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Re: Who reads every one of Roy's posts?

  • Subject: Re: Who reads every one of Roy's posts?
  • From: "cc" <scatnubbs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 14 Dec 2006 15:36:34 -0800
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Roy Culley wrote:
> begin  risky.vbs
> 	<1166138539.087614.66230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> 	"cc" <scatnubbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > Roy Culley wrote:
> >> Well I don't. If the subject interests me then I'll read it. I reckon
> >> Erik reads every one of Roy's posts. Look how soon he pounces on them.
> >> Most of the other wintrolls couldn't give a toss most of the time
> >> other than the occasional post / thread to complain about Roy flooding
> >> the newsgroup.
> >>
> >> As a long time subscriber to COLA I appreciate Roy's [News] posts. I
> >> don't spend my day surfing the web for interesting articles or
> >> subscribing to rss feeds. Roy does the filtering of the crud for what
> >> he thinks will be interesting to Linux advocates. He does an
> >> exceptional job as far as I'm concerned.
> >
> > If you're spending your day subscribing to rss feeds, you've done
> > something wrong. An rss feed is exactly what Roy is.
>
> Ok, smart arse, you do the work Roy does. He filters for what he
> thinks COLA advocates want to read. I reckon he does a pretty good job
> at it. Let's see you do better.

Be careful what you wish for.


> >> Don't like Roy's [News] posts don't read 'em. It couldn't be easier.
> >
> > What about the posts that aren't Roy's [News] that I'd like to read.
> > They kind of get lost in the shuffle. I know, I know, filters,
> > killfiles, etc...
>
> What posts are those? Are you thick or something? Unable to set up
> simple filters? Not very bright are you 'cc'.

Bright enough to read the last sentence I wrote, unlike someone I know.


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