On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 20:44 +0100, Michael Howard wrote:
> and her is an off list reply reply from the less than honourable Polyna
I killfiled them weeks ago, I don't know why people do just do similar
and move on...
On 2021-08-14 3:51 p.m., Curt wrote:
> On 2021-08-14, Michael Howard wrote:
>> On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
>
>>> Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church
>>> steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
>>>
>>
>> Please take this shit off list!
>>
>
>
On 14/08/2021 20:51, Curt wrote:
On 2021-08-14, Michael Howard wrote:
On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church
steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
Please take this shit off list!
IP overwrought, is that it?
On 2021-08-14, Michael Howard wrote:
> On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
>> Don't forget IP over drums, and of course IP over lanterns in church
>> steeples ("Two if by sea", etc.)
>>
>
> Please take this shit off list!
>
IP overwrought, is that it?
On 2021-08-14 2:35 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 01:27:43PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>> Charlie Gibbs writes:
>>> Some people will respond by switching to a different e-mail address in
>>> order to work around the killfiles they know they're now in.
>>
>> Fortunately Gnus
and her is an off list reply reply from the less than honourable Polyna
Forwarded Message
Subject:Re: [OFFTOPIC] Plonk (wss: Meta: behavior on list)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 15:41:22 -0400
From: Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
To: Michael Howard
On
On 14.08.21 21:35, Michael Howard wrote:
Give the normal amongst us a break. This stuff is NOT debian, it is
social ineptitude and it has to stop.
Form yourselves a chat group somewhere, just NOT here. Please?
--
Michael Howard.
+1
---
Marco
On 14/08/2021 20:25, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
Hi,
On 2021-08-14 2:53 p.m., Michael Howard wrote:
On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
tomas writes:
But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
Yup. Back in the 186
Hi,
On 2021-08-14 2:53 p.m., Michael Howard wrote:
> On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
>> John Hasler wrote:
>>
>>> tomas writes:
But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
>>> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earli
On 14/08/2021 16:08, Charles Curley wrote:
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
tomas writes:
But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier
yet we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but
wo
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 01:27:43PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Charlie Gibbs writes:
> > Some people will respond by switching to a different e-mail address in
> > order to work around the killfiles they know they're now in.
>
> Fortunately Gnus can filter on things such as substrings of message
Charlie Gibbs writes:
> Some people will respond by switching to a different e-mail address in
> order to work around the killfiles they know they're now in.
Fortunately Gnus can filter on things such as substrings of message IDs
and other identifying header features that the trolls are unaware o
On Sat Aug 14 10:23:31 2021 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>
>> Stefan writes:
>>
>>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>>
>> No. I was there when i
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 07:37:00 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
> tomas writes:
> > But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
>
> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier
> yet we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but
> worked. And, of course, pigeons.
On 2021-08-14 9:16 a.m., Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 14 August 2021 08:44:44 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 07:37:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>>> tomas writes:
But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
>>>
>>> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manua
On Saturday 14 August 2021 08:44:44 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 07:37:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > tomas writes:
> > > But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
> >
> > Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier
> > yet we used heliograph.
Le 14/08/2021 à 14:37, John Hasler a écrit :
> tomas writes:
>> But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier yet
> we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but worked.
> And, of course, pigeons.
I have a seconda
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 07:37:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> tomas writes:
> > But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
>
> Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier yet
> we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but worked.
> And, of course, pigeon
tomas writes:
> But... Usenet was /before/ 'phone, wasn't it?
Yup. Back in the 1860s we did UUCP over manual telegraph. Earlier yet
we used heliograph. Signal fires on hilltops were slow, but worked.
And, of course, pigeons.
--
John Hasler
j...@sugarbit.com
Elmwood, WI USA
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 10:59:04AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
[...]
> Be considerate to each other. Be polite - be helpful.
[...]
Thanks, Andrew :)
> Trying to make Debian a better place starts one post at a time. That's one
> of the reasons why I volunteer for the Debian community team.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:41:40PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> deloptes wrote:
> > @Brian communication with Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside is meaningless and
> > a waste of time.
