• New Version

    From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-spp-this to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 13:54:15 2020
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    To: Digital Man
    That was a big surprise! Good video too. :-)

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-it5-this to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 13:57:52 2020
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    To: Digital Man
    What happened to the sidebar info on the right?

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From Digital Man@digital.man@vert.synchro.net.remove-4zv-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 15:36:13 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 2020 01:57 pm

    What happened to the sidebar info on the right?

    Assuming you're asking about web.synchro.net. The sidebar should be back now.

    digital man

    Sling Blade quote #18:
    Karl Childers: Some folks call it Hell, I call it Hades.
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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-rz5-this to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 15:43:31 2020
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    To: Digital Man

    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 2020 01:57 pm

    Assuming you're asking about web.synchro.net. The sidebar should be back now.

    digital man

    Sling Blade quote #18:
    Karl Childers: Some folks call it Hell, I call it Hades.
    Norco, CA WX: 87.4°F, 42.0% humidity, 6 mph NNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs


    I’m glad you incorporated my colour schemes idea into the Synchronet Control Panel.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-2un-this to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 17:38:47 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Digital Man
    I also like the ease of setting up Fidonet and the games now.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-gdy-this to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 18:50:09 2020
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    To: Digital Man
    It’s pretty quiet tonight. :-( I expected more chatter here.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-trg-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 21:54:03 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 2020 13:57:52

    What happened to the sidebar info on the right?

    What happened to "goodbye forever"?

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-djc-this to echicken on Tue Sep 22 19:27:11 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    I got a quickie saying there was a new Version of Synchronet and it got me all pumped up all over again.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-ey-this to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 19:59:14 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Digital Man
    Is the weather in Sync now easy to setup in 3.18b?

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-agi-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 22:33:45 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 19:27:11

    I got a quickie saying there was a new Version of Synchronet and it got me all

    A "quickie"?

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-nl2-this to echicken on Tue Sep 22 20:04:03 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    Yeah. That’s right. A quickie.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-b1w-this to echicken on Tue Sep 22 20:06:33 2020
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    To: echicken
    How about auto-quoting on ecweb?

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-5t9-this to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 20:15:15 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Digital Man
    I think the Sysop should only be able to see deleted messages. So I think there was no reason to have a choice dialogue window for that particular option. IMOHOTI.

    $ The Millionaire $

    ..."Will we ever fear the ecstasy of free thought?" - Thinkman...
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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-ra8-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 23:35:02 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 20:04:03

    Yeah. That's right. A quickie.

    Was just wondering what you meant by that. Okay then.

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-ra8-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 23:35:18 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 20:06:33

    How about auto-quoting on ecweb?

    How about you just click a fucking button.

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-21-this to echicken on Tue Sep 22 21:01:38 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken

    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 20:06:33

    How about you just click a fucking button.

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    â–  Synchronet â–  electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com


    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like that, that will only get you on a twitlist.

    $ The Millionaire $

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-8oj-this to The Millionaire on Wed Sep 23 00:22:56 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 20:06:33

    How about auto-quoting on ecweb?

    To expand on my previous statement ...

    When replying in a textmode session (eg. via telnet), one normally opts into quoting the parent message. Then you choose which lines to quote. The idea being to only quote stuff that's relevant to your reply.

    On the web, it'd be annoying to emulate the "choose which lines you want to quote" method. The easy alternative would be to auto-quote the entire parent message, and hope that people will trim out any text that isn't related to their response.

    The problem is that by default, a reply from the web would include the entire body of the parent message. Unless the replier trims it, it will all be posted. That's a bad default. I know that lots of people would *not* trim the quoted text; I've seen it happen elsewhere.

    If I make you click a button to quote, you're choosing to quote, and it's less likely to generate a lot of noise and extra text in reply messages. There's also some hope that you clicked the quote button because you understand what it means and how to use it.

    The potential downside is much worse than the inconvenience you feel at having to jab your finger at your iPad's screen an extra time once in a while.

    I hope you enjoyed this quickie.

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-zbi-this to The Millionaire on Wed Sep 23 00:28:54 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 21:01:38

    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like that, that
    will only get you on a twitlist.

