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Goodbye with mixed feelings
On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:10:17 -0600, George Shirley
wrote: On 12/15/2015 10:55 PM, Je?us wrote: On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 08:15:29 -0600, George Shirley wrote: On 12/13/2015 12:22 AM, Je?us wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:45:16 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: In article , says... On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 07:14:22 +1100, Jeßus wrote: On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:13:57 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: In article , says... On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:28:59 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: IMDB.com has an ignore list, which is pretty much the same except you see a spot in the thread that says "this post ignored" or words to that effect. IMDB is now another site that wants either your credit card or phone details to sign up, as I discovered the other day. No thanks... If you've ever bought anything off of Amazon then they already have that information. Does IMDB have account details from Amazon? That sounds rather unethical... Yes, Amazon owns IMDB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database I would not expect them to share personal account details between the two though. You can sign in using an amazon account, a gmail account, a facebook account, or an account specific to IMDB. I would be very surprised if there was any internal isolation between the different kinds of accounts. Yes, you're most likley right about that. Presumably they have some sort of disclosure somewhere (not that I am all *that* concerned). In future I'll use my Amazon login details - not that I really need to login very often as I rarely post there. Thanks very much for the great info I only use IMDB for research and generally don't have to sign in. Same here, a bit of research and that's about it. I like it better for that than I do Wicki. I've had an Amazon Prime account for many years, seldom ever have a problem other than the USPS losing shipped items. But, then, they lose my prescription drugs on a regular basis. I'm in Australia and have never bought pharmaceuticals online. I seldom buy much from Amazon these days, but used to buy a lot of music and DVDs from there 15 years ago. Can't recall losing any shipments from Amazon (or anywhere else for that matter, come to think of it). Better go and touch some wood, now that I've said that... My Medicare provider is ten miles away, generally the meds they send me make it here. Insulin is delivered by courier and I have to sign for it. Kelsey-Seybold Medicare Advantage Plan is very good at what they do. The only five star Medicare Plan in the US of A. The problem with the U.S. Postal Service is that it is heavily unionized and the post masters are afraid of the union. I have lived in other states where the post masters do a good job but the ones here in Harris County, Texas are a bunch of fraidy cats. I generally have to call the post mistress about once every three or four months looking for my mail that I knew was coming. We have learned to ship Christmas presents to relatives in other states by United Parcel Service, UPS does a good job of getting things where they're supposed to be. If we ship them USPS they seem to disappear easily. I suspect there are a lot of postal carriers that have sticky fingers. Sheesh. In Australia there is only one real carrier of mail, that being Australia Post, which is government owned but a large portion of the business is run by contractors. Aus Post is in it's death throes and will be privatised soon. I can only imagine the problems that will bring... Aus Post is far from perfect but I can honestly say I cannot recall a missing letter or parcel from them in more than 30 years. |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
On 12/20/2015 2:06 PM, Je�us wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:10:17 -0600, George Shirley wrote: On 12/15/2015 10:55 PM, Je?us wrote: On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 08:15:29 -0600, George Shirley wrote: On 12/13/2015 12:22 AM, Je?us wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:45:16 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: In article , says... On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 07:14:22 +1100, Jeßus wrote: On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:13:57 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: In article , says... On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:28:59 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: IMDB.com has an ignore list, which is pretty much the same except you see a spot in the thread that says "this post ignored" or words to that effect. IMDB is now another site that wants either your credit card or phone details to sign up, as I discovered the other day. No thanks... If you've ever bought anything off of Amazon then they already have that information. Does IMDB have account details from Amazon? That sounds rather unethical... Yes, Amazon owns IMDB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database I would not expect them to share personal account details between the two though. You can sign in using an amazon account, a gmail account, a facebook account, or an account specific to IMDB. I would be very surprised if there was any internal isolation between the different kinds of accounts. Yes, you're most likley right about that. Presumably they have some sort of disclosure somewhere (not that I am all *that* concerned). In future I'll use my Amazon login details - not that I really need to login very often as I rarely post there. Thanks very much for the great info I only use IMDB for research and generally don't have to sign in. Same here, a bit of research and that's about it. I like it better for that than I do Wicki. I've had an Amazon Prime account for many years, seldom ever have a problem other than the USPS losing shipped items. But, then, they lose my prescription drugs on a regular basis. I'm in Australia and have never bought pharmaceuticals online. I seldom buy much from Amazon