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- From: Yourname@somwhere.COM (Your Name)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: How do you clear the
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:25:35 GMT
- Organization: Somewhere
- Message-ID: <4chgkf$j50@news.informix.com>
- References: <DK0wvK.Ltq@rci.ripco.com> <4c39qo$ln5@mark.ucdavis.edu> <4c411u$fov@solutions.solon.com> <4cc2uq$5kl@news.informix.com> <4ccqnh$haf@solutions.solon.com>
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- In article <4ccqnh$haf@solutions.solon.com>, seebs@solutions.solon.com
- says...
- >I doubt your ISP carries more than about 15,000 - there aren't many
- >more. :)
- >
-
- Actually, when I got the newest list of groups from my ISP, my newsreader
- claimed it read about 20,000. New alt.* groups pop up every day it seems.
-
- >Your ISP is supposed to tell you. If they don't, they're lazy.
- >
- >I can't see what your problem is; if you just jump right in to a new
- >social environment, you *will* do things which are rude, and possibly
- >unacceptable.
-
- Of course, the danger whenever you jump into a new social arena is making
- feaux pah(?). It sees like a catch-22, to avoid making mistakes you have
- to read and explore a while, but new users (from personal experience)
- don't usually find this out until they do post and get slammed for it.
-
- Yes, they are your definitions. When you use a word it means what you
- wish, you may have adopted standard newsgroup meanings of correct
- behavior but they are still your interpretation of those meanings and
- therefore subject to argument.
-
- Actually I was suprised to hear such a polite response considering the
- post I responded to. I missed the original post you responded to; I take
- it you think you had reason to be vitriolic <grin>.
-
-
- lalaith
-
-