Noise reduction

Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders list,
this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.

I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders lists,
and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That way we
adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and constructive way,
and the stupid kids would be both unheard and unseen. What bliss!

On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the published
list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around our efforts for
a quiet life.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

SteveT

"Steve Thackery" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders list,
> this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.
>
> I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders
> lists, and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That way
> we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and constructive
> way, and the stupid kids would be both unheard and unseen. What bliss!
>
> On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the
> published list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around our
> efforts for a quiet life.
>
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
> SteveT


Good idea. The list would have to be updated occasionally. Someone would
have to volunteer who is reasonable and dedicated.

I have a feature request: that Windows Mail/News could import a block
senders list. That way one could avoid having to manually update.

Saucy

only 2 idiots belong in the block list, FRANK and SPANKY

"Steve Thackery" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders list,
> this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.
>
> I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders
> lists, and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That way
> we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and constructive
> way, and the stupid kids would be both unheard and unseen. What bliss!
>
> On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the
> published list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around our
> efforts for a quiet life.
>
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
> SteveT

Steve Thackery wrote:
> Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders list,
> this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.
>
> I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders
> lists, and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That
> way we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and
> constructive way, and the stupid kids would be both unheard and unseen.
> What bliss!
>
> On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the
> published list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around
> our efforts for a quiet life.
>
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>
> SteveT

Yeah, get your support from a moderated forum, not Usenet. Or, gasp!,
you could use self control and not read Spanky and Frank's disgusting posts.

Alias

"Alias" <> wrote in message
news:g11d79$oal$...
> Steve Thackery wrote:
>> Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders list,
>> this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.
>>
>> I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders
>> lists, and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That
>> way we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and
>> constructive way, and the stupid kids would be both unheard and unseen.
>> What bliss!
>>
>> On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the
>> published list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around
>> our efforts for a quiet life.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>>
>> SteveT
>
> Yeah, get your support from a moderated forum, not Usenet. Or, gasp!, you
> could use self control and not read Spanky and Frank's disgusting posts.
>
> Alias


Or just block them and any other troll one comes across.

I find just a few blocked can really clear up the experience of mpwvg. If
one uses the Microsoft servers direct, Microsoft already does some cleaning
up of the postings, so much of the SPAM and obscene trolling is dropped
before it even gets to one's newsreader. For the rest, well, block 'em.

The microsoft newsgroup server:

msnews.microsoft.com

Saucy

On Wed, 21 May 2008 15:26:03 +0100, "Steve Thackery"
<> wrote:

>Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders list,
>this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.

Actually you just confirmed you're the child that needs a crutch to
lean on since you are totally incapable of exercising willpower to not
read threads or posters that so obviously get under your skin...
something any actual adult should be able to easily avoid without even
trying.

Personally I sometimes respond to trolls, fools and ****wits like
Frank BECAUSE I know I can easily wrap them around my little finger
with no effort at all, making them dance and causing them to look like
even bigger idiots then most people already see them as.

Relying on killfiles and the like is similar to weak minded people
that go to have a stomach stapling or similar procedures. They simply
don't have the willpower to stop shoving tons of food in their mouth,
so they take the easy way out.

Ditto for morons that rely on killfiles and other idiots that need to
announce with much public flourish they put somebody in their
killfile.

It is clearly an exercise in self-indulgence not befitting any true
adult. If you have no willpower, the sure way to make everyone else
aware you have none and that you're also quick to anger, is announce
with much noise you are using a killfile. Then you remove all doubt
that you are indeed a weak willed Bozo. Needing to announce to the
world you are or soon will employ a killfile shows you to be the
immature one.
>
>I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders lists,
>and make them available to people who join the newsgroup.

It would be more helpful if you became an adult or at least started
acting like it, which obviously is far beyond your ability with you
preferring to have a hissy fit instead.

>That way we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and constructive way,
>and the stupid kids would be both unheard and unseen. What bliss!
>
>On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the published
>list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around our efforts for
>a quiet life.
>
>Can anyone suggest a solution?

I already told... GROW THE FU*K UP! Hint: Your fate is in your own
hands.

Clear Windows wrote:
> only 2 idiots belong in the block list, FRANK and SPANKY
>
> "Steve Thackery" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>> Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders
>> list, this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.
>>
>> I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders
>> lists, and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That
>> way we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and
>> constructive way, and the stupid kids would be both unheard and
>> unseen. What bliss!
>>
>> On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the
>> published list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around
>> our efforts for a quiet life.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>>
>> SteveT
>
>
He'd talking about you, you big mouth idiot!
Frank

Alias wrote:

> Steve Thackery wrote:
>
>> Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders
>> list, this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.
>>
>> I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders
>> lists, and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That
>> way we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and
>> constructive way, and the stupid kids would be both unheard and
>> unseen. What bliss!
>>
>> On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the
>> published list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around
>> our efforts for a quiet life.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>>
>> SteveT
>
>
> Yeah, get your support from a moderated forum, not Usenet. Or, gasp!,
> you could use self control and not read Spanky and Frank's disgusting
> posts.
>
> Alias

He's talking about a lying linux spamming bigoted atheist troll like you
asshole!
Frank

sorry frank da poo, I can make serious discussion about vista if I wish,
you however are vista-clueless, computer-clueless and a moron in general.
You have nothing of value, of interest to say.. not even something
irrelevant and funny.

You are just plain stupid.


"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:48343e6f$0$30504$...
> Clear Windows wrote:
>> only 2 idiots belong in the block list, FRANK and SPANKY
>>
>> "Steve Thackery" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>
>>> Since adding a few of the obnoxious children to my blocked senders list,
>>> this newsgroup has become a FAR nicer place to be.
>>>
>>> I thought it would be helpful for us all to pool our blocked senders
>>> lists, and make them available to people who join the newsgroup. That
>>> way we adults could get on with discussing Vista in a helpful and
>>> constructive way, and the stupid kids would be both unheard and unseen.
>>> What bliss!
>>>
>>> On the other hand, this approach would just signal everyone on the
>>> published list to change their "From" field, and thus annoy get around
>>> our efforts for a quiet life.
>>>
>>> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>>>
>>> SteveT
>>
>>
> He'd talking about you, you big mouth idiot!
> Frank

Clear Windows wrote:
> sorry frank da poo, I can make serious discussion about vista if I wish,

No one believes that you idiot!

> you however are vista-clueless, computer-clueless and a moron in general.

I've been booting your ignorant ass all over this ng from the start.
Let's not forget, you're the incompetent fool who can't get his one
little install of Vista to run properly.
You're nothing but a big mouth loser!
Frank