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Posted by Neredbojias on 10/20/07 23:29
Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:49:25
GMT John Hosking scribed:
>>>>> The Usenet Improvement Project - http://improve-usenet.org
>>>> Are you a classic mature moron or just a stupid adolescent?
>>> Thanks for quoting this, I use a Google groups filter to filter out
>>> all posts that contain the text "The Usenet Improvement Project -
>>> http://improve-usenet.org" and would have never seen this post....
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Er, if you used the filter and I included the relevant line in my
>> reply, how _did_ you see it then?
>
> Well, his newsreader might include upscoring for your posts because he
> loves your work and admires your opinion so much.
>
> Except that he's using Google Groups, which:
>
> 1. contradicts that possibility, since GG doesn't actually do
> filtering[1];
>
> 2. shows his post was more political statement than technical
> revelation; and
>
> 3. indicates why he feels as he does about the UIP.
>
>
> [1] But if it did... The very thought of this concept might make
> Blinky's head explode.
But he said...
Oh, hell, I'm confused again.
--
Neredbojias
The 16th century French satirical writer Franηois Rabelais in his series
of novels Gargantua and Pantagruel, discussing the various ways of
cleansing oneself at the toilet, wrote that: "He who uses paper on his
filthy bum, will always find his ballocks lined with scum"
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