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Will Denny <willdenny@mvps.org> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> Te OP hasn't come back yet as to what kind of XP CD hr/she has!!V
(The old mare is Usenet by the way, figured I should make that clear. I
recalled a conversation in a private email list that you were partaking in
and after reading this thought I'd clarify that it's usenet that's old and
nothing like it used to be.) And no, they haven't... I just wanted to remind
people that IP addresses can (and do) lie easily enough. Just because we can
trace IP addresses to a location doesn't mean that the OP was actually
anywhere near that part of the globe with any certainty. The last time I
looked at mine the State was wrong, right region but wrong state. When I was
using a different compression utility my IP address had me all the way in
Australia. (The worst part was Google was convinced I was there so every
time I went to give someone a link it came out .com.au which was a bit
frustrating and one of the reasons I switched to one hosted in the States.)
Even still with the increased awareness of security issues more and more
people are beginning to use anonymous proxy servers (or so they hope they're
anonymous) and that skews things even more further. Coupled with the
depletion of IP addresses, leasing, and sub-leasing it is no longer a true
measure to find where people are posting from. It can be off by entire
continents.
The thread portion in which I was responding to was the part of Jupiter
pointing out that while Miss Tick had been strong in her approach and even
then that there was no call for the next person in line to be aggressive and
that, to be honest, is what isn't like it used to be. I happen to agree with
Jupiter on this one. Those of us who've taken the time to watch the postings
from Miss Tick probably also agree with Jupiter. Yes, she was strong willed
in her posting but not outlandishly so and to react towards that
aggressively - as the person behind her did - is just plain silliness.
Anyone who's ever posted in here should long since be aware that failing to
not take the caps lock off, setting your time ahead, or posting gibberish is
going to get Miss Tick to yell at you. We've come to accept it or, in some
cases, appreciate it because some of the things said are often things we
simply wanted to say but didn't quite have the gall. And for someone to come
and respond to that in that manner is abhorrent. Not to mention it serves no
purpose.
Once usenet was pretty tame really, a nice quite place where you could bring
the family for a picnic. Well, okay, not all that idyllic but these days
it's hard to go a day without witnessing at least a couple of flame wars
that veer so far from the original intent of the thread that it's almost
maddening at times. Anyhow, after my recollection of a past thread in which
we all reached some sort of acceptance or greater understanding I figured
I'd do better to explain myself and my verbiage lest anyone think there was
anything remotely personal involved in my post. (I wouldn't want that of
course... *nods* <g>) To speak frankly if it was assumed that my post was in
reference to Miss Tick it was not but rather both in defense of Jupiter's
ideas and the old mare wasn't her but Usenet herself and the changes that
have taken place. I saw where my post could have been read a number of ways
and just in case people didn't know better I figured I better make sure I
clarified it.
Galen
--
"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
Sherlock Holmes
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