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  Re: Porthole alternative
 
"Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gs9tC4.Hys@lugnet.com... (...) The illustration above is not at all what I picture Larry's actions to be. Nor is it what I picture anyone else's actions who has advocated community policing (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Porthole alternative
 
(...) Hey! Same here! Sure, it's fine if somebody corrects an error, but It really gets bad when they self appoint themselves as LUGNET police. It takes all the fun out of the original discussion,and turns it into a flame war, something I don't like (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Posting Dates
 
(...) There's actually two problems which cause funny dated/timed messages. The one Lugnet has had from day 1 is that the poster's clock is incorrectly set. This usually results in messages having time stamps which are off by several hours, but if (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  lost
 
Two questions: (1) I'd like to update my membership info, but it's been so long I've forgotten how. How do I do that? (2) I forgot my password, what do I do? I didn't see any links to help pages, but maybe I'm just blind or something. thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Porthole alternative
 
(...) There is a time, in everyone's life, where your rules for governing your own life come back and bite you in the heinie. My thick skin aside... Bram didn't start this ruckus. Quoteth Larry " (...) " Constructive suggestion #1, from the above (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)  
 
  Re: Posting Dates
 
(...) It would help if the server could "nag" people if their auth response was never received. An e-mail reminder could help in case the original auth request was deleted or never delivered. I've always wondered ever since the auth system was put (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Posting Dates
 
(...) ?? Wouldn't it show up in their mail on the day it actually got posted rather than the day it was sent, queued up and was intended to be posted? A mail interface person who didn't closely check the date on the mail, or a newsreader person (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Posting Dates
 
(...) I view the dates differently. In the authentication scenario, the authorize date is the date when the poster made a conscious decision to share their message with the community, the message's birthday. The date they wrote and submitted the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Porthole alternative
 
(...) That point is the first purely market oriented post. Even if it's a direct reply or followup to a post... Bram's followup to his original post was market related, pure and simple, and nothing else. (...) I'm not. I saw a lot of whinging by you (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Posting Dates
 
(...) Maybe that's the penalty you mention below? Someone who doesn't authorize a message right away runs the risk of having their message being not read as it gets inserted in it's proper place in line-perhaps after a week or so? Is that even (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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