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Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap

From Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap
Date 2018-10-01 10:31 -0700
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On 9/30/2018 1:11 AM, Bob Henson wrote:
> On 30/09/2018 1.53 am, Bob F wrote:
>> On 9/29/2018 10:36 AM, Bob Henson wrote:
>>> On 29/09/2018 6.28 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>> On 09/29/2018 07:38 AM, John McGaw wrote:
>>>>> On 9/28/2018 3:08 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>>>> But I guess I was wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See assholes fight.
>>>>>> Fight fight fight.
>>>>>> See assholes fight.
>>>>>> See newsgroups die.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry that you were disappointed but I'm curious as to how you might have
>>>>> come to your original conclusion. I've never seen any evidence that would
>>>>> lead me in that direction. This group is pretty well infested with
>>>>> self-important twits and aggressive contrarians to keep many a pointless
>>>>> thread going ad infinitum. You are right, though, that NNTP is dying but I
>>>>> usually put it down to many users being too lazy to use it properly and the
>>>>> amount of effort needed to obtain access as many (most?) ISPs drop 'free'
>>>>> newsgroup access.
>>>>
>>>> Recently it seems that nearly the entire day's worth of posts here
>>>> involved insults.  I think there's a tipping point, I just don't know
>>>> where it is.  It's wanton destruction, and I hate it.  I've participated
>>>> in flame wars, but not for at least a decade, and I wish that I hadn't.
>>>>     Some bait is just too tasty to pass up, though...
>>>>
>>>
>>> I find that filtering out and automatically deleting anything from
>>> Google Groups and anything cross-posted reduces the signal to noise
>>> ratio substantially. Sadly, I still need a Bozo file - but it's not too
>>> long.
>>>
>>
>> Rreducing the signal to noise ratio is a good thing?
>>
> 
> Quite - Noise to Signal ratio then. It's nice to meet a fellow pedant
> :-) :-)
> 

I got a question on a drivers license test wrong when I went to college 
in Massachusetts. The question was "True or False - Fatigue reduces 
reaction time" My answer was "false". The official answer was "true". 
Their response was "That's what it says in the official list" and they 
could not give me credit for that question.

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I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-09-28 12:08 -0700
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap I R A Darth Aggie <n0b0dy@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-28 20:57 +0000
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2018-09-29 06:37 +0100
    Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Charlie+ <charlie@xxx.net> - 2018-09-29 07:24 +0100
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-09-29 13:19 +0200
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Tomasz Dawiec <tomek@dawiec.example> - 2018-09-29 07:58 +0200
    Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-09-29 13:21 +0200
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2018-09-29 10:38 -0400
    Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 10:28 -0700
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Bob Henson <robert.h.henson@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 18:36 +0100
        Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 17:53 -0700
          Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Bob Henson <robert.h.henson@gmail.com> - 2018-09-30 09:11 +0100
            Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com> - 2018-10-01 10:31 -0700
              Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-01 10:41 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-10-03 13:01 +0200
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2018-10-03 13:05 +0200
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-03 22:35 +0200
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-03 08:48 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-03 16:16 +0000
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-03 15:52 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap  Arlen    Holder <a%rlenh.older@no.spam.net> - 2018-10-03 23:30 +0000
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-03 18:25 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-03 22:33 +0200
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 14:41 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-10-03 23:35 -0400
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-04 06:25 +0200
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-03 21:59 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-04 08:26 +0200
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-04 08:27 +0200
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-04 09:10 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-04 17:17 +0000
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-10-04 16:16 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 23:23 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-04 17:14 +0000
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-10-02 13:12 +0000
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-30 09:32 +0000
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Taka Kobayashi <taka000@sahi.net> - 2018-09-30 22:13 +0900
    Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-09-30 21:35 +0200
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Taka Kobayashi <taka000@sahi.net> - 2018-10-01 11:36 +0900
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-09-30 21:37 +0200
    Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap John B. Slocomb <johnb@gmail.com> - 2018-10-01 06:59 +0700
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-09-30 20:30 -0700
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-01 06:33 +0200
        Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Bob Henson <robert.h.henson@gmail.com> - 2018-10-01 09:28 +0100
          Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-01 14:13 +0200
            Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-01 09:36 -0700
              Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> - 2018-10-02 06:43 +1300
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2018-10-01 11:04 -0700
                Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-01 22:16 +0200
              Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-01 22:15 +0200
            Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Bob Henson <robert.h.henson@gmail.com> - 2018-10-02 09:46 +0100
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-04 13:50 +0100
  Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-10-03 19:14 +0100
    Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-10-03 20:15 +0000
      Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-03 22:40 +0200
    Re: I thought this group was pretty free of stupid acrimonious crap Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-10-03 22:38 +0200

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