Very Computer

by **Roy Cull** » Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:08:55

Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics
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This report covers 3107 messages that were received at this system
between 2003-03-23 00:15:08 and 2003-04-01 15:00:06 (written between
2003-03-17 00:11:02 and 2003-03-30 10:58:02)

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Toplist of writers

Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. flatf...@linuxmail.org 196 232695 70.1%
2. Dave Leigh <dave.le...@cratchit.org> 110 112671 45.2%
3. rapskat <raps...@hotmail.com> 101 118304 30.7%
4. d2003xx <d200...@hotmail.com> 90 98384 52.7%
5. Lin?nut <=?iso-8859-1?Q?lin=F8nu...@bone.com> 86 52691 48.1%
6. The Ghost In The Machine <ew...@sirius.athghost703 76 94255 45.6%
7. Pope <p...@his.holyness.org> 71 116707 68.4%
8. Rick <rhat...@excite.com> 65 86117 80.0%
9. Peter K?hlmann <Peter.Koehlm...@t-online.de> 64 74468 77.3%
10. Sinister Midget <xu...@k-c.rr-com> 63 136146 51.5%
Gazwad <Dont Be So Far King We Tar Did> 63 46054 44.0%
12. Bo Grimes <vcg...@earthlink.net> 60 90650 38.5%
13. Simon Cooke <siNOSPAMmonco...@earthliNOSPAMnk.net> 57 48034 62.3%
14. Roodwr...@core.com <Roodwri...@core.com> 54 96776 41.8%
15. Roy Culley <r...@swissonline.ch> 53 65754 54.9%
Eric Wilhelm <er...@nospam.ku.edu> 53 41554 33.9%
17. Peter Jensen <jdogh...@sneakemail.com> 52 51401 40.9%
18. T.G. Reaper <Rea...@127.0.0.1.com> 51 72006 34.8%
19. Clem Kadiddlehopper <cl...@stinkbottom.net> 50 50853 58.4%
20. GreyCloud <cumu...@mist.com> 49 52095 78.2%
21. Kadaitcha Man <f...@haha.com> 45 72220 25.8%
22. Freeride <Freer...@mailinux.org> 41 27084 61.5%
23. Mr.Smith <mr.smith@Large> 37 56397 64.9%
24. Jim Richardson <warl...@eskimo.com> 35 60774 53.7%
25. Rex Ballard <rball...@open4success.com> 34 142427 24.5%
Peter Hayes <pe...@NOSPAM.seahaze.demon.co.uk> 34 55344 61.0%
Daeron <dae...@demon.com> 34 29336 54.5%
Gary Hallock <ghal...@attglobal.net> 34 22988 59.9%
29. Jazz <forty...@theanswer.net> 32 46411 40.5%
30. cybear <cyb...@pacbell.net> 31 24923 59.7%
31. paul cooke <paul_cooke@linux_NO_SPAM_mail.org> 30 28286 66.0%
32. Erik Funkenbusch <e...@despam-funkenbusch.com> 27 53142 65.7%
33. Jimbo <jdwood...@cox.net> 24 31815 57.3%
Rob Hughes <r...@robhughes.com> 24 29507 52.8%
35. Linvocate <LinuxR...@LINUXRULES.ORG> 23 21773 82.3%
WarpKat <spamh...@nointegrity.org> 23 12312 55.1%
37. relic <reply...@newsgroup.com> 22 20181 66.8%
Ilari Liusvaara <noaddr...@porn.org> 22 17375 23.7%
39. The Student <MyUseNetHan...@linuxmail.org> 21 24020 41.6%
wjbell <wjb...@none.net> 21 23563 86.4%
Brad Sims <bs...@abnt.org> 21 17019 29.2%
alw <a...@dtr.net> 21 9850 36.6%
43. Ted <T...@gen3.com> 20 27408 66.6%
Jon Portnoy <jdpNOS...@oppresses.us> 20 22945 73.7%
45. Michael Alger <use...@rapacity.dyndns.org> 19 35687 35.5%
Andrei Maxim <andrei.ma...@rdslink.ro> 19 21753 49.1%
Bob Hauck <b...@this-is.invalid> 19 13624 36.0%
48. Rich Bell <rg_b...@nvbell.net> 18 44201 60.3%
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamt...@library.lspace. 18 14503 15.4%
Hub <h...@pub.nub> 18 8519 70.8%

A total of 312 people were identified.

