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[John Bokma]

Alan Balmer <albalmer at att.net> wrote:

> On 29 Aug 2005 18:21:12 GMT, John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
> 
>>Alan Balmer <albalmer at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Why on earth was this cross-posted to comp.lang.c.? Followups set.
>>
>>Your reply is even more meaningless and more noise compared to the 
>>crosspost. Why? You didn't add anything, you quote an entire message and 
>>you just tweaked the follow up to header in a bad way.
> 
> My aim was simply to get it the hell off c.l.c as quickly as possible.

So you edited that one out, and decided to bother all other groups with 
your ineffective attempt?

> Now, go away. And please, stay away.

Like I already said, it doesn't work that way. The only way to make an 
follow up effective is to write a useful contribution to the thread, and 
set the follow up to the most appropriate group (and keep your fingers 
crossed). Not what you did, moreover you only add noise instead of removing 
it. Ignore the thread, it will end in 2-3 days. If you keep feeding it your 
way it will become more and more off topic and last 5-10 days.

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