    :(

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  • From Nightfox@nightfox@DIGDIST.remove-he7-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 21:55:48 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:04 pm

    Yeah. That's right. A quickie.

    And what did you mean by a "quickie"?

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@nightfox@DIGDIST.remove-he7-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 21:56:39 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 09:01 pm

    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like that, that will only get you on a twitlist.

    Whoever said nobody likes echicken? That's news to me.

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@nightfox@DIGDIST.remove-he7-this to echicken on Tue Sep 22 21:55:32 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    Re: New Version
    By: echicken to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 2020 10:33 pm

    I got a quickie saying there was a new Version of Synchronet and it
    got me all

    A "quickie"?

    https://1mrbean.yolasite.com/resources/mr-bean-updatec.com[1].jpg

    Nightfox

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  • From Underminer@underminer@UNDRMINE.remove-mou-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 23:43:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue Sep 22 2020 07:59 pm

    Is the weather in Sync now easy to setup in 3.18b?

    Yes, stick your head under the shower and it will feel just like rain!
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  • From Underminer@underminer@UNDRMINE.remove-mou-this to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 23:44:01 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 09:01 pm

    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like that, that will only get you on a twitlist.

    Most people like EC just fine.
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  • From Kurisu@kurisu@FINALZON.remove-t3h-this to echicken on Wed Sep 23 07:14:59 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    Re: New Version
    By: echicken to The Millionaire on Wed Sep 23 2020 12:28 am

    :(

    Awe, don't be sad. I like ya!

    (all seriousness I don't even get what a certain other person is even on about... @_@ )
    _____
    Kurisu Yamato - www.xadara.com

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  • From Brokenmind@brokenmind@TIABBS.remove-n8f-this to Nightfox on Wed Sep 23 09:28:23 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Nightfox
    Re: New Version
    By: Nightfox to The Millionaire on Tue Sep 22 2020 09:56 pm

    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like
    that, that will only get you on a twitlist.

    Whoever said nobody likes echicken? That's news to me.

    Thats news to me also....

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-y7r-this to Brokenmind on Wed Sep 23 11:31:28 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Brokenmind
    Re: New Version
    By: Brokenmind to Nightfox on Wed Sep 23 2020 09:28:23

    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like
    that, that will only get you on a twitlist.

    Whoever said nobody likes echicken? That's news to me.

    Thats news to me also....

    LOL, don't worry about it, folks. I get testy with him sometimes; he's within his rights to make up whatever story makes him feel better.

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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to The Millionaire on Wed Sep 23 07:16:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    I also like the ease of setting up Fidonet and the games now.

    I'll concur with that. I'll also add the password features as well.

    Daryl

    ... Casserole: Yesterdays leftovers incognito.
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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to The Millionaire on Wed Sep 23 07:54:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    It's pretty quiet tonight. :-( I expected more chatter here.

    There are other things in life besides BBSing...or any other
    hobby for that matter.

    Besides the BBS, I do work with ham radio traffic nets and
    license exams with the University Of Arkansas At Little Rock
    Ham Radio Club...and work with the Arkansas State Square Dance
    Federation as Editor of their publication, "The Modern Square",
    plus work as their webmaster and circulation chairman for the
    print and e-Edition subscribers.

    Due to COVID-19, I've done very few license exams, and my
    square dance club has been shut down since mid-March.

    I try to NOT spend more than an hour or two a day on any
    of the hobbies. Otherwise, I get burned out.

    Daryl

    ... Can you tell me when my past due amount is due??
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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to Nightfox on Wed Sep 23 07:30:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Nightfox
    Whoever said nobody likes echicken? That's news to me.

    Same here. He has done a nice job with the website (webv4).

    Daryl

    ... 97.6% of my taglines are borrowed...including this one.
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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to The Millionaire on Wed Sep 23 07:56:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    I got a quickie saying there was a new Version of Synchronet and it got
    me all pumped up all over again.

    It reminds me of the joke where these 2 guys went into a truck stop restaurant. A rather good looking waitress walks up to their table, and
    asks for their order.

