Re: (OT) One more user admin question

From: remove (1on1(remove)_at_email.com)
Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:34:09 -0500

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:29:48 +0000, Peter Jensen wrote:

> Joseph wrote:
>
>>>> See my previous question.
>>>
>>> Joseph, why are you wasting peoples download quota, costing people
>>> who pay by the number of bytes by the above *stupid response* and not
>>> *trimming* the post?
>>
>> I wonder why you did the exact same thing directly above my message
>> here...
>>
>> Message-ID: <slrnc1lj44.3o9.BitTwister@wb.home.invalid>
>> Message-ID: <slrnc1lgo7.33g.BitTwister@wb.home.invalid>
>> Message-ID: <slrnc1lj44.3o9.BitTwister@wb.home.invalid>
>>
>> All in this same thread.
>
> Why did you need to repeat one of them two times? It's a pretty weak
> argument that needs to be supported by misdirection. Anyway, those
> messages actually had meaningful content. The "See my previous
> question" line doesn't. If the previous question was in the same
> thread, people would have seen it. If it wasn't, then it's too broad a
> statement, and you should have included a relevant message ID. In any
> event, your post was a waste of bandwidth and time.

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Subject: Re: Horizontal sync/vertical refresh rates
From: Bit Twister <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain>
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
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Subject: Re: Please HELP! File encoding issue...
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Subject: Re: New to Linux
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Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
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Subject: Re: Tracking down intruders
From: Bit Twister <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain>
Newsgroups: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:30:23 GMT

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Subject: Re: New to Linux
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Subject: Re: I Just Head The Entire State Of New York Has A Power
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Newsgroups: rec.music.hip-hop,alt.conspiracy,alt.os.linux
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Subject: Re: vt100 session to pure ASCII ?
From: Bit Twister <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain>
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Subject: Re: Howto question
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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:51:51 GMT

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Subject: Re: AU files. - OT
From: Bit Twister <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain>
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
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Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:36:18 GMT

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Subject: Re: Mounting NTFS partitions
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Subject: Re: quick newbie question please.
From: Bit Twister <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain>
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 04:33:27 GMT

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Subject: Re: read only
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Subject: Re: Linux Question
From: Bit Twister <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain>
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:18:58 GMT

FOAD 

-- 
-Joseph-  Thank God for the ability to PLONK people.
Watch out for people who have forgotten what it's like to be a nOOb.
Give them a good PLONK for 30 days or so. And, be greatful when people
say they are going to PLONK you; that is often a Godsend.

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