these days, but used to buy a lot of music and DVDs from there 15 years ago. Can't recall losing any shipments from Amazon (or anywhere else for that matter, come to think of it). Better go and touch some wood, now that I've said that... My Medicare provider is ten miles away, generally the meds they send me make it here. Insulin is delivered by courier and I have to sign for it. Kelsey-Seybold Medicare Advantage Plan is very good at what they do. The only five star Medicare Plan in the US of A. The problem with the U.S. Postal Service is that it is heavily unionized and the post masters are afraid of the union. I have lived in other states where the post masters do a good job but the ones here in Harris County, Texas are a bunch of fraidy cats. I generally have to call the post mistress about once every three or four months looking for my mail that I knew was coming. We have learned to ship Christmas presents to relatives in other states by United Parcel Service, UPS does a good job of getting things where they're supposed to be. If we ship them USPS they seem to disappear easily. I suspect there are a lot of postal carriers that have sticky fingers. Sheesh. In Australia there is only one real carrier of mail, that being Australia Post, which is government owned but a large portion of the business is run by contractors. Aus Post is in it's death throes and will be privatised soon. I can only imagine the problems that will bring... Aus Post is far from perfect but I can honestly say I cannot recall a missing letter or parcel from them in more than 30 years. I've lived in five states of the US and two foreign countries, only have had a problem with mail here in Harris County, Texas. I can only hope that the gubmint will sell USPS to someone who knows what they're doing. Have been to Australia a couple of times when I was flight crew in the Navy back in late fifties. Some really good beer and pretty women is about all I can remember except for the accent. G The Aussies I met thought I spoke funny too. |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:46:30 -0600, George Shirley
wrote: On 12/20/2015 2:06 PM, Je?us wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:10:17 -0600, George Shirley wrote: On 12/15/2015 10:55 PM, Je?us wrote: On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 08:15:29 -0600, George Shirley wrote: On 12/13/2015 12:22 AM, Je?us wrote: On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:45:16 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: In article , says... On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 07:14:22 +1100, Jeßus wrote: On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 05:13:57 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: In article , says... On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:28:59 -0500, "J. Clarke" wrote: IMDB.com has an ignore list, which is pretty much the same except you see a spot in the thread that says "this post ignored" or words to that effect. IMDB is now another site that wants either your credit card or phone details to sign up, as I discovered the other day. No thanks... If you've ever bought anything off of Amazon then they already have that information. Does IMDB have account details from Amazon? That sounds rather unethical... Yes, Amazon owns IMDB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Movie_Database I would not expect them to share personal account details between the two though. You can sign in using an amazon account, a gmail account, a facebook account, or an account specific to IMDB. I would be very surprised if there was any internal isolation between the different kinds of accounts. Yes, you're most likley right about that. Presumably they have some sort of disclosure somewhere (not that I am all *that* concerned). In future I'll use my Amazon login details - not that I really need to login very often as I rarely post there. Thanks very much for the great info I only use IMDB for research and generally don't have to sign in. Same here, a bit of research and that's about it. I like it better for that than I do Wicki. I've had an Amazon Prime account for many years, seldom ever have a problem other than the USPS losing shipped items. But, then, they lose my prescription drugs on a regular basis. I'm in Australia and have never bought pharmaceuticals online. I seldom buy much from Amazon these days, but used to buy a lot of music and DVDs from there 15 years ago. Can't recall losing any shipments from Amazon (or anywhere else for that matter, come to think of it). Better go and touch some wood, now that I've said that... My Medicare provider is ten miles away, generally the meds they send me make it here. Insulin is delivered by courier and I have to sign for it. Kelsey-Seybold Medicare Advantage Plan is very good at what they do. The only five star Medicare Plan in the US of A. The problem with the U.S. Postal Service is that it is heavily unionized and the post masters are afraid of the union. I have lived in other states where the post masters do a good job but the ones here in Harris County, Texas are a bunch of fraidy cats. I generally have to call the post mistress about once every three or four months looking for my mail that I knew was coming. We have learned to ship Christmas presents to relatives in other states by United Parcel Service, UPS does a good job of getting things where they're supposed to be. If we ship them USPS they seem to disappear easily. I suspect there are a lot of postal carriers that have sticky fingers. Sheesh. In Australia there is only one real carrier of mail, that being Australia Post, which is government owned but a large portion of the business is run by contractors. Aus Post is in it's death throes and will be privatised soon. I can only imagine the problems that will bring... Aus Post is far from perfect but I can honestly say I cannot recall a missing letter or parcel from them in more than 30 years. I've lived in five states of the US and two foreign countries, only have had a problem with mail here in Harris County, Texas. I can only hope that the gubmint will sell USPS to someone who knows what they're doing. Have been to Australia a couple of times when I was flight crew in the Navy back in late fifties. Some really good beer and pretty women is about all I can remember except for the accent. G The Aussies I met thought I spoke funny too. It's a very different place now, but we still talk funny Have a great time over xmas/new years. |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
