Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> wrote in
news:48DD1DBC.3080008@PointedEars.de:

> Mike Duffy wrote <respond@newsgroup.only>:
>> "terrible.theterrible4@gmail.com" wrote:
>>> On Sep 24, 1:20 am, Conrad Lender <crlen...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2008-09-24 02:56, terrible.theterrib...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> function document.write("<br>");
>>>>> meaning write everything that comes after <break>
>>>> No offense but I think you need to read up on JavaScript a little
>>>> more.
>>> If you have nothing to say Say nothing
>>
>> What he means is that 'document.write("<br>");' does not mean to
>> write everything that comes after <break>.
>
> I do not think this is what he means at all, but instead that the
> above code is as invalid as your sender address.

1) You are no doubt correct. I was trying to see what the OP wanted without
bothering to do a web search to find the original post.

2) I assume that you realize I am hiding my address from spammers. Are you
of the opinion that we should always put it in human-only readable form,
such as:

mduffyAvideotron.ca (Replace the obvious with the obvious.) My ISP recently
dropped its NNPT service. My use of aioe is not because I want to hide.

Allow me to step in here, even if your post wasn't directed at me. I'm
also going a wee bit off-topic here, but there are things that have to
be said once in a while.

On 2008-09-27 02:42, Mike Duffy wrote:
> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> wrote [..]
>> I do not think this is what he means at all, but instead that the
>> above code is as invalid as your sender address.
>
> 1) You are no doubt correct. I was trying to see what the OP wanted without
> bothering to do a web search to find the original post.

You are both correct. And I now regret what I wrote, or at least the way
I put it. I thought it was friendly enough, the OP obviously didn't.
It's just... I don't know how to help people who *really* have no clue
what they're doing. I thought a little effort on their part could be
expected. People who refuse to get involved, and people who randomly
copy scripts from dubious websites are (IMHO) the main reason why
JavaScript has such a bad reputation today.

Low barrier of entry is fine. Great even. But after they've managed to
find their way to Usenet, you'd expect them to be a *little* more
interested. Maybe it's just Google Groups, idk...

> 2) I assume that you realize I am hiding my address from spammers. Are you
> of the opinion that we should always put it in human-only readable form,
> such as:
>
> mduffyAvideotron.ca (Replace the obvious with the obvious.)

I think what Thomas meant is that you should put your real address
there, not an obfuscated version, or a fake address. The spam's not as
bad as you would expect. In the last 2 weeks, I had 3 spam messages sent
to my Yahoo account, and all 3 were correctly filed as spam. At this
rate, why should I use a fake address?

> My ISP recently dropped its NNPT service.

I've heard about this. Many ISPs have been abandoning their Usenet
caches lately. This is a sad turn indeed, but it's hardly the end of
Usenet, as some people have prophesied. It's just the local caches that
are going away. I for one have subscribed to Supernews, and while there
are many cheaper alternatives, they have excellent support, excellent
speed, and excellent retention. Well worth the 3.95 a month for a
frequent user like me (it's tax deductable too ;-).

> My use of aioe is not because I want to hide.

Aioe is quite okay. I have their server added as a fallback, and it
seems to work alright. The retention's not too hot though, around 2-3
weeks max. But what can you expect, it's free to use and free to post.


Okay. That was far more off-topic than I'd intended.
Sorry :-)


- Conrad