a trivial matter: cells and watches

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 09:56:06 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Look asshole, I didn't cross post it anywhere! This is the Motorola group
>and the only manufacturers group that I belong to and I have no idea how it
>would get cross posted to any other group!

Listen jackass you *did* cross-post it to alt.cellular.nokia as well
as other groups. You need to learn what a cross-post is and how to
remove groups in the cross-post. It's not my fault that no one showed
you how a news reader works. It's as you said "I have no idea how it
would get cross posted to any other group." Your message is
cross-posted to alt.cellular.telephones, alt.cellular,
alt.cellular.nokia and alt.cellular.motorola Before you shoot your
mouth of you should learn how to use your software. Your ignorance
does not make you look any smarter. Before you snap back at me you
should look. You're wrong you just cannot admit that you don't know
how to use a news reader. That's not my fault.

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>"Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:37:20 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >I posted it on alt.cellular.motorola... I do not even belong to the
>> >alt.cellular.nokia group, do I have any interest in nokia phones.
>>
>> Well, if you didn't want it to go to the alt.cellular.nokia group why
>> didn't you take it out of the groups you cross-posted it to? It's
>> still in there. If you didn't want it to go to the nokia group why
>> didn't you take it out????
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I use Outlook Express to read newsgroups and I see nothing pertaining to
'cross posting' in it's settings..

And no, I'm not going to switch to another news reader. If it cross posts,
that's not my doing and so be it!


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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:53:56 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I use Outlook Express to read newsgroups and I see nothing pertaining to
>'cross posting' in it's settings..
>
>And no, I'm not going to switch to another news reader. If it cross posts,
>that's not my doing and so be it!

You're an idiot. Just because you "don't see it" doesn't mean it's
not there or that you're not doing it. It *is* your doing. You just
do not know how to use your software. Rather than admit you are wrong
you'd rather blame me for your stupidity. When you reply to a group
the groups that it's posted to should be plainly apparent to you.
Just because you do things blindly is no excuse.
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Bob the Printer wrote:
> I use Outlook Express to read newsgroups and I see nothing pertaining to
> 'cross posting' in it's settings..

If you post to more than one newsgroup with a single post, you're crossposting.
It has NOTHING to do with your settings, and switching from Outlook Express
will change nothing.

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"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bob the Printer wrote:
>> I use Outlook Express to read newsgroups and I see nothing pertaining to
>> 'cross posting' in it's settings..
>
> If you post to more than one newsgroup with a single post, you're
> crossposting. It has NOTHING to do with your settings, and switching from
> Outlook Express will change nothing.
>
>
.... before this turns into a allout flamewar I created the original post and
I am the idiot/asshole/jackass who cross-posted it. Now do you all feel
better????

> ... before this turns into a allout flamewar I created the original post and
> I am the idiot/asshole/jackass who cross-posted it. Now do you all feel
> better????

At least you had the balls to admit it... do you fancy teaching the other
guy how to use a real newsreader now :-}

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"Colin Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> ... before this turns into a allout flamewar I created the original post
>> and
>> I am the idiot/asshole/jackass who cross-posted it. Now do you all feel
>> better????
>
> At least you had the balls to admit it... do you fancy teaching the other
> guy how to use a real newsreader now :-}
>
>
.... hell I'm using Outhouse Distress no sorry my mistake its Outlook Express
so what do I know about a real newsreader?

Athrough, I am not the individual you were answering, I am going to put my
two cents in.

I have been reading newgroups since 1994 and did not realize that when you
select "reply group" that it
was sending to other newsgroups and therefore cross posting.

Thanks for the information and I will watch that in the future.

However you could be a more courteous group member and pass on your
knowledge without being a
complete ASS.

Although you are at a point that you think you know everything about
computers, you will find that you
know very little and will have to have help from another on a newsgroup some
time in the future. You had

better hope that they are more understanding then you have been.