Dan Espen wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. I very rarely use killfiles, even spammers are sometimes amusing, the only ones I use killfiles on are those with interminable pages of muslim rubbish. |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:30:33 +1100, F Murtz
wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. I very rarely use killfiles, even spammers are sometimes amusing, the only ones I use killfiles on are those with interminable pages of muslim rubbish. I've been using mine more and more in the past year, previously it was limited to serial spammers/kooks but it almost seems like the less ppl on Usenet over time, the greater the proportion of nutcases, trolls and google spammers. |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:30:33 +1100, F Murtz wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. I very rarely use killfiles, even spammers are sometimes amusing, the only ones I use killfiles on are those with interminable pages of muslim rubbish. I've been using mine more and more in the past year, previously it was limited to serial spammers/kooks but it almost seems like the less ppl on Usenet over time, the greater the proportion of nutcases, trolls and google spammers. Yep. IMO the other people likely left *because* of the arseholes. Ergo higher arsehole : decent person ratio. -- Shaun. "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM*." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) (*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:43:09 +1300, "~misfit~"
wrote: Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote: On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:30:33 +1100, F Murtz wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. I very rarely use killfiles, even spammers are sometimes amusing, the only ones I use killfiles on are those with interminable pages of muslim rubbish. I've been using mine more and more in the past year, previously it was limited to serial spammers/kooks but it almost seems like the less ppl on Usenet over time, the greater the proportion of nutcases, trolls and google spammers. Yep. IMO the other people likely left *because* of the arseholes. Ergo higher arsehole : decent person ratio. A lot of ppl also seemed to have moved to 'social media' in place of Usenet. To me, that's not even remotely a replacement for Usenet. I like the fact that Usenet is lean and mean, no window dressing or bloat... and no moderation*. And no one controls it. *yes, I know there are moderated groups... but who uses them? |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:43:09 +1300, "~misfit~" wrote: Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote: On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:30:33 +1100, F Murtz wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. I very rarely use killfiles, even spammers are sometimes amusing, the only ones I use killfiles on are those with interminable pages of muslim rubbish. I've been using mine more and more in the past year, previously it was limited to serial spammers/kooks but it almost seems like the less ppl on Usenet over time, the greater the proportion of nutcases, trolls and google spammers. Yep. IMO the other people likely left *because* of the arseholes. Ergo higher arsehole : decent person ratio. A lot of ppl also seemed to have moved to 'social media' in place of Usenet. To me, that's not even remotely a replacement for Usenet. I like the fact that Usenet is lean and mean, no window dressing or bloat... and no moderation*. And no one controls it. *yes, I know there are moderated groups... but who uses them? Agree on all fronts. -- Shaun. "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification in the DSM*." David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) (*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) |
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Goodbye with mixed feelings
Jeßus wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:43:09 +1300, "~misfit~" wrote: Once upon a time on usenet Jeßus wrote: On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:30:33 +1100, F Murtz wrote: Dan Espen wrote: "David Hare-Scott" writes: I have just got a new machine that doesn't natively come with a news client so I am faced with buying and setting one up on it, or not. As other posters have already mentioned, there are plenty of free Usenet clients. I'm using GNUS, (part of Emacs). There's even "Google Groups". Not really a Usenet client, but it will get you here. Anyway, I've always looked forward to your posts and you never disappoint. If you find something online that you like better, please come back and tell us about it. Sorry, that kill files are all that we have. I'm sure the guys at Bell Labs that dreamed this up never anticipated the spammers and trolls, or the idiots. I very rarely use killfiles, even spammers are sometimes amusing, the only ones I use killfiles on are those with interminable pages of muslim rubbish. I've been using mine more and more in the past year, previously it was limited to serial spammers/kooks but it almost seems like the less ppl on Usenet over time, the greater the proportion of nutcases, trolls and google spammers. Yep. IMO the other people likely left *because* of the arseholes. Ergo higher arsehole : decent person ratio. A lot of ppl also seemed to have moved to 'social media' in place of Usenet. To me, that's not even remotely a replacement for Usenet. I like the fact that Usenet is lean and mean, no window dressing or bloat... and no moderation*. And no one controls it. *yes, I know there are moderated groups... but who uses them? Pommes and other countries do,we do not look at uk.legal.moderated, lots of users and has some professional legal posters, we tried aus.legal.moderated and it flopped. Suppose it could be part explained by size of population. |
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