On 2006-06-29, Tom Wiley <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> When he started loading up cola with news, I just planted his logo in my
> filter and forgot it. No problem, I thought.
>
> But, when I am on the road I can't use my big news account with the
> million year retention time. I have to use a news account accessable
> from a random connection and those have vastly shorter retention times. So
> the effect of all this unwanted news stuff is to push the normal posts off
> the bottom end in short order.
>
> Roy, why don't you open a news blog and post your missives there? I am
> sure that an advertisment for it would be welcome here and there would
> then be room for real on-topic posts again.
So, you're saying:
a) using a newsreader on the road means you can't filter things?
b) you don't know how to filter in an alternative newsreader?
c) you have your non-on-the-road news provider do your filtering?
d) you can't simply killfile everything from Roy and not bother with
any of it?
How are any of those Roy's fault or problem?
I say he should double his effort. The only on-topic posts we'd end up
with in his absences would be the usual trolls, followed by the usual
300 responses to the trolls. Roy's posts are causing them a lot of
heartburn or they wouldn't be unanimous in their efforts to squelch
him.
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I don't believe in dining on an empty stomach.
-- W.C. Fields
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