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Perhaps if everybody did a "reply via e-mail" to every post that mr. barrett
decides to post, that he might get the hint that we are not interested???

I wouldn't bother with any actual reply, just bounce back the mindless drivel
that is being sent our way to begin with!

Who else thinks this may work?

Darrell Spice Jr.          //

Quote:>I'm curious if there is anything that can be done to do away with this annoying
>person???

>Perhaps if everybody did a "reply via e-mail" to every post that mr. barrett
>decides to post, that he might get the hint that we are not interested???

>I wouldn't bother with any actual reply, just bounce back the mindless drivel
>that is being sent our way to begin with!

>Who else thinks this may work?

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 ++++      Marc Barrett  -MB-

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If he continues to post his comments where they are not welcome, maybe
we could get something like this coordinated among us...heck, maybe we
should just send him 100's of digitized pictures of Amiga's uuencoded!

Everyone knows the little boy is an IRC-loser, what more could you want for
comedy's sake?

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Quote:> I'm curious if there is anything that can be done to do away with this annoying
> person???

Quote:> Perhaps if everybody did a "reply via e-mail" to every post that mr. barrett
> decides to post, that he might get the hint that we are not interested???

Quote:> I wouldn't bother with any actual reply, just bounce back the mindless drivel
> that is being sent our way to begin with!

Actually, best would be a copy to the administrative contact of his
domain, pointing out that MB's continued behavior has made 'marc
barrett' a synonym for jackass, and is degrading the image of the
university and state. Note - stress that this is not a one-time thing,
but something that has been going on regularly for years, which is why
you're complaining.

        <mike

: If he continues to post his comments where they are not welcome, maybe
: we could get something like this coordinated among us...heck, maybe we
: should just send him 100's of digitized pictures of Amiga's uuencoded!

hehe.. how about Clockwork Orange  style conditioning. Strap Marc to a
chair, and make him look at pictures of Amigas  for hours at a time.
In between, throw in a picture of Mac Quadra 660AV, and send a electric
shock through the chair.  :-)  

But seriously, how about  sending mail to the postmaster  at Iowa State.
I'm sure that if the system administrators got enough mail,  they'd
get annoyed enough to curb the source of problem.

Sending stuff directly to Marc won't do much good, because I think he
posts all this *for the attention that he gets.  I'm sure that he doesn't
actually think that people take him seriously, because if  he does,
he really must be a moron.  

It's a shame that he's built up this sort of reputation, because now
nobody on the c.s.a groups takes him seriously, even when he asks a valid
question, which he had done at least once  in the past year.  (maybe more,
but I've put him into my kill file about 6 months ago, so I don't have to read
his misinformation)   All posts from -MB- are automaticly interpreted by
everyone here as flame bait (and of course, most of them are).  

Thus, the m*of this story is:  Be an **shole as much as ye want others
to be an **shole unto thee.

later...
  Bo

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I for one will do it.

I really don't understand why he seems to delight in all this negative
attention.  I suppose it's better than no attention...(span)

Mike.

: Perhaps if everybody did a "reply via e-mail" to every post that mr. barrett
: decides to post, that he might get the hint that we are not interested???

: I wouldn't bother with any actual reply, just bounce back the mindless drivel
: that is being sent our way to begin with!

: Who else thinks this may work?

Nobody that already understood that is pointless to give him the attention that
he wants. Every message you send him to try to fight him back is a kind of
sweet thing for him. He just say those things because he wants you to fight him
back. He gets even happier because there are too many fools that fall in that
trap. It's even more pointless to try to ask people to ignore him, because it
takes a while for most of you to find out that is definetly pointless to reply
his messages.

   I'm curious if there is anything that can be done to do away with this
   annoying person???

Kill files work wonders.  Especially if you have a threaded newsreader
that can kill the entire thread.

   Perhaps if everybody did a "reply via e-mail" to every post that mr.
   barrett decides to post, that he might get the hint that we are not
   interested???

If he took hints, he would have left long ago.  If you don't like what
he writes, then don't read his articles.  It's really that simple.

   I wouldn't bother with any actual reply, just bounce back the mindless
   drivel that is being sent our way to begin with!

   Who else thinks this may work?

Not a chance.

Lane

Why don't you just leave him alone.

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: >But seriously, how about  sending mail to the postmaster  at Iowa State.
: >I'm sure that if the system administrators got enough mail,  they'd
: >get annoyed enough to curb the source of problem.

: I would instead suggest sending "paper" mail to the administrative offices
: of Iowa State University, Beardshear Hall, Ames Iowa (I don't know the
: exact address or zip code) with your complaints.

: *That* might spur some action.

Forget that, try the President of the United States, here is a sample
letter:

        Mr. President,
        a Mr. Marc Barrett has been posting articles that are contrary
        to my opinion; hence I would like you to tell the Army to hunt
        him down and shoot him.

        Thanks,
        <your name here>

        P.S. I voted for you.

:) :) :)

Leave him alone, or put him in your kill file.  If you think that this
is a problem, then write an RFD to make this a moderated group, and
the readers of this group will vote on it.  If so many Amiga owners
can deny reality, why can Marc Barrett not be a little cynical.

As to wasting bandwith, the amount of bandwidth he generates in a week
(neglecting the letters that quick tempered people send to
Postmasters) is less than one part of one image posted to one of the
alt.binaries groups; the amount of traffic on theis group is not half
that of many groups in the non-alt hierarchy.  That is to say, we
are not currently a bandwidth problem.

Steve

Quote:> > button after reading a mail message.  People have tried this in the past,
> > but it has not worked.
> Do you even read and/or respond to the email that people send you?  If you
> don't then I can only assume that you are a flame baiter and you like to
> post articles just to get attention.  I think the latter is probably true.

Because of this emotional trauma he feels he has to rebel against the net,
and what better way, if he feels emotionally compromised advocating what
he does like, than to just sully topics/groups/areas he does not like.
Note too his articles, even though factually sometimes may have correct
facts just presented out of context, _allways_ have a very emotionally
negative bias. Why dosent he just let things rest? Because his apparently
skewed emotions compell him to spread negativity about this particular area.

This also ofcourse satisfies his ego. His IRC nickname and little ASCII
cyclone below are testament to that. He feels (Perhaps rightly) that this
association of him and such a powerful natural phenomenon will give people
the impression that he is simiular in himself. That his views are worthy,
strong, and should be heard by all, and his opinion carries conviction.

Ofcourse we all know this is pure *and most have just accepted him
for exactly what he is, a net & also perhaps sociological outcast who
needs to salve his paltry spirit by constantly annoying those he despises.
All IMHO ofcourse, but I'm sure multitudes agree.

keith