Re: where are answers?

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 03/20/03 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 00:59:55 GMT

In article <72000ee7.0303191427.40224eba@posting.google.com>,
mseuwlazx@yahoo.com (LShaping) wrote:
>alun@texis.com (Alun Jones) wrote in message news:<eLGda.622
>
>> 3. Usenet is not, in any way, a reliable message-passing scheme.
>
>Bullshit.
>
>The more likely beef from a Microsoft defender is the fact that we
>share freedom of speech here on UseNet, speech which sometimes
>criticizes Microsoft.

I take umbrage at being described a "Microsoft defender", particularly as it
regards that remark. Usenet is _not_ a reliable means of getting information
from point A to point B and/or back again. Messages get lost, duplicated,
canceled, corrupted, etc, etc.

>> _Most_ messages reach _most_ people that are subscribed to the
>>groups on which they are posted.
>
>Sometimes posts get lost but rarely if you have a half decent ISP.

And you can guarantee that the person who is ready to answer your question has
a "half decent ISP"? That's truly amazing.

>>Some slip through the cracks, or are mistakenly flagged as likely
>>viruses/spam, or off-topic, and canceled.
>
>If your Internet Service Provider cancels off-topic posts, you have a
>very unusual, innificient, and possibly corrupt ISP.

Actually, I wish they would cancel off-topic posts. I'm tired of the spam and
other wastes of time in technical newsgroups. Now, if you have a question,
then ask it, otherwise, you've got an answer, and if it's one you disagree
with, then that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Life isn't fair.

Alun.
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