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  Re: ............................................................ Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-07-12 16:54 +0100
    Re: ............................................................ Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-07-12 17:32 +0100
    Re: ............................................................ Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-07-12 17:54 +0000
    Re: ............................................................ Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com> - 2016-07-12 20:45 -0500
      Re: ............................................................ The New Other Guy <Newsgnus@gmail.com> - 2016-07-12 21:23 -0700
        Re: ............................................................ "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-07-13 08:50 +0100
        Re: ............................................................ jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-07-13 12:48 +0000
      Re: ............................................................ JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 10:35 -0500
        Re: ............................................................ Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2016-07-13 13:23 -0700

#167042 — Re: ............................................................

On 12/07/2016 04:35, Nicholas Randall Forystek wrote:
> ...........................................................
>

Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots? 
He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.

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#167049

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:54:54 +0100
Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 12/07/2016 04:35, Nicholas Randall Forystek wrote:
> > ...........................................................
> >
> 
> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots? 
> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.

	Perhaps he has a surplus and wants to share.

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#167052

On 2016-07-12, Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 12/07/2016 04:35, Nicholas Randall Forystek wrote:
>
>> ...........................................................
>
> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots? 
> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.

Being the cynic that I am, I'd say he's testing a new spam generator.
But, keeping Hanlon's Razor in mind, it might just be a homebrewed
news client that has some bugs to work out.  Time will tell.

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#167072

In article <K5GdnQci66s7jxjKnZ2dnUU78V-dnZ2d@giganews.com>, 
am.swallow@btinternet.com says...

> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots? 
> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.

Ensuring a well-earned entry in hundreds, if not thousands, of 
killfiles?

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#167075

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:45:49 -0500, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote:

>In article <K5GdnQci66s7jxjKnZ2dnUU78V-dnZ2d@giganews.com>, 
>am.swallow@btinternet.com says...
>
>> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots? 
>> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.
>
>Ensuring a well-earned entry in hundreds, if not thousands, of 
>killfiles?


Out of ALL the groups this was spammed to, 
ONLY THIS ONE has gone on to talk about it.

:sigh:

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#167079

"The New Other Guy" <Newsgnus@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ofgbob5bjhi095tf1ksac5vsfl0e1rj069@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:45:49 -0500, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
> wrote:
>>In article <K5GdnQci66s7jxjKnZ2dnUU78V-dnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>>am.swallow@btinternet.com says...
>>> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots?
>>> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.
>>Ensuring a well-earned entry in hundreds, if not thousands, of
>>killfiles?
>
> Out of ALL the groups this was spammed to,
> ONLY THIS ONE has gone on to talk about it.
>
> :sigh:

Untrue, for prior to your post, I discussed it in uk.radio.amateur.

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#167085

The New Other Guy wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:45:49 -0500, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <K5GdnQci66s7jxjKnZ2dnUU78V-dnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>>am.swallow@btinternet.com says...
>>
>>> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots?
>>> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.
>>
>>Ensuring a well-earned entry in hundreds, if not thousands, of
>>killfiles?
>
>
> Out of ALL the groups this was spammed to,
> ONLY THIS ONE has gone on to talk about it.
>
> :sigh:

It has bug potential.  Bugs make most of the people in this newsgroup
itch with anticipation.

/BAH

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#167090

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:45:49 -0500, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote:

>In article <K5GdnQci66s7jxjKnZ2dnUU78V-dnZ2d@giganews.com>, 
>am.swallow@btinternet.com says...
>
>> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots? 
>> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.
>
>Ensuring a well-earned entry in hundreds, if not thousands, of 
>killfiles?

Maybe it was his pet cat, or maybe a bat flying by, that spied a
keyboard all alone, and try to make a new friend, and posted the dots
instead ?

-- 
JimP.

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#167096

On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:36:23 AM UTC-5, JimP wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:45:49 -0500, Dave Garrett wrote:
> >am.swallow says...
> >
> >> Does anyone know what Nicholas Randall Forystek is doing with his dots? 
> >> He appears to be posting it to all the newsgroups.
> >
> >Ensuring a well-earned entry in hundreds, if not thousands, of 
> >killfiles?
> 
> Maybe it was his pet cat, or maybe a bat flying by, that spied a
> keyboard all alone, and try to make a new friend, and posted the dots
> instead ?
> 
> -- 
> JimP.

... his cat posted the (empty) nonsense to almost ~every~ newsgroup?
I don't think so.  _______________________ Gerard Schildberger
 
 

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