Re: Power Measurent: Watts Vs. Volts



On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:54:24 -0700, tlbs wrote:
> Dr. Bowey wrote:
>>Are you just ranting or responding to a post? It's hard to tell when you
>>don't quote anything (such as above).
>
>>Go away and read up on board etiquette.
>
> In the context of the thread, I was the 3rd poster, answering the
> unanswered questions in the primary post. I would think in context my
> post was obvious. I guess I was wrong. Yes, I can paste text from
> that to which I am responding (as you can see, above), but in this case
> I didn't think it was necessary.
>
> I don't know any other way to read these boards, other than by
> thread-context. If there is a way to read my post as an isolated
> entity, then what you say makes sense. So my question to you is: how
> is it that you can read my post as an isolated entity, yet I read them
> as whole threads (10-posts-at-a-time)?

Because you're using google. Google wants to pretend that USENET is
some kind of chatroom, which it isn't.

Real newsreaders quote context by default. But you need a real newsserver,
which should be provided by your ISP.

Good Luck!
Rich

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