Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: blmblm@myrealbox.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: OT names/nyms/etc. (was Re: Why "lock" functionality is introduced for all the objects?) Date: 10 Jul 2011 19:15:40 GMT Organization: None Lines: 63 Message-ID: <97uc2sFag8U5@mid.individual.net> References: <97p5rcF9ofU1@mid.individual.net> <47c858b8-e02c-4fc8-9557-9b224d932de9@u30g2000vby.googlegroups.com> X-Trace: individual.net peo26pmklGfWvkv5Qn4/mwFcCq1QenHLmnHvqBdJcYnb40jFDa X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:vsbA6tSRgfNBHVe8uRgG9jlrLag= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:6057 comp.lang.lisp:4625 In article , Steve Erwin wrote: > lewbloch wrote: > >blm...@myrealbox.com wrote: > >> Steve Erwin wrote: > > >>> The fact you are bothered to break thread, creating > >>> a new topic, yet fixing your nym display isn't a big > >>> deal to you... is very interesting. But I aint got the > >>> time .. > >> > > > >There's nothing whatsoever wrong with her "nym display", as you are > >pleased to call it. If you really didn't have the time to pursue this > >meaningless and pointless complaint of yours, you'd've never pressed > >"Send". Advice you should consider. > > > pkb... anyone? > > >> "Break thread"? I'm following what I understood to be the > >> convention for signaling that the subject of a discussion > >> has changed without losing the connection to the previous > >> discussion: I changed the subject line to "$NEWTOPIC > >> (was $OLDTOPIC)" and included (or more properly "allowed > >> my newsreader to supply) a References header that links to > >> the replied-to post. I understood this to be considered > >> good Usenet etiquette. I guess mileage varies. > >> > My point - Ms Massingill - is, it is interesting you follow this > "rule of etiquette" yet ignore basic rules of network protocol > in tX'n an unkempt (shoddy - bogan) Could you try that again in something more closely resembling standard English .... Nah, I probably get enough of the intended meaning. > piece of bagatelle as > your "From". Small chops (as it is) it has certainly signaled to > Paul Derbyshire (lewbloch+KitKat) Are you seriously suggesting that both of these posters are Mr. Derbyshire in disguise? That would surprise me very much in the case of the person who posts as Lew Bloch. I've been following this group for several years, and -- I'm skeptical. > you are > "ripe for the fucking with of". I guess it's possible, but really, didn't *I* start this particular exchange by involving myself in the "names ending in 'a' are feminine" subthread? foolishly, no doubt, but "yeah well". Also, if your theory about real identities is correct, there may be a history -- but that's all I'm going to say about that. > However, as said, you have been informed. You make your > choice, as you will. [ snip ] -- B. L. Massingill ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.