On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:46:50 +0000, RonB wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:08:31 -0800, Tim Smith wrote:
>
>> Aren't you bothered by the inaccuracies? Roy has a tendency to write
>> subject lines and summaries that misrepresent what the linked article
>> actually says. If you follow the links and read the stories, that's not
>> much of a problem, but the natural tendency would be to become lazy, and
>> just take the out-of-context quote and Roy's summary and headline, and
>> then *think* you've got the story.
>
> I haven't seen the inaccuracies you speak of but I don't follow every
> story to its link.
Funny how Smith whines about Roy, but doesn't say anything about the
trolls....is that because *he* is one?
> This is how it works for me. I see the "headlines" and the quoted text
> -- if the story interests me, I follow the link. By then the headline
> doesn't matter. If the story is good, it'll stand on its own.
I suspect that's what a few of us do.
> Roy's links have led me to two good distributions -- CentOS, and SLAX. I
> didn't know about either until I saw them mentioned in his news
> headlines. I've gotten a lot of Linux information by following his links
> -- and I'm thankful for that.
>
> Does Roy sometimes have his own ax to grind? Sure, but who doesn't? So
> what?
>
>> BTW, if you really do find Roy's stories useful (e.g., you value
>> convenience over accuracy), you can get them with RSS here:
>>
>> <feed://www.netscape.com/member/schestowitz/activity/stories/rss>
>
> Why? I already read this newsgroup anyhow. I like getting the news here.
>> or via the web here:
>>
>> <http://www.netscape.com/member/schestowitz/activity/stories>
>
> See above.
Yes, who cares (apart from whining trolls)?
>> The advantage of getting Roy's posts via netscape.com is you can see
>> how people are voting on them, and more easily avoid the particularly
>> inaccurate ones, as those won't garner many votes.
Is Smith *that* naive, "people are voting on them"? I suspect the majority
of the "voters" are trolls. Ergo I don't give a goddam about netscape.com
> Are you talking about Google Groups? As far as I'm concerned the whole
> post voting scheme there is for small-minded dimwits who really, really
> need to get a life. I've never "voted" on a post in my life -- and I'm
> sure as hell not going to start now. I simply ignore those so-called
> "ratings" -- and only use Google Groups for research.
Exactly.
--
Contrary to popular belief, trolls *can*
tell the difference between their arse
& their elbow.
They can't talk out of their elbow.
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