Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-25 Thread James Vahn
John Hasler wrote: > And please don't post anything to the list containing the string that > started this thread. Doing so will create more hits. Too late.. "aol art files" is already at the top of the list. "debian" must be scoring it high because of the traffic here. > One thing that baffles m

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-25 Thread Peter J Ross
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 09:09:37AM +0200, Werner Mahr wrote: > People spam the list with requests for AOL Art-files, because they find > it with google for this list. They subscribe and ask the same dumb > question again. If they would read the threads they found, the wouldn't > read. I am no e

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-25 Thread John Hasler
Werner Mahr writes: > People spam the list with requests for AOL 4rt-files, because they find > it with google for this list. They subscribe and ask the same dumb > question again. They don't subscribe. The list accepts messages from non-subscribers. > Just keep in mind that they are AOL users.

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-25 Thread Werner Mahr
Am Samstag, 24. September 2005 19:18 schrieb Hal Vaughan: > Second: What is it that makes you such a super expert on human > behavior? > > Get off your high horse. People are people. Some will, some won't. People spam the list with requests for AOL Art-files, because they find it with google f

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Hal Vaughan writes: > First: I didn't spell it in 'leet I know you didn't. I did, to avoid generating more Google hits. > Some will, some won't [follow the links and read the message]. It's the ones that won't we are discussing. > Well...why not try to fix it? I am trying to discourage people

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-24 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Saturday 24 September 2005 12:54 pm, John Hasler wrote: > Now, when the doofuses search on "4ol 4rt files" and find your message they > are going to see > > 4ol 4rt files: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; Subject: > 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER First: I didn't spell it in 'leet. > and spa

Re: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER

2005-09-24 Thread John Hasler
Now, when the doofuses search on "4ol 4rt files" and find your message they are going to see 4ol 4rt files: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; Subject: 4ol 4rt files THE HELPFUL ANSWER and spam us. They _will not_ follow the link and _will not_ read your message. The only subject line that woul