If there's anything more annoying than a boring nut who takes up 30% of the list volume, it's a boring nut who takes up 30% of the list volume with plaigerized articles from other, much more creative and intelligent nuts. This, of course, is CJ Parker's work, as published on Declan's Politech list. Peter Trei
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On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Trei, Peter wrote:
If there's anything more annoying than a boring nut who takes up 30% of the list volume, it's a boring nut who takes up 30% of the list volume with plaigerized articles from other, much more creative and intelligent nuts.
Procmail is your friend :-) -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------
Procmail is your friend :-)
-- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org
There is a critical mass of drek above which no one will bother searching for stuff worth reading in the list. Without mentioning any names, might I suggest that certain prolific posters need to stop posting 15 badly formatted seemingly unintelligible messages every time they visit. Two or three badly formatted seemingly unintelligible messages might actually be searched for meaningful content, but when I start seeing screenfuls of message headers from the same person, I hit "delete" and try again a few days later. Odd stuff and spam doesn't need to be 95% of the list traffic. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Eric Cordian wrote:
There is a critical mass of drek above which no one will bother searching for stuff worth reading in the list. Without mentioning any names, might I suggest that certain prolific posters need to stop posting 15 badly formatted seemingly unintelligible messages every time they visit.
Spare your breath. The only way to shut up someone with a mental condition is to kick him off the list, to leave the list, or use filtering. They're entirely closed to rational argumentation. People who have something to say are usually not that patient, and just leave the list. Overpermissiveness results in quality loss.
Spare your breath. The only way to shut up someone with a mental condition is to kick him off the list, to leave the list, or use filtering.
Can't we just kick him: period? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 05:24 PM, measl@mfn.org wrote:
Spare your breath. The only way to shut up someone with a mental condition is to kick him off the list, to leave the list, or use filtering.
Can't we just kick him: period?
You mean physically? You mean *touch* him? Not with your Doc Martins! -- "Those without creative minds and agile fingers are of course welcome to hurry up with my fries. And they'll probably use a GUI to take my order, too." - Tom Christiansen
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Petro wrote:
On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 05:24 PM, measl@mfn.org wrote:
Spare your breath. The only way to shut up someone with a mental condition is to kick him off the list, to leave the list, or use filtering.
Can't we just kick him: period?
You mean physically?
You mean *touch* him?
Not with your Doc Martins!
Aw shit, you're right... What a terrible thing to do to a shoe... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------
At 07:24 PM 01/03/2002 -0600, measl@mfn.org wrote:
Spare your breath. The only way to shut up someone with a mental condition is to kick him off the list, to leave the list, or use filtering.
Can't we just kick him: period?
What you do on your own time is your business :-) Meanwhile, it's an open list, and procmail, Eudora, Outlook, Pine, and probably even Netscape have mail filters, so you can auto-ignore people you don't want to see. Or you can encourage them by replying to all their posts, so they'll keep on ranting. Your choice.... One of the helpful things Detweiler did was get us thinking about the necessity for mail filters before the Spam wave hit and before the September That Never Ended swamped Usenet, though of course killfiles had been around for a decade or more.
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Bill Stewart wrote:
At 07:24 PM 01/03/2002 -0600, measl@mfn.org wrote:
Spare your breath. The only way to shut up someone with a mental condition is to kick him off the list, to leave the list, or use filtering.
Can't we just kick him: period?
What you do on your own time is your business :-)
Meanwhile, it's an open list,
Easy there Bill. I specifically ignored the "suggestion" that he be "kicked off the list". If there's anything you should know by know, it's that such a proposal would be *totally* out of character for me.
and procmail, Eudora, Outlook, Pine, and probably even Netscape have mail filters, so you can auto-ignore people you don't want to see.
Please note that (as I have stated a long time ago), procmail and mattd have long since been acquainted ;-)
Or you can encourage them by replying to all their posts, so they'll keep on ranting. Your choice....
Note that _I_ do not reply to his stuff, as I never see it directly. To make a long story short Bill, what I *meant* was *exactly* what I said, no more, and no less: "Can't we just kick him: period?". The suggestion was to implant a foot in his ass - literally. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------
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