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Where I keep my spare cats.
Whisky-dave
Tue, 23 May 2017 09:12:58 GMT in rec.photo.digital, wrote: On Monday, 22 May 2017 17:41:21 UTC+1, Diesel wrote: Whisky-dave Mon, 22 May 2017 09:49:19 GMT in rec.photo.digital, wrote: It wasn't written for your mac. So, your example, is a bad one. Unless my mac was running gone of the emulators I have run in the past. It would affect the virtual environment your emulator provided for it, then...It wouldn't be able to do much of anything with your mac file system, or mac specific files within it. Yea I know, been there done that, but I wouldfnlt worry as I'd just unstuff the previous image and I;d be up and running again in an hour or so. Why would it take an hour or so? But most people want their computers to do useful things for tehn not just run an OS and marvel at it. My linux based computers do useful things for me on a daily basis... The poster of the link isn't the one who creates the scripts dropbox uses, so what does trusting the poster have to do with my question? everything. Just like lending someone yuor car, computer or anything else. I fail to see the comparison. That's obvious. So the comparison I'm missing is? Trust. Something that has no SI unit . Again, how can you invoke trust if the user doesn't have any control over the scripts dropbox uses? Trusting the user is fine and dandy, but since they have no control over the scripts or their programming, what good does it do you? So again, I'll ask, since the user you trust has no control over any of the scripts dropbox uses, what difference does it make if you know the person or not? same way I'd decide whether or not to lend someone money or a car or camera or computer. Are you having trouble understanding what I wrote? As, your response to my question makes no sense. your question is nosense. No, it's not. I'm asking why you feel trust has any bearing on this when the user you know has no control over the scripts dropbox uses anymore so than the stranger you don't know, and, thus, don't trust. So, how exactly does trust play an active role in your decision? If one or more scripts are compromised, it doesn't matter who you trust or don't trust at that point. The stranger and someone you know have the same problem; they have no control over the scripts in use. My site does NOT interact with you, offers a program that was always free and has been discontinued for years now. there's no incentive or reason otherwise to deal with paying for a cert and encrypting the data. So again, you might want to review the HTTPS link I provided you previously from slashdot if you actually want the technical specifics on it. I suspect, though, you could care less. As, it's likely beyond your limited understanding. After all, you think a .zip file by itself, is dangerous. I don't trust such files from unkown sources. As I told you, My domain has no secure areas for you to visit. There's no valid reason for me to use HTTPS. Do you need to research what a 'secure area' is? couldn't care less not interersted. But! You thought HTTPS made the site 'safe', now you don't want to know why your comment wasn't accurate? Safer than a site that doesn't. If the site has no sensitive or secure areas, it makes little difference. What you're actually experiencing is known as a false sense of security. You're assuming that because such and such site has HTTPS enabled, that it's automatically safer/more secure than one that doesn't use it. Which is not the case. HTTPS enabled sites have been hacked. They have been used to spread malware. HTTPS has no control over that. Which isn't the fault of HTTPS, since it was never designed for controlling that in the first place. Like people that dont want to leant ho to aviod getting virus scammed spammed and possibly be watched via insecure connections. Rahter than thos ethat think they are clever by running old and outdated software that is vunerable. Can you cite any examples of a virus being able to infect you simply by downloading and unzipping a .zip file, while doing nothing else? Short of using a vulnerable archiving tool? Even one? Although it's true that your ISP, etc, cannot view the contents of your HTTPS established session, they can see that you connected to such and such site. They just can't view the communications that followed, directly. Which makes it useful if the site interacts with you in a sensitive manner, such as online banking. HTTPS hasn't always been as 'secure' as you seem to think though. It has been exploited due to vulnerabilities discovered a decade prior to the first proof of concept code: http://www.infoworld.com/article/262...en-hacked.html Certificate forgery/unauthorized copying has been an issue (and to some extent, still is) too: https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2...-internet.html As I wrote, previously, you're enjoying a false sense of security because you think if a site is HTTPS enabled, it's somehow 'secure' and that's not always the case. https://www.sslsupportdesk.com/tag/f...vulnerability/ The site itself could be using HTTPS and still contain malware unknown to your defenses. Further, an HTTPS enabled site could be 'hacked' and still have HTTPS enabled. This isn't the fault of HTTPS itself though, as it wasn't designed to prevent or detect such unwanted changes to the site itself. As I said, it provides a false sense of security if you blindly trust the site simply because it's HTTPS enabled. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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-hh
Mon, 22 May 2017 18:45:13 GMT in rec.photo.digital, wrote: On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 12:41:21 PM UTC-4, Diesel wrote: -hh Mon, 22 May 2017 10:39:09 GMT in rec.photo.digital, wrote: Hence, no one here really gives a damn about whatever axe you have to grind. I have no axe to grind... Liar. That's precisely why you just revived an old & dead thread to try to be pedantic on my use of the slang term of "dinosaur juice". *ahem*, No, I'm not. Your a google groups user, I use a real usenet client. Since my client is configured to download message bodies as well as headers, it's kept all the threads for this newsgroup. There's many I still haven't gotten around to reading yet. I noticed the thread, I read the posts, and, I replied. Simple as that. What's 'old and dead' to you doesn't mean the same to me. Exactly, which includes all of your "but, but ... trust my ZIP files" bull****. You don't need to trust my zip file. Or me. I've provided enough resources for you to fact check what I've written for yourself. Your game was up as soon as one saw "alt.2600" it your headers. Hows that? Just what do you think alt.2600 is? Are you familiar with the terms, phreaking and tone generator? What game do you think I'm playing with you or anyone else here? Yes, my job is done. However, I'm not leaving just yet. I find some of the conversations interest me. So, I'll remain for a bit. BUT OF COURSE you'll find an excuse! /S This is usenet. I'm free to come and go to any newsgroup my server carries as I see fit. it's not a chatroom. Besides, I've *never* taken orders from someone who's unable to access usenet via a real server and client. I really don't know how you can stand google groups idea of access... Gosh, as if that lame excuse hasn't been tried before either! Eh? While Google Groups does have its shortcomings, in its favor its: (a) entirely OS independent; Well, not exactly. It requires a browser capable of rendering it. You wouldn't be doing this on older OSes (say Win3x) well, if at all due the sheer amount of cpu hungry client side scripting google uses... (b) without any need to have Admin authority [1]; I don't need to be admin to use Xnews... (c) provides full contextual continuity between multiple devices[2]; (d) without any hassle of a {USB hardware} dongle[3]; dongle? WTF? There's no copy protection on Xnews. I suppose it's possible you know of a usenet client that has some form of copy protection, but, with the sheer amount of alternative choices available to people for