alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:20:49 +0000, Peter Kai Jensen wrote:
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>> Hadron Quark wrote:
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>>> In an ideal world Roy wuld just post a single line subject and a link,
>>> but clearly thats not part of his agenda.
>>
>> Someone else once tried that, and people in general didn't like it.
>> Without a decent appropriate quote, such as Roy kindly provides, it's hard
>> to know if the link is worth clicking. Then it truly wouldn't be anything
>> more than a RSS feed. However, by quoting interesting bits of the
>> articles it becomes much easier to find that one particular article that's
>> worth reading in full.
>>
>>>> Could we take it one step further now..... could all you bloody trolls
>>>> get together, put all your postings into one big digest once a week,
>>>> and post it with a header including [Trolls - off topic]?
>>>
>>> Could you define a troll please? Suggestions on making Linux a better
>>> user experience and suggetions to reduce NG clutter are trolls? Or do
>>> they pass your stringent quality assurance checks?
>>
>> Do you think that's all *you're* doing? How about your "magical pixie
>> dust memory" comment, when someone mentioned that Linux handles low-RAM
>> systems much better than Windows? That surely wasn't your smartest moment
>> (hint: many of us have done it or are doing it, so we *know* you're
>> talking BS), and it read as quite trollish. That's just one example of
>> how you can act like a troll. I'm sure I could find plenty of others, but
>> I have other things to do.
>>
>>>> TIA - I'm away for a couple of weeks, but look forward to seeing your
>>>> progress on this when I return.
>>>
>>> Maybe Roy could email you his News posts? One, by one?
>>
>> Usenet != E-Mail. Get it?
>>
>
> Defeats the purpose too. News Groups were meant to be mass distribution of
> "articles", whereas email is meant for one-to-one communcations. (or
> one-to-some...)
Not discussion groups. Not in that volume. Thats what mailing lists are
for : for people who *wish* to be inundated with semi relevant trivia.
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