There is no prize for it. Who cares?
"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>
> Scroll down to bottom of page:
>
>
http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec.woodworking&searchdate=2003
>
>
Doug Winterburn wrote:
> Same here. The ones having problems must not have some required plugin.
It just doesn't ever show up at all. Spins forever. Doesn't even time out.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Silvan wrote:
> Phisherman wrote:
>
>> readers will respond. A moderated group would throw out the OT
>> posts, but lengthen the time to get useful responses.
>
> So who was it? That site just spun its wheels and never did anything.
> Probably because it's a Microsoft-hosted site and I'm using a Linux
> web browser. Microsoft really *hates* Linux for some reason.
1. [email protected]
2. jake@NOSPAMdi\/ersify.com
3. [email protected]
4. [email protected]
5. Andy Dingley <[email protected]>
6. Bay Area Dave <[email protected]>
7. [email protected]
8. [email protected]
9. [email protected] (Jack-of-all-trades - JOAT)
10. rman <[email protected]>
-- Mark
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:46:42 +0000, Mike Iglesias wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If you're not using Microsloth's Internet Explorer, you may have
>>problems. I couldn't see anything with Mozilla, but I also had pop-ups
>>turned off, so that might have caused issues. I just launched explorer
>>instead and was able to view the page.
>
> Worked fine with Mozilla 1.5 on Linux for me.
Same here. The ones having problems must not have some required plugin.
-Doug
In article <BC2629D5.3C31%[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> well im stuck with I.E at least until I buy a better system(one that
> handles osX)
>
Mozilla is a windows-based browser. There are some pages that have
problems, but for the most part, it gives you a lot more control over
things, like turning off pop-ups. It can be downloaded from
<www.mozilla.org>
> in article [email protected], Mark &
> Juanita at [email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 9:23 PM:
>
> > In article <BC260A82.3AC8%[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> >> its not working for me, Its mostly blank,including the spaces where there is
> >> supposd to be a graph
> >
> > If you're not using Microsloth's Internet Explorer, you may have
> > problems. I couldn't see anything with Mozilla, but I also had pop-ups
> > turned off, so that might have caused issues. I just launched explorer
> > instead and was able to view the page.
> >
> >> in article [email protected], Bay Area Dave at
> >> [email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 4:11 PM:
> >>
> >>> Hell, I could have told ya that!!! :)
> >>>
> >>> dave
> >>>
> >>> Brian wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Scroll down to bottom of page:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=r
> >>>> ec
> >>>> .woodworking&searchdate=2003
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:52:36 -0500, Silvan wrote:
> Doug Winterburn wrote:
>
>> Same here. The ones having problems must not have some required plugin.
>
> It just doesn't ever show up at all. Spins forever. Doesn't even time out.
All I can tell you is I'm running RH9 with Ximian Desktop 2. Here's the
browser/plugin specifics:
mozilla-1.4-0.ximian.6.5
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2-b28
File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2
Shockwave Flash
File name: libflashplayer.so
Shockwave Flash 6.0 r79
MozPlugger 1.4.2
File name: mozplugger.so
nppdf.so
File name: nppdf.so
Default Plugin
File name: libnullplugin.so
In article <[email protected]>, UnisawA100
@wi.rr.com says...
> Greg G. wrote:
> >I have noticed that myself. Ask a question about wood finishing and
> >get three answers - on a good day. Offhandedly mention various body
> >pains or Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the thread goes on, and on,
> >and on... <g>
>
>
> Actually the way it works is, ask "any" on topic question
> and the first half dozen responses will/may come back as
> being on topic. After that it's a bunch of dorks pissing
> into a fan.
>
> UA100
>
Not sure you even have to be that jaded. Most on-topic posts dealing
with something like, "How do you do x ... " are typically answered
within one or two return postings. Some of the things that result in
long-drawn out on-topic threads are things like, "What is the best ...
" or "What's the best way to ...", the kinds of questions for which the
answers are very subjective and everybody with (and sometimes without) a
dog in the fight has an opinion. Most of the off-topic postings are
those for which opinions are going to be expressed and that does elicit
long, drawn out threads.
In article <BC260A82.3AC8%[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> its not working for me, Its mostly blank,including the spaces where there is
> supposd to be a graph
If you're not using Microsloth's Internet Explorer, you may have
problems. I couldn't see anything with Mozilla, but I also had pop-ups
turned off, so that might have caused issues. I just launched explorer
instead and was able to view the page.
