Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-13 Thread Martin Wilson
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > nose i could understand.. you can see someones nose and so have an > opinion on it (bizarre/boring/controversial/pointless as it might be)... > but kidneys??... who's ever seen his kidneys?... unless he gave em up > for transplant or something... > perhaps he's lost

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-13 Thread Martin Wilson
> > The only advantage I can think of but its a major one is you can select > > which > > topics your interested in to save you downloading messages you don't want. > > Not > > all Sam users are interested in all sam subjects surely. > > As far as I know, most news clients do not do this, or a

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-13 Thread Martin Wilson
Ian Collier wrote: > On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 12:05:49AM +, Andrew Collier wrote: > > I usually try not to dismiss people's ideas out of hand, but to be honest I > > can think of nothing I would like less, than to be talking about the Sam on > > a newsgroup supposedly dedicated to some random

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-12 Thread Buffer Underrun
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:49:43 + Thu, 11 Feb 99 00:46:29 GMT, Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Alt.fan.karl-malden.nose >> Alt.fan.karl-malden.kidneys >> Alt.fan.karl-malden.nose.fan.karl-malden.nose . >but kidneys??... who's ever seen his kidneys?... unless he gave em up >for t

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-11 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
> With a SAM in fron of him which hasn't tasted an electron for at least a > year... are you starving the poor thing?.. ill get the rspca onto you mlad ... but i dont figure they're too interested in computers.. -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-11 Thread Ian Dalziel
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes ... > I'm sorry, but I >just don't think I want to live in that kind of surreal world > >Andrew > Hey man - I've lived in a surreal world since 1967 - come on in, the water's lovely. -- Ian Dalziel With a SAM in fron

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Martin Wilson wrote: > > You probably would need to ask your provider to add it to its supported > newsgroups. If you wish to do this the precise Malden Newsgroups names are; > > Alt.fan.karl-malden.nose > Alt.fan.karl-malden.kidneys > Alt.fan.karl-malden.nose.fan.karl-malden.nose > > That las

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Gordon Wallis
Ian Collier wrote: > > The only advantage I can think of but its a major one is you can select > > which > > topics your interested in to save you downloading messages you don't want. > > Not > > all Sam users are interested in all sam subjects surely. > > As far as I know, most news clients do

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Ian Collier
On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 02:39:46PM +, Andrew Collier wrote: > Besides, on sam-users that logic is usually close to the borderline of > being a false economy. With so few messages, you may well spend more time > on-line reading the subject headers and deciding what to download, than it > would h

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Andrew Collier
Martin Wilson probably wrote at 4:37am yesterday morning: >Andrew Collier wrote: >> Why? This conversation has come up before, but what advantages do you see >> to a newsgroup over this email list? > >The only advantage I can think of but its a major one is you can select which >topics your interes

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Ian Collier
On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 08:37:04PM -0800, Martin Wilson wrote: > Andrew Collier wrote: > > Why? This conversation has come up before, but what advantages do you see > > to a newsgroup over this email list? > The only advantage I can think of but its a major one is you can select which > topics you

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Martin Wilson
sers wouldn't have a leg to stand on. > Well I did look in the newsgroup back along and there was nothing happening in it at all. However my suggestion wasn't meant to be taken too seriously in this regard although the idea of a proper dedicated Sam newsgroup I still like. > > And p

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-10 Thread Andrew Collier
>On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 12:05:49AM +, Andrew Collier wrote: >> I usually try not to dismiss people's ideas out of hand, but to be honest I >> can think of nothing I would like less, than to be talking about the Sam on >> a newsgroup supposedly dedicated to some random person's nose. > >I'm gue

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-09 Thread Chris Pile
>...urr... who is this person with the nose btw?... ive never heard of >him... sure his nose is wonderful though speaking of which... did >the sam robot have a nose?... not an important q, but ya know... Karl Malden was in 'The Streets Of San Francisco', amongst other things!! Quite why any

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-09 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Ian Collier wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 12:05:49AM +, Andrew Collier wrote: > > I usually try not to dismiss people's ideas out of hand, but to be honest I > > can think of nothing I would like less, than to be talking about the Sam on > > a newsgroup supposedly dedicated to some rand

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-09 Thread Ian Collier
On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 12:05:49AM +, Andrew Collier wrote: > I usually try not to dismiss people's ideas out of hand, but to be honest I > can think of nothing I would like less, than to be talking about the Sam on > a newsgroup supposedly dedicated to some random person's nose. I'm guessing

Re: Sam newsgroup

1999-02-09 Thread Andrew Collier
At 6:42 am + 6/2/99, Martin Wilson wrote: >This mailing list is pretty active. Surely the Coupe would merit a >newsgroup of its own now. I mean you see some newsgroups and theres >practically nothing on them. Why? This conversation has come up before, but what advantages do you see to a newsgr

Sam newsgroup

1999-02-08 Thread Martin Wilson
This mailing list is pretty active. Surely the Coupe would merit a newsgroup of its own now. I mean you see some newsgroups and theres practically nothing on them. I reckon we should annexe a newgroup which isn't being used and use that. How about that 'Karl Malden's Nose' newsgroup surely discuss