About the longest thread ever posted in a newsgroup

Nick Mudge wrote:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The name
of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Err... Guess you should read some threads on c.object to have a better
clue...

But still the 'Any girls' could become one of the longest "absolutely
and definitivly OT" thread here !-)

"Nick Mudge" <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51...

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

*plonk*

"Bruno Desthuilliers" <bd*****************@free.quelquepart.fr> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:40***********************@news.free.fr...

Nick Mudge wrote:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Err... Guess you should read some threads on c.object to have a better
clue...

But still the 'Any girls' could become one of the longest "absolutely
and definitivly OT" thread here !-)

And there is everything inside that it needs: Romance, sex, crime, football.
(Okay we should put some more alcohol into it.)

--
Markus

In message <40***********************@news.free.fr>, Bruno Desthuilliers
<bd*****************@free.quelquepart.fr> writes

Nick Mudge wrote:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting.
The name
of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
Err... Guess you should read some threads on c.object to have a better
clue...

But still the 'Any girls' could become one of the longest "absolutely
and definitivly OT" thread here !-)

I'm sure it will - and am surprised at how good-tempered it's all been
so far.

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In message <9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51>, Nick Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The name
of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
Was that really what you meant when you said you wanted to create
something 'really big'? ;-)

Nick

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"Nick Mudge" <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51...

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Nick

are you for real?

Mich

In message <40*********************@news.easynet.ch>, Markus Ernst
<derernst@NO#SP#AMgmx.ch> writes

"Bruno Desthuilliers" <bd*****************@free.quelquepart.fr> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:40***********************@news.free.fr...

Nick Mudge wrote:

> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. Thename > of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wishthe > content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
> let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
Err... Guess you should read some threads on c.object to have a better
clue...

But still the 'Any girls' could become one of the longest "absolutely
and definitivly OT" thread here !-)

And there is everything inside that it needs: Romance, sex, crime, football.
(Okay we should put some more alcohol into it.)

Sex - yes please.

Romance - I'll have some of that as well.

But you can leave out the crime & football.

What about the money, though?

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Email to: cats_spam at uk2 dot net

In message <CI**************@[127.0.0.1]>, Five Cats
<ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> writes

In message <9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51>, Nick Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The name
of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Was that really what you meant when you said you wanted to create
something 'really big'? ;-)

BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation
of it's usefulness, quality or desirability....
--
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Email to: cats_spam at uk2 dot net

Markus Ernst wrote:

"Bruno Desthuilliers" <bd*****************@free.quelquepart.fr> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:40***********************@news.free.fr...

Nick Mudge wrote:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name
of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish
the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Err... Guess you should read some threads on c.object to have a better
clue...

But still the 'Any girls' could become one of the longest "absolutely
and definitivly OT" thread here !-)

And there is everything inside that it needs: Romance, sex, crime, football.
(Okay we should put some more alcohol into it.)

And chocolate too... more threads about chocolate and girls... this
reminds me of something, but what ?-)

Bruno

Nick Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i
wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good
stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

You can't beat "ASC's Longest Thread...", started in 3/18 -00 and still
going strong ;-)

<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2895718865d&dq=&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=b&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1995&as_m axd=19&as_maxm=3&as_maxy=2000&selm=38D40085.A41E17 FC%40catalogcorp.com>

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In message <Xn********************************@130.133.1.4> , Peter
Strömberg <wi******@spamcop.net> writes

Nick Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i
wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good
stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

You can't beat "ASC's Longest Thread...", started in 3/18 -00 and still
going strong ;-)

<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:...=&ie=UTF-8&as_
drrb=b&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1995&as_maxd= 19&as_maxm=3&as_maxy=20
00&selm=38D40085.A41E17FC%40catalogcorp.com>

OMG - 2859 & counting!
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"Five Cats" <ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:hW**************@[127.0.0.1]...

In message <CI**************@[127.0.0.1]>, Five Cats
<ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> writes

In message <9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51>, Nick Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The nameof the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish thecontent was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Was that really what you meant when you said you wanted to create
something 'really big'? ;-)

BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation
of it's usefulness, quality or desirability....
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Email to: cats_spam at uk2 dot net

....except if following the word 'drink'...
"8*}

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:46:55 GMT, Doug Hutcheson
<do*****************@nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au > declared in
comp.lang.php:

BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation

...except if following the word 'drink'...

"drink big"? Nah, just doesn't do it for me. ;-)

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http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

"Mark Parnell" <we*******@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message
news:1s*****************************@40tude.net...

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:46:55 GMT, Doug Hutcheson
<do*****************@nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au > declared in
comp.lang.php:

BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation

...except if following the word 'drink'...