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Toplist of subjects

Place Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Linux - death OS 184 113261
2. Dependencies, PAN, and Spell checking -What a PAIN 138 206488
3. Another site that dies with Mandrake 9.1 128 134886
4. Digital Video Camera: Linux vs XP 99 225515
5. [OT] War... 72 126078
6. Another RHN Linux Security alert 57 56249
7. Linux looks good until you try it. 56 77322
8. cybear and linonut are 2 sicko linux homosexuals. 55 43051
9. Linux destroys hard disks. 45 36106
10. LINUX about as SECURE AS A SIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 43 44016
11. Favorites... 41 52561
12. The dark side of Open Source 38 70231
13. Mandrake 9.1 Linux same old story. (First impressions) 37 72933
14. Funny thing... 34 57824
15. WHY LINUX SUCKS. 33 51924
Another Critical Flaw! - When will it end? 33 35791
Is flatfish a liar and a thief? 33 34406
18. Linux Version 8 32 46165
Latest Microsoft security update is actually a virus!! 32 28007
20. so like can i actually get linux ppc 30 21150
21. This is bullshit. 29 61456
22. O.T. What a day of bad news. 28 54256
23. Linux is more secure --NOT! 26 49085
24. History of Linux 25 33449
Office Depot policy: Sell only 'Designed for XP' hardware 25 30197
26. Good old Winston... 24 27161
27. Windows v Linux 23 19401
28. MS and Linux in small business 22 41404
Linux noob asks the million Euro question. 22 20586
30. The Flatfish is correct. 21 25621
frustrating... :( 21 23255
32. Linsux not so secure after all?!?! 20 26061
The Alert from RH that flatty will not show you.... 20 21408
34. Flatfish is a dumbass 19 22256
I am getting help 19 20772
Windows fails to display www.dodge.com 19 15682
A terrible dilemma 19 10627
38. LGX means never having to say, "I don't know" 18 25082
How to get the most out of old hardware 18 20425
dead keys are beautiful 18 16787
Figure this one out linoloonies. 18 14673
Frustrated - simply cannot get network card getting in Re 18 13771
43. Gotta love the text tools included with Linux... 17 44482
OT Another story about overseas IT operations 17 38664
'Rich Bell' gives advice -- was Digital Video Camera: L 17 19931
Will Pay Cash For Story of Windows ME 17 15223
'Fluid' - meaning Urine-like, or Vomit-like? 17 14864
Final proof XP is 10 times slower! 17 14304
Does anyone know how to install a 3Com network card in Re 17 12919
Microsoft HA! Look! 17 12864

A total of 319 subjects were identified.

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Toplist of programs

Place Program Msgs
1. KNode 634
2. Pan 588
3. slrn 446
4. Microsoft Outlook Express 383
5. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 210
6. Mozilla 147
7. Gnus 97
8. Outlook 5.5 86
9. knews 53
10. Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English 38
11. Forte Agent 35
12. Knode 0.7.2 [os/2 v7.25 running KDE 32
13. MicroPlanet Gravity 22
14. MR 18
15. Xnews 13
16. tin 9
17. Forte Free Agent 1.93/32.576 Englis 5
Microhard Lookout Expresstrain 5
19. 40tude_Dialog 4
20. Industrial Automaton 3
21. Forte Free Agent 2
MT-NewsWatcher 2
Opera7.03 2
24. Opera7.01 1

A total of 24 different programs (not counting different versions)
were identified.
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by **Freerid** » Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:51:52

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Can we forward this to flatfish's shrink? What a waste of 232695 bytes of
data.

by **Dave Leig** » Mon, 31 Mar 2003 06:58:41

Roy Culley wrote on Saturday 29 March 2003 22:08 in message

Quote:> Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics
> =================================================

> (c) Copyright 1998-2001 Peter Karlsson

> This report covers 3107 messages that were received at this system
> between 2003-03-23 00:15:08 and 2003-04-01 15:00:06 (written between
> 2003-03-17 00:11:02 and 2003-03-30 10:58:02)

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> Toplist of writers

> Place Name???????????????????????????????????????????????Msgs????Bytes

G'night folks, I'm gonna go read a book.

