On 2021-08-14 3:51 p.m., Curt wrote:
> On 2021-08-14, Michael Howard wrote:
>> On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
>
>>> Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church
>>> steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
>>>
>>
>> Please take this shit off list!
>>
>
On 14/08/2021 20:51, Curt wrote:
On 2021-08-14, Michael Howard wrote:
On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church
steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
Please take this shit off list!
IP overwrought, is that it?
On 2021-08-14, Michael Howard wrote:
> On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
>> Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church
>> steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
>>
>
> Please take this shit off list!
>
IP overwrought, is that it?
On 2021-08-14 2:35 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 01:27:43PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>> Charlie Gibbs writes:
>>> Some people will respond by switching to a different e-mail address in
>>> order to work around the killfiles they know they're now in.
>>
>> Fortunately
On 14.08.21 21:35, Michael Howard wrote:
Give the normal amongst us a break. This stuff is NOT debian, it is
social ineptitude and it has to stop.
Form yourselves a chat group somewhere, just NOT here. Please?
--
Michael Howard.
+1
---
Marco
On 14/08/2021 20:25, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
Hi,
On 2021-08-14 2:53 p.m., Michael Howard wrote:
On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
tomas writes:
But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
Yup. Back in the
Hi,
On 2021-08-14 2:53 p.m., Michael Howard wrote:
> On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
>> John Hasler wrote:
>>
>>> tomas writes:
But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
>>> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph.
On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
tomas writes:
But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier
yet we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 01:27:43PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Charlie Gibbs writes:
> > Some people will respond by switching to a different e-mail address in
> > order to work around the killfiles they know they're now in.
>
> Fortunately Gnus can filter on things such as substrings of message
Charlie Gibbs writes:
> Some people will respond by switching to a different e-mail address in
> order to work around the killfiles they know they're now in.
Fortunately Gnus can filter on things such as substrings of message IDs
and other identifying header features that the trolls are unaware
On Sat Aug 14 10:23:31 2021 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>
>> Stefan writes:
>>
>>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>>
>> No. I was there when
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
> tomas writes:
> > But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
>
> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier
> yet we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but
> worked. And, of course, pigeons.
Le 14/08/2021 à 14:37, John Hasler a écrit :
> tomas writes:
>> But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier yet
> we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but worked.
> And, of course, pigeons.
I have a
tomas writes:
> But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier yet
we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but worked.
And, of course, pigeons.
--
John Hasler
j...@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 04:12:10PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> to...@tuxteam.de [2021-08-13 19:11:43] wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> > wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Plonk ?
[...]
> > [1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
>
> How
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 20:21:27 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote:
> > John Hasler wrote:
> > ...
> >> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> >> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at
On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
> ...
>> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
>> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
>> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a
>>
songbird writes:
> i found out years ago that i just don't have the energy any more to
> get that mad about something on-line. the n key is many fewer
> keystrokes than *plonk*. :)
When I find that I'm hitting n every time I see a certain user I
killfile them. Saves keystrokes, reduces
John Hasler wrote:
...
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a
> particularly asinine article with the one-word followup
On 8/14/21 12:17 AM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
they won't stop and will just continue to argue against themselves
Quite, quite : this is happening : now
.
On 14-08-2021 07:37, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Weaver wrote:
>> On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
Stefan writes:
> How odd. I always assumed that it was the
On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Weaver wrote:
> On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>>> Stefan writes:
How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
representation of the sound of hanging up the
John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan writes:
> > How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
> > representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank
On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>> Stefan writes:
>>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>>
>> No. I was there when it
Hi,
On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan writes:
>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object
Stefan writes:
> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
bottom. A
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