"drink big"? Nah, just doesn't do it for me. ;-)

Shir, my shintax sheems to be shlurred.

I meant to lishp "exchept if presheeding the wordsh 'free drink'".

<Moneypenny, take a note to book me in for a shyntax upgrade - thish one ish
full of bugsh>

"8*{

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Five Cats wrote:

In message <9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51>, Nick Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish
the content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!!
and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Was that really what you meant when you said you wanted to create
something 'really big'? ;-)

Nick

Nope, this is too small of an idea. But it is definately a starting point
and possibly a launching pad.

I'm going by Mudge now.

Five Cats wrote:

In message <CI**************@[127.0.0.1]>, Five Cats
<ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> writes

In message <9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51>, Nick Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i
wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good
stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Was that really what you meant when you said you wanted to create
something 'really big'? ;-)

BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation
of it's usefulness, quality or desirability....

In the end I want my actions and big things to be more beneficial in
general than destructive. I want to do good, and generally intend to do so.

Mudge

Nick Mudge wrote:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish
the content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!!
and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can be. I
had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

Mudge

Five Cats wrote:

In message <40*********************@news.easynet.ch>, Markus Ernst
<derernst@NO#SP#AMgmx.ch> writes

"Bruno Desthuilliers" <bd*****************@free.quelquepart.fr> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:40***********************@news.free.fr...

Nick Mudge wrote:
> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The

name

> of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish

the

> content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!!
> and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Err... Guess you should read some threads on c.object to have a better
clue...

But still the 'Any girls' could become one of the longest "absolutely
and definitivly OT" thread here !-)

And there is everything inside that it needs: Romance, sex, crime,
football. (Okay we should put some more alcohol into it.)

Sex - yes please.

Romance - I'll have some of that as well.

But you can leave out the crime & football.

What about the money, though?

Yea, kitty, I've noticed that you are kind of sexy.

CJ Llewellyn wrote:

"Nick Mudge" <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51...

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The

name

of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish the
content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

*plonk*

What the hell does plonk mean?

Mudge

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:26:39 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> declared
in comp.lang.php:

What the hell does plonk mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plonk

--
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http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

Five Cats <ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in news:3kLoTvAOdC2AFwOC@
[127.0.0.1]:

OMG - 2859 & counting!

I dont even want to know what its about.... its way too long for a single
thread.

In message <z_4Cc.132278$3x.33798@attbi_s54>, Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Five Cats wrote:

In message <40*********************@news.easynet.ch>, Markus Ernst
<derernst@NO#SP#AMgmx.ch> writes

"Bruno Desthuilliers" <bd*****************@free.quelquepart.fr> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:40***********************@news.free.fr...
Nick Mudge wrote:
> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name
> of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish
the
> content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!!
> and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Err... Guess you should read some threads on c.object to have a better
clue...

But still the 'Any girls' could become one of the longest "absolutely
and definitivly OT" thread here !-)

And there is everything inside that it needs: Romance, sex, crime,
football. (Okay we should put some more alcohol into it.)

Sex - yes please.

Romance - I'll have some of that as well.

But you can leave out the crime & football.

What about the money, though?

Yea, kitty, I've noticed that you are kind of sexy.

And too old for you - but thanks! You see - life doesn't stop at
(insert young persons choice of when middle/old age starts here)....

--
Five Cats
Email to: cats_spam at uk2 dot net

In message <Px****************@news.optus.net.au>, Doug Hutcheson
<do*****************@nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au > writes

"Five Cats" <ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:hW**************@[127.0.0.1]...

In message <CI**************@[127.0.0.1]>, Five Cats
<ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> writes

>In message <9cQBc.92241$Sw.1637@attbi_s51>, Nick Mudge
><ma******@hotmail.com> writes
>>Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>>
>>Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. Thename >>of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wishthe >>content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!! and
>>let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
>
>Was that really what you meant when you said you wanted to create
>something 'really big'? ;-)

BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation
of it's usefulness, quality or desirability....
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Email to: cats_spam at uk2 dot net

...except if following the word 'drink'...
"8*}

OK - and 'bank balance'!

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In message <70****************@news.optus.net.au>, Doug Hutcheson
<do*****************@nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au > writes

"Mark Parnell" <we*******@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message
news:1s*****************************@40tude.net.. .

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:46:55 GMT, Doug Hutcheson
<do*****************@nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au > declared in
comp.lang.php:

>> BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation
>>
> ...except if following the word 'drink'...

"drink big"? Nah, just doesn't do it for me. ;-)

Shir, my shintax sheems to be shlurred.

I meant to lishp "exchept if presheeding the wordsh 'free drink'".