--
Dave Leigh, Consulting Systems Analyst
Cratchit.org

by **rapska** » Mon, 31 Mar 2003 06:19:13

Error log for Sat, 29 Mar 2003 23:58:41 -0500: segfault in module Dave
Leigh - dump details are as follows...

> G'night folks, I'm gonna go read a book.

Hehe, quitter!

;-)

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Gentoo Base System version 1.4.2.8 kernel 2.5.65 on a Pentium III (Coppermine)
"Strange game...the only winning move is not to play."

by **d2003x** » Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:04:55

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> Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics
> =================================================

> This report covers 3107 messages that were received at this system
> between 2003-03-23 00:15:08 and 2003-04-01 15:00:06 (written between
> 2003-03-17 00:11:02 and 2003-03-30 10:58:02)

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Toplist of writers

> Place Name Msgs Bytes Quoted

I WIN!!!

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Quote:> 5. [OT] War... 72 126078

YEH!!

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Quote:> 7. Gnus 97

:))

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by **Andrei Maxi** » Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:39:42

I can't understand how he finds a way to post so many times. It takes me
almost 20 minutes to write a decent post, and I usually can't write more
than 3 or 4 per day so...

God, he's either paid to do that or he has way to much free time.

Quote:> Toplist of programs
> 4. Microsoft Outlook Express 383

Hmmm...

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Perceptions rule the Universe.

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Using Slackware Linux 8.1 on a Compaq Presario notebook

by **Bo Grime** » Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:58:43

> I can't understand how he finds a way to post so many times.

You're underestimating him by not including his posts as George Stratus,
among others.

Everytime a new distro comes out he's right there on day one trashing it in
crossposts. He's also obsessed with creating the perception that IE is the
only browser that works on the Internet. Since the Internet is such a big
part of what home users use computers for, if he can convince them that if
they switch they will no longer be able to use it then he has won the war
on that one battle.

If there's any one here paid to post anti-linux stuff, it's the flatfish.

--
Bo G
"Mankind does nothing save through initiatives on the part of inventors,
great or small, and imitation by the rest of us. Individuals show the way,
set the patterns. The rivalry of the patterns is the history of the
world." (William James) Linus is just such an inventor; Linux is just such
a pattern.

by **Andrei Maxi** » Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:20:38

>> I can't understand how he finds a way to post so many times.

> You're underestimating him by not including his posts as George Stratus,
> among others.

I admit that 60% of his replies are off subject, but the amount of text
written by flatfish in a couple of months is enough to fill a couple of
hundreds of pages

Quote:> Since the Internet is such a big part of what home users use computers
> for, if he can convince them that if they switch they will no longer be
> able to use it then he has won the war on that one battle. If there's
> any one here paid to post anti-linux stuff, it's the flatfish.

I know this is a stupid question, but why should flattie be paid? As long
as the Microsoft universe does not have a place for USENET very few
technologically impaired people read anything on USENET, not to mention
the comp.os.linux.* groups.

--Max

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Perceptions rule the Universe.

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Using Slackware Linux 8.1 on a Compaq Presario notebook

by **Bo Grime** » Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:44:00

>>> I can't understand how he finds a way to post so many times.

>> You're underestimating him by not including his posts as George Stratus,
>> among others.

> I admit that 60% of his replies are off subject, but the amount of text
> written by flatfish in a couple of months is enough to fill a couple of
> hundreds of pages

And that's just as flatfish.

