Re: Most Outstanding Contributor Award 2004

From: Guy Macon (http://www.guymacon.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:34:01 -0700

Activ8 <reply2group@ndbbm.net> says...
>
>Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com> wrote:

>> ...crossposted it to hell and back, including groups that do not exist...
>
>Heh, heh... "to hell and back." I think maybe those non-existant
>groups are just not on your ISP's server.

Nope. There was a spelling error (putting a well-known alt.* group in
the subject line but starting it with "lt." instead of "alt.".

>If it weren't for OT posts, this group would be shut down for lack
>of activity. Yes, I exaggerated.

I have never even hinted that the off-topic posts stop. I did suggest
properly labeling them with "[OT]", but I knew that it wouldn't work;
it is a well-known aspect of Electrical Engineers (a class that includes
me) that they do not respond to reason - you have to have the ability
to fire them in order to change their behavior. :)

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