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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 01/24/06 02:25
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:11:43 +1100, Mark Parnell wrote:
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, <marksisson@gmail.com>
> declared in alt.html:
>
>> What was the purpose of this preface? It contained no substance except
>> to describe me as someone that spouts off. What did I write in my post
>> that deserved that?
>
> It's just the attribution line that my newsreader inserts when I reply.
> Yes I have customised it, but it wasn't intended to offend, and is not
> specific to replies to your posts. Have a look at any of my other posts
> from the last month or so, and you will see the same thing.
>
> Anyway, I have replaced "spouted" with "declared". Better?
>
>> You instructed me to read your ".sig" (which I guess is hip newgroup
>> lingo)
>
> Short for signature. The bit after the "-- " at the bottom of my post, as
> you worked out.
>
>> that told me this was my last warning.
>
> It's a generic warning to anyone using Google Groups. It's my last-ditch
> effort before implementing http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
>
>> that
>> was an amazing discourse about the all important use of greater signs in
>> replies.
>
> It seems you missed the point of the page in question. It is simply
> instructions on how to quote the relevant parts of the post you are
> replying to in GG. Most newsreaders - and GG - generally use greater than
> signs to indicate quoted text, though there are various other characters
> that are also commonly accepted.
>
>> Greater than signs? Are you kidding me? Are you so absorbed into your
>> newsgroup life that this is your crusade?
>
> Just trying to educate GG users on how to use GG properly.
>
>> So Mark, did I just get this all wrong? Are you really just a great guy
>
> I do my best. :-)
>
>> trying to make the Internet a better place?
>
> You see, there is the problem. This is Usenet, not the Internet.
> Unfortunately GG blurs that distinction. But the fact that you are using a
> web-based interface to access it doesn't change the fact that this is a
> Usenet newsgroup, and Usenet has its own set of accepted rules and
> conventions. Quoting the relevant parts of the message you are replying to
> is one of them.
A hat tip to you for the effort, Mark. But I'm sure it fell on deaf
Google-befuddled ears. Eyes. No, those would be blind. Well, you know
what I mean...
--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
Details: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
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