Joe Attardi wrote:
These "discussions" are really getting irritating - offtopic in a Java
newsgroup.
Yeah I agree, ..but. As I was about to (try to*) ascertain
why that thread was dragging on (and on, and on..) and
make some suggestions, it occured to me that a particularly
quirky and noisome individual had not had time to make snide
remarks to me about my approach toward people, and I
decided to 'leave it'.
Mind you. Using a WITUN, I do not even have to suffer the
bandwidth of the continuing thread (all I get is the idiot thread
continually jumping to the 'top of the list') - I pity the users of
desktop news clients that are unable to 'plonk' it, and end up
downloading every post.
* It is becoming impractical to *access* that thread via my
WITUN.
1. That Thread finally prompted me to go find a real newsreader and
2. The newsreader I picked is evidently smarter than I am, as it's