NetCopping (was Re: Changing subject lines (was Number of Posts and Nics (was ASCII Art Fart for Sun, 2005 Jan 2) x 4) + (2y^2))

Bateau wrote:

> ABCGi <abc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>stilist wrote:
>>
>>>Bateau wrote:
>>>
>>>>>I checked deja.com for author:abcgi the other day (thanks to F:P) 
>>>>>over 1230 posts starting in 1998 (not including this one)! No wonder 
>>>>>I'm not watching what I'm doing ;)
>>>>
>>>>I have about 4300 since 1998. Slacker.
>>>
>>>deja (aka google groups) says I've got 107, 'though at least two of them 
>>>are from a german guy who happens to be using my nym[1]. I've been using 
>>>(f|g)roups for less than a year, though, so it's not too suprising.
>>>
>>>[1] Interestingly, I've had fairly little trouble with this. The only 
>>>other times I've had somebody else use it is with AIM and livejournal. 
>>>Everywhere else, it's all mine. I don't really care, either, since my 
>>>*real nym (heh) is st�l�st, but most services won't accept my inverted 
>>>exclamation points. Yeah, feel free to google me with that one, and I'm 
>>>the only one you'll find... just use quotes. :)
>>
>>This is the main reason I picked ABCGi as my nic so it would be unique 
>>in the whole world (handy for usenet searches, ICQ, email signups 
>>etc)... I think this means I'm pretty weird... welcome to the club!
>>
>>*ouch*
>>
>>/stop/ _clubbing_me_!
> 
> IMO it is only useful to change the subject line (and creating a new
> thread) when are you the first person to change the topic. Otherwise
> people will still respond to the first topic changer's post in the old
> thread and the discussion will be split in half.

That seems a bit fastidious for you Bateau - having a slow day on 
usenet? ;) But funny and a point (esp x4 2y^2 - a ref to my earlier 
crazee math?).

On my newsreader (Thunderbird) it doesn't really start a new thread, but 
does let people see that this branch of the thread has changed in 
subject. This I find particularly useful if I have snipped the majority 
of the post and focused on one thing, thus destroying the readable flow 
anyway. Not the case here but interesting chatting nonetheless!

I think XNews was like that too when I was using it.

A new way to solveMthese issues though - whoever has the most posts, 
4000+ you win! So u
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