years, it wouldn't make for a good business decision. I don't know exactly what you mean by contextual continuity between multiple devices either. You load a web browser and a url, and, you're here (or someplace else). I can move Xnews around on my windows and linux machines (works well under Wine aside from a font issue) as I like. It's a portable app, you see. (e) without having to write & run my own server to any of this; I've written my own usenet server (and client) before, to familiarize myself with the underlying protocol, but, I don't run my own server to access usenet as I don't need to do so. Many free options exist. Hell, my ISP still provides giganews access. I just don't use it. (f) and so on (I'm probably forgetting a few other points). Lack of any filtering ability, limited search options, failure to maintain proper threading. Inability to change threading views, etc. Having to be online to read posts, since you can't store them locally on your own machine. Inability to save entire threads to a local file, for reading later and/or archiving purposes. No notification of replies to posts you've written, without logging into google first. (If it supports that yet) Exposing your IP address with each post in your headers. NNTP-Posting-Host: 143.85.5.26 from your post.. 1 143.85.5.26 Succeed USA - Arizona TSACS-NET Headquarters, USAISC 143.85.0.0 143.85.255.255 143.85.0.0/16 Yes Headquarters, USAISC NETC-ANC CONUS TNOSC, Fort Huachuca 85613 disa.columbus.ns.mbx.arin- disa.columbus.ns.mbx.arin- +1-844-347-2457 ARIN Which tells me you're located in Sierra Vista, Arizona on an Army base. If you elect to view this reply in it's original format, you'll find no such identifying information in my headers. Google groups is great, if you don't give a **** about your own privacy. Google gets to see what you read/write and where and, since you have to login to post, you have to provide a legit email address. And, in your case, you actually chose a domain name you control. From that we can get this: 1 huntzinger.com whois.networksolutions.com Succeed Registered 3/7/2018 3/7/2000 3/5/2017 H. Huntzinger No +1.85848106048584816499 US Tech Name: Huntzinger, H Tech Organization: Huntzinger Tech Street: 1 Harmony Ln Tech City: Denville Tech State/Province: NJ Tech Postal Code: 07834-2421 Tech Country: US Tech Phone: +1.9735862908 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: +1.9999999999 Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: Mr Hugh A Huntzinger... Related to a Margaret E Huntzinger from Denville, NJ. I'm assuming this is your wife? All this because of the information available in your headers, none of which you'll find in mine. Footnotes: [1] - Admin is required to install a Newsreader Application Oh which OSes specifically? You realize, not all 'Newsreader Applications' require install? [2] - Effectively, a cloud-based .rn file updated in real time You meant .newsrc right? rn was an ancient newsclient (NewsReader) originally developed in 1984...Did you ever use it? [3] - an old suggestion which would have worked on some desktops was to carry around one's newsreader's .rn file on a USB thumb drive. But this presupposed [1] as well as that USB drivers weren't disabled. Umm, no. NewsReaders use a .newsrc file. It's a standardized file, you know. https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/softwar...uide/3_1_2.htm From a capability standpoint, there is AFAIK no equivalent match to GG by any alternatives that anyone has suggested in the last ~decade. What capabilities, specifically, do you think GG has that a real news client does not? And so, you now have 48 hours from the timestamp of your next r.p.d post to provide a better solution from the above capability outline. So far, I've provided examples of where your 'outline' is flawed. FYI, the reason for this arbitrary 48 hour deadline is so that a failure to respond in a timely fashion still counts (because we all know how "brave" trolls are in admitting that they lost! /S). I'm not a troll, and, at this point, I don't think I've lost anything...And, I'm not trying to stalk you or otherwise intimidate you either. I was simply making a point as to how much of your own information you're throwing out there, just by choosing to use google groups instead of an actual client and any number of free/paid servers that will give you more control and privacy. I am sorry for the loss of your diving friend, btw. I've lost friends doing what they loved as well. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 8:41:39 AM UTC-4, Diesel wrote:
-hh wrote: On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 12:41:21 PM UTC-4, Diesel wrote: -hh wrote: Hence, no one here really gives a damn about whatever axe you have to grind. I have no axe to grind... Liar. That's precisely why you just revived an old & dead thread to try to be pedantic on my use of the slang term of "dinosaur juice". *ahem*, No, I'm not. Your a google groups user, I use a real usenet client. And as I explained, using a traditional USENET client doesn't satisfy my personal workflow needs/priorities. Those are the facts no matter how much you lamely try to be oh so "l33t" by claiming that a traditional App is "real". In fact, if you really were good at archive searches, you would be able to find when I was using MT-Newswatcher, and even earlier than that, trn and rn. Since my client is configured to download message bodies as well as headers, it's kept all the threads for this newsgroup. There's many I still haven't gotten around to reading yet. I noticed the thread, I read the posts, and, I replied. Simple as that. What's 'old and dead' to you doesn't mean the same to me. Oh, I know quite well how .rn files work .. but nevertheless, you chimed in on a thread which had otherwise ended ("dead") by the other newsgroup regulars. Exactly, which includes all of your "but, but ... trust my ZIP files" bull****. You don't need to trust my zip file. Or me. I've provided enough resources for you to fact check what I've written for yourself. Your game was up as soon as one saw "alt.2600" it your headers. Hows that? Just what do you think alt.2600 is? Are you familiar with the terms, phreaking and tone generator? What game do you think I'm playing with you or anyone else here? As in the blue boxes that Steve Jobs built & sold before Apple, which enabled thefts of services from Bell Telephone. But that's just its original history. Yes, my job is done. However, I'm not leaving just yet. I find some of the conversations interest me. So, I'll remain for a bit. BUT OF COURSE you'll find an excuse! /S This is usenet. I'm free to come and go to any newsgroup my server carries as I see fit. it's not a chatroom. True, but you claimed that your job was done. Besides, I've *never* taken orders from someone who's unable to access usenet via a real server and client. I really don't know how you can stand google groups idea of access... Gosh, as if that lame excuse hasn't been tried before either! Eh? Get a ****ing clue, newbie. And I mean "newbie" in the USENET sense, not merely RPD. While Google Groups does have its shortcomings, in its favor its: (a) entirely OS independent; Well, not exactly. It requires a browser capable of rendering it. You wouldn't be doing this on older OSes (say Win3x) well, if at all due the sheer amount of cpu hungry client side scripting google uses... Oh, look: it is another complaint from Dustin about his personal lack of a PC with any computational power. Have you perhaps thought buying a new one from *this* decade? (b) without any need to have Admin authority [1]; I don't need to be admin to use Xnews... How about *installing* it, pedantic boy? After all, one can't run an App which hasn't been installed. (c) provides full contextual continuity between multiple devices[2]; (d) without any hassle of a {USB hardware} dongle[3]; dongle? WTF? There's no copy protection on Xnews. I suppose ... Nope...but you failed to read the [3] footnote: it made it clear that this USB dongle was to have a local, yet transportable, copy of one's Newsreader's .rn file, which you take with you via