    The first one says he wants a cheeseburger, and the second one wants
    a quickie.

    Annoyed, the waitress replied "Sir, this may be a truck stop diner, but
    I'll have you know that we won't tolerate that kind of talk here. So, I'll
    be back in a few minutes, and we'll try again".

    So, she comes back a few minutes later, and again, the responses are the
    same (a cheeseburger and a quickie). Angered, the waitress hauls off, and
    slaps "the quickie wanting customer" so hard that it knocks him out of
    the booth onto the floor, as she storms off.

    A customer in the next table responds "Uh...that's pronounced quiche".


    As a side note, can you possibly change your taglines?? Use of the same
    one each time makes it looks like you're using a canned template for your messages. While I'm using MultiMail (64-bit) under Windows 10, I am using
    a different tagline for each message.

    Daryl

    ... What are turkeys thankful for?? Vegeterians.
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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to echicken on Wed Sep 23 07:57:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    I got a quickie saying there was a new Version of Synchronet and it got me
    all

    A "quickie"?

    Better than a slowie, I guess. <G>

    Besides, if you smoke during sex, you're doing it too fast. <BG>

    Daryl

    ... I can't remember the last time I had a memory problem.
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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to The Millionaire on Wed Sep 23 07:58:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Is the weather in Sync now easy to setup in 3.18b?

    It depends on what app your using. Apparently, SyncWx is
    no longer being updated for 2 reasons...the original author
    abandoned it...and WeatherUnderground no longer offers "free
    weather API" deals. I ran into the same problem with a ham
    radio digital application known as D-Rats.

    That one is now using an API from openweather -- but I
    don't know if I can use the same API on a separate app.

    Daryl

    ... Earthquake in Washington are obviously the government's fault.
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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to echicken on Wed Sep 23 07:58:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    On the web, it'd be annoying to emulate the "choose which lines you
    want to quote" method. The easy alternative would be to auto-quote the entire parent message, and hope that people will trim out any text that isn't related to their response.

    The problem is that by default, a reply from the web would include the entire body of the parent message. Unless the replier trims it, it will all be posted. That's a bad default. I know that lots of people would *not* trim the quoted text; I've seen it happen elsewhere.

    And, no one wants an entire message requoted, for a reply of "I Agree".
    That was the case when BBS's where dial-up years ago. It makes you look
    more like "an ignorant twit".

    If one is that lazy, wanting everything to be done for them on the BBS,
    then Sysoping is not for them. Life is NOT "Fair" or "Burger King". Fair
    is a fall carnival, a weather term, or a call in baseball...and you can
    NOT always "Have It Your Way" (I worked for them for 5 years forty years
    ago, so I can say that).

    Daryl

    ... Software never has bugs. It just develops random features
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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-cl-this to Nightfox on Wed Sep 23 07:59:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Nightfox
    Yeah. That's right. A quickie.

    And what did you mean by a "quickie"?

    A fast slowie. <G>

    Besides, if you smoke during sex, you're doing it too fast. <BG>

    Daryl

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-dsd-this to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 23 12:45:13 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Daryl Stout
    Re: Over Quoting
    By: Daryl Stout to echicken on Wed Sep 23 2020 07:58:00

    And, no one wants an entire message requoted, for a reply of "I Agree". That was the case when BBS's where dial-up years ago. It makes you look

    Yep, and it still happens, even with textmode users.

    It's a bit of a tough choice. We definitely want people to quote a message that they're replying to, but we don't want them to quote too much of it. I'm not sure what the best approach would be, but I'm fairly certain that auto-quoting the entire message isn't the way to go.

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  • From Nightfox@nightfox@DIGDIST.remove-dyq-this to echicken on Wed Sep 23 12:38:51 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    Re: Over Quoting
    By: echicken to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 23 2020 12:45 pm

    It's a bit of a tough choice. We definitely want people to quote a message that they're replying to, but we don't want them to quote too much of it. I'm not sure what the best approach would be, but I'm fairly certain that auto-quoting the entire message isn't the way to go.