> in article [email protected], Bay Area Dave at
> [email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 4:11 PM:
>
> > Hell, I could have told ya that!!! :)
> >
> > dave
> >
> > Brian wrote:
> >
> >> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
> >>
> >> Scroll down to bottom of page:
> >>
> >> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec
> >> .woodworking&searchdate=2003
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
Greg G. wrote:
>I have noticed that myself. Ask a question about wood finishing and
>get three answers - on a good day. Offhandedly mention various body
>pains or Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the thread goes on, and on,
>and on... <g>
Actually the way it works is, ask "any" on topic question
and the first half dozen responses will/may come back as
being on topic. After that it's a bunch of dorks pissing
into a fan.
UA100
"George M. Kazaka" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Interesting to note that the longest threads have nothing to do with WW
> So much for a WW site
Welcome to USENET. I've always thought it would be a good idea if threads
would just self-destruct after either two weeks or 50 posts. I find that
after either has passed, whether the original post was on-topic or not, no
useful information is being transacted anyway.
todd
That is all too true Keith.
At least this has illustrated the pitfalls of replying to trolls, OT posts,
or cross-posted messages.
Rob
---------------
"Unisaw A100" wrote ...
> Actually the way it works is, ask "any" on topic question
> and the first half dozen responses will/may come back as
> being on topic. After that it's a bunch of dorks pissing
> into a fan.
its not working for me, Its mostly blank,including the spaces where there is
supposd to be a graph
in article [email protected], Bay Area Dave at
[email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 4:11 PM:
> Hell, I could have told ya that!!! :)
>
> dave
>
> Brian wrote:
>
>> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>>
>> Scroll down to bottom of page:
>>
>> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec
>> .woodworking&searchdate=2003
>>
>>
>
well im stuck with I.E at least until I buy a better system(one that
handles osX)
in article [email protected], Mark &
Juanita at [email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 9:23 PM:
> In article <BC260A82.3AC8%[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> its not working for me, Its mostly blank,including the spaces where there is
>> supposd to be a graph
>
> If you're not using Microsloth's Internet Explorer, you may have
> problems. I couldn't see anything with Mozilla, but I also had pop-ups
> turned off, so that might have caused issues. I just launched explorer
> instead and was able to view the page.
>
>> in article [email protected], Bay Area Dave at
>> [email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 4:11 PM:
>>
>>> Hell, I could have told ya that!!! :)
>>>
>>> dave
>>>
>>> Brian wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Scroll down to bottom of page:
>>>>
>>>> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=r
>>>> ec
>>>> .woodworking&searchdate=2003
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
trust me, you aren't missing a thing!
dave
Reyd Dorakeen wrote:
> its not working for me, Its mostly blank,including the spaces where there is
> supposd to be a graph
> in article [email protected], Bay Area Dave at
> [email protected] wrote on 1/10/04 4:11 PM:
>
>
>>Hell, I could have told ya that!!! :)
>>
>>dave
>>
>>Brian wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>>>
>>>Scroll down to bottom of page:
>>>
>>>http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec
>>>.woodworking&searchdate=2003
>>>
>>>
>>
>
It's interesting to see my stats: I got linked to other NG's from
responding to some miscreant crossposted messages, like voodoo and
islamic whatever. Wunderbar.
dave
Brian wrote:
> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>
> Scroll down to bottom of page:
>
> http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec.woodworking&searchdate=2003
>
>
For all the good it does. Looked at the thread where the guy asked about
woodworking magazines lately?
--
Mike G.
[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
"Tim Douglass" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:15:05 -0700, "George M. Kazaka"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Interesting to note that the longest threads have nothing to do with WW
> >So much for a WW site
>
> I thought it was interesting that none of the top OT threads show up
> in my newsreader, thanks to some intelligent filtering and the fact
> that I hit ignore thread on any political topic.
>
> Tim Douglass
>
> http://www.DouglassClan.com
"Luigi Zanasi" wrote in message ...
> Check it out on "Advanced Groups Search" on Google (using authors
> "Leon" & then "Bay Area Dave"). You'll see that Microsoft has once
> again developed inadequate software, unless they too have plonked him.