the USB stick as one moves between different desktop PC's. ....oh, wait: you *do* know what an .rn file is, relative to how Newsreaders are classically designed, don't you? Well kid, it is where each newsgroup's article#'s for what's been read (and by omission, what's not been read) data is stored. Back in the era of trn/rn on Unix, it was a simple ASCII text file. I don't know exactly what you mean by contextual continuity between multiple devices either. And it shows. (e) without having to write & run my own server to any of this; I've written my own usenet server (and client) before, to familiarize myself with the underlying protocol, but, I don't run my own server to access usenet as I don't need to do so. Many free options exist. Hell, my ISP still provides giganews access. I just don't use it. Nope, not what I was alluding to at all. This was alluding to replacing the hardware USB dongle for the .rn file repository with a cloud based one that each platform's newsreader App would use, in lieu of a local one. The approach would have some headaches for revision control with multiple open sessions, but... (f) and so on (I'm probably forgetting a few other points). Lack of any filtering ability, limited search options, failure to maintain proper threading. Inability to change threading views, etc. But of course there's downsides; life is like that. Having to be online to read posts, ... Hardly a problem with cellular data networks - - although I will admit that I went ~3 weeks last year effectively without coverage, while on vacation in South Africa and Namibia...and to keep this post at least minimally on-topic to RPD, here's some photos from that trip: http://www.huntzinger.com/gallery/index.php/SAN (If it supports that yet) Exposing your IP address with each post in your headers. NNTP-Posting-Host: 143.85.5.26 from your post.. 1 143.85.5.26 Succeed USA - Arizona TSACS-NET Headquarters, USAISC 143.85.0.0 143.85.255.255 143.85.0.0/16 Yes Headquarters, USAISC NETC-ANC CONUS TNOSC, Fort Huachuca 85613 disa.columbus.ns.mbx.arin- disa.columbus.ns.mbx.arin- +1-844-347-2457 ARIN Which tells me you're located in Sierra Vista, Arizona on an Army base. Gosh, really? /S Now aren't you the guy who gets soooooo offended by others who have reportedly "doxxed" you? And you're now doing it to others? Is that not called being a hypocrite? Google groups is great, if you don't give a **** about your own privacy. Or know that attempts at anonymity are doomed to failure. And, in your case, you actually chose a domain name you control. From that we can get this: 1 huntzinger.com whois.networksolutions.com Succeed Registered 3/7/2018 3/7/2000 3/5/2017 H. Huntzinger No +1.85848106048584816499 US Tech Name: Huntzinger, H Tech Organization: Huntzinger Tech Street: 1 Harmony Ln Tech City: Denville Tech State/Province: NJ New Jersey? But didn't you just claim that I'm in Sierra Vista, Arizona? All this because of the information available in your headers, none of which you'll find in mine. Because trolls like to hide much more than honest people. Footnotes: [1] - Admin is required to install a Newsreader Application Oh which OSes specifically? You realize, not all 'Newsreader Applications' require install? You can start with the market leaders: Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. [2] - Effectively, a cloud-based .rn file updated in real time You meant .newsrc right? Probably so...its been so long since I used it, such small details are relatively easy to forget. rn was an ancient newsclient (NewsReader) originally developed in 1984...Did you ever use it? Yes, for several years. Go search the USENET archives, kid, and you'll find proof in ancient headers. [3] - an old suggestion which would have worked on some desktops was to carry around one's newsreader's .rn file on a USB thumb drive. But this presupposed [1] as well as that USB drivers weren't disabled. Umm, no. NewsReaders use a .newsrc file. It's a standardized file, you know. As I said, I didn't recall the exact file name correctly. That's an extremely minor issue when you realize that I'm recalling minutia from 30 years ago ... back when you were still in diapers. From a capability standpoint, there is AFAIK no equivalent match to GG by any alternatives that anyone has suggested in the last ~decade. What capabilities, specifically, do you think GG has that a real news client does not? The ones listed above which you just tried to comment on. And so, you now have 48 hours from the timestamp of your next r.p.d post to provide a better solution from the above capability outline. So far, I've provided examples of where your 'outline' is flawed. Wrong. All you've done is to fail to meet my stated capability requirements. T-Minus 3 hours and counting. FYI, the reason for this arbitrary 48 hour deadline is so that a failure to respond in a timely fashion still counts (because we all know how "brave" trolls are in admitting that they lost! /S). I'm not a troll, .... LOL. and, at this point, I don't think I've lost anything... Correct, because you still have 3 hours to go. ..And, I'm not trying to stalk you or otherwise intimidate you either. So you try to claim - - but it doesn't matter, because what you did to is to "dox" another, which makes you a hypocrite. I was simply making a point as to how much of your own information you're throwing out there,... Which I've known for decades, kid. just by choosing to use google groups instead of an actual client and any number of free/paid servers that will give you more control and privacy. Don't need to bother, and as I've already pointed out, it would be much less convenient for me and my workflow's use case. -hh |
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On 5/24/2017 9:28 AM, PAS wrote:
On 5/24/2017 7:42 AM, wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2017 14:19:44 -0400, PAS wrote: On 5/19/2017 1:29 PM, David B. wrote: On 5/19/2017 6:13 PM, PAS wrote: [....] My wife and I have been, thankfully, spared the loss of a child. But we have lost some dogs over the years. My wife was not always the dog lover I am. We got our first dog when our youngest of two sons was an infant so she had her priorities and it wasn't a new dog, that was mine. Fast forward about 26 years and we got a dog after going about five years without one. My wife named her Maya and she was an awesome dog. She was a bear-coat Shar Pei which you don't see often As a puppy: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-WNFH8Rd/A Full-grown: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-fp8xSGf/A Wow! :-) I've never seen such a dog! Thanks for sharing the photographs. Maya died two years ago at the age of 5 1/2. To say my wife was devastated is an understatement. She was attached to that dog in a way I had never seen. There are days where I still find her crying over Maya. I'm saddened to learn of your loss. I, too, have cried over the loss of my pets over the years. They do, as you know, become a part of you. They certainly do become part of us. We have two now, Bella and Bubba. Bubba is from the same litter as Maya was. Bella is six months younger from the same father but different mother. We haven't had Bubba since he was a pup, we only had Maya at the time. Bella came six months later. A family on Long Island not far from us bought Bubba. Three years ago they decided they had to give him up. The couple who bought him had a baby at the time and three years later had another one. Her mother was going to care for the two children while the mother went back to work but she was allergic to dogs so they gave him up. When you buy a dog from the breeder we got them from, you agree that if you decide to give up the dog for any reason then you must give the breeder first opportunity to take the dog. The breeder is in North Carolina, quite a distance from Long Island. The couple was being difficult and they were adamant that they would give the breeder one week to come and get the dog or else they would send him to a shelter. She was upset about this because she couldn't get to Long Island within a week - she has a family and a job and