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(...) You mean (URL)? Yeah, maybe a little link from that page to /lugnet/fun/gaming/ would make sense? Certainly as 'gaming' seems to suggest all forms of gaming, not just computer games. Richard (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) permanent (...) Well, my thoughts on this are: I think the "attractive nuisance" factor will be lower with deleted posts. People who repeatedly abuse the system still need to be dealt with. The reasons I think (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I only read .auction message with a header that suggests something I'm interested in. I only search on Ebay (currently) for "Lego space." If the message header indicates a part/set that I am interested in, I *will* follow the link to Ebay (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm. I guess there are two alternatives, if this path were to be explored... First, let's say that there were a special group just for privately-run auctions (auctions run by private individuals, that is, without the help of an external (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Just a general thought: One problem we have in this whole discussion is that there are two separate (but related) issues on the table, which unfortuanately are currenlty tightly coupled. The first issue is Scott's mis-post. The second issue is how (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I agree, and I also tend to think that forcing or recommending cancellation of misplaced announcements would only encourage an increase in misplaced announcements because the perceived damage (and thus the risk) is lower. Plus, I think there (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think it's always a bad idea to close your eyes to history. (...) I agree with Todd's current policy on cancels. I think that publicly pointing out that a post is incorrect (which ALSO ends up in the permanent record of Lugnet) is all that (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) As would I. I guess we'd be two ends of a spectrum. :D eric (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, just make sure it's constructive criticsm! (Gosh, I hate how that sounds in English...) (...) Thanks! I can't help sticking in some wise-cracks here and there, in real life I don't get much chances to shine... I'm normally overlooked as (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) and (...) I (and others) need to be careful about what we write, because it may not seem harsh at the time of writing. (...) "...a three hour tour..." :) *fwap* *fwap* *fwap* Okay, okay! I'll stop quoting annoying songs! :) (...) Yeah, me too! (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Me too. Don't expect to see much posting from me the next week, though, we are closing, packing packing packing... moving moving... unpacking unpacking... In fact, factoring will probably fall behind a bit too. (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) i mutually saw fit to continue privately. :-) jeff honors me with his patience and cooperation. his (sometimes harsh) criticism keeps me on my toes, and is as an important contribution to Castle World as shiri's faith, wisdom, and constant (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You're right. I thought they were too much as well. Which was why I wrote this: (URL) which Jeff answered with an apology about the harsh words he had said: (URL) replied to that with an apology as well: (URL) hope this won't repeat itself (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I must have missed the clearing up, then. All I saw was some pretty harsh words, or maybe they seemed more harsh than they were, in light of all this other mess. Still to harsh for LUGNET, imo. (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think he's talking about the discussions on the map and stuff I was having with Craig. I must admit, at times, we didn't sound totally pleasent. :( Anyway (and Craig, I'd e-mail this to you if my server wasn't down), I've decided to wait (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm not going to answer your whole letter, I don't participate in .auction and won't get involved too much, but let me get these straight: (...) What bickering exactly do you mean? I don't really see what you're talking about, unless it's on (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.castle)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) [...] (...) I would be willing to be on this panel. Frank (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I would like to once again ask for two Auction groups, one for Ebay auction announcements (totally annoying IMO) and private Auctions. I look in auctions for private auction announcements but too many are for Ebay auctions and I find that I miss the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Your (b) sounded reasonable. (...) OK, this has become a Real Problem. --Todd (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm frankly sick of reading all this, but just because I'm not posting doesn't mean I don't have an opinion. My opinion, briefly: Scott has a history of this, but I am inclined to believe he just might have made a quick, poorly worded post (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Lorbaat wrote in message ... (...) violator (...) Because it contributed NOTHING to the discussion. This one does. I'll respond below. (...) repeat (...) what (...) Ok, I'll detail what my response to Scott's latest post is. I don't remember all of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Lorbaat (<Fq3IoE.53M@lugnet.com>) wrote at 22:33:50 (...) Perhaps there isn't one. Larry has commented on the relative informality of proceedings here, and perhaps most people are just happy to let things go if the person (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) In what way was my post not a useful contribution? I'm seriously trying to determine at what point someone has shown themselves to be enough of a violator of T&C to warrant disciplinary action. You say that you would support action against (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Was that comment intended to be useful or are you jumping? ;-) -Nick Frank Filz wrote in message <38AC6C11.4DAA@minds...ng.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Eric, Either contribute something useful to the discussion or go jump in a lake. (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Yep. (see rest of this thread for confirmation and details from other spammees) -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Man, I don't want to get involved in the debate at all, but... (...) This has got to be one of the funniest lines I've ever read! LOL! *note* Before any of the touchy people get crazy, ACTUAL ANIMAL ABUSE IS NOT FUNNY, and I hate anyone that would (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.market.theory, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> (Ladies and gentleman- in this corner, eric with a baseball bat. In that corner, a dead horse! And.... FIGHT! [Cue Mortal Kombat theme music]) Can you reconcile these two (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Seriously? I would like to learn more about this. --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Emacs (was: Re: Eudora bug rears its ugly head again)
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(...) Yep, "nov line" is definitively news overview line". (...) It normally happens while downloading the unread messages in some large group. I've tried to manually telnet to the NNTP server to retrieve the nov lines, but I found nothing (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I haven't seen that, but I wonder if what Emacs means by "nov line" is "news overview line"? (That would make sense too, if it croaks while fetching new articles.) Does it tell you which group it's downloading while it's doing that? If I knew (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I actually use MEW here, it's very very nice... basicly working as a frontend to mh. (...) heh, as I get about 300 msgs a day anyhow, it doesn't make much of a difference... that's why TheGreatHand created filters :) when I want, I just go to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Emacs (was: Re: Eudora bug rears its ugly head again)
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(...) Do you mean the (somewhat oldish) RMAIL mail reader in Emacs or the full news/mail reader Gnus? I find that Emacs/Gnus is great for reading LUGNET news groups off the NNTP server. I don't use the mail/news gateway, as I prefer not to have my (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Now Accepting Trades for Pneumatic Solenoid Valves
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Scott, When you post a follow-up message, check the View menu. You want "All Headers" to have a checkmark next to it, then you'll get the followup-to field. -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" (URL) > 3. How on earth do I set "follow-ups to" in Outlook (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: When Do We Call it Auction? (Was: Re: 6286 Last Call)
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(...) Thank's for the vote of confidence. (...) We sure have. (...) I should have also mentioned this possibility (I have mentioned this in the past). You are absolutely right, a group of people who are chartered to have the role of mediating (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Folks, we are not playing well
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(...) Which group? All of them except admin.general? Cheers! (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Now Accepting Trades for Pneumatic Solenoid Valves
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38A9974B.237C@m...ing.com... (...) had (...) my (...) to (...) View | All Headers Huw (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Pre Auction Anouncment/Sale/Trade - Parts & Sets (8448 / 7171 / Pirates)
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Scott A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:Fq0qDs.CM3@lugnet.com... (...) bitter (...) You have my sympathy. I felt exactly the same when I was set-upon over the retailers scans. Its worrying the effect this virtual community can have on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | When Do We Call it Auction? (Was: Re: 6286 Last Call)
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<38AA6E9C.61A2D4C0@...ager.net>) wrote at 09:32:12 (...) A jolly good idea. There are too many people from different cultures & educational backgrounds for any *one* person to be able to make the right decision (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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