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Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.freeware, alt.windows7.general
Subject Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL
Date 2018-11-21 15:10 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <211120181510454041%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (12 earlier) <zseJD.599349$OM2.264708@fx37.iad> <211120181007422979%nospam@nospam.invalid> <ZGeJD.935094$tK2.881422@fx42.iad> <211120181025367397%nospam@nospam.invalid> <schJD.497273$um3.90179@fx32.iad>

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In article <schJD.497273$um3.90179@fx32.iad>, Wolf K
<wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 
> Hey, you snipped context-providing material. Tsk, tsk, naughty!

nope. i snipped excess text that is no longer relevant, but those who
wish to review it can *easily* do so with a single click.

> >>>> "Better" and similar words are ascriptive, not descriptive adjectives.
> >>>> They signal opinions. It may be a well founded opinion, but it's still
> >>>> an opinion.
> >>>
> >>> except when it isn't.
> >>>
> >>> something that works will always be better than something that doesn't
> >>> work.
> >>
> >> a) If a program lacks a feature which I never use, it works.
> >>
> >> b) If a program has a buggy version of a feature which I never use, it
> >> works.
> > 
> > no. it's still broken.
> 
> So what? It still works as expected or desired by me.

you aren't the final arbiter.

windows 10 1809 had a broken feature that deleted user data, which
according to microsoft, only affected 1/100th of 1% of users. 

in other words, most people did not encounter it, yet it was broken
enough to be major news, forcing microsot to pull it and rerelease it
several weeks later.

> > it's also a feature he is actually trying to use.
> 
> Yes, and in that context, your opinion may be useful. But it's still an 
> opinion.

it's not an opinion. the feature is broken.

> >> c) Many people use obsolete or non/no-longer working objects for other
> >> purposes, such as interior decoration.
> >>
> >> d) A non-working or broken example of an artefact is better than nothing
> >> from a museum's POV.
> > 
> > this isn't about interior decoration or museum exhibits.
> 
> Ah, but it is relevant to your claim something that works is "always 
> better" than something that doesn't.

you're arguing just to argue.

> > not even a good attempt at diversion.
> 
> Oh, I wouldn't have bothered, but you used "always", and I was bored. 
> Don't use "always" when you are expressing an opinion.

you're deliberately taking things out of context.

> It may comfort you to know that I agree with your advice to get a 
> newsreader that does what he wants.

further proof that you're arguing just to argue.

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Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows  Arlen_Holder <a%rle%20nh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-11-11 17:31 +0000
  Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-17 14:48 +0000
    Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 20:14 +0000
      [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. (was: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows) Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-17 21:14 +0000
        Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-17 22:54 +0000
          Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 19:53 -0500
            Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-11-18 03:57 +0000
              Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-18 16:14 +0000
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 14:31 -0500
          Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-18 03:27 +0000
          Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-18 19:14 +0000
            Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-19 03:39 +0000
              Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-19 11:22 +0000
            Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL. arlen michael holder <arlen_michael_holder@example.com> - 2018-11-19 03:52 +0000
        Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-18 21:54 +0100
          Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-19 12:13 +0000
            Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-19 08:45 -0500
            Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-19 15:49 +0100
              Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-19 10:13 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2018-11-19 20:23 +0000
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-20 12:12 +0100
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-20 09:04 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-21 14:59 +0100
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2018-11-21 09:30 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-21 23:08 +0100
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 09:41 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-11-21 10:02 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 10:07 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-11-21 10:18 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 10:25 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-11-21 13:10 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 15:10 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-11-21 15:42 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-21 15:47 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2018-11-21 15:44 -0500
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-21 21:43 +0000
                Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-21 23:12 +0100
            Re: [OT] How to use a 'news:' URL Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-20 16:44 +0000
    Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 15:29 -0500
      Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-17 15:34 -0500
        Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-20 12:12 +0100
          Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-20 09:04 -0500
      Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2018-11-17 15:39 -0500
      Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-17 21:58 +0000
      Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-20 12:15 +0100
      Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2018-11-20 08:07 -0500
      Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2018-11-20 08:21 -0500
        Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-11-20 16:34 +0000
          Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-21 15:04 +0100
            Re: Let's attempt Frank Slootweg's freeware solution for backing up Android to Windows "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-11-22 13:09 +0100

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