|  | Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/06/08 18:22 
Gary L. Burnore wrote:> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:29:03 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
 > <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
 >
 >> RafaMinu wrote:
 >>> On Jan 6, 5:50 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
 >>>> Gary L. Burnore wrote:
 >>>>> On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:58:48 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
 >>>>> <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
 >>>>>> Gary L. Burnore wrote:
 >>>>>>> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:21:20 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
 >>>>>>> <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
 >>>>>>>> Gary L. Burnore wrote:
 >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:47:33 GMT, Doug Baiter <doug-bai...@no.where>
 >>>>>>>>> wrote:
 >>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:49:31 -0500, Jerry Stuckle
 >>>>>>>>>> <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
 >>>>>>>>>>> Dick Gaughan wrote:
 >>>>>>>>>>>> In <XrqdnW_lGbgurODanZ2dnUVZ_u_in...@comcast.com> on Thu, 03 Jan
 >>>>>>>>>>>> 2008 14:03:11 -0500, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net>
 >>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
 >>>>>>>>>>>>> Dick Gaughan wrote:
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In <C3A2D429.F13D%nos...@redcatgroup.co.uk> on Thu, 03 Jan 2008
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18:04:25 +0000, Andy Jacobs <nos...@redcatgroup.co.uk> wrote:
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't get it.  Why was the original post spam?
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't. It was many things, including being a
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> pathetically-badly disguised festering heap of marketing shite,
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> but it wasn't spam.
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Those insisting it was spam are merely flaunting their
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> cluelessness. A post is *only* defined as being spam when it
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> breaches the Breidbart Index. Nobody has provided any evidence
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> that that particular bit of midge's effluence has exceeded the BI.
 >>>>>>>>>>>>> The Breidbart Index is woefully out of date.
 >>>>>>>>>>>> When was that decided? I must have missed that debate.
 >>>>>>>>>>> It's been dismissed as virtually meaningless for quite a while, now.
 >>>>>>>>>>> SPAM has changed, but the index hasn't.
 >>>>>>>>>>>>> In a.w.w, ads of any kind are considered SPAM.
 >>>>>>>>>>>> What aww might or might not consider is about as relevant outside
 >>>>>>>>>>>> aww as a spider's fart. I'm not reading this thread in aww.
 >>>>>>>>>>> Fine.  I am reading this in a.w.w., and it is spam here.
 >>>>>>>>>>>> The BI was adopted as a way of avoiding would-be Usenet vigilantes
 >>>>>>>>>>>> deciding to classify posts as spam on the basis that they disliked
 >>>>>>>>>>>> the contents. This discussion shows that the wisdom of that
 >>>>>>>>>>>> concern still has relevance.
 >>>>>>>>>>> So you have some meaningless, out of date measurement which doesn't say
 >>>>>>>>>>> something is spam or not, but only classifies the severity of the SPAM.
 >>>>>>>>>>> Right.  Try again.
 >>>>>>>>>>>> Until someone else comes up with a better content-blind objective
 >>>>>>>>>>>> definition of spam, the BI is still the benchmark.
 >>>>>>>>>>> There is.  The charter and/or FAQs for the newsgroup.  And the FAQs for
 >>>>>>>>>>> a.w.w., which were agreed to by the majority of the regulars here,
 >>>>>>>>>>> classify this as spam.
 >>>>>>>>>> LIA[SLAP]
 >>>>>>>>> FAQs aren't charters and are not enforceable.  Charters in unmoderated
 >>>>>>>>> alt gorups are also uninforceable.  Off charter in comp groups, on the
 >>>>>>>>> other hand, is something that can get your news provider's attention.
