it seems to have fallen out of favor. What is it? It is prefacing an Off Topic Post with OT. Let's say OT- .......an OH and a TEE and a hyphen. I will soon begin blocking PEOPLE... yes... YOU.. people... if you persist in posting either OT or attacks without the OT- in the subject line. Thus.... your choice. Admit up front that you are posting off topic or get your persona banned entirely. Sounds good. Ohteehypen. Easy to remember. I still wish there were some way to get rid of the name-calling attack posts. |
#10
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OT- Yo Gene!
John H wrote:
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:31:02 -0400, Gene Kearns wrote: On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:21 -0400, John H penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: I just looked at the headers and some of the messages in 'your rec.baots'. I saw about 30 messages from 'hk' in the past few hours, and I would have thought the personal attack crap would not show up in your system. It doesn't appear to be working well, although it did delete a post from Eisboch I was looking for. I've thought about this and there is just so much time I'm willing to invest in this. This wasn't an exercise in *MAKING* everybody "honest" as it was as a gentle nudge in the right direction. So... I need your help. We used to be pretty good at this, but it seems to have fallen out of favor. What is it? It is prefacing an Off Topic Post with OT. Let's say OT- .......an OH and a TEE and a hyphen. I will soon begin blocking PEOPLE... yes... YOU.. people... if you persist in posting either OT or attacks without the OT- in the subject line. Thus.... your choice. Admit up front that you are posting off topic or get your persona banned entirely. Sounds good. Ohteehypen. Easy to remember. I still wish there were some way to get rid of the name-calling attack posts. Easy enough, Herring. Stop posting attack posts. |
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