Re: newsgroups

Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > ['Late' response due to extended absence.]
>
> > Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxxxxxx> wrote:
[deleted]
> >> Right on. I am on the verge of ignoring posts from google groups.
>
> >> Really tired of replies that don't tell you who or what the poster is
> >> responding to.
>
> > I'm sure that slrn has a 'show parent article' facility. If it
> > doesn't then perhaps *you* should be switching newsreaders.
>
> I carry a spare tire in the trunk, but like having to resort to the
> parent article, I don't have to bolt it on every time I use the car. My
> spare and my ability to rebuild a thread are things that it's good to
> have when they're *needed*, but four healthy tires on the corners of
> one's car and intelligently posted Usenet messages are a much better
> solution.

What "rebuild a thread"? (In tin,) I just do a "u" ('up' the tree) and
see the parent. Big deal. It seems you have accidentily put one of your
normal tyres in the boot.

FYI, in the (real, not Lotus) Notes days, i.e. early 1980s Usenet, it
was standard to not quote, because it was not needed (because Notes had
'threading'). Then broken (no threading) News came along and everybody
started to quote like there was no tomorrow. Usenet never recovered.

Case in point: I could have posted just my first paragraph (without
any quoting) and with proper threading and a 'show parent article'
facility, no-one should have any problem knowing what I was talking
about or/and who I was talking 'to'.
.

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