Quote:
>> Since the Internet is such a big part of what home users use computers
>> for, if he can convince them that if they switch they will no longer be
>> able to use it then he has won the war on that one battle. If there's
>> any one here paid to post anti-linux stuff, it's the flatfish.

> I know this is a stupid question, but why should flattie be paid? As long
> as the Microsoft universe does not have a place for USENET very few
> technologically impaired people read anything on USENET, not to mention
> the comp.os.linux.* groups.

I don't think he *is* paid, thus the "if". I don't even think he likes to
troll and flame for the sake of it. I think he's a sad pathetic person who
wants to be on the cutting edge but just can't make things work so he
attacks the thing he can't use.

Say you went to one of those "free vacations" where you get to stay gratis
if you listen to the sales pitch. You think it sounds great, so you sign
up and put down your good-faith money and start making payments. Then you
go to the condo for your first vacation and you can't figure out how to get
the key to unlock the door.

It's a simple door and a simple lock and you have the simple key. Dozens of
people come and show you how to unlock the door, but you keep locking it
back trying to get it to work for yourself, but you can't. So you start
screaming and whining and trying to get your money back, but you can't.

So you create a web page that called http://www.veryComputer.com/ and
rant and rave endless about how stupid they are and how they fooled you and
how they didn't live up to their claims and how no one should ever try out
this company.

Meanwhile there are hundreds of people using the resort, going on vacation
and loving it, easily unlocking the doors to their own condos. Then you
start protesting in front of the resort, carrying a sign and yelling and
basically having a mental breakdown until you sit in your ba*t and
never leave, posting endless messages about how terrible the company is.

Now, replace "you" in the scenerio above with flatfish and it all becomes
clear.

--
Bo G
"Mankind does nothing save through initiatives on the part of inventors,
great or small, and imitation by the rest of us. Individuals show the way,
set the patterns. The rivalry of the patterns is the history of the
world." (William James) Linus is just such an inventor; Linux is just such
a pattern.

by **Jim Richardso** » Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:36:44

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> I can't understand how he finds a way to post so many times. It takes me
> almost 20 minutes to write a decent post, and I usually can't write more
> than 3 or 4 per day so...

> God, he's either paid to do that or he has way to much free time.

You assume he's writing a decent post...

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Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
A bad day, is when aliens attack, the dog bites you, and your boss tells
you that the new client wants to make a few changes before delivery.
Linux, super computers, office computers, or home computers, it works.

by **d2003x** » Wed, 02 Apr 2003 00:17:16

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> I can't understand how he finds a way to post so many times. It takes me
> almost 20 minutes to write a decent post, and I usually can't write more
> than 3 or 4 per day so...

> God, he's either paid to do that or he has way to much free time.

No, because his posts are all bullshit. BTW, I think most of linux
users here can also generate those meaningless messages millions per
day, by scripts. (but not flatfish, he's probably too stupid to write
scripts)

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by **Sinister Midge** » Wed, 02 Apr 2003 01:23:10

> I can't understand how he finds a way to post so many times. It takes me
> almost 20 minutes to write a decent post, and I usually can't write more
> than 3 or 4 per day so...

> God, he's either paid to do that or he has way to much free time.

Or both.

Or s/h/it's lonely, living in s/h/it's tiny little trailer home.

Or all of these and more.

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I trust Microsoft.
I trust them to be spectacularly unable to get anything right.

by **The Ghost In The Machin** » Wed, 02 Apr 2003 03:25:52

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Culley

wrote
on Sun, 30 Mar 2003 05:08:55 +0200

Quote:> Turquoise SuperStat 2.2 * Message area statistics
>=================================================

> (c) Copyright 1998-2001 Peter Karlsson

> This report covers 3107 messages that were received at this system
> between 2003-03-23 00:15:08 and 2003-04-01 15:00:06 (written between
> 2003-03-17 00:11:02 and 2003-03-30 10:58:02)

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Toplist of writers

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[snip]

I gotta get a life. :-) Fortunately, I have a job... :-)

[snip]

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