Elviswasmydad

Jeff,



You are easily one of the most intelligent people here.



Im sure most would agree

Leslie66

Originally posted by krissyv

    > Hi,


    > I feel really bad that that I caused offence to some people on this
    > site by starting that thread- apologies to everyone!


    > Krissy





Krissy,



You did not offend anybody. In fact you provided food for thought (not
to mention entertaintment) to the NG. It's just one of those topics
that took on a life of it's own.



Leslie

Leslie66

Originally posted by Sue

    > I locked it, because I had received various complaints that the thread
    > had changed course from the original post.


    > Sue





So, from now on, if a thread changes course from the original post, it
will be locked?



Leslie

Rete

Originally posted by Leslie66

    > Is that for the whole website or just this forum?



Entire website.



Rete

Moderator

Jeffreyhy

ewmd,



Interesting... I would disagree.



Regards, JEff



Originally posted by elviswasmydad

    > Jeff,


    > You are easily one of the most intelligent people here.


Im sure most would agree

Jeffreyhy

Leslie,



Closing a thread on BE does not close it on Usenet, where the real
thread exists. Defaria and Key are Usenet posters.



Apparently, closing a thread on BE also does not stop BE from importing
new Usenet posts to the thread.



Regards, JEff



Originally posted by Leslie66

Gag a maggot. Defaria and KeyHOLE are still alive on that
thread.

Leslie66

Originally posted by jeffreyhy

    > Leslie,


    > Closing a thread on BE does not close it on Usenet, where the real
    > thread exists. Defaria and Key are Usenet posters.


    > Apparently, closing a thread on BE also does not stop BE from
    > importing new Usenet posts to the thread.


    > Regards, JEff



Hi JEff,



Yeah I knew that it lived on forever in usenet. It was the importing
thingy that I didn't know about. I've never seen a locked thread that
keeps fighting to stay alive. Actually, it's kind of creeping me out.



Leslie

Jeffreyhy

Leslie,



I may be getting over my head here, but I believe that a thread, or
posts to a thread, do not live forever on Usenet. They live on for only
as long as the particular newsgroup server that a Usenet poster uses to
access Usenet keeps a backlog of posts.



Where posts live 'forever' is on Google, which is a web portal to Usenet
(as is BE). Google archives posts, and their archives (originally Deja-
news archives) go back ... 'forever'.



Anyway, it's not the 'forever' part that allows new posts to the thread.
It's the fact that BE is not the only means to access the thread, so
anyone not using BE can continue to post to the thread.



Regards, JEff



Originally posted by Leslie66

    > Hi JEff,


    > Yeah I knew that it lived on forever in usenet. It was the importing
    > thingy that I didn't know about. I've never seen a locked thread that
    > keeps fighting to stay alive. Actually, it's kind of creeping me out.


Leslie

Leslie66

I don't know if you're over your head, but your definitely over
mine. I don't even understand how the internet works and I
damn sure don't know how a bunch of letters and symbols turn in to a
puking smilie.



Leslie



Originally posted by jeffreyhy

    > Leslie,


    > I may be getting over my head here, but I believe that a thread, or
    > posts to a thread, do not live forever on Usenet. They live on for
    > only as long as the particular newsgroup server that a Usenet poster
    > uses to access Usenet keeps a backlog of posts.


    > Where posts live 'forever' is on Google, which is a web portal to
    > Usenet (as is BE). Google archives posts, and their archives
    > (originally Deja-news archives) go back ... 'forever'.


    > Anyway, it's not the 'forever' part that allows new posts to the
    > thread. It's the fact that BE is not the only means to access the
    > thread, so anyone not using BE can continue to post to the thread.


Regards, JEff

Andrew Defaria

Leslie66 wrote:

    > I don't know if you're over your head, but your definitely over mine.
    > I don't even understand how the internet works and I damn sure
    > don't know how a bunch of letters and symbols turn in to a puking smilie.

If it's any consolation, for me, they don't! :-)