The proper way to post to a group

[DarkMatter]

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And you waste a lot of everyone else's time by doing the same thing.

You just proved my statement. Good job!

I do more in a single day to make the world a better place for
others than you probably ever have.

Our "IT guy" wanted to ship a wide form plotter over seas from
England to here so that we could plot large drawings. OUR plotter
merely needed a belt, which done by outside service would have cost
around 3/4 of a grand. Easily.

We got the belt for our plotter from England at a cheaper cost than
getting it here, and that included a $50 bank wire fee. So we got it
done for a couple hundred bucks.

I changed the belt in less than an hour without ever seeing a
service manual, and no screws were touched or removed that were not
specific to the service.

Then, I went on to my development of life saving medical devices.
By the time it is over, we'll have tuberculosis, and a few respiratory
cancers "licked".

Do you have any clue what it costs a pharma co to bring a single new
pill to market? I'll bet you don't know.

 

[Active8]

You didn't get it either.

Alanis Morissette wrote a song called "Ironic"
in which she uses some examples of irony which aren't valid
--probably because she doesn't understand what the word means.

i get your point.

like the first verse. no irony there at all. looks like most of the song
lacks irony. the bulk (75% ?) of the chorus lacks irony.

i just wanted to point out where that parkway/driveway driveway line
came from. *that's* irony. you could say i was trolling for george
carlin fans or at least trying to bring back good memories. it was a
long time ago and carlin was funny. i could just as well talk about a
bar owner/hairdresser who hair was totally fubared, but no one could
relate to that unless they were there. i don't consider that case
ironic, because she didn't do her own hair. then again... she allowed
it.

i like alanis' unique and freaky voice. now this could be considered
funny. i'm visiting friends in KC KS. cute little 5 year old daughter
asked me what "wine me dine me 69 me" means. "uh, i think you'd better
ask your mom before you ask your teacher."

brs,
mike

 

[Active8]

That was *exactly* the point, sorry it went over your head.

though it appears that you people are using this thread as an example of
how to post and how not to post, i'll submit that it isn't neccessary to
snip all but the post of the poster you're replying to.

a couple/few posts history would probbly be enough to jog one's memory
as to what was previously said a day or so past, e.g.,

a post with only

That was *exactly* the point, sorry it went over your head.

might require one to back up, whereas the above quoted text might be
sufficient while not wasting too much bandwidth.

just in case anyone missed the point.

brs,
mike

 

[John Fortier]

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/08/2348224&mode=nested&tid=106&tid=185&threshold=5

Notice that vast amounts of text from the previous post is not
re-posted
(blockquoted).

There was recently a ridiculous squabble
as to whether it was proper to add you comment above or below the
existing text.

The answer is NEITHER.

That newsreader software, as a convenience to its user,
blockquotes the whole damned previous post is a major source of the
problem.
It doesn't take into account those fools who don't know enough
to edit the blockquote to the minimal snip
(often the new post doesn't need ANY snip.

Most folks who post to newsgroups have never seen a set of rules
(and many others generally choose to ignore them when displayed).
http://216.239.33.104/search?q=cach..."+uppercase+quoting&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8
http://216.239.33.104/search?q=cach...ette+sep+"all+caps"&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8
Those who visit _good_ BBSs (bulletin board systems)
have likely seen the proper technique.

</rant>

Who elected you?

 

[Ben Bradley]

In the following newsgroups:

sci.electronics,
sci.electronics.design,
sci.electronics.misc,
sci.electronics.basics,
sci.electronics.cad,

though it appears that you people are using this thread as an example of
how to post and how not to post, i'll submit that it isn't neccessary to
snip all but the post of the poster you're replying to.

a couple/few posts history would probbly be enough to jog one's memory
as to what was previously said a day or so past, e.g.,

a post with only


might require one to back up, whereas the above quoted text might be
sufficient while not wasting too much bandwidth.

just in case anyone missed the point.

This thread is starting to resemble Rocky Horror:

Man standing in front of projection screen: "But what's the point?"

Man in the movie: "The point is, ..."

And I'm sure there's some Monty Python skit or Douglas Adams quote
that fits here as well.

brs,
mike

I also like to make the crossposts clear, as demonstrated above.
For a moment I thought the list included sci.electronics.rocky-horror.

 

[DarkMatter]

You didn't get it either.

Alanis Morissette wrote a song called "Ironic"
in which she uses some examples of irony which aren't valid
--probably because she doesn't understand what the word means.

