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Article #89Re: Altopia announces SSL and unthrottled service
From: Steve Firth
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:58
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:58
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George G <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > "The Happy Hippy" <the.happy.hippy.nntp@ntlworld.com> wrote in > news:6v7Fj.10590$Ff4.4572@newsfe5-win.ntli.net: > > > > > "George G" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote ... > > > >> %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote in > >> news:1ie7dsq.8jao1gmzjyd8N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk: > >> > >> > George G <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Many uk groups have been trashed by nym-shifting Altopia > >> >> trolls, unnc included. I crossposted there because I > >> >> thought someone may like to add something sensible to the > >> >> discussion. Sadly the noise level is too high there. > >> > > >> > <snork> > >> > >> Did your brain cell misfire? > >> > >> > That's a lie, this group is amost silent. > >> > >> It's full of spam and off-topic posts, which are mostly about > >> you. There is very little on-topic there as it has been > >> trashed. > > > > No. There's often very little on-topic in u.n.n.c because what > > is on-topic is quite narrowly defined. The lack of on-topic > > has nothing to do with the group having been trashed, which it > > hasn't. > > When I last visited unnc a few years back the content of the group > was for the most part on-topic. You say it hasn't been trashed. > We'll have to agree to disagree on that. > > > You can complain about the noise level in u.n.n.c but you're a > > major cause of that along with others who want to cause > > disruption by cross-posting their off-topic crap there. > > > > It's quite ironic that you should be complaining about > > Alopia's failure to reign in what you call abuse while > > indulging in your off-topic cross-posting. Shouldn't you be > > complaining to your own NSP about your own abuse ? > > My complaint was about nym-shifting to avoid the killfile. I can be > killfiled and stay killfiled. That said, I've had my say and will > not add to the noise of unnc anymore unless I see a reply to a post > of mine that needs addressing. > > > I note you also made the unsupported claim that, "Altopia > > sells itself as the NSP that allows its customers to > > nym-shift". Called on to prove that claim I note you have > > failed to do so. > > You've not been following this thread very carefully then. > Chris Caputo was advertising his new improved service on abn-s-c. A > potential new customer asked him "Do you have any kind of "Don't > frequently nymshift to evade kill-files" policy?". > CC replied "No". > The potential new customer also asked him "If a troll was nym- > shifting several times a day to disrupt a news group would you ask > them to stop?". > Again CC replied "No". > MID: <1np63u.7ve.19.1@news.alt.net> > HTH. Keep this crap out of unnc where it is off-topic.
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X-Google-Thread: fd665,6115a8c8c2b1aaa6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd665,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!out04b.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!in04.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!newscon02.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.net!wns11feed!worldnet.att.net!207.14.113.41!news.alt.net From: %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) Newsgroups: altnet.general,alt.binaries.news-server-comparison Subject: Re: Altopia announces SSL and unthrottled service Followup-To: altnet.general,alt.binaries.news-server-comparison Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:58:35 +0000 Organization: Firth Consulting Lines: 69 Sender: steve@192.168.0.20 Message-ID: <1ie7inm.bofcbh12845zsN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk> References: <1np63u.7ve.19.1@news.alt.net> <QnPEj.29184$fB7.28447@en-nntp-06.dc1.easynews.com> <1ie5pnf.40a1jt1ny3nb3N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk> <5OQEj.23210$Uf4.5433@en-nntp-08.dc1.easynews.com> <1ie5usf.rjyt0x1nb3i00N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk> <viSEj.666267$X56.130657@fe06.news.easynews.com> <1ie62xd.w3wmfj1f4nmgbN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk> <evWEj.155545$r03.140492@fe10.news.easynews.com> <1ie6fdi.ol4pdzv1snggN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk> <v9YEj.72411$Gv.70404@en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com> <1ie6h7f.y1r31yalk1a4N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk> <gOYEj.29196$fB7.2510@en-nntp-06.dc1.easynews.com> <khm8u3dvspqaitag369tnio08mc0anmnkg@4ax.com> <d0ZEj.48239$ea6.46157@en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com> <oan8u31vaffq9egq04qi2fei6f7kbbiqnl@4ax.com> <Iq6Fj.6334$yq3.4452@en-nntp-07.am2.easynews.com> <1ie7dsq.8jao1gmzjyd8N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk> <8b7Fj.192247$3y2.295@fe08.news.easynews.com> <6v7Fj.10590$Ff4.4572@newsfe5-win.ntli.net> <E28Fj.8199$Ic5.2737@en-nntp-04.am2.easynews.com> X-Copyright: Copyright in the original content of this Usenet post is owned or controlled by Steve Firth. The content may be distributed freely for non-commercial use. Google and DIYBanter are forbidden from storing this post or displaying this post to third parties without the prior written permission of Steve Firth. User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.8.1 (Mac OS X version 10.4.11 (x86))