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Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today

From RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today
Date 2018-11-25 00:55 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2018-11-24, vpn user <vpnuser@example.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:04:04 -0000 (UTC), RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Marek Novotny gave me good advice several times (it's why I'm using slrn 
>> now and went with Digital Ocean for my wife's Moodle servers). And, speaking 
>> of "Snit", Marek even sent him a Mac laptop, because he figured he needed it. 
>> Salt of the earth. I was sorry to hear about his medical issues (didn't know 
>> about them until his posts stopped). May he rest in peace.
>
> Marek helped me greatly set up my vpn scripts on Ubuntu.
> He wrote the scripts and I tested them for him.
> I never communicated with him over email but only over Usenet.
>
> I care about privacy where Marek was wonderfully helpful (where he wrote 
> most of the vpn scripts I still use today).
>
> When Marek returned from that first stroke, he again was very helpful 
> (we had issues with DNS leaks under vpn, for example).
>
> I'm amazed that he sent Snit a laptop as I can't think of a worse Usenet
> citizen than Snit (well, maybe that Burford, Anonymous, Nescio, Burke, etc,
> set of automation trolls are even worse).
>
> Snit even wrote an entire idiotic video about me, where I was amazed 
> at how utterly stupid Snit is. Message-ID: <D6025E05.BA636%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
><https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/PZuec56EWB0/qSXecrnZAQAJ>
><http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&A=0&MSGI=%3CD6025E05.BA636%25usenet%40gallopinginsanity.com%3E>
>
> It's sad but the stupidity of people like Snit is shocking, and worse, Snit
> posted that inane video over 400 times before I stopped counting, so, not
> only was Snit unfathomably stupid, but also insanely stubborn.
>
> Snit was one of the few people I've dealt with who are literally too stupid
> to learn, where, Marek had to be a saint to send him anything, especially a
> laptop.

"Snit" had complained (mentioned?) that his wife's computer was on the 
fritz, so Marek sent the computer for her. That was just the way he was.

-- 
The more I see of Windows, the more I like Linux.

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Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2018-11-18 09:30 +0100
  Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2018-11-18 04:32 -0500
    Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2018-11-18 15:00 +0100
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 20:25 +0000
    Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 20:08 +0000
  Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 20:04 +0000
    Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today vpn user  <vpnuser@example.com> - 2018-11-24 06:09 +0000
      Re: Marek Novotny scripts for VPN drop protection discussion on the Windows 10 newsgroup today RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-11-25 00:55 +0000

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