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Article #41656Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision
From: Richard
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:43
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:43
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"Carter Lee" <crlee@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:3D43F750.4464AECA@ns.sympatico.ca... > Augustus wrote: > > > > "PeterM" <notmy@realemail.ca> wrote in message > > news:rBz09.10834$DN4.2203806@news20.bellglobal.com... > > <SNIP> > > > > *CLAP CLAP CLAP* > > > > Woo woo... > > > > Not only did you reply to a thread that died 2 months ago, but you did it > > without including any part of the message you were responding to! > > > > I don't think it'll win you "Internet Boob of the Week" though, but its a > > very very very good attempt (probably snag you "First Runner Up") > > The thread is not dead, it just hasn't had any postings for a while. Err.. that's like saying that a person is not dead, he's just suffering from a prolonged case of rigor mortis. > You accuse PeterM of not including a part of the message to which he was > replying and in your reply you do exactly the same thing, snip all of > his message. The whole idea behind quoting is to give people a context for your reply. In this case, Augustus was flaming the guy for his posting techniques -- it had nothing to do with what PeterM actually said (which, in itself was a large pile of horseshit anyway, but I digress...) -- the context necessary to follow Augustus' post was in the subject line. > I think the title of 'Internet boob of the week' most assuredly is > yours. congratulations! > > Carter Nowhere even close. PeterM is still leading the race, though I'll nominate you for first runner-up. Richard
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc3d0,d359f6b8aa7ca78b X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d0,public X-Google-Thread: f504b,d359f6b8aa7ca78b X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,d359f6b8aa7ca78b X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: f7b9c,d359f6b8aa7ca78b X-Google-Attributes: gidf7b9c,public X-Google-Thread: 114af9,d359f6b8aa7ca78b X-Google-Attributes: gid114af9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-02 11:20:20 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!upp1.onvoy!msc1.onvoy!onvoy.com!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!wesley.videotron.net!news.cae.ca!not-for-mail From: "Richard" <this@is.invalid> Newsgroups: can.general,mtl.general,ont.general,ns.general,chi.general Subject: Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:43:44 -0400 Organization: disorganized Lines: 46 Message-ID: <ai3rg3$4gb$1@dns3.cae.ca> References: <76f9684ac55413942690f206280a8b1b@anonymous.poster> <ac3iss$mi5ci$1@ID-97594.news.dfncis.de> <3CE6AC35.9A445761@sympatico.ca> <sr2deu0elb0ti95qmlfssvice2hojsd1nv@4ax.com> <3CE6DD73.905BA40A@sympatico.ca> <acd10n$rf9$1@news.ca.inter.net> <3CEA9625.958F7558@dot-god.com> <39080a20.0205230446.2aeb7836@posting.google.com> <3CED85C4.DFBD4478@sympatico.ca> <39080a20.0205240617.2bf3d5fa@posting.google.com> <3CEEFFA3.202DB39D@sympatico.ca> <3CEF954E.AA54621B@dbOnayAmspaYmasters.com> <3CEFC563.78AC1F48@sympatico.ca> <bsQH8.107445$Po6.235183@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net> <Pc5I8.84$Sn2.37397@news20.bellglobal.com> <fW7I8.26860$ux5.24022@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> <bRhI8.3537$mH5.424851@news20.bellglobal.com> <v8iI8.42009$cQ3.1860@sccrnsc01> <rBz09.10834$DN4.2203806@news20.bellglobal.com> <ai0606$10aj10$1@ID-97594.news.dfncis.de> <3D43F750.4464AECA@ns.sympatico.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: p2312.cae.ca X-Trace: dns3.cae.ca 1027961155 4619 142.39.109.137 (29 Jul 2002 16:45:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.cae.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Jul 2002 16:45:55 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200