____/ Steven Friel Jr. on Tuesday 11 March 2008 13:50 : \____
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2988039.9lflQ0Gz4h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ____/ Tattoo Vampire on Sunday 09 March 2008 14:59 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> He lies.
>>>
>>> What else is new? ;-)
>>
>> Gary's boyfriend.
>>
>> For what it's worth, the server that I post from (when outside the
>> University)
>> uses a variety of routes, over which I haven't control. There are multiple
>> ISPs.
>
> Great excuse. Too bad that this isn't how usenet and the internet works. It
> doesn't matter /where/ you post from. In order for your posts to show up on
> Giganews you must first have an account with Giganews and actually login to
> that account. Just because you post from a different computer and/or IP
> address will in no way cause your posts to suddenly start appearing from a
> different NNTP provider.
>
>
>> If the trolls wanted to show multiple routes, they wouldn't have a hard
>> time
>> showing that I sometimes post from the Manchester server (this morning for
>> example), Google Groups (about 2 weeks ago) and a couple of others, always
>> under the same name. 4-5 years ago I posted as "Roy S Schestowitz".
>
> Quite ridiculous actually. "Multiple routes" is completely meaningless. When
> posting from any machine there's a greater than zero chance that your
> traffic may take a different route depending on the network traffic at the
> time. Regardless of where you post from, you still need to actually login to
> the news server in order to post.
>
> I'd expect anyone with an IQ of over 60 to realize this. What is your IQ?
I've no idea how it came from Giganews. I'm not aware of ever using it and it's
better to ask Mark about it. I just connect to a port -- whatever is available
there. If dissociating myself from the university is what guarantees no
harassment of my peers, then so be it. I gladly post directly to other NGs
(from MCC).
--
~~ Best of wishes
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