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Peter Kai Jensen <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> Hadron Quark wrote:
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>> In an ideal world Roy wuld just post a single line subject and a link,
>> but clearly thats not part of his agenda.
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> Someone else once tried that, and people in general didn't like it.
> Without a decent appropriate quote, such as Roy kindly provides, it's
> hard to know if the link is worth clicking. Then it truly wouldn't be
> anything more than a RSS feed. However, by quoting interesting bits of
> the articles it becomes much easier to find that one particular article
> that's worth reading in full.
You're absolutely right. I was musing of this issue a few minutes ago,
ie., just before I read your post; the reason why Roy's postings are
so good is that bit of contextual quote plus Roy's own remarks in many
cases which give a much better feel for what it's about and whether it's
worth looking at. This is much more than an RSS feed.
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>>> Could we take it one step further now..... could all you bloody
>>> trolls get together, put all your postings into one big digest once a
>>> week, and post it with a header including [Trolls - off topic]?
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>> Could you define a troll please? Suggestions on making Linux a better
>> user experience and suggetions to reduce NG clutter are trolls? Or do
>> they pass your stringent quality assurance checks?
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> Do you think that's all *you're* doing?
haha, I find that highly unlikely, surely he's smarter than that...
> How about your "magical pixie
> dust memory" comment, when someone mentioned that Linux handles low-RAM
> systems much better than Windows? That surely wasn't your smartest
> moment (hint: many of us have done it or are doing it, so we *know*
> you're talking BS), and it read as quite trollish. That's just one
> example of how you can act like a troll. I'm sure I could find plenty
> of others, but I have other things to do.
This group has a very specific charter, Mr Quark is mostly off-topic,
Roy's postings are on-topic. It's pretty simple!
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>>> TIA - I'm away for a couple of weeks, but look forward to seeing your
>>> progress on this when I return.
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>> Maybe Roy could email you his News posts? One, by one?
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> Usenet != E-Mail. Get it?
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I don't know that he does at all... still, I'll be posting the digest
of News postings now, so he can kfile Roy's and read the digest
instead...
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