what-not to attend to. She asked us if we would take Bubba until a suitable place was found for him. We agreed immediately and after having him for a day, we decided we would keep him. He's a timid dog but a good boy. I wonder what causes him to be so timid because he avoids being pet most of the time, as if he is afraid. I wonder how he was treated by his other family. Stunning Shar Peis you have! I love the asian breeds Shar Pei, Akita and Chow Chow. I've had Chows for the past 30+ years A fellow hobbyist photog I know has a champion Chow-Chow he calls Gus-Gus and he's a beautiful dog. On a shot where we met for the first time, his wife came along and they brought the Chow-Chow they had at the time. Those dogs have a reputation for being nasty but their Chow-Chow was a friendly laid-back dog. Chow-Chows are on some insurance company lists of breeds that, if the home owner has one, the company will not provide homeowner's insurance for. I've met a few Chow-Chows and none of them were nasty. The name Gus-Gus sounds familiar. Do you recall the breeder's kennel name? There were some ill bred Chows in the '80s when they were very popular. They are not a dog for idiots. They need to be socialized from a very young age. At times they have been the 'bad dog' of the press along with the GSD, Rott, Dobe and the current Pitt Bull. They don't accept abuse willingly and demand respect. I never met one that was aggressively mean. Typically they weren't friendly to strangers if I wasn't around. They weren't generally fond of salesmen at the door either. |
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On 5/24/2017 11:06 PM, gray_wolf wrote:
On 5/24/2017 9:28 AM, PAS wrote: On 5/24/2017 7:42 AM, wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2017 14:19:44 -0400, PAS wrote: On 5/19/2017 1:29 PM, David B. wrote: On 5/19/2017 6:13 PM, PAS wrote: [....] My wife and I have been, thankfully, spared the loss of a child. But we have lost some dogs over the years. My wife was not always the dog lover I am. We got our first dog when our youngest of two sons was an infant so she had her priorities and it wasn't a new dog, that was mine. Fast forward about 26 years and we got a dog after going about five years without one. My wife named her Maya and she was an awesome dog. She was a bear-coat Shar Pei which you don't see often As a puppy: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-WNFH8Rd/A Full-grown: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-fp8xSGf/A Wow! :-) I've never seen such a dog! Thanks for sharing the photographs. Maya died two years ago at the age of 5 1/2. To say my wife was devastated is an understatement. She was attached to that dog in a way I had never seen. There are days where I still find her crying over Maya. I'm saddened to learn of your loss. I, too, have cried over the loss of my pets over the years. They do, as you know, become a part of you. They certainly do become part of us. We have two now, Bella and Bubba. Bubba is from the same litter as Maya was. Bella is six months younger from the same father but different mother. We haven't had Bubba since he was a pup, we only had Maya at the time. Bella came six months later. A family on Long Island not far from us bought Bubba. Three years ago they decided they had to give him up. The couple who bought him had a baby at the time and three years later had another one. Her mother was going to care for the two children while the mother went back to work but she was allergic to dogs so they gave him up. When you buy a dog from the breeder we got them from, you agree that if you decide to give up the dog for any reason then you must give the breeder first opportunity to take the dog. The breeder is in North Carolina, quite a distance from Long Island. The couple was being difficult and they were adamant that they would give the breeder one week to come and get the dog or else they would send him to a shelter. She was upset about this because she couldn't get to Long Island within a week - she has a family and a job and what-not to attend to. She asked us if we would take Bubba until a suitable place was found for him. We agreed immediately and after having him for a day, we decided we would keep him. He's a timid dog but a good boy. I wonder what causes him to be so timid because he avoids being pet most of the time, as if he is afraid. I wonder how he was treated by his other family. Stunning Shar Peis you have! I love the asian breeds Shar Pei, Akita and Chow Chow. I've had Chows for the past 30+ years A fellow hobbyist photog I know has a champion Chow-Chow he calls Gus-Gus and he's a beautiful dog. On a shot where we met for the first time, his wife came along and they brought the Chow-Chow they had at the time. Those dogs have a reputation for being nasty but their Chow-Chow was a friendly laid-back dog. Chow-Chows are on some insurance company lists of breeds that, if the home owner has one, the company will not provide homeowner's insurance for. I've met a few Chow-Chows and none of them were nasty. The name Gus-Gus sounds familiar. Do you recall the breeder's kennel name? There were some ill bred Chows in the '80s when they were very popular. They are not a dog for idiots. They need to be socialized from a very young age. At times they have been the 'bad dog' of the press along with the GSD, Rott, Dobe and the current Pitt Bull. They don't accept abuse willingly and demand respect. I never met one that was aggressively mean. Typically they weren't friendly to strangers if I wasn't around. They weren't generally fond of salesmen at the door either. I do not know which kennel Gus-Gus came from. Shar Peis are typically not friendly to strangers either. Our first one was like that. If you came to our house and knocked on the door, you would have thought that she was a vicious dog the way she'd jump on the door and bark and snarl. But once you walked into the house, she would walk away and not come near you. Our others were much friendlier. The two we have now get very excited whenever anyone comes in the house. |
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On 5/25/2017 8:18 AM, PAS wrote:
On 5/24/2017 11:06 PM, gray_wolf wrote: On 5/24/2017 9:28 AM, PAS wrote: On 5/24/2017 7:42 AM, wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2017 14:19:44 -0400, PAS wrote: On 5/19/2017 1:29 PM, David B. wrote: On 5/19/2017 6:13 PM, PAS wrote: [....] My wife and I have been, thankfully, spared the loss of a child. But we have lost some dogs over the years. My wife was not always the dog lover I am. We got our first dog when our youngest of two sons was an infant so she had her priorities and it wasn't a new dog, that was mine. Fast forward about 26 years and we got a dog after going about five years without one. My wife named her Maya and she was an awesome dog. She was a bear-coat Shar Pei which you don't see often As a puppy: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-WNFH8Rd/A Full-grown: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-fp8xSGf/A Wow! :-) I've never seen such a dog! Thanks for sharing the photographs. Maya died two years ago at the age of 5 1/2. To say my wife was devastated is an understatement. She was attached to that dog in a way I had never seen. There are days where I still find her crying over Maya. I'm saddened to learn of your loss. I, too, have cried over the loss of my pets over the years. They do, as you know, become a part of you. They certainly do become part of us. We have two now, Bella and Bubba. Bubba is from the same litter as Maya was. Bella is six months younger from the same father but different mother. We haven't had Bubba since he was a pup, we only had Maya at the time. Bella came six months later. A family on Long Island not far from us bought Bubba. Three years ago they decided they had to give him up. The couple who bought him had a baby at the time and three years later had another one. Her mother was going to care for the two children while the mother went back to work but she was allergic to dogs so they gave him up. When you buy a dog from the breeder we got them from, you