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From: Phil Carmody on 13 Jan 2008 04:41 "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have(a)nohavenot.cmm> writes: > "Wolfgang Kern" <nowhere(a)never.at> wrote in message > news:fmbb58$hsv$1(a)newsreader1.xoc.utanet.at... > > I just figured ou that all my posts to NGs are tracked and > > stored somewhere (beside the obligatory google.news archive). > > > > And no, this isn't an MI5 issue... > > > > Well, I don't believe anyone in '87 or '92 or even '99 would've thought that > their posts to usenet were being archived. It was just a method to > communicate over some distance with other like minded individuals. They > sure didn't give their permission... I can assure you that at university in the late 80s, the retention of the more serious newsgroups (sci.math for example), was measured in years. There's nothing in the protocols that precludes the retention to be unlimited. If you're flinging a message into the medium, you're implicitly giving all servers permission to so archive, IMHO. Phil -- Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all. -- Microsoft voice recognition live demonstration
From: Wolfgang Kern on 13 Jan 2008 07:24 Rod Pemberton replied (long), at first I thought Beth is back again ;) Thanks for your deep insight on the matter Rod. I'll think about how to hide sensible posts with my very own method and mail the decoder parts disguised as pictures or else apart from it. __ wolfgang
From: Wolfgang Kern on 13 Jan 2008 07:31 Wannabee wrote: >>> :) Who cares. You're so ugly Wolfgang, that you should be happy to be on >>> candit camera. >> :) >> Oh yeah, the mirror in my bathroom once responded with applause whenever >> I come close to, but not anymore yet, I praise Good old times :) >>> :D :D (kidding, you're cute) >> old sick hags like me are far away from good looking or being cute ;) > hag? > You must be one hell of a hag. I couldn't find a male counterpart for this term in my dictionary... it should translate to HEXER(ger), but I'm not a 'wizard' anyway. __ wolfgang
From: Wolfgang Kern on 13 Jan 2008 07:37 Wannabee skrev: >> Wannabee said it in a few words: >>> :) Who cares. You're so ugly Wolfgang, that you should be happy to be on >>> candit camera. >> :) >> Oh yeah, the mirror in my bathroom once responded with applause whenever >> I come close to, but not anymore yet, I praise Good old times :) >>> :D :D (kidding, you're cute) >> old sick hags like me are far away from good looking or being cute ;) > If you didnt smoke as much as me, you could be cute on this inside at > least :D:D:D much too late yet, my lung must as black as my humour since long. __ wolfgang
From: //o//annabee on 13 Jan 2008 10:23
P� Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:50:43 +0100, skrev Rod Pemberton <do_not_have(a)nohavenot.cmm>: > > un-paranoidly, Excellent post Rod. > > > Rod Pemberton > |