>
> You should have stopped here.
>
>
> > I even had to google her, because I had the feeling I talk to a troll. I
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 04:12:10PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> to...@tuxteam.de [2021-08-13 19:11:43] wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> > wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Plonk ?
[...]
> > [1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
>
> How odd
On Fri 13 Aug 2021 at 20:21:27 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote:
> > John Hasler wrote:
> > ...
> >> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> >> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at
On 2021-08-13 6:55 p.m., songbird wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
> ...
>> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
>> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
>> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a
>> particula
to...@tuxteam.de [2021-08-13 19:11:43] wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
> [...]
>> Plonk ?
> Greg and The Wanderer already provided a definition. Just adding
> one standard reference, the Jargon File [1] in such things. Old
> Usenet lore.
songbird writes:
> i found out years ago that i just don't have the energy any more to
> get that mad about something on-line. the n key is many fewer
> keystrokes than *plonk*. :)
When I find that I'm hitting n every time I see a certain user I
killfile them. Saves keystrokes, reduces clutter.
John Hasler wrote:
...
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
> bottom. A septic tank, for example. It was common to respond to a
> particularly asinine article with the one-word followup "plo
On 8/14/21 12:17 AM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
they won't stop and will just continue to argue against themselves
Quite, quite : this is happening : now
.
On 14-08-2021 07:37, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Weaver wrote:
>> On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
Stefan writes:
> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-
On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote:
> John Hasler wrote:
>> Stefan writes:
>>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>>
>> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
>> soun
On 2021-08-13 5:31 p.m., Weaver wrote:
> On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>>> Stefan writes:
How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
representation of the sound of hanging up the pho
John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan writes:
> > How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
> > representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dropping into a large tank wit
On 14-08-2021 07:17, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
>> Stefan writes:
>>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>>
>> No. I was there when it came
Hi,
On 2021-08-13 4:59 p.m., John Hasler wrote:
> Stefan writes:
>> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
>> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
>
> No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
> sound of a small object dro
Stefan writes:
> How odd. I always assumed that it was the comic-strip style
> representation of the sound of hanging up the phone abruptly.
No. I was there when it came into use. It definitely represents the
sound of a small object dropping into a large tank with liquid at the
bottom. A septi
Dan Ritter wrote:
> There is no way in which the gender of any participant in
> debian-users is relevant. Nor their sexuality, religion, skin
> color, national origin, or even the fact that they use other
> operating systems from time to time.
It is not about the gender but the attitude, capice?
On 2021-08-13 12:53 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
> wrote:
>> Plonk ?
>
> In this context, it's the sound that a name makes when it lands in a
> killfile, ignore list, or whatever you call it for a given communications
> m
>From deep in prehistory, way back when bangpaths ruled and the stain
that is Facebook had yet to spill upon the land:
(I'm not the author)
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous bullshit,
or to take words against a sea of whinings,
and by opp
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
[...]
> Plonk ?
Greg and The Wanderer already provided a definition. Just adding
one standard reference, the Jargon File [1] in such things. Old
Usenet lore.
Cheers
[1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/plonk.html
On 2021-08-13 at 12:49, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-08-13 12:41 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote:
>> And in conclusion, plonk!
>
> Plonk ?
The sound-effect "plonk" is the traditional onomatopoeia for the sound
of a person (or E-mail address, or whatever) hitting the bottom of one's
k
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:49:34PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Plonk ?
In this context, it's the sound that a name makes when it lands in a
killfile, ignore list, or whatever you call it for a given communications
medium.
On 2021-08-13 12:41 p.m., Dan Ritter wrote:
> deloptes wrote:
>> @Brian communication with Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside is meaningless and
>> a waste of time.
>
> You should have stopped here.
>
>
>> I even had to google her, because I had the feeling I talk to a troll. I
>> think she is e
deloptes wrote:
> @Brian communication with Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside is meaningless and
> a waste of time.
You should have stopped here.
> I even had to google her, because I had the feeling I talk to a troll. I
> think she is extreme left ... lost in gendering and so on somewhere in
> F
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