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  richard bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-05-11 07:30 -0400
    Re: richard Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-05-11 07:50 -0400
      Re: richard The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-11 15:14 +0100
    Re: richard Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-11 12:16 +0000
    Re: richard richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-05-11 10:11 -0400
      Re: richard Evan Platt <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com.invalid> - 2014-05-12 06:50 -0700
    Re: richard Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-11 15:14 +0000
      Re: richard Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-05-11 16:06 +0000
        Re: richard Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-11 21:46 +0000
          Re: richard bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-05-12 07:19 -0400
            Re: richard Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-12 13:01 +0000
              Re: richard The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-12 14:52 +0100
                Re: richard Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-12 18:15 +0000
              Re: richard Evan Platt <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com.invalid> - 2014-05-12 07:43 -0700
                Re: richard Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-05-12 18:17 +0000
        Re: richard Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-05-12 12:07 +0200
    Re: richard Angel <he1983912@gmail.com> - 2022-06-30 07:46 -0700

#13590 — richard

Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e: 
rot reply to any of his posts?

This is getting tiring.

And/or, can anyone tell me how to blackhole any thread richard 
posts? (Thunderbird 24.5.0)

-bill

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#13591

On 5/11/14, 7:30 AM, bill wrote:
> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e: rot
> reply to any of his posts?
> 
> This is getting tiring.
> 
> And/or, can anyone tell me how to blackhole any thread richard posts?
> (Thunderbird 24.5.0)
> 
> -bill

To ignore any given person, and replies to their message, just define a
filter (Tools / Message Filters) and set the condition to detect their
posts by detecting their "From" line (the fact richard uses a "invalid"
address give this a chance at detecting someone else using that same
address), and set the operation to ignore subthread.

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#13596

On 11/05/14 12:50, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 5/11/14, 7:30 AM, bill wrote:
>> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e: rot
>> reply to any of his posts?
>>
>> This is getting tiring.
>>
>> And/or, can anyone tell me how to blackhole any thread richard posts?
>> (Thunderbird 24.5.0)
>>
>> -bill
>
> To ignore any given person, and replies to their message, just define a
> filter (Tools / Message Filters) and set the condition to detect their
> posts by detecting their "From" line (the fact richard uses a "invalid"
> address give this a chance at detecting someone else using that same
> address), and set the operation to ignore subthread.
>
or simply mark his posts read and don't display read posts...


-- 
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to 
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the 
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are 
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a 
diminishing number of producers.

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#13592

bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote in news:lknn0a$ije$1@speranza.aioe.org:

> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e: 
> rot reply to any of his posts?

Sounds good to me.

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#13595

On Sun, 11 May 2014 07:30:06 -0400, bill wrote:

> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e: 
> rot reply to any of his posts?
> 
> This is getting tiring.
> 
> And/or, can anyone tell me how to blackhole any thread richard 
> posts? (Thunderbird 24.5.0)
> 
> -bill

Sieg Heil meinen fuhrer! Seig Heil!

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#13607

On Sun, 11 May 2014 10:11:47 -0400, richard <noreply@example.com>
wrote:

>Sieg Heil meinen fuhrer! Seig Heil!

Didn't take long for Godwin's law to come into play did it...
-- 
To reply via e-mail, remove The Obvious and .invalid from my e-mail address.

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#13597

bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote in news:lknn0a$ije$1@speranza.aioe.org:

> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e: 
> rot reply to any of his posts?

At least not until he apologizes, in the newsgroup, to everyone he has insulted and abused.

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#13600

On Sun, 11 May 2014 15:14:12 +0000, Doug Miller wrote:

> bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote in
> news:lknn0a$ije$1@speranza.aioe.org:
> 
>> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e:
>> rot reply to any of his posts?
> 
> At least not until he apologizes, in the newsgroup, to everyone he has
> insulted and abused.

I detect a slight flaw in this plan.

richard's posts may then be answered by people whose knowledge and 
competence is as lacking as his, and other newbies reading the group 
might take those posts as being good answers to problems similar to the 
ones richard posts.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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#13601

Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> wrote in news:lko75e$v73$1@dont-
email.me:

> On Sun, 11 May 2014 15:14:12 +0000, Doug Miller wrote:
> 
>> bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote in
>> news:lknn0a$ije$1@speranza.aioe.org:
>> 
>>> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e:
>>> rot reply to any of his posts?
>> 
>> At least not until he apologizes, in the newsgroup, to everyone he has
>> insulted and abused.
> 
> I detect a slight flaw in this plan.
> 
> richard's posts may then be answered by people whose knowledge and 
> competence is as lacking as his, and other newbies reading the group 
> might take those posts as being good answers to problems similar to the 
> ones richard posts.

If and when that happens, then those of us who know better can post corrections in reply to 
*them*. But not to richard. His requests for aid should be ignored.

Regardless of how we accomplish it, though, I think it's high time we all agree that richard 
gets no more assistance until he has a major change of attitude. He seems to believe that 
this newsgroup exists for the purpose of fixing the problems he creates, that he is somehow 
entitled to our assistance that we are somehow obligated to provide.

It's time to burst his bubble. Unless and until RtS apologizes for his behavior, all of his posts 
along the lines of "why isn't this working?" should be answered with nothing beyond 
"because you screwed up again."

The greater danger, IMHO, is not that richard's questions will be answered by newbies as 
clueless as he [assuming they exist], but rather that newbies' questions will be answered by 
richard. In that case, his posts should not be ignored: misinformation demands correction.