<Moneypenny, take a note to book me in for a shyntax upgrade - thish one ish
full of bugsh>

"8*{

ROFLMA!

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Theo wrote:

Five Cats <ca*******@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in news:3kLoTvAOdC2AFwOC@
[127.0.0.1]:

OMG - 2859 & counting!

I dont even want to know what its about.... its way too long for a single
thread.

Yea, it's great.

Mudge

Five Cats wrote:

In message <70****************@news.optus.net.au>, Doug Hutcheson
<do*****************@nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au > writes

"Mark Parnell" <we*******@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message
news:1s*****************************@40tude.net. ..

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:46:55 GMT, Doug Hutcheson
<do*****************@nrm.blot.qld.blot.gov.blot.au > declared in
comp.lang.php:

>> BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a
>> recommendation
>>
> ...except if following the word 'drink'...

"drink big"? Nah, just doesn't do it for me. ;-)

Shir, my shintax sheems to be shlurred.

I meant to lishp "exchept if presheeding the wordsh 'free drink'".

<Moneypenny, take a note to book me in for a shyntax upgrade - thish one
ish full of bugsh>

"8*{

ROFLMA!

What the hell is ROFLMA. Five Cats, can you like write a glossary or
something for all of your terms?

Mark Parnell wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:26:39 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> declared
in comp.lang.php:

What the hell does plonk mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plonk

Wow, thanks. Hey, is there a FAQ for all these Usenet terms?

Mudge

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:12:13 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> declared
in comp.lang.php:

Mark Parnell wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plonk

Wow, thanks. Hey, is there a FAQ for all these Usenet terms?

Lots of glossaries around. Try Google.

Or just take the Plonk off the link I posted. :-)

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http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:08:23 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> declared
in comp.lang.php:

What the hell is ROFLMA.

http://www.google.com/search?q=roflmao

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http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

In message <h3aCc.162989$Ly.99901@attbi_s01>, Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Mark Parnell wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:26:39 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> declared
in comp.lang.php:

What the hell does plonk mean?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plonk

Wow, thanks. Hey, is there a FAQ for all these Usenet terms?

Probably - and there is also Google which lets you find them out for
yourself....


Mudge

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Mudge wrote:

Five Cats wrote:

ROFLMA!

What the hell is ROFLMA. Five Cats, can you like write a glossary or
something for all of your terms?

Railing On Ferry Looses My Approval ???

Should probably have been ROTFLMAO

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off

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In message <H%9Cc.78638$Hg2.55586@attbi_s04>, Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Five Cats wrote:

<snip>

ROFLMA!

What the hell is ROFLMA. Five Cats, can you like write a glossary or
something for all of your terms?

Firstly if should have been ROFLMAO

Secondly try Google - there are lots of glossaries already.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...oflmao&spell=1

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In message <lr************@crm.nwg.dk>, Jeppe Uhd <ln*********@nx.dk>
writes

Mudge wrote:

Five Cats wrote:

ROFLMA!
What the hell is ROFLMA. Five Cats, can you like write a glossary or
something for all of your terms?

Railing On Ferry Looses My Approval ???

Should probably have been ROTFLMAO

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off

Yes - missed out the O. Could make a crude joke about that... ;-)

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In article <6Z4Cc.132276$3x.104716@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Nick Mudge wrote:

Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.

Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i wish
the content was better than it currently is, so write some good stuff!!
and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.

Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can be. I
had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

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I noticed that Message-ID: <jE**************@[127.0.0.1]> from Five Cats
contained the following:

Yea, kitty, I've noticed that you are kind of sexy.

And too old for you - but thanks! You see - life doesn't stop at
(insert young persons choice of when middle/old age starts here)....

Some of my students don't have a concept of any age over 30. It can be
quite flattering at times :-)

--
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It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

I noticed that Message-ID: <hW**************@[127.0.0.1]> from Five Cats
contained the following:

Was that really what you meant when you said you wanted to create
something 'really big'? ;-)

BTW forgot to mention that something being big is not a recommendation
of it's usefulness, quality or desirability....

And in coding, it's often more elegant to make something really small...

--
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It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

Leythos wrote:

In article <6Z4Cc.132276$3x.104716@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Nick Mudge wrote:

> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
> name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i
> wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good
> stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
>
> Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can
be. I had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF
TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

What's TOS?

In article <r2zCc.136776$3x.9145@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Leythos wrote:

[snip]

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

What's TOS?

