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(...) Undo. :) I was thinking of all the times on Usenet that I'd seen "followups to alt.dev.null" or "followups to /dev/null" used when someone made a flame or quip or other flippant statement and wanted to deflect replies to avoid a big debate or (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heck, with an 'unlimited length' option, the brief mode would be a *great* way to view an entire thread -- you would get to see most of the actual writing, with almost none of the quoting. You'd almost never need the quoting, because you'd (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: The board software
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(...) Ooh, cool. What an opportunity for Todd to realize some potential real bucks for his efforts. (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Than a trashbin? Well, quite a bit different I would hope, at least the participants would like to think so. What are you trying to say here? (...) I'm net savvy and I forget somewhere between 10 and 25 percent of the time. Setting followups (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) (nothing relevant) Sorry about that, folks. I didn't realize that a thread started in one group could contain messages that were entirely in another group. Thus, I replied in a way that will no doubt appear as a total SPLAT to admin readers. I (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Pirate fleet
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(...) I believe that I'm at 77 classes, built or almost built, at the moment. Boats - have 15 (1 is carried by the SES) Longboats - none yet, but I have some examples of how to make them. Cutters - want 20, have 19. Brigs - want 6, have 6, but two (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would expect a net-savvy person to be posting something which actually was worthwhile, and to chose an appropriate group. The concern of mine which brought this up is the recent tendency for discussions to get crossposted to a bunch of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, there's precedent in alt.dev.null [1]. But really, I can't think of very many things that couldn't either go to one of the .off-topic groups (not just .debate!) or just be left unsaid. [1] what fun! (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How different is .off-topic.debate from that already? How many net-savvy people who wanted to post a real reply would simply change the ng line prior to posting? What would newbies think when they posted a reply not knowing where they reply (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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