Re: OT: 'Re: A Product Design Invitation' argument continuation

Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote: 
On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:43:38 -0700, Bob Monsen wrote:

Guy Macon wrote: 

[some other stuff]

Bob Monsen wrote:

[some stuff]

I'm not about to clutter this group with more nonsense. You are quite good at starting flame wars, then sitting back and laughing as it roars on.


He's not laughing. He's terrified. I once[1] was where he is,
psychologically/socially - Guy Macon is still a Nerd. The Classic Geek, who hasn't yet moved out of the dorm room, emotionally.


You are right. And he even appears to know what he is talking about on occasion, which is more than I can often say of myself.


You are a troll.


Lighten up! He's only a Nerd. And Nerds are not only about the most
welcome people there are around s.e.d, but they're about the only people who would even be interested in lurking and/or participating
at sci.electronics.design.

We're Grownups! We can take a little ribbing now and then! :-)


No, he really is a troll. He lives under a bridge, and have you noticed that he only posts at night? Coincidence? I think not.


I'd advise folks who are thinking of trying this new strategy to look over Guy's recent 'contributions' to this group.


Yeah, yeah, covered that just recently.


I stated the facts as I see them. You are free to characterize them any way you wish, and to attempt to mislead readers. That is the essence of an unmoderated newsgroup.


Yup. There ya are. Need you say more? ;-P ;-P ;-P


What I stated is true. Any post cross-posted to your silly little kingdom can be edited or prohibited by you, regardless of your protestations to the contrary. You can stop posts to an unmoderated newsgroup if they have been cross-posted.


Now _you're_ being petulant. Don't do that! (and BTW, FYI, there's
no way he can stop some other person's post to an unmoderated newsgroup even if it _has_ been crossposted. What he _might_ be
able to do is spoof some headers and do in-line editing, much
like I'm doo\^H^Ho^Hing rith^H^Hght now. ;-J )


He was pushing my buttons. We've had a few exchanges in the past, and he appears to know how to make me angry. One needs extreme self-confidence to come off like Larkin and laugh at everything.

I was just pissed off at the underhanded way he offered up his clever scheme for controlling threads, without really explaining all of the ramifications, which he clearly knew, being a moderator of another group. On the other hand, perhaps he didn't understand the problems I and others would have with him being able to arbitrarily reject replies on an unmoderated newsgroup.

And, FYI, he CAN stop posts to unmoderated groups that are crossposted to his moderated group. Your newsserver sends any posts which are crossposted to a moderated group to the moderator of the first moderated group in the crossposting list. It's only when he OKs it, and appends his little trailer, that it goes out. That's what Larkin noticed. A reply to this group had his moderator tag appended. If he rejected it, it wouldn't have gone out. He admitted that:

+You crosspost to a moderated newsgroup, you take your chances.
+
+That being said, it is my moderation policy to never, ever
+edit a post to a newsgroup I moderate, with "edit" meaning
+"change something above the moderator's comment line.
+I may reject the post, of course."

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Go away. Please. 


Hey! I've got an idea! Let's all go out and play
 "Hide-n-go *** yourself"!


Nyuck. Thanks Rich. You are a giant amongst lesser men. (to quote charles shultz)


You are wasting everyone's time. 


You presume to speak for "everyone"? Can you name those for whom you
speak? Thanks.


I was using the royal 'we' of course. Sorry, it's a habit that is hard to break.


Actually, at this point, by replying to you, I'm wasting folks time. 


Bull***! I'm having the time of my life! What are my options? Watch
TeeVee? ;^J <- BTW, if anybody hasn't figured out that smiley yet,
turn your head leftwise, such that this <-- is up. [Damn! Come to
think of it, that's the way most ASCII smileys are read already!
Never mind. -- ed.]


I'll not comment further. Feel free to have the last word.


OK! ;-D ;-D ;-D 
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