Like I said. You're the one that didn't get it. In fact, you
cannot even describe what *it* is.

 

[John Fields]

You didn't get it either.

Alanis Morissette wrote a song called "Ironic"
in which she uses some examples of irony which aren't valid
--probably because she doesn't understand what the word means.

 

[John Fields]

You just proved my statement. Good job!

---
Merely saying it doesn't make it so, you ignorant cocksucker. Get a
grounding in logic before you shoot of that stupid mouth of yours and
perhaps you'll make less of a fool of yourself as time goes by.
---

I do more in a single day to make the world a better place for
others than you probably ever have.

Our "IT guy" wanted to ship a wide form plotter over seas from
England to here so that we could plot large drawings. OUR plotter
merely needed a belt, which done by outside service would have cost
around 3/4 of a grand. Easily.

We got the belt for our plotter from England at a cheaper cost than
getting it here, and that included a $50 bank wire fee. So we got it
done for a couple hundred bucks.

I changed the belt in less than an hour without ever seeing a
service manual, and no screws were touched or removed that were not
specific to the service.

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So you made the world a better place by keeping the outside firm from
making some money and by wrecking the British economy (by not buying a
new plotter) because of your niggardly ways?

As far as changing the belt goes, I don't think you'll get a Nobel prize
for that either since they don't have a "Grunt Work" category...

 

[DarkMatter]

Merely saying it doesn't make it so, you ignorant cocksucker.

Touchy little retarded fukhead, eh? **** you, boy.

 

[DarkMatter]

So you made the world a better place by keeping the outside firm from
making some money and by wrecking the British economy (by not buying a
new plotter) because of your niggardly ways?

No, dumbfuck. We already own the plotter that is in England. It is
at our other plant. We do Britain's economy quite a good deal of
commerce, you retarded twit.

I fixed the plotter, and economized MY company, dipshit. Screw the
xerox service man.

Could you be any more retarded, ass?

 

[DarkMatter]

As far as changing the belt goes, I don't think you'll get a Nobel prize
for that either since they don't have a "Grunt Work" category...

I'll bet that you couldn't have done it, and that you would have
removed more screws than were required to do it in your attempt.

You missed the entire point of the remark. As usual.

 

[DarkMatter]

Clue: TB is curable, so it's licked. "We", I'm sure, refers to a team
where your job is something like running down tennis balls at Wimbledon,
or maybe cleaning out stables at the Kentucky Derby.

More retarded baby bullshit. The boys at the tennis court probably
make 18k pounds a year.

The stable hand at the Ky track makes a few hundred dollars a day,
and that is without tips. Been there, done that. Just one more thing
that you know nothing about.

 

[DarkMatter]

You're right, but so what? If I need to I can find out, but in the
meantime why should I give a shit?

I'd bet that your numbers will not be anywhere close. The fact that
you don't know reflects on the credence of your posts, and verifies
the stench wafting from your ears.

 

[JeffM]

and it is so difficult to back up.

 

[John Fields]

Touchy little retarded fukhead, eh? **** you, boy.

 

[John Fields]

No, dumbfuck. We already own the plotter that is in England. It is
at our other plant. We do Britain's economy quite a good deal of
commerce, you retarded twit.

I fixed the plotter, and economized MY company, dipshit. Screw the
xerox service man.

 

[John Fields]

I'll bet that you couldn't have done it, and that you would have
removed more screws than were required to do it in your attempt.

 

[DarkMatter]

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Same old shit...

Unable to counter with a reasoned response you revert to mere childish
namecalling. All fluff and no substance, as usual. Yawnnnnnn...

Is anybody reading this?

I call you for calling me an "ignorant cocksucker", and you come
back at me for name calling?

Bwuahahahahahha

 

[John Fields]

More retarded baby bullshit. The boys at the tennis court probably
make 18k pounds a year.

The stable hand at the Ky track makes a few hundred dollars a day,
and that is without tips. Been there, done that. Just one more thing
that you know nothing about.

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You obviously know nothing about sarcasm.

The ballboys (and girls, just in case you have trouble telling the
difference between them) are _not_ the tennis players and the
stablehands are _not_ the jockeys. Likewise, on the team you're a part
of... Can you complete the sentence?

No? Here's a hint: ...you're not a player, you're an inconsequential
shit-shoveler.

 

[DarkMatter]

Doesn't sound to me like that's making the world a better place, but
then with your inconsistencies I'm sure "better" is an unquantifiable
variable.

We have plants in several countries. The economy is in recovery, or
are you not up on current events?