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rickman wrote in :

What difference does it make if trolls use the same ISP for newsgroups
that you do? You use the same roads as every bank robber, no?


Sure. :) Thing is, if some of the people most able to help are blocking a
whole server in bulk, it's only after several other people have tried, that
those people even see the initial question, fragmented perhaps, in their
quotes. And then they'd not see any replies to their posts unless they
specfically un-blacklisted me. Given that some people would rather block-ban
a server with a known abuse record, it may be unlikely they'll want to mess
with individual filters to allow a poster from such a host, unless VERY
convinced to do so. Given the poor cooms, it could be tough being that
convincing. :) Better for me to select my usenet host carefully from the off.

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En el artículo , rickman
escribió:

Well, if he is mentally ill, then by all means let's insult and make fun
of him.

He isn't mentally ill, just a sociopath with a nasty vindictive streak.

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rickman wrote in :

If you want to host a web site and can construct a web page, I can offer
you free hosting. I have an unlimited hosting account and provide
hosting service for several of my friends. Check out
coldwatersafety.org and wintercrestsearch.com. It costs me nothing
extra. You have to buy a domain name and I set up the hosting account
for you. The rest is in your hands. Just don't bring down the server
or they get ****ed at me.


That's a really nice offer, but I think you're on US soil, no? As far as I
know, if I want to sell code, I'll be undr UK law, and things like physical
sources matter a great deal in law, which I barely understand details of
anyway, so I need to reduce as many complications as possible. At the very
least, if I have to pay for legal service, it's bound to cost more if I need
extra help to manage US law for web based sales. Even if it may not matter at
one moment, I have heard of people finding that it can at another, and the
consistent advice I picked up was always host geographically under the same
law that you live under, until you need to do bulk trade that is served
better under another nation's law. I doubt I'll ever trade in bulk. :)

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"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message
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En el artículo , rickman
escribió:
Well, if he is mentally ill, then by all means let's insult and make fun
of him.
He isn't mentally ill, just a sociopath with a nasty vindictive streak.

Even after you have retired to the Canary Islands, you do not seem at all
happy
going by the bitterness and the "nasty vindictive streak" that you yourself
demonstrate.

Why not try talking about antennae instead of making a fool of yourself by
coming
across as a 5-year-old each time that you post to this NG?

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rickman wrote in :

I am missing something. You are talking about posts that are available
for the entire world to see. How is "privacy" an issue?


The Germen one hides the IP. It's not a big deal in itself, it has more to do
with the attitude. :) The Germans don't like state, corporate or
extra-national intrusion into the lives of individual members of the public,
by default, The US and UK have recently been shown to be much less cautious,
willing to compromise rights and privacy rather than use cautious detective
work when dealing with internatiional crime, terrorism and such. My concern
with it basically that if I live in a nation that decides that they will no
longer protect my privacy, then I must do so myself. I don't have a lot to
hide if anything at all worth hiding, but what I do have is schizoid
personality disorder, which simply put is a pathological need to be alone, so
our current govt's methods are a source of great stress to me, and I try to
limit that cause as best I can. I'll feel better if and when the status quo
returns to a more healthy live-and-let-live attitude as it used to be.

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Brian Reay wrote in :

There are good, including moderated, Yahoo Groups where you can find
useful technical discussions- free of the nonsense we suffer on Usenet.
The trolls and stirrers like Evans aren't tolerated their and are either
excluded or their posts are rejected if they are offensive.

You can find specialist groups and general ones, between them you should
find your needs can be met.


True, but I don't like the Yahoo walled garden approach, it aims to make
people think they own the Great Gateway to the Internet. To some extent I can
find useful postings from Yahoo anyway, because Google caches them. :)

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Jerry Stuckle wrote in news:m3io53$1lt$1@dont-
email.me:

There are plenty of free usenet servers out there. I use
eternal-september.org; no binary groups but that's fine with me. And
their retention policy is decent.

I suggest you try them out.


That is four recommendations now, so I will. Allowing free posting would be
very convincing, even though the 10 EUR for the German firm per year is
easily bearable. I guess not hosting binaries is one way they can
dramatically reduce unwanted posters. I use Xnews to read stuff, so good
retention is helpful, and might be the decide between the two.

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On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 10:34:37 +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

isn't mentally ill, just a sociopath

Oxymoron alert!

I imagine that you are using the word sociopath colloquially as the
condition *is* a mental illness.



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En el artículo , Wymsey
escribió:

I imagine that you are using the word sociopath colloquially as the
condition *is* a mental illness.

I defer to your superior knowledge of the subject, perhaps as a result
of personal experience :)

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