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From: Jeff Johnson on 22 Jul 2010 15:24 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message news:i2a5fj$2di$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> So they're not turned off as you said. Perhaps in anticipation of? > > It was written long ago. In the interim, the vast majority of groups have > been removed from there server. The remaining ones have all been given a > death sentence. So, yeah, they are "dead men walking" at this point. > It's pretty much a meaningless distinction. How bored are you, anyway? Dude, your message explicitly said the servers were turned off. It was incorrect, plain and simple. No amount of "You know what I mean" alters that fact that your statement was incorrect.
From: Karl E. Peterson on 22 Jul 2010 15:37 Jeff Johnson explained on 7/22/2010 : > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message > news:i2a5fj$2di$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>> So they're not turned off as you said. Perhaps in anticipation of? >> >> It was written long ago. In the interim, the vast majority of groups have >> been removed from there server. The remaining ones have all been given a >> death sentence. So, yeah, they are "dead men walking" at this point. It's >> pretty much a meaningless distinction. How bored are you, anyway? > > Dude, your message explicitly said the servers were turned off. It was > incorrect, plain and simple. No amount of "You know what I mean" alters that > fact that your statement was incorrect. Okay, okay, I just looked at the web page. You're right, what's posted says that. Here's what I submitted, fwiw... ================== HED: Community Disruption DEK: Microsoft turns off its newsgroup server, but the community resource lives on. You just need to know where to look for it. by Karl E. Peterson In early May, Microsoft began posting a series of notices to their newsgroups that they ... <snip> ================== The editors changed the tense. And I admit, it was sloppy. It probably should've had "As" as the first word and no "but" in that sentence to fully capture the mental image I had of that thought as it was typed. Screw it. I'll ask them to change it to capture "what I meant" a bit better. Thanks... -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Karl E. Peterson on 22 Jul 2010 16:14 Jeff Johnson explained : > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote in message > news:i2a5fj$2di$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>> So they're not turned off as you said. Perhaps in anticipation of? >> >> It was written long ago. In the interim, the vast majority of groups have >> been removed from there server. The remaining ones have all been given a >> death sentence. So, yeah, they are "dead men walking" at this point. It's >> pretty much a meaningless distinction. How bored are you, anyway? > > Dude, your message explicitly said the servers were turned off. It was > incorrect, plain and simple. No amount of "You know what I mean" alters that > fact that your statement was incorrect. Updated online. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Larry Serflaten on 22 Jul 2010 17:55 "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote > ================== > HED: Community Disruption > > DEK: Microsoft turns off its newsgroup server, but the community > resource lives on. You just need to know where to look for it. ... Why imply they only had one server handling their entire hierarchy? <gd&r> LFS
From: Karl E. Peterson on 22 Jul 2010 17:57 Larry Serflaten wrote : > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote > >> ================== >> HED: Community Disruption >> >> DEK: Microsoft turns off its newsgroup server, but the community >> resource lives on. You just need to know where to look for it. > > .. Why imply they only had one server handling their entire hierarchy? > > <gd&r> > LFS LOL! Bite me. <g> -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
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