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Posted by Paul on 03/28/07 22:17
"Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote in message
news:0WyOh.676$Zf5.33@newsfe04.lga...
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> "Paul" <lof@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:4PyOh.28233$68.23893@bignews8.bellsouth.net...
> | "Steve" <no.one@example.com> wrote in message
> | news:SLyOh.675$Zf5.82@newsfe04.lga...
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> | > "Paul" <lof@invalid.com> wrote in message
> | > news:7WxOh.28213$68.27367@bignews8.bellsouth.net...
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> | > btw, don't top-post. had i seen that, i'd have never responded! if
> you're
> | > about to say 'oh, my computer's clock is just off', i'll respond
> | > '"dumbass"
> | > still applies'.
> |
> | I honestly don't know what top-post means so I did not do it
> intentionally.
> | What does top-post mean?
>
> look at the date/time stamp on your original post. now look at the time of
> my response. it appears that i, at 1:45 pm, have not only predicted that
> at
> 3:51 pm you'd have a question, but that i'd know what that question was.
> further, that i'd be able to respond fully to your yet unwritten question.
> finally, that i'd be able to foresee what your future post's headers would
> be. geesh, that this ng server would also have the same predictive
> capabilities and be able to keep all this thread together...it's beyond
> me!
>
> it means 1 of 2 things. in this case, it is when one intentionally sets
> his
> pc clock to some future time before posting a question with the intent of
> his post being see at the top of a ng until other posts with a newer time
> start pushing his down the list. it is fucking rude! either fix your time
> or
> expect to get plonked! don't know what that means? fucking google!
My clock is set correctly to my local time. I have no idea why they are
posting the way they are. I have never had anyone say anything in the 10
years I've used newgroups. I wish I knew how to fix it. Thanks for your
help, anyway.
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