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Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML??

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2012-07-28 21:51, kensi skrev:
> On 27/07/2012 3:42 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> Why are half the people in this group suddenly switching to this
> news.tds.net NNTP provider?
> 
> I ask because that NNTP provider is b0rken:
> 
> 1. Every post has the same NNTP-Posting-Host header, even from people I
>    know are not sockpuppets of one another, e.g. you, Robert Klemmke,
>    David Lamb, and Jim Janney all have recent posts with
>    NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65.
> 
> 2. Posts through that server have the References: header stripped. As
>    a result, every time any of you posts through that server it breaks
>    a piece off the thread you're replying to, causing clutter and making
>    discussions more difficult to follow.
> 
> 3. It seems to fuck up character encodings, most noticeably when Vajhøj
>    posts or is replied to via TDS as he has a non-ASCII character in his
>    name.
> 
> Please switch back to your original providers, or if you can't for some
> reason, such as because they closed, please find something better than
> TDS to replace them with. AIOE works well enough for me and does not
> break References: when I reply or screw up encoding the ø character. It
> does not require signup. Eternal-September is something I often see
> recommended, does require signup, but is free. Either of those is
> probably better than (and maybe even cheaper than) this TDS, from all
> indications.

I, for one, did not switch to that provider, yet my last post,
addressing the same point as yours, got copied through it. I don't think
anybody else chose it either. The posts are copied with different
headers but the same contents. That server should be closed down.

-- 
Lars Enderin

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Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-nwi-this> - 2012-07-27 19:42 +0000
  Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Patricia Shanahan" <patricia.shanahan@1:261/38.remove-nwi-this> - 2012-07-27 19:42 +0000
    Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "jebblue" <jebblue@1:261/38.remove-z1h-this> - 2012-07-28 18:36 +0000
    Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
  Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-nwi-this> - 2012-07-27 19:42 +0000
  Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? kensi <kensi_kensington@zoonoses.de> - 2012-07-28 15:51 -0400
    Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2012-07-28 22:03 +0200
      Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-07-28 13:12 -0700
        Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-07-28 22:16 -0400
          Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-29 10:55 +0200
            Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-07-29 11:14 +0200
              Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-07-29 15:28 -0700
    Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-07-28 19:29 -0400
    Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-07-28 18:20 -0600

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