What Has Happened To This Group?

#51 09-29-2007, 12:08 PM

On 29 Sep, 17:08, "mnentwig" <mnent...@elisanet.fi> wrote:
> >> Welcome to Usenet.
>
> >Thanks. It's only 12 years since I posted my first usenet
> >post; I'm a slow learner.
>
> Welcome to usenet indeed... Why is it so that people so often read posts
> in the most offensive way, when no offense was intended.

Why is it that people read posts without contemplating the
points being made...

Rune

#52 09-30-2007, 07:51 PM

Rune Allnor wrote:
> On 29 Sep, 17:08, "mnentwig" <mnent...@elisanet.fi> wrote:
>>>> Welcome to Usenet.
>>> Thanks. It's only 12 years since I posted my first usenet
>>> post; I'm a slow learner.
>> Welcome to usenet indeed... Why is it so that people so often read posts
>> in the most offensive way, when no offense was intended.
>
> Why is it that people read posts without contemplating the
> points being made...

The Internet is a warzone. Usenet is a relatively quiet backwater by the
general standard. I think the level of anonymity has a lot to do with that.

For $250 per hour I am always gracious. For free people have to take
what they get. :-)

Steve

#53 10-01-2007, 09:37 AM

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:49:48 -0400, Ray Andraka <ray@andraka.com>
wrote:

>
>I haven't been on comp.dsp in several months, returned here tonight
>while waiting for a sim to complete. Just too busy, and there has been
>too much chaff and not enough wheat to wade through for a short visit.
>The SNR here seems to have degraded considerably.

Hi Ray, (hope all is well.)

I think this group is still Super-Useful.

However, I sure do wish someone would find
that idiot who's posting all those "cmsg cancel"
posts and wring his neck like a wash rag.

See Ya',
[-Rick-]

#54 10-01-2007, 08:54 PM

Rick Lyons wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:49:48 -0400, Ray Andraka <ray@andraka.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I haven't been on comp.dsp in several months, returned here tonight
>>while waiting for a sim to complete. Just too busy, and there has been
>>too much chaff and not enough wheat to wade through for a short visit.
>>The SNR here seems to have degraded considerably.
>
>
> Hi Ray, (hope all is well.)
>
> I think this group is still Super-Useful.
>
> However, I sure do wish someone would find
> that idiot who's posting all those "cmsg cancel"
> posts and wring his neck like a wash rag.
>
> See Ya',
> [-Rick-]
>

Glad to hear I've been missed ;-)

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