Don

"Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:53:56 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I use Outlook Express to read newsgroups and I see nothing pertaining to
>>'cross posting' in it's settings..
>>
>>And no, I'm not going to switch to another news reader. If it cross posts,
>>that's not my doing and so be it!
>
> You're an idiot. Just because you "don't see it" doesn't mean it's
> not there or that you're not doing it. It *is* your doing. You just
> do not know how to use your software. Rather than admit you are wrong
> you'd rather blame me for your stupidity. When you reply to a group
> the groups that it's posted to should be plainly apparent to you.
> Just because you do things blindly is no excuse.
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:49:37 +0100, Colin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

>> ... before this turns into a allout flamewar I created the original post and
>> I am the idiot/asshole/jackass who cross-posted it. Now do you all feel
>> better????
>
>At least you had the balls to admit it... do you fancy teaching the other
>guy how to use a real newsreader now :-}

What's so bad about crossposting anyway?
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Christopher Pollard wrote:

> What's so bad about crossposting anyway?

Nothing, as long as it's done to groups that are relevant to what's being posted.

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:01:33 -0700, Steve Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:

>Christopher Pollard wrote:
>
>> What's so bad about crossposting anyway?
>
>Nothing, as long as it's done to groups that are relevant to what's being posted.

Thought so.

I was just wondering what all the fuss was about...

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:21:38 GMT, Don Cole wrote:

> Athrough, I am not the individual you were answering, I am going to put my
> two cents in.
>
> I have been reading newgroups since 1994 and did not realize that when you
> select "reply group" that it
> was sending to other newsgroups and therefore cross posting.
>
> Thanks for the information and I will watch that in the future.

I see you are using OE. When you hit reply, go to "View" on the top menu
bar. Put a tick in "All Headers" and you will then see all news groups you
will be posting to. They can be trimmed as you wish.

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Mike

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:24:13 GMT, "Dudhorse" <[email protected]>
wrote some stuff about "a trivial matter: cells and watches", to which I would
like to add the following:

>... since I have gotten my cellphone I wear my watch less - no need for a
>watch as long as I have my trusty cell with me which is just about all the
>time. Am I alone in this or is this a trend that does not bode well for the
>watch industry??

Yes, I stopped wearing a wristwatch.

Kind of funny really, as before WWII most men wore a pocket watch..
wristband-watches were for ladies. So back to the old days I say.
Now where's me pipe..

Cheers,
Chanchao

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:21:38 GMT, "Don Cole" <[email protected]> wrote some
stuff about "Re: a trivial matter: cells and watches", to which I would like
to add the following:

>I have been reading newgroups since 1994 and did not realize that when you
>select "reply group" that it
>was sending to other newsgroups and therefore cross posting.
>
>Thanks for the information and I will watch that in the future.


No way. Crossposting is quite okay when it's relevant. This particular post
was RELEVANT to all users of any kind of mobile phone (that has a clock). This
includes all Nokia and Motorola phones, so crossposting makes total sense to
me. Now if it was a nokia-specific issue then crossposting is bad, but it's
not always bad.

>However you could be a more courteous group member and pass on your
>knowledge without being a
>complete ASS.

"knowledge" my ass. He's just being anal about things he thinks he should get
upset about but shouldn't.

Cheers,
Chanchao

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:49:37 +0100, Colin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote
some stuff about "Re: a trivial matter: cells and watches", to which I would
like to add the following:

>> ... before this turns into a allout flamewar I created the original post and
>> I am the idiot/asshole/jackass who cross-posted it. Now do you all feel
>> better????
>
>At least you had the balls to admit it... do you fancy teaching the other
>guy how to use a real newsreader now :-}

I'm using Agent, and it asked me if I wanted to post to all groups, and I'm
saying ***YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!*** because it's RELEVANT to all these groups,
and yes I did check the list!! They're all groups about cellular phones that
presumably have clocks in them! :-)

Cheers,
Chanchao