agree that if you decide to give up the dog for any reason then you must give the breeder first opportunity to take the dog. The breeder is in North Carolina, quite a distance from Long Island. The couple was being difficult and they were adamant that they would give the breeder one week to come and get the dog or else they would send him to a shelter. She was upset about this because she couldn't get to Long Island within a week - she has a family and a job and what-not to attend to. She asked us if we would take Bubba until a suitable place was found for him. We agreed immediately and after having him for a day, we decided we would keep him. He's a timid dog but a good boy. I wonder what causes him to be so timid because he avoids being pet most of the time, as if he is afraid. I wonder how he was treated by his other family. Stunning Shar Peis you have! I love the asian breeds Shar Pei, Akita and Chow Chow. I've had Chows for the past 30+ years A fellow hobbyist photog I know has a champion Chow-Chow he calls Gus-Gus and he's a beautiful dog. On a shot where we met for the first time, his wife came along and they brought the Chow-Chow they had at the time. Those dogs have a reputation for being nasty but their Chow-Chow was a friendly laid-back dog. Chow-Chows are on some insurance company lists of breeds that, if the home owner has one, the company will not provide homeowner's insurance for. I've met a few Chow-Chows and none of them were nasty. The name Gus-Gus sounds familiar. Do you recall the breeder's kennel name? There were some ill bred Chows in the '80s when they were very popular. They are not a dog for idiots. They need to be socialized from a very young age. At times they have been the 'bad dog' of the press along with the GSD, Rott, Dobe and the current Pitt Bull. They don't accept abuse willingly and demand respect. I never met one that was aggressively mean. Typically they weren't friendly to strangers if I wasn't around. They weren't generally fond of salesmen at the door either. I do not know which kennel Gus-Gus came from. Shar Peis are typically not friendly to strangers either. Our first one was like that. If you came to our house and knocked on the door, you would have thought that she was a vicious dog the way she'd jump on the door and bark and snarl. But once you walked into the house, she would walk away and not come near you. Our others were much friendlier. The two we have now get very excited whenever anyone comes in the house. A couple of my Chows were pretty aloof. We were friends but they didn't care what anyone else thought. They could be real snobs. The others enjoyed my friends coming by for a visit. None would jump on you, lick you or make a big fuss over anybody. Unlike most dogs they don't have a need to please people. If you are fortunate to really connect with a Chow it is a very special thing. |
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Wed, 24 May 2017 21:58:53 GMT in rec.photo.digital, wrote: Since my client is configured to download message bodies as well as headers, it's kept all the threads for this newsgroup. There's many I still haven't gotten around to reading yet. I noticed the thread, I read the posts, and, I replied. Simple as that. What's 'old and dead' to you doesn't mean the same to me. Oh, I know quite well how .rn files work .. but nevertheless, you chimed in on a thread which had otherwise ended ("dead") by the other newsgroup regulars. newsrc files, you mean. Formally known as .rn files...Prior to threading capable newsreaders came into existance...I'm not a regular of your newsgroup, so it's not dead to me, or anyone else who comes across it for the first time, either. As I wrote previously, this is usenet, not a chatroom. As in the blue boxes that Steve Jobs built & sold before Apple, which enabled thefts of services from Bell Telephone. But that's just its original history. Sorry if I don't feel bad about taking ma bell for a ride on occasion. Please don't tell me your a mac fanboy too? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreaking He wasn't the first to do it, and, wasn't the only one building boxes. True, but you claimed that your job was done. In so far as warning people like yourself, which seem to be a bit gullible concerning David Brooks and his need to stalk people who refuse to do his bidding, yes. I can lead you to water, but, I can't really force you to drink it. Get a ****ing clue, newbie. I haven't been a newbie in a very long time... http://picpaste.com/HlZsFJlY.jpg That's my name in 'lights' as BD likes to remind me, from time to time. BD being the stalker that you've unknowingly been trying to help. Ever hear of the program or the company Malwarebytes? They recruited me to work for them, btw. I didn't even know they were looking for researchers OR had any openings. I was working on my own antimalware application known as BugHunter. And I mean "newbie" in the USENET sense, not merely RPD. Says the one who thinks google groups is intended for usenet and makes for a great method of accessing usenet...I'm not new to usenet, either. Prior to using a real client and prior to the existance of google, I was on usenet via uucp and unix based shell accounts that I succesfully hacked from college kids who thought they knew alot more than they did. The unix shell accounts were my first experience with the 'original' (depending on who you ask) usenet client, known as rn. That's why I asked if you were familiar with it, since you continue confusing 'newsrc' for the 'rn' ascii text file clients like it used, back in the day. Oh, look: it is another complaint from Dustin about his personal lack of a PC with any computational power. Have you perhaps thought buying a new one from *this* decade? Your trolling skills need work, Hugh. You should learn how to read in context. I was citing an example, I didn't say I had any machines that old here. How about *installing* it, pedantic boy? It doesn't require installation. It's a 'portable' app. I don't really agree with the buzzword anymore so than I do the 'cloud' but, it is what it is, and as someone once reminded me, I don't control the lexicon. You're nineteen years older than me...So, I don't know why you keep referring to me as a 'boy' in a derogatory manner. After all, one can't run an App which hasn't been installed. Are you sure about that? You seem to be of the mistaken impression that All apps require installation. They don't. Or, are you using the word installed very loosely? To the point of a pantsize thats much much too large to fit you, and, so rides your ankles? https://portableapps.com/ http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk/ http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk/core/ No installation required. Nope...but you failed to read the [3] footnote: it made it clear that this USB dongle was to have a local, yet transportable, copy of one's Newsreader's .rn file, which you take with you via the USB stick as one moves between different desktop PC's. There's no rn file with Xnews. It uses a newsrc file. Why take the newsrc file when I can just take the entire program with me? It works on Windows and Wine under Linux. so.. it's quite adaptable. Doesn't require admin level rights to run, either. Doesn't require install, either. Copy directory (oh, sorry, in Windows slang it's a 'folder') to the USB stick (dongle if you insist, but, that reminds me of copy protected software for the most part, back in the day) and run it from there, or, if you'd like, copy it to the hosts local HD. Even as a non admin user, short of a corp network environment, you have write access to some folders on the machine. ...oh, wait: you *do* know what an .rn file is, relative to how Newsreaders are classically designed, don't you? Well kid, it is where each newsgroup's article#'s for what's been read (and by omission, what's not been read) data is stored. Back in the era of trn/rn on Unix, it was a simple ASCII text file. It still is, but, it goes by the name 'newsrc' these days. I asked if you used one of the original clients by the same name as rn. I used it too, back