 >>>>>>>> That's funny.  I've gotten quite a few hosting of accounts canceled
 >>>>>>>> because I've reported spam.
 >>>>>>> Only if it's real spam.  What you're calling spam isn't.  There are
 >>>>>>> very specific rules.
 >>>>>> And according to the FAQ's in a.w.w, it is spam.
 >>>>> A FAQ is only a list of frequently asked questions, Jerry. It is no
 >>>>> way enforceable and can't change the meaning of the word.  >> They're
 >>>>> called alt. for a reason.
 >>>> Sorry, you 're about 10 years behind the curve.
 >>>>
 >>>>>> Gee, it's the good ones who cancel accounts because I show them the
 >>>>>> spam.
 >>>>> Nope. Only a fool would believe what you're calling spam is actually
 >>>>> spam.
 >>>> Only a fool would believe unsolicited ads where they are not wanted is
 >>>> not SPAM.
 >>>>
 >>>> However, it seems you've just called a lot of respected hosting
 >>>> companies fools.
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>>>  It is ENFORCEABLE (get a spell checker).
 >>>>> More proof of how you really are?  Good!  You're showing every newbie
 >>>>> in comp.lang.php that you're an idiot.  Hope that's what you wanted.
 >>>>> It's what you're getting.
 >>>> Nope.  Just that YOU are.  Can't even afford a spell checker.
 >>>>
 >>>>>> And it DOES mean something.
 >>>>> Nothing at all.
 >>>>>> Sorry.
 >>>>> Liar.
 >>>> You're the one calling someone a LIAR!  ROFLMAO!
 >>>>
 >>>>>> Your arguments don't work.
 >>>>> It's not an argument, it's a fact.
 >>>> Show me where it is a FACT.  Otherwise, it is just YOUR OPINION.  And
 >>>> YOUR ARGUMENT.
 >>>>
 >>>>>>  They're too far out of date.
 >>>>> Good thing is, you don't get to decide.
 >>>> Neither do you.
 >>>>
 >>>>>>>> But in this case the op is a troll well-known in a.w.w.  He just morphed
 >>>>>>>> names, and it took a little while to catch on (good catch, Karl!).
 >>>>>>> SO? What does that have to do with comp.lang.php?
 >>>>>> I didn't start it.
 >>>>> So you're so controlled you simply MUST post to comp.lang.php.  Got
 >>>>> it.  You're owned, bigtime.
 >>>> I have the right to defend myself - especially against charges of
 >>>> criminal activity.  Period.  You don't like it?  Ignore the thread if
 >>>> you don't like it.
 >>>>
 >>>>>> I'm just trying to show people who Rafael
 >>>>>> Martinez-Minuesa Martinez really is
 >>>>> You're doing just fine at showing he's the holder of your leash.  Now
 >>>>> sit like a good little poodle.
 >>>> ROFLMAO!  You're even more stoopid than most people if you believe that.
 >>>>
 >>>> And if I called you a fraud and a liar, will you just ignore it?  I
 >>>> think not.  What would your employer do if he/she found out?
 >>>>
 >>>>>> - a troll and a spammer.
 >>>>> SPAM is BI>20.  His post was off topic, sure. But not spam.  If you're
 >>>>> saying off topic is spam then your posts to comp.lang.php (and
 >>>>> comp.infosystems.www..... are spam too).  Difference being:  YOU can
 >>>>> lose your account for it faster than he can.  Wanna see?
 >>>> Wrong, Gary.  And has been for years.  You are woefully out of date.
 >>> You DON'T get to say what SPAM is, you pitiful SCAMMER.
 >>> The Usenet is not yours and there are far more knowledgeable and
 >>> experienced people than you who know much better than you.
 >>> If you were not so arrogant and had just a little bit of common sense
 >>> you'd listen to them.
 >>>
 >> And neither do you, trolling fraud.
 >
 > Ah yes, everyone's a troll and fraud for pointing out what a hypocrite
 > you are.
 >
 
 Nope.  You're a trolling fraud. But I'm not a hypocrite.  I don't spam.
 
 >> But the newsgroup regulars do.
 >
 > No, actually, in an alt.* group, they don't.
 >
 
 Wrong again, troll.
 
 >> And  the majority of them have classified your posts as SPAM.
 >
 > Doesn't matter at all.  Don't like it?  Too bad.
 >
 
 It sure does to those ISP's who have canceled accounts due to the
 complaints.
 
 >> Sorry, troll.
 >
 > Everyone that knows what you are is a troll.  Neat!
 
 Yep, troll.  Projecting again.
 
 
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