    For a web interface, I wonder if a modal dialog could be used to allow users to choose lines from the message to quote. I'm picturing something that would work similarly to a text-mode message editor, using the arrow keys and enter to let the user select lines from the message, but I'm not sure if that would be doable on a web interface.

    Nightfox

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-b98-this to Nightfox on Wed Sep 23 16:11:16 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Nightfox
    Re: Over Quoting
    By: Nightfox to echicken on Wed Sep 23 2020 12:38:51

    For a web interface, I wonder if a modal dialog could be used to allow users to choose lines from
    the message to quote. I'm picturing something that would work similarly to a text-mode message
    editor, using the arrow keys and enter to let the user select lines from the message, but I'm not

    It *could*, but I fear that'd come across a bit clunky on the web.

    Another problem is "lines" aren't so much a thing there, but paragraphs are. I often quote only a part of a paragraph, so I'd still need to trim down the quotes a bit.

    On the other hand, it's pretty easy to select and delete some of the quoted text to trim things down - if you're using a mouse and keyboard. If you're using a touchscreen, maybe not so much (but that's your problem).

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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-xy3-this to echicken on Wed Sep 23 21:53:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    And, no one wants an entire message requoted, for a reply of "I Agree". That was the case when BBS's where dial-up years ago. It makes you look

    Yep, and it still happens, even with textmode users.

    I'm glad there's QWK Mail...it makes it much easier.

    It's a bit of a tough choice. We definitely want people to quote a
    message that they're replying to, but we don't want them to quote too
    much of it. I'm not sure what the best approach would be, but I'm
    fairly certain that auto-quoting the entire message isn't the way to
    go.

    I also modify the subject if the content of the reply has changed.

    Daryl

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  • From Jon Justvig@jon.justvig@STEPPING.remove-d2l-this to Daryl Stout on Thu Sep 24 01:55:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Daryl Stout
    ... Daryl Stout scribbled to Nightfox in the sand ...

    Yeah. That's right. A quickie.

    And what did you mean by a "quickie"?

    A fast slowie. <G>

    I guess that's pronounce coleslaw. :)

    -cr1mson

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  • From Tony Langdon@tony.langdon@3:633/410.remove-879-this to echicken on Thu Sep 24 19:34:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: echicken
    On 09-23-20 12:45, echicken wrote to Daryl Stout <=-

    It's a bit of a tough choice. We definitely want people to quote a
    message that they're replying to, but we don't want them to quote too
    much of it. I'm not sure what the best approach would be, but I'm
    fairly certain that auto-quoting the entire message isn't the way to
    go.

    I'm inclined to agree. We've already seen an example of auto quoting in the real world, and that's led to top posting being the norm in email. :/


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  • From Fang-Castro@fang-castro@FTPBBS.remove-oda-this to The Millionaire on Thu Sep 24 01:33:27 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 09:01 pm

    How about you just click a fucking button.

    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like that, that will only get you on a twitlist.

    I like echicken even more for this comment.

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  • From echicken@echicken@ECBBS.remove-lcw-this to Daryl Stout on Thu Sep 24 09:26:32 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Daryl Stout
    Re: Re: Over Quoting
    By: Daryl Stout to echicken on Wed Sep 23 2020 21:53:00

    I also modify the subject if the content of the reply has changed.

    That gets ignored on the web, for the most part. Messages are sorted into threads, and though you may change the subject line, if your message is in reply to another one, it belongs to the same thread. (With exceptions, depending on the integrity of the threading data.)

    Unless I were to display the subject alongside every message (or when it changes) there isn't a "clean" way to show this sort of thing. Would produce a lot of visual clutter in a web page.

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-ab0-this to Fang-Castro on Thu Sep 24 07:29:17 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Fang-Castro

    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 09:01 pm

    I like echicken even more for this comment.

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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-2yu-this to Jon Justvig on Thu Sep 24 10:24:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Jon Justvig
    Jon,


    Yeah. That's right. A quickie.

    And what did you mean by a "quickie"?

    A fast slowie. <G>

    I guess that's pronounce coleslaw. :)

    Cole's Law is thinly sliced cabbage. <G>

    But, that reminds me of the joke, where these 2 people are in New Orleans, but they disagreed on the pronounciation...is it "New Ore Leans", "Nawlins", "New Ore Lee Anns", etc.

