. Where does it
sprout from, I wonder?
Our list comes up as the first hit if you google remove 4ol 4rt files
or removing 4ol 4rt files. (You have to spell it correctly of course;
I do not want to increase our Google rank any further with this mail.)
This explains how this behavior gets
On 1/27/06, Florian Kulzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Our list comes up as the first hit if you google remove 4ol 4rt files
or removing 4ol 4rt files. (You have to spell it correctly of course;
I do not want to increase our Google rank any further with this mail.)
This explains how this behavior
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 20:08 -0700, Malcolm Lalkaka wrote:
What is this conversation about anway? Or more specifically, what does
it have to to with debian linux? Whatever the case, can you please
stop sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like to
carry this conversation out, simply
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Saturday 24 September 2005 03:20 pm, David Clymer wrote:
On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 12:48 -0700, Brian Kimball wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
As for the These people... Will that group of people on
this list ever stop this geek snobbery?
Snobbery, hell.
Am Samstag, 24. September 2005 19:18 schrieb Hal Vaughan:
Second: What is it that makes you such a super expert on human
behavior?
Get off your high horse. People are people. Some will, some won't.
People spam the list with requests for AOL Art-files, because they find
it with google for
Werner Mahr writes:
People spam the list with requests for AOL 4rt-files, because they find
it with google for this list. They subscribe and ask the same dumb
question again.
They don't subscribe. The list accepts messages from non-subscribers.
Just keep in mind that they are AOL users.
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:56:00 -0600
Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, the population does not contain a substantial percentage of
doofuses.
The standard bell curve reveals that fully half (50%) of the population
falls below the 'average.'
It has been my experience that 'average'
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 09:09:37AM +0200, Werner Mahr wrote:
People spam the list with requests for AOL Art-files, because they find
it with google for this list. They subscribe and ask the same dumb
question again. If they would read the threads they found, the wouldn't
read. I am no
Cybe R. Wizard writes:
It has been my experience that 'average' (and, of course, below) contains
a large supply of doofuses, too, so there /must/ be a substantial
percentage of doofuses if the number is (as it seems to be) above 50% of
the population.
I do not equate of below average
John Hasler wrote:
And please don't post anything to the list containing the string that
started this thread. Doing so will create more hits.
Too late.. aol art files is already at the top of the list. debian
must be scoring it high because of the traffic here.
One thing that baffles me
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:36:05 -0500
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cybe R. Wizard writes:
It has been my experience that 'average' (and, of course, below)
contains a large supply of doofuses, too, so there /must/ be a
substantial percentage of doofuses if the number is (as it seems to
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 14:54 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:36:05 -0500
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cybe R. Wizard writes:
It has been my experience that 'average' (and, of course, below)
contains a large supply of doofuses, too, so there /must/ be a
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:41:09 -0400
David Clymer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doofus, stupid, etc are pejoratives. I don't consider it appropriate
to describe someone in such terms merely because they happen to have
been delt a smaller portion of intelligence. However, when someone
actively
On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 18:10 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:41:09 -0400
David Clymer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doofus, stupid, etc are pejoratives. I don't consider it appropriate
to describe someone in such terms merely because they happen to have
been delt a smaller
What is this conversation about anway? Or more specifically, what does
it have to to with debian linux? Whatever the case, can you please
stop sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like to
carry this conversation out, simply email each other directly. I, as
well as many others subscribed to
On Sunday 25 September 2005 11:08 pm, Malcolm Lalkaka wrote:
What is this conversation about anway? Or more specifically, what does
it have to to with debian linux? Whatever the case, can you please
stop sending it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like to
carry this conversation out, simply
On Friday 23 September 2005 21:55, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Friday 23 September 2005 07:57 pm, John Hasler wrote:
Paul Johnson writes:
So why do you do it? It's the first followup that starts a thread,
after all.
Read the subject line. Do you see
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:16:29AM -0600, Jules Dubois wrote:
On Friday 23 September 2005 21:55, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Friday 23 September 2005 07:57 pm, John Hasler wrote:
Paul Johnson writes:
So why do you do it? It's the first followup that
On (24/09/05 09:50), Paul E Condon wrote:
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:16:29AM -0600, Jules Dubois wrote:
On Friday 23 September 2005 21:55, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Friday 23 September 2005 07:57 pm, John Hasler wrote:
Paul Johnson writes:
So
On Saturday 24 September 2005 11:56 am, Clive Menzies wrote:
On (24/09/05 09:50), Paul E Condon wrote:
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:16:29AM -0600, Jules Dubois wrote:
On Friday 23 September 2005 21:55, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Friday 23 September
Hal writes:
It's one particular message, with 2 follow ups. Perhaps the best thing
to do is add a number of replies saying this is the last place to go to
find help for AOL.