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#13604

> It's time to burst his bubble. Unless and until RtS apologizes for his behavior, all of his posts
> along the lines of "why isn't this working?" should be answered with nothing beyond
> "because you screwed up again."

Trolls feed off attention- good or bad.
The best way to starve a troll is to give NO reply at all.

-bill

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#13606

bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote in news:lkqap1$c8l$1@speranza.aioe.org:

> 
>> It's time to burst his bubble. Unless and until RtS apologizes for his behavior, all of his posts
>> along the lines of "why isn't this working?" should be answered with nothing beyond
>> "because you screwed up again."
> 
> Trolls feed off attention- good or bad.
> The best way to starve a troll is to give NO reply at all.

Richard the Stupid isn't really a troll, though. He's just a dope. A self-entitled dope who thinks 
that this newsgroup exists solely to write and debug code for him, for free.

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#13608

On 12/05/14 14:01, Doug Miller wrote:
> bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote in
> news:lkqap1$c8l$1@speranza.aioe.org:
>
>>
>>> It's time to burst his bubble. Unless and until RtS apologizes
>>> for his behavior, all of his posts along the lines of "why isn't
>>> this working?" should be answered with nothing beyond "because
>>> you screwed up again."
>>
>> Trolls feed off attention- good or bad. The best way to starve a
>> troll is to give NO reply at all.
>
> Richard the Stupid isn't really a troll, though. He's just a dope. A
> self-entitled dope who thinks that this newsgroup exists solely to
> write and debug code for him, for free.
>

I don't think so.

None one would spend as long as he has achieving nothing at all without 
giving up.



-- 
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to
lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

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#13610

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote in news:lkqjm9$j3e$3
@news.albasani.net:

> On 12/05/14 14:01, Doug Miller wrote:
>> bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote in
>> news:lkqap1$c8l$1@speranza.aioe.org:
>>
>>>
>>>> It's time to burst his bubble. Unless and until RtS apologizes
>>>> for his behavior, all of his posts along the lines of "why isn't
>>>> this working?" should be answered with nothing beyond "because
>>>> you screwed up again."
>>>
>>> Trolls feed off attention- good or bad. The best way to starve a
>>> troll is to give NO reply at all.
>>
>> Richard the Stupid isn't really a troll, though. He's just a dope. A
>> self-entitled dope who thinks that this newsgroup exists solely to
>> write and debug code for him, for free.
>>
> 
> I don't think so.
> 
> None one would spend as long as he has achieving nothing at all without 
> giving up.

How do you suppose he got the nickname Richard the Stupid? 

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#13609

On Mon, 12 May 2014 13:01:17 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
<doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> wrote:

>Richard the Stupid isn't really a troll, though. He's just a dope. A self-entitled dope who thinks 
>that this newsgroup exists solely to write and debug code for him, for free.

Oh yes, he's a troll. He's intentionally posted things along the lines
of say on November 15th mentioning how this is a historical day from
1963, Texas, blah blah... and when people told his dumb ass it was
November 22nd, he replied with "Troll bait, you all fell for it."
-- 
To reply via e-mail, remove The Obvious and .invalid from my e-mail address.

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#13611

Evan Platt <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com.invalid> wrote in 
news:uen1n952i78gf0epqvvho00l2ul1b98pft@4ax.com:

> On Mon, 12 May 2014 13:01:17 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
> <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> wrote:
> 
>>Richard the Stupid isn't really a troll, though. He's just a dope. A self-entitled dope who 
thinks 
>>that this newsgroup exists solely to write and debug code for him, for free.
> 
> Oh yes, he's a troll. He's intentionally posted things along the lines
> of say on November 15th mentioning how this is a historical day from
> 1963, Texas, blah blah... and when people told his dumb ass it was
> November 22nd, he replied with "Troll bait, you all fell for it."

I don't consider that evidence that he's a troll, I consider it evidence that his appendage "the 
Stupid" is well-deserved.

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#13603

Denis McMahon wrote:

> On Sun, 11 May 2014 15:14:12 +0000, Doug Miller wrote:
>> bill <william@TechServSys.com> wrote […]:
>>> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e:
>>> rot reply to any of his posts?
>> At least not until he apologizes, in the newsgroup, to everyone he has
>> insulted and abused.
> 
> I detect a slight flaw in this plan.
> 
> richard's posts may then be answered by people whose knowledge and
> competence is as lacking as his, and other newbies reading the group
> might take those posts as being good answers to problems similar to the
> ones richard posts.

That cannot be prevented anyway, as you are demonstrating repeatedly.  Logic 
dictates that there will always be more people who are not knowledgable and 
competent than people who are.  However, not feeding the troll – *any* 
troll – and ignoring lusers will keep the noise down.  Correcting wrong 
answers to their postings, and pointing out that some approaches are unwise, 
is still possible.  One must keep in mind that one does not need to save the 
world alone.


PointedEars
-- 
> If you get a bunch of authors […] that state the same "best practices"
> in any programming language, then you can bet who is wrong or right...
Not with javascript. Nonsense propagates like wildfire in this field.
  -- Richard Cornford, comp.lang.javascript, 2011-11-14

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#19013

He is trying to get women's attention. He seems to be lonely.


******************************
Angel
☏ ------> 372 53900660


bill kirjutas Pühapäev, 11. mai 2014 kl 13:30:06 UTC+2:
> Might we adopt a policy of benign neglect towards richard, i.e: 
> rot reply to any of his posts? 
> 
> This is getting tiring. 
> 
> And/or, can anyone tell me how to blackhole any thread richard 
> posts? (Thunderbird 24.5.0) 
> 
> -bill

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