    So, they decided to go into a fast food restaurant, and ask the cashier
    where they were right now (meaning the city), and for them to speak slowly.

    The cashier replied "Burr Gurr King". <G>

    Since I worked for them for 5 years forty years ago, this hits home. :)

    Daryl

    ... Unzip, Expand, Inflate, Explode. What idiot thought this?
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  • From DaiTengu@daitengu@ENSEMBLE.remove-3mv-this to Daryl Stout on Thu Sep 24 11:52:30 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Daryl Stout
    Re: Re: New Version
    By: Daryl Stout to echicken on Wed Sep 23 2020 07:57 am

    Better than a slowie, I guess. <G>

    Besides, if you smoke during sex, you're doing it too fast. <BG>

    That is by far my favorite tagline of all time.

    DaiTengu

    ... Why risk a hangover? Stay Drunk!!

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  • From DaiTengu@daitengu@ENSEMBLE.remove-3mv-this to The Millionaire on Thu Sep 24 11:45:58 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:04 pm

    Yeah. That's right. A quickie.

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    DaiTengu

    ... Diogenes is still searching.

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  • From DaiTengu@daitengu@ENSEMBLE.remove-3mv-this to The Millionaire on Thu Sep 24 11:47:33 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to echicken on Tue Sep 22 2020 09:01 pm

    No wonder no one likes you here on Dove-Net. With an attitude like that, that will only get you on a twitlist.


    You seem confused. echicken is beloved by everyone.

    DaiTengu

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  • From Fang-Castro@fang-castro@FTPBBS.remove-rm5-this to The Millionaire on Thu Sep 24 10:14:06 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: The Millionaire
    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to Fang-Castro on Thu Sep 24 2020 07:29 am

    I like echicken even more for this comment.

    It figures you would. Blind leading the blind. But what happens at the end of the tunnel? Kaboom!

    How so? Just making stuff up? You still afraid of monsters under your bed?

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  • From The Millionaire@the.millionaire@vert.synchro.net.remove-9jn-this to Fang-Castro on Thu Sep 24 18:22:44 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Fang-Castro

    Re: New Version
    By: The Millionaire to Fang-Castro on Thu Sep 24 2020 07:29 am

    How so? Just making stuff up? You still afraid of monsters under your bed?

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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-ibx-this to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 24 17:44:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: DaiTengu
    Better than a slowie, I guess. <G>

    Besides, if you smoke during sex, you're doing it too fast. <BG>

    That is by far my favorite tagline of all time.

    Or how about the one below?? <BG>

    Daryl

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  • From DaiTengu@daitengu@ENSEMBLE.remove-u1c-this to Daryl Stout on Fri Sep 25 00:10:32 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: Daryl Stout
    Re: Re: New Version
    By: Daryl Stout to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 24 2020 05:44 pm

    Better than a slowie, I guess. <G>

    Besides, if you smoke during sex, you're doing it too fast. <BG>

    That is by far my favorite tagline of all time.

    Or how about the one below?? <BG>

    ... How long should we practice sex before it's safe??

    Not quite as good. But I'll give it an 8/10

    DaiTengu

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  • From Daryl Stout@daryl.stout@TBOLT.remove-11nz-this to DaiTengu on Fri Sep 25 08:36:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: DaiTengu
    Better than a slowie, I guess. <G>

    Besides, if you smoke during sex, you're doing it too fast. <BG>

    That is by far my favorite tagline of all time.

    Or how about the one below?? <BG>

    ... How long should we practice sex before it's safe??

    Not quite as good. But I'll give it an 8/10

    I saw a meme with one safe "humping" another, and the caption was
    "Safe Sex". I showed that to my wife a couple of years before she
    died, and I thought she would die laughing. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Dumas Walker@dumas.walker@CAPCITY2.remove-6vw-this to DAITENGU on Fri Sep 25 11:53:00 2020
    From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

    To: DAITENGU
    Yeah. That's right. A quickie.

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    LOL


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