in the day. When 'threaded' based clients came into existance though, I happily switched. They have advantages over what you're calling classic. I don't know exactly what you mean by contextual continuity between multiple devices either. And it shows. Shrug. Any device that can connect to the internet and use a browser capable of parsing the scripts will see essentially the same thing on screen (mobile devices obviously see a slightly different version; but the posts themselves look pretty much the same) I don't see how you consider that to be a feature specific to google, though. Nope, not what I was alluding to at all. This was alluding to replacing the hardware USB dongle for the .rn file repository with a cloud based one that each platform's newsreader App would use, in lieu of a local one. The approach would have some headaches for revision control with multiple open sessions, but... The newsrc file, you mean...Although, they are the same beastie, clients these days use a file called 'newsrc' It has the same internal structure for the most part as the original 'rn' file. Some headaches? I don't know why I'd just copy my newsrc file to take with me, when I can just rar/zip/native copy the entire Xnews folder instead? As I said, it's keeping local copies, has a search ability on all databases internal to it, etc. It even keeps a copy of each usenet post I create, in the event I want to review one or more later on down the road. I can even do local searches based on a variety of criteria. Xnews works well under Windows and Wine under Linux, so, it's a decent client, if you like the older look and feel. That and I have some time invested in Xnews with some software I've written that interacts with it's local files. Everything from .ini file configuration to the .hdr, mbx files. You've seen some of the results of that, without knowing it. That is, if you've examined my headers. Lack of any filtering ability, limited search options, failure to maintain proper threading. Inability to change threading views, etc. But of course there's downsides; life is like that. Well, those are important things to me and others who've been on usenet for decades and actually like the flexability and control offered with a real client, vs a web portal interface. YMMV. Hardly a problem with cellular data networks - - although I will admit that I went ~3 weeks last year effectively without coverage, while on vacation in South Africa and Namibia...and to keep this post at least minimally on-topic to RPD, here's some photos from that trip: As I said. I don't have to be online to read/write replies/search folders, upto the last point in time where my client downloaded the message headers and associated message bodies. They're locally stored when it does that. Further, I can review them at any time I like, prior to them being sent and make changes and/or delete them instead, if I so choose. I can also delay which ones get sent and when. Can't do any of that with google groups... Which tells me you're located in Sierra Vista, Arizona on an Army base. Gosh, really? /S My point in doing that was that your choice of usenet access provider exposes information to the rest of us that doesn't need to be. The internet can be a dangerous place, as you well know, why just give people with nefarious intentions information they don't even have to work for? Google groups is great, if you don't give a **** about your own privacy. Or know that attempts at anonymity are doomed to failure. That depends on the steps you take, actually. And, privacy isn't the same as anonymity, but, they are related to a point.. As for me, I had a sound reason behind providing my real name, years ago. I had a lot of trust to regain due to outright, malicious software I'm responsible for having authored. I knew when I released my antimalware scanner, that due to a 'coding style signature', it would only be a matter of time before someone familiar with the malicious code I authored would figure out I wrote BugHunter, too. I decided to head that off at the pass. One can remain anonymous online, if proper steps are taken and it's something they actually want to do. All this because of the information available in your headers, none of which you'll find in mine. Because trolls like to hide much more than honest people. I realize you think that by referring to me as a troll, it somehow makes it true. I'm not actually a troll anymore so than yourself. I 'hide' certain information as you put it due to David Brooks and people just like him. He's tried to 'dox' me over the years, five or six times now, and, it started because I refused to help him break into systems he had no rights to, and copy information from those systems that he had no right to have. Basically, any address that comes up in a public records search, he thinks I actually lived at. He's that ignorant concerning how things work in the world. If you think public records searches are accurate and immune to incorrect data, you're just as ignorant as he is. You can start with the market leaders: Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. Interesting. This machine happens to be running Windows. I'm presently not logged in with Admin level rights, and, I didn't use Admin level rights to create a folder for Xnews, unzip it there, and configure it to my liking. It doesn't require installation. As I told you. I certainly don't use the root or admin level accounts on my linux machines for day to day things, either. Xnews runs fine on the normal restricted user accounts on all my machines. Yes, for several years. Go search the USENET archives, kid, and you'll find proof in ancient headers. You have nineteen years on me, so you can stop calling me a 'kid'. Ok? And I didn't start with computers as a teenager or young adult, either. As I said, I didn't recall the exact file name correctly. That's an extremely minor issue when you realize that I'm recalling minutia from 30 years ago ... back when you were still in diapers. See above. I wasn't in diapers thirty years ago, and, I've written programs that are older...Do you have any more assumptions about me you'd like to share? As I find the ones you have, very amusing. From a capability standpoint, there is AFAIK no equivalent match to GG by any alternatives that anyone has suggested in the last ~decade. What capabilities, specifically, do you think GG has that a real news client does not? The ones listed above which you just tried to comment on. The only one that GG has on Xnews is it's ability to be accessed on any device capable of an internet connection and a browser able to parse the scripting. Which doesn't make it unique. It simply means it's a web interface. A web based 'portal' to usenet, in all reality. Xnews has many capabilities that GG does not have, though. Filtering, threading, advanced searching, Local copy storage, offline use to read/respond to already downloaded messages. Etc. Wrong. All you've done is to fail to meet my stated capability requirements. The only valid requirement you have stated is the web portal aspect to GG. Xnews isn't a web portal, it's an actual Newsreader with abilities that exceed that of which GG is able to offer you. T-Minus 3 hours and counting. While I find your clock rather amusing, it doesn't mean I care about meeting 'conditions' you set on me in the time limit you impose. You prefer to access usenet via a web portal, and, I prefer a real client. It's as simple as that. The real client has more features and abilities, which suit me. YMMV. So you try to claim - - but it doesn't matter, because what you did to is to "dox" another, which makes you a hypocrite. MID: http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=149563187700 Pot-kettle-black, then? I fully admit that I have, 'dox'd David Brooks in a rather large way. In response to his unprovoked failed efforts to do the same to me, because I wouldn't do some shady things on his behalf. Which I've known for decades, kid. Again, you're nineteen years older than myself, so you can quit with the condescending 'kid' remark. Don't need to bother, and as I've already pointed out, it would be much less convenient for me and my workflow's use case. A web browser with the limitations present on google suits your 'workflow' better? That just wouldn't work for me. Maybe I'm a bit of a control freak then, as I like the control a real client affords me. -- I would like to apologize for not having offended you yet. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. |