You don't understand. These people _do not read the messages_. They
simply spam address associated with 4RT FILES.
--
Now, when the doofuses search on 4ol 4rt files and find your message they
are going to see
4ol 4rt files: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; Subject:
4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER
and spam us. They _will not_ follow the link and _will not_ read your
message.
The only subject line that would
On Saturday 24 September 2005 12:45 pm, John Hasler wrote:
Hal writes:
It's one particular message, with 2 follow ups. Perhaps the best thing
to do is add a number of replies saying this is the last place to go to
find help for AOL.
You don't understand. These people _do not read the
On Saturday 24 September 2005 12:54 pm, John Hasler wrote:
Now, when the doofuses search on 4ol 4rt files and find your message they
are going to see
4ol 4rt files: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; Subject:
4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER
First: I didn't spell it in 'leet.
and spam us
Hal writes:
Some do, some don't. Some read the full web page, some don't.
The ones who do don't spam us. The ones who spam us (that is who I mean by
these people) don't.
I added in THE HELPFUL ANSWER or something like that to the title of my
message.
Making the email address all the more
Hal Vaughan writes:
First: I didn't spell it in 'leet
I know you didn't. I did, to avoid generating more Google hits.
Some will, some won't [follow the links and read the message].
It's the ones that won't we are discussing.
Well...why not try to fix it?
I am trying to discourage people
John Hasler wrote:
As for the These people... Will that group of people on this
list ever stop this geek snobbery?
Snobbery, hell. Anyone who copies an email address out of a Google
hit and sends off a complaint without reading the referenced message
is a doofus.
It's not so much that
On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 12:48 -0700, Brian Kimball wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
As for the These people... Will that group of people on this
list ever stop this geek snobbery?
Snobbery, hell. Anyone who copies an email address out of a Google
hit and sends off a complaint without
- Original Message
From: David Clymer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: 4ol 4rt files:
Date: 24/09/05 19:20
gt; gt; It's not so much that AOLers are stupid as it is that they are
gt; gt; numerous and are, more or less
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 12:50:12PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
Hal writes:
Some do, some don't. Some read the full web page, some don't.
The ones who do don't spam us. The ones who spam us (that is who I mean by
these people) don't.
I added in THE HELPFUL ANSWER or something like that
On Saturday 24 September 2005 03:20 pm, David Clymer wrote:
On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 12:48 -0700, Brian Kimball wrote:
John Hasler wrote:
As for the These people... Will that group of people on this
list ever stop this geek snobbery?
Snobbery, hell. Anyone who copies an email
Please do not follow up to the parent. Doing so will create more Google
hits and cause more of these lost souls to bombard us with their questions.
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John Hasler wrote:
Please do not follow up to the parent. Doing so will create more Google
hits and cause more of these lost souls to bombard us with their questions.
It's amazing how they find us. From my years of doing technical
support, 4OLers don't know how to use search engines.
(I
Edward J. Shornock writes:
It's amazing how they find us. From my years of doing technical support,
4OLers don't know how to use search engines.
But they try to use them anyway. That's how they find us.
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On Friday 23 September 2005 10:39 am, John Hasler wrote:
Please do not follow up to the parent. Doing so will create more Google
hits and cause more of these lost souls to bombard us with their questions.
So why do you do it? It's the first followup that starts a thread, after all.
I wrote:
Please do not follow up to the parent. Doing so will create more Google
hits and cause more of these lost souls to bombard us with their questions.
Paul Johnson writes:
So why do you do it? It's the first followup that starts a thread, after all.
Read the subject line. Do you see
On Friday 23 September 2005 07:57 pm, John Hasler wrote:
I wrote:
Please do not follow up to the parent. Doing so will create more Google
hits and cause more of these lost souls to bombard us with their
questions.
Paul Johnson writes:
So why do you do it? It's the first followup that
Please do not follow up to the parent.
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On Monday 12 September 2005 03:24 pm, John Hasler wrote:
Please do not follow up to the parent.
Easier said than done, eh?
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Paul Johnson writes:
Easier said than done, eh?
Note the subject line (and yes, I did screw up the WeaponsUSA one).
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