Re: People posting in my name

From	Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: People posting in my name
Date	2015-03-22 23:42 +0000
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On 22/03/15 22:57, James Kuyper wrote:

<snip>

> It's been made quite clear
> that, whatever it is that "regular" means as conventionally used in this
> newsgroup, posting regularity has nothing to do with it.

In comp.lang.c, the term regular is used in (at least) a couple of 
different ways.

People who understand the word use it to mean "person who post regularly 
in this newsgroup", so posting regularity has /everything/ to do with it.

The other meaning is something along the lines of "person who posts 
stuff that other people unaccountably seem to agree with, heaven knows 
why. I must educate them!". This secondary meaning is used (quite often) 
by those with thinking difficulties.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
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People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2015-03-17 21:28 +0100
  Re: People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2015-03-17 21:38 +0100
    Re: People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-03-17 23:14 +0100
  Re: People posting in my name gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-03-17 21:12 +0000
    Re: People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-03-17 22:16 +0100
  Re: People posting in my name Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-17 21:27 +0000
    Re: People posting in my name BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2015-03-17 17:22 -0600
  Re: People posting in my name Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-17 15:27 -0700
    Re: People posting in my name Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-17 16:14 -0700
      Re: People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-03-18 00:36 +0100
        Re: People posting in my name glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-18 00:48 +0000
    Re: People posting in my name glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-17 23:35 +0000
    Re: People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-03-18 00:40 +0100
      Re: People posting in my name Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-17 17:19 -0700
        Re: People posting in my name raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-21 22:38 +0000
          Re: People posting in my name James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-22 18:57 -0400
            Re: People posting in my name Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-22 23:42 +0000
              Re: People posting in my name James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-22 20:14 -0400
                Re: People posting in my name Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-03-23 12:45 -0700
      Re: People posting in my name James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 11:26 -0400
    Re: People posting in my name fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-17 18:24 -0700
      Re: People posting in my name Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-03-18 07:25 +0000
    Re: People posting in my name David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-18 10:20 +0100
      Re: People posting in my name "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 21:06 +0100
        Re: People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-01 23:30 +0200
          Re: People posting in my name James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-01 18:10 -0400
            Re: People posting in my name jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-02 21:13 +0200

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