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(...) Yes I should. I've just woken up (in the morning sense, not the metaphorical sense) enough to realise that my continued posting in this subthread is every bit as bad as your starting of it. Unless I see something I really disagree with I will (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Jeff Stembel summed up my motives for response very well (better than I have so far) in his (URL) response> to Mark so I won't bother trying to explain them again. (...) I'm a bit suspicious as to why we are getting so many admins from BZPower (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) It seemed to me he was trying to show a percieved double standard. While I do disagree with the use of the term "flaming" here in this thread (I consider flaming to be a post in order to denigrate another individual openly and and for no (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I don't see Mark pursuing 'an agenda' here at all, I see him following up on a perfectly reasonable question that wasn't answered initially. Here are his exact words: "What was done to the people who baited and flamed?" He goes on to say he (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) You know, I had a big reply I was about to post, but that I thought of what (URL) Suz said:> "Know when to drop it. Some people have a difficult time quitting arguments. Either they're afraid of losing face, they insist on having the last (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I have a question - and it echos (URL) post> that went unanswered/ignored. What was done to the people who baited and flamed? To me thier actions were far worse than Eric's. It seems that the trolls, baiters and flamers got away scott free. (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Look at that! Someone makes a Paypal payment today, and gets his membership right away. I made a Paypal payment on February 11th, and nothing! I guess being vocal in private email isn't good enough. I've got to be vocal in the newsgroups! Nice (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's exactly right. (...) Sure, yeah. [nodding] And that's -horrible- if you ask me! Esp with the potential for robotics discussion coming up with the release of the NXT sets. I'm going to open a ticket with Pair Networks' support staff (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thank you for your reply Suzanne. Please understand I'm not looking for a refund. I'm looking to become a member! (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) If you need to vent, please do so. It's better than holding it in. Venting isn't immature, unless it's whining, which really isn't venting anyway (and I don't see you doing that). If not one of the off-topic groups, perhaps one of the .people (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) LUGNET email generally seems to have been broken for a while, including the method to validate messages via email: (URL) 1 March 2006 (URL) 17 Feb 2006 (URL) 30 Jan 2006 so maybe some of those 900,000 are connected with that. I also wonder if (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Tim Gould" <t.gould(AT@)lancast...c(DOT.)uk> wrote in message news:IxCHy8.r5I@lugnet.com... (...) I feel that it may not be enough for some people. Perhaps there should be a few extra newsgroups like the following: .off-topic.copyright.abuse and (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Perhaps lugnet needs an .off-topic.rant for these situations (quasi-serious suggestion). Debate is meant to be debates but it might be nice to have somewhere to just yell in. Tim (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Not yet. I don't want to anticipate anything as long as Suz and Todd are still preparing for the change; but all administrative positions are still vacant (from my side). (...) Pestering me isn't that easy, it takes a fair bit to actually (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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AAArrrrggghhh!! I need to vent, but I can't do it here because I'm supposed to act more grown-up than that. [ripping hair out] God help me.... [leaving the room] (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Last night I found out that the forwarding was broken for a long time yet no one had told me. With help from Dan Boger, I began going through a backlog of old LUGNET e-mail retrieved from the server that didn't get forwarded. There were 24 (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What an awful story. You have no idea how much this upsets me. I'm only now becoming aware of the disasterous state of things such as this. Please believe me that this is the first I'm aware of you. I don't ignore mail like that - I would have (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Exactly what I meant, thanks for clarifying. Leg Godt! René (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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This is an absolute terrible way to come out of lurk mode, so first, I'll apologise if this is in any way appropriate. I've tried private emails, but haven't received any replies. I've been a regular reader of Lugnet for many, many years. Just this (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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A community explodes and implodes all at once. Hi, my name is Devin Michel. I've been with this gig for 5 going on six years. I'm a lurker. I feed without mercy on the achievements of such larger that life names as Palmer, Soren, Clague, Sophie and (...) (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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