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cyklone
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response 48 of 95:
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Mar 12 13:32 UTC 2004 |
I didn't realize we were supposed to lump you in with such famous bbs
researchers as sabre and deja.
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mary
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response 49 of 95:
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Mar 12 15:14 UTC 2004 |
So how do I set this up? Are there a number of different
filters available?
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rational
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response 50 of 95:
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Mar 12 15:21 UTC 2004 |
To use the one keesan's talking about, type: twit user1 user2 user3
at the Ok: prompt.
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other
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response 51 of 95:
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Mar 12 15:57 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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other
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response 52 of 95:
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Mar 12 16:00 UTC 2004 |
I think it would be a great idea if a twit filter which read a
.noread file allowed specifications such as filter exceptions by
item or conference (using except:) and filter limitations by item
or conference (using only:) to be added to each filteree, something
like this:
jp2 except: agora40 2, 10-17, 100; aaypsi 12; coop
rational
naftee
russ only: guitars 400
In this instance, users rational and naftee would be completely
filtered. User jp2 would be filtered everywhere except items 2,
10-17 and 100 of agora40, item 12 of aaypsi and the entire coop
conference. User russ would only be filtered from guitars
conference item 400.
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twenex
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response 53 of 95:
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Mar 12 16:12 UTC 2004 |
There's a guitars conference?
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remmers
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response 54 of 95:
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Mar 12 16:14 UTC 2004 |
If there were, I'd probably filter Russ in all of it. :)
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twenex
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response 55 of 95:
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Mar 12 16:17 UTC 2004 |
rotflmao.
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tod
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response 56 of 95:
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Mar 12 16:48 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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kip
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response 57 of 95:
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Mar 12 20:37 UTC 2004 |
How long before someone brings up a comparison between twit filters and spam
filters?
Whoops, guess I just did.
Here's my attempt at an analogy:
I go to public concerts, panel discussions, public group meetings at campuses
and restaurants. Someone else (soon to be called a twit) jumps up and down
at these various events attempting to gain my attention by acting in what
obnoxious way seems to gain them the most reaction.
Now some folks find it offensive that I want to somehow filter this person
out and that I should instead find a way to "deal"?
I "deal" just fine when it is the occasional grab for attention, but when it
is persistent and in many many items, I tire easily. Guess that I'm just a
bad person that way. :)
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tod
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response 58 of 95:
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Mar 12 20:59 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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mary
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response 59 of 95:
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Mar 12 21:04 UTC 2004 |
Sindi's filter needs to be setup anew, with each session, I believe.
I'd really appreciate if someone would walk me (and anyone else who
is interested in trying this) though how to set it up so that
my settings are automatically activated with each login.
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rational
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response 60 of 95:
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Mar 12 21:12 UTC 2004 |
No, it doesn't need to be "setup anew [what strange verbology]". See 50.
Idiot.
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keesan
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response 61 of 95:
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Mar 12 22:02 UTC 2004 |
My filter does not need to have anything done to it unless I want to add more
names. Type 'ignore' at the main prompt and follow Valerie's instructions.
You can also add names later, to the existing names, without using the
'ignore' script by 'pico -w .cfonce'. THe -w prevents pico from line wrapping
because the last line needs to be all on one line. Add names before or after
existing names of twits. You can look at my .cfonce, I think. Then the next
time you login you will have a working twit filter. If you make any changes,
you can activate the new filter by logging out and in again. (There is
probably some command to do this without logging out and in by I don't know
it).
People have the freedom to write and publish anything they like, which does
not mean that I am required to read all the books in the library, even if some
of them refer directly to others that I have not read. I don't see any more
reason to read all the responses in one item, than to read all items at grex.
Some authors I just don't want to read.
If you use 'ignore' every time you want to change your filter, .cfonce will
keep growing longer, because every time it adds a few lines to the file which
replace the previous ones.
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rational
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response 62 of 95:
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Mar 12 23:54 UTC 2004 |
(or she could've just followed my directions to do the same thing, but, haha,
it's funny.)
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mary
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response 63 of 95:
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Mar 13 00:51 UTC 2004 |
It's a nice quick and dirty program. All info is stored in the .cfonce,
so it's readable, but that's fine by me. Responses by those I'm filtering
are simply gone. Not even an item header announcing the content has been
filtered, simply a skip in the number sequence.
On this ssh session it doesn't seem to have slowed anything down.
Cool. Was it Valerie who wrote this program? If so, thanks Valerie.
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glenda
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response 64 of 95:
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Mar 13 01:01 UTC 2004 |
The command to put it into effect without logging out and back in is:
source .cfonce
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gelinas
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response 65 of 95:
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Mar 13 01:09 UTC 2004 |
(One can also simply exit bbs and then re-enter bbs.)
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salad
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response 66 of 95:
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Mar 13 01:20 UTC 2004 |
re 57 Who said this had anything to do with wanting attention?!
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tsty
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response 67 of 95:
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Mar 13 04:17 UTC 2004 |
welllllllllllllllllllll .... the slippery slope catches up ...
starting with those .yeswrite and .nowrite files AGAINST WHICH i
put up a finger-frothing protest, to no avail.
expecially the vile .yeswrite file philosophy and implementation.
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keesan
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response 68 of 95:
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Mar 13 04:43 UTC 2004 |
Using the ignore filter I still have to plow through a lot of items where the
only response was by a twit. I see a blank, then hit Enter to continue.
About 90% of the items that are presented to me are now blank, meaning the
twits are pretty busy entering responses.
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jaklumen
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response 69 of 95:
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Mar 13 11:42 UTC 2004 |
resp:48 deja's a famous bbs researcher? Hot damn, is that why she sent
me some sorta welcome e-mail when I joined M-net back in '95 or so?
(Yeah, I was at M-Net briefly before I came here.)
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cyklone
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response 70 of 95:
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Mar 13 13:31 UTC 2004 |
In case I wasn't clear, I was being facetious. Sabre and deja have both
claimed, after being called on their obnoxious on-line behavior, that it was
all just an "experiment." So what did she say in your "sorta welcome e-mail"?
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kip
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response 71 of 95:
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Mar 13 16:41 UTC 2004 |
Oh I'm sorry Tod, I should have said my poor attempt as analogy. I certainly
have tried the diplomatic approach in saying "Your jumping up and down here
at the outdoor concert isn't adding to the event, would you please consider
some other method of interaction." It rarely works. I still try every now
and then. It usually degenerates into "How about I just jump up and down in
front of you a little bit to get your attention. Or maybe this little bit.
You can see over me anyway, if you can just manage to ignore me, but you
won't."
And would salad like to suggest what else besides attention one might want?
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salad
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response 72 of 95:
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Mar 13 19:48 UTC 2004 |
Sure, maybe some of us try to have fun around here a little bit? Or is that
completely illegal?
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