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On 5/24/2017 11:06 PM, gray_wolf wrote:
On 5/24/2017 9:28 AM, PAS wrote: On 5/24/2017 7:42 AM, wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2017 14:19:44 -0400, PAS wrote: On 5/19/2017 1:29 PM, David B. wrote: On 5/19/2017 6:13 PM, PAS wrote: [....] My wife and I have been, thankfully, spared the loss of a child. But we have lost some dogs over the years. My wife was not always the dog lover I am. We got our first dog when our youngest of two sons was an infant so she had her priorities and it wasn't a new dog, that was mine. Fast forward about 26 years and we got a dog after going about five years without one. My wife named her Maya and she was an awesome dog. She was a bear-coat Shar Pei which you don't see often As a puppy: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-WNFH8Rd/A Full-grown: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-fp8xSGf/A Wow! :-) I've never seen such a dog! Thanks for sharing the photographs. Maya died two years ago at the age of 5 1/2. To say my wife was devastated is an understatement. She was attached to that dog in a way I had never seen. There are days where I still find her crying over Maya. I'm saddened to learn of your loss. I, too, have cried over the loss of my pets over the years. They do, as you know, become a part of you. They certainly do become part of us. We have two now, Bella and Bubba. Bubba is from the same litter as Maya was. Bella is six months younger from the same father but different mother. We haven't had Bubba since he was a pup, we only had Maya at the time. Bella came six months later. A family on Long Island not far from us bought Bubba. Three years ago they decided they had to give him up. The couple who bought him had a baby at the time and three years later had another one. Her mother was going to care for the two children while the mother went back to work but she was allergic to dogs so they gave him up. When you buy a dog from the breeder we got them from, you agree that if you decide to give up the dog for any reason then you must give the breeder first opportunity to take the dog. The breeder is in North Carolina, quite a distance from Long Island. The couple was being difficult and they were adamant that they would give the breeder one week to come and get the dog or else they would send him to a shelter. She was upset about this because she couldn't get to Long Island within a week - she has a family and a job and what-not to attend to. She asked us if we would take Bubba until a suitable place was found for him. We agreed immediately and after having him for a day, we decided we would keep him. He's a timid dog but a good boy. I wonder what causes him to be so timid because he avoids being pet most of the time, as if he is afraid. I wonder how he was treated by his other family. Stunning Shar Peis you have! I love the asian breeds Shar Pei, Akita and Chow Chow. I've had Chows for the past 30+ years A fellow hobbyist photog I know has a champion Chow-Chow he calls Gus-Gus and he's a beautiful dog. On a shot where we met for the first time, his wife came along and they brought the Chow-Chow they had at the time. Those dogs have a reputation for being nasty but their Chow-Chow was a friendly laid-back dog. Chow-Chows are on some insurance company lists of breeds that, if the home owner has one, the company will not provide homeowner's insurance for. I've met a few Chow-Chows and none of them were nasty. The name Gus-Gus sounds familiar. Do you recall the breeder's kennel name? There were some ill bred Chows in the '80s when they were very popular. They are not a dog for idiots. They need to be socialized from a very young age. At times they have been the 'bad dog' of the press along with the GSD, Rott, Dobe and the current Pitt Bull. They don't accept abuse willingly and demand respect. I never met one that was aggressively mean. Typically they weren't friendly to strangers if I wasn't around. They weren't generally fond of salesmen at the door either. One of my friends chow had the wanderlust. It barely knew me, but when he saw my car, he would happily jump right in, and bring him home. When I was around he was a sweeet as could be, to everybody. His owner was amazed, as with most others he was highly territorial. Go figger. -- PeterN |
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On Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 5:41:16 PM UTC-4, Diesel wrote:
-hh wrote: Dustin wrote: Since my client is configured to download message bodies as well as headers, it's kept all the threads for this newsgroup. There's many I still haven't gotten around to reading yet. I noticed the thread, I read the posts, and, I replied. Simple as that. What's 'old and dead' to you doesn't mean the same to me. Oh, I know quite well how .rn files work .. but nevertheless, you chimed in on a thread which had otherwise ended ("dead") by the other newsgroup regulars. newsrc files, you mean. Formally known as .rn files...Prior to threading capable newsreaders came into existance... Which merely means that I got some of my old IT history a bit blended, by using the original name instead of the more recent (and PC based) one. I'm not a regular of your newsgroup, so it's not dead to me, or anyone else who comes across it for the first time, either. As I wrote previously, this is usenet, not a chatroom. And all posts have dates on them. Given that this is still a reasonably active group, you had to deliberately go past the active threads to go find the old ones. Given that your post targeted me, it was motivationally nothing more than a troll attempt. Quite lame & childishly petty. As in the blue boxes that Steve Jobs built & sold before Apple, which enabled thefts of services from Bell Telephone. But that's just its original history. Sorry if I don't feel bad about taking ma bell for a ride on occasion. Oh, your lack of morals is already quite obvious. Please don't tell me your a mac fanboy too? Oh, look: its another lame "L33t" attempt. Sorry kid, but AFAIC, they're all just tools in the toolbox, and I don't subscribe to the irrational fanboy crap. So I use different ones at different times, including Linux. True, but you claimed that your job was done. In so far as warning people like yourself, which seem to be a bit gullible concerning David Brooks and his need to stalk people who refuse to do his bidding, yes. I can lead you to water, but, I can't really force you to drink it. Except that you're the one who has made poorly based assumptions on gullibility and who needs your supposed "help". Get a ****ing clue, newbie. I haven't been a newbie in a very long time... Yet you're still very much acting like one ... so I'll just say instead that you're a PSL ... short for "Painfully Slow Learner" And I mean "newbie" in the USENET sense, not merely RPD. Says the one who thinks google groups is intended for usenet and makes for a great method of accessing usenet... Nice straw man you tried to build there - - too bad its already been proven wrong. Oh, look: it is another complaint from Dustin about his personal lack of a PC with any computational power. Have you perhaps thought buying a new one from *this* decade? Your trolling skills need work, Hugh. You should learn how to read in context. I was citing an example, I didn't say I had any machines that old here. Didn't really read that way to me, nor when you complained about I-81 traffic. How about *installing* it, pedantic boy? It doesn't require installation. It's a 'portable' app. It still comes down to how the Admin was set up; some will lock down to the point of prohibiting any .exe from running. I've even seen some systems where one can't install a new