BAD has changed his email addy a few times. The MS tracking filters use the
email addy, not the alias, to track usage.
A Google count has, between 01 Jan 2003 and 31 Dec 2003 inclusive:
1. BAD - 3640 posts, (avg 303 per month)
(Search done on nickname Bay Area Dave; BAD used [email protected] and
[email protected] in the period)
2. JOAT (including T.) - 3100 posts (avg 258 per month)
(search done on email addy, not nickname, to filter trolls who stole his
identity)
3. Leon - 2820 posts (avg 235 per month), (includes all Leon's posting)
But then, who's counting...
I think I really need to go back to work tomorrow.
cheers,
Greg
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:15:05 -0700, "George M. Kazaka"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Interesting to note that the longest threads have nothing to do with WW
>So much for a WW site
I thought it was interesting that none of the top OT threads show up
in my newsreader, thanks to some intelligent filtering and the fact
that I hit ignore thread on any political topic.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:12:56 -0500, "Mike G"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>For all the good it does. Looked at the thread where the guy asked about
>woodworking magazines lately?
I consider just about any thread asking about magazines to be
equivalent to a troll, so just hit ignore on those too. I'm pretty
ruthless and try to keep it trimmed down. Takes me 10 to 30 min. each
day to read and respond to what interests me on this group. I skim
topics and only retrieve bodies for those that seem interesting. When
I look in my newsreader right now I see about 95% on-topic posts.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
In article <[email protected]>,
Mark & Juanita <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you're not using Microsloth's Internet Explorer, you may have
>problems. I couldn't see anything with Mozilla, but I also had pop-ups
>turned off, so that might have caused issues. I just launched explorer
>instead and was able to view the page.
Worked fine with Mozilla 1.5 on Linux for me.
--
Mike Iglesias Email: [email protected]
University of California, Irvine phone: 949-824-6926
Network & Academic Computing Services FAX: 949-824-2069
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:43:18 -0800, "Brian" <[email protected]>
scribbled:
>Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>
>Scroll down to bottom of page:
>
>http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec.woodworking&searchdate=2003
Check it out on "Advanced Groups Search" on Google (using authors
"Leon" & then "Bay Area Dave"). You'll see that Microsoft has once
again developed inadequate software, unless they too have plonked him.
Luigi
Replace "no" with "yk" for real email address
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:15:05 -0700, "George M. Kazaka"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Interesting to note that the longest threads have nothing to do with WW
>So much for a WW site
If you think about it, that makes sense. Most of the threads are so
specific in nature, that there are fewer people with an interest in
the topic. Start a religious, sport or political topic and lots of
readers will respond. A moderated group would throw out the OT posts,
but lengthen the time to get useful responses.
Phisherman wrote:
> readers will respond. A moderated group would throw out the OT posts,
> but lengthen the time to get useful responses.
So who was it? That site just spun its wheels and never did anything.
Probably because it's a Microsoft-hosted site and I'm using a Linux web
browser. Microsoft really *hates* Linux for some reason.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
George M. Kazaka said:
>Interesting to note that the longest threads have nothing to do with WW
>So much for a WW site
I have noticed that myself. Ask a question about wood finishing and
get three answers - on a good day. Offhandedly mention various body
pains or Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the thread goes on, and on,
and on... <g>
Greg G.
Interesting to note that the longest threads have nothing to do with WW
So much for a WW site
"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>
> Scroll down to bottom of page:
>
>
http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec.woodworking&searchdate=2003
>
>
I guess I'm the winner.. ;~)
"Brian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can you guess? Hint: It's not Bay Area Dave. :-)
>
> Scroll down to bottom of page:
>
>
http://netscan.research.microsoft.com/ReportCard.asp?timespan=y&searchfor=rec.woodworking&searchdate=2003
>
>
Yes, usually with the same half dozen self centered twits who think a couple
of hundred (thousands?) others care.about whatever it is they are posting
inane off topic post on.
--
Mike G.
[email protected]
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
<Greg G.> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> George M. Kazaka said:
>
> >Interesting to note that the longest threads have nothing to do with WW
> >So much for a WW site
>
> I have noticed that myself. Ask a question about wood finishing and
> get three answers - on a good day. Offhandedly mention various body
> pains or Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the thread goes on, and on,
> and on... <g>
>
>
> Greg G.