Terms of Service - it's the rules/regulations that you agreed to in
order to get on the internet from your provider. While you may never had
actually read your TOS, you agreed to it, by default, when they provided
you with service.
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Leythos wrote:

In article <6Z4Cc.132276$3x.104716@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Nick Mudge wrote:

> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
> name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i
> wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good
> stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
>
> Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can
be. I had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF
TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

Hopefully the thread that I created entitled "PHP Purpose (PHPP) -- the
largest thread ever" makes up for it as I did it as a push to further PHP.

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:37:59 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote:

Leythos wrote:

In article <6Z4Cc.132276$3x.104716@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Nick Mudge wrote:

> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
> name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i
> wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good
> stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
>
> Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can
be. I had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF
TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

What's TOS?

Not surprising you don't know. Even attbi has one. Bet you just
clicked "i accept" when you signed up without reading it, didn't you?

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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:11:49 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote:

Leythos wrote:

In article <6Z4Cc.132276$3x.104716@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Nick Mudge wrote:

> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting. The
> name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup, but i
> wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some good
> stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really long.
>
> Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can
be. I had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF
TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

Hopefully the thread that I created entitled "PHP Purpose (PHPP) -- the
largest thread ever" makes up for it as I did it as a push to further PHP.

What, exactly, is a 'push to futher PHP'.
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Gary L. Burnore wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:37:59 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote:

Leythos wrote:

In article <6Z4Cc.132276$3x.104716@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...
Nick Mudge wrote:

> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting.
> The name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup,
> but i wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some
> good stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really
> long.
>
> Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can
be. I had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF
TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

What's TOS?

Not surprising you don't know. Even attbi has one. Bet you just
clicked "i accept" when you signed up without reading it, didn't you?

Nope. I never saw it because I only attached myself to my parents existing
service. I went out and bought a router and connected my computer. So I
never started my ISP service.

Gary L. Burnore wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:11:49 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote:

Leythos wrote:

In article <6Z4Cc.132276$3x.104716@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...
Nick Mudge wrote:

> Hey everybody, let's make the longest newsgroup thread ever made.
>
> Find the posting "Any girls?" in this newsgroup and add a posting.
> The name of the thread is a great name for a programming newsgroup,
> but i wish the content was better than it currently is, so write some
> good stuff!! and let's make a record. The thread is already really
> long.
>
> Nick

Ok, thank you very much for educating me about how long newsgroups can
be. I had no idea. This has been really good to know.

This has also led me to an even better idea. How about the longest OFF
TOPIC
newsthread ever made? Does anybody know how big the largest off topic
thread in a newsgroup is?

In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
I don't care).

just a heads up.

Hopefully the thread that I created entitled "PHP Purpose (PHPP) -- the
largest thread ever" makes up for it as I did it as a push to further PHP.

What, exactly, is a 'push to futher PHP'.

Go to the thread entitled "PHP Purpose (PHPP) -- the
largest thread ever" and figure out how to help PHP and its programmers.
That's the push.

In article <3bCCc.99877$Sw.57604@attbi_s51>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Nope. I never saw it because I only attached myself to my parents existing
service. I went out and bought a router and connected my computer. So I
never started my ISP service.

Nice, so you're going to get your parents TOS'd because you feel the
need to create off-topic threads in chartered news-groups.

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In message-id <4dCCc.95371$HG.79803@attbi_s53>,
Mudge wrote:

[nothing of consequence]

*PLONK*

In message <MP************************@news-server.columbus.rr.com>,
Leythos <vo**@nowhere.com> writes

In article <r2zCc.136776$3x.9145@attbi_s54>, ma******@hotmail.com
says...

Leythos wrote:[snip]

>
> In many cases, posting and continuing to post off-topic messages to
> Usenet violates your ISP's TOS and can get your account deactivated.
> While ALT groups are open to about anything, COMP groups have charters
> and continuous OT posting can lead to complaints to your ISP (not by me,
> I don't care).
>
> just a heads up.
>

What's TOS?

Terms of Service - it's the rules/regulations that you agreed to in
order to get on the internet from your provider. While you may never had
actually read your TOS, you agreed to it, by default, when they provided
you with service.

Also know as an AUP - acceptable user policy.

e.g.: http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/aup/news.shtml

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In message <3bCCc.99877$Sw.57604@attbi_s51>, Mudge
<ma******@hotmail.com> writes

Gary L. Burnore wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:37:59 GMT, Mudge <ma******@hotmail.com> wrote:
<snip>

What's TOS?

Not surprising you don't know. Even attbi has one. Bet you just
clicked "i accept" when you signed up without reading it, didn't you?

Nope. I never saw it because I only attached myself to my parents existing
service. I went out and bought a router and connected my computer. So I
never started my ISP service.

So you are still living at home? Time to move out if you want to grow
up & get a GF!

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