printer. After all, one can't run an App which hasn't been installed. Are you sure about that? You seem to be of the mistaken impression that All apps require installation. They don't. It still comes down to how restrictive the Admin was set up (and what options their Admin pkg has). I've seen/used some which were locked down to the point of prohibiting a random .exe from running. Similarly, where one can't even install a new printer...or updated print driver to an existing printer (yes, on first glance, that one seems stupid). Nope...but you failed to read the [3] footnote: it made it clear that this USB dongle was to have a local, yet transportable, copy of one's Newsreader's .rn file, which you take with you via the USB stick as one moves between different desktop PC's. There's no rn file with Xnews. It uses a newsrc file. Why take the newsrc file when I can just take the entire program with me? Because the conversation that this stems from was from a decade ago, when big USB sticks weren't dirt cheap, etc. Doesn't require admin level rights to run, either. Oh, so then let me go test your claim by taking a copy of Xnews to a PC on a USB and plugging it in ... oh, look: they've locked out the USB port drivers for all storage media too. Doesn't require install, either. Copy directory (oh, sorry, in Windows slang it's a 'folder') Windows? I thought I was a Mac 'fanboy'? Just give me a "ls -laF" and I'll be fine. I don't know exactly what you mean by contextual continuity between multiple devices either. And it shows. Shrug. Any device that can connect to the internet and use a browser capable of parsing the scripts will see essentially the same thing on screen (mobile devices obviously see a slightly different version; but the posts themselves look pretty much the same) I don't see how you consider that to be a feature specific to google, though. Because they invisibly & painlessly handle the .rn (or .newsrc) file updates automatically for me, as I move between devices/platforms: my read/unread thread are all up to date ... with zero effort on my part. Nope, not what I was alluding to at all. This was alluding to replacing the hardware USB dongle for the .rn file repository with a cloud based one that each platform's newsreader App would use, in lieu of a local one. The approach would have some headaches for revision control with multiple open sessions, but... The newsrc file, you mean...Although, they are the same beastie, clients these days use a file called 'newsrc' It has the same internal structure for the most part as the original 'rn' file. And in trying to be pendant, you dodged the key point. Some headaches? I don't know why I'd just copy my newsrc file to take with me, when I can just rar/zip/native copy the entire Xnews folder instead? Which is still more work...you're not going to beat ZERO effort. Lack of any filtering ability, limited search options, failure to maintain proper threading. Inability to change threading views, etc. But of course there's downsides; life is like that. Well, those are important things to me and others who've been on usenet for decades and actually like the flexability and control offered with a real client, vs a web portal interface. YMMV. Sorry, kid, but your l33t attempts fall flat. I've been online for longer than you've been alive...and I'm not talking about as a 6th Grader playing Oregon Trail -- I'm talking about having a paid IT job. Hardly a problem with cellular data networks - - although I will admit that I went ~3 weeks last year effectively without coverage, while on vacation in South Africa and Namibia...and to keep this post at least minimally on-topic to RPD, here's some photos from that trip: As I said. I don't have to be online to read/write replies/search folders ... And you continue to choose to miss the point. Further, I can review them at any time I like, prior to them being sent and make changes and/or delete them instead, if I so choose. I can also delay which ones get sent and when. Can't do any of that with google groups... Nope, and it simply isn't an important capability for my workflows. I'm aware of the options of Newsreaders, as I did use them for a couple of decades. Kid, the problem you're having is that you're arrogantly assuming that you're telling me something that I didn't already know. Which tells me you're located in Sierra Vista, Arizona on an Army base. Gosh, really? /S My point in doing that was that your choice of usenet access provider exposes information to the rest of us that doesn't need to be. The internet can be a dangerous place, as you well know, why just give people with nefarious intentions information they don't even have to work for? There's reasons, even if you don't grok them. Google groups is great, if you don't give a **** about your own privacy. Or know that attempts at anonymity are doomed to failure. That depends on the steps you take, actually. Not for years now. And, privacy isn't the same as anonymity, but, they are related to a point.. The best security option is to never put it online, ever. And even that has ways of being breached today. As for me, ... Sorry, but I don't really care about your life story. One can remain anonymous online, if ... Nope. Yes, for several years. Go search the USENET archives, kid, and you'll find proof in ancient headers. You have nineteen years on me, so you can stop calling me a 'kid'. Sorry, but your performance haven't earned you anything better. Ok? And I didn't start with computers as a teenager or young adult, either. So if you're not a kid, then you're just a PSL ("Painfully Slow Learner"). As I said, I didn't recall the exact file name correctly. That's an extremely minor issue when you realize that I'm recalling minutia from 30 years ago ... back when you were still in diapers. See above. I wasn't in diapers thirty years ago... PSL Hint: I really wan't talking about biological age. From a capability standpoint, there is AFAIK no equivalent match to GG by any alternatives that anyone has suggested in the last ~decade. What capabilities, specifically, do you think GG has that a real news client does not? The ones listed above which you just tried to comment on. The only one that GG has on Xnews is it's ability to be accessed on any device capable of an internet connection and a browser able to parse the scripting. Pretty much. Which doesn't make it unique. Probably not today .. but you failed to actually prove that such alternative products, in a viable form, actually exist. Xnews has many capabilities that GG does not have... True, but merely aren't higher priorities for my workflow choices. Wrong. All you've done is to fail to meet my stated capability requirements. The only valid requirement you have stated is the web portal aspect to GG. And that was good enough. Xnews isn't a web portal, it's an actual Newsreader with abilities that exceed that of which GG is able to offer you. No, the fact that Xnews can do "different stuff" does not mean "better". You really don't know how to actually generate or analyze capability requirements, do you kid? The first objective is to assure that the capability requirements are satisfied. That's where you've failed, kid. T-Minus 3 hours and counting. While I find your clock rather amusing, it doesn't mean I care about meeting 'conditions' you set on me in the time limit you impose. The lady doth protest too much. You prefer to access usenet via a web portal, and, I prefer a real client. It's as simple as that. The real client has more features and abilities, which suit me. YMMV. So you try to claim - - but it doesn't matter, because what you did to is to "dox" another, which makes you a hypocrite. MID: http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=149563187700 Pot-kettle-black, then? Another failure on your part, because you've failed to show that I've been offered by others doxing me. Again, you're nineteen years older than myself, so you can quit with the condescending 'kid' remark. Sorry, but you still haven't shown being deserving anything better than "kid", kid. -hh |
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