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   John Smith to Markus Humm   
   Re: Simple chrono   
   11 Jun 05 02:33:26   
   
   From: assemblywizard@gmail.com   
      
   ... then write a damn news reader, rfc850 will get you started--rfc1036   
   is good--so is rfc977...   
      
   ... stop bellyaching and write something worthwhile...  then you can   
   fake the "newsreader", make everyone think you are using t-bird or ms,   
   or moz for that matter...    
      
   John   
      
   "Markus Humm"  wrote in message   
   news:42aa9ca3$0$11684$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de...   
   > John Smith schrieb:   
   >> you can program, write a plug-in to place quoted text on top... can   
   >> your   
   >> mother program?  Have her do it for you...   
   >   
   > 1. I would need the spec. for the used newsreader, searching for it   
   >   costs too much time.   
   >   
   > 2. I fear that I would have to use "C" or "C++" for such a plugin,   
   >   languages I don't want to use. They're used already too much.   
   >   
   > 3. Asking you to obey to the nettiquette in this newsgroup seemed much   
   >   easier, but since you want to keep your ego-style it doesn't work.   
   >   
   > 4. Why waste the CPU power to reverse the order in postings if it   
   > could   
   >   be done the way the vast majority (as you must already have   
   > noticed -   
   >   I'm not the only one to ask you to change this nasty habit) would   
   >   like it to be right from the start? Do you program in such a way at   
   >   work? (means do things somehow and at another place reverse it, even   
   >   I you colud have it produced reversed already in the first place   
   >   without additional ressource consumption?).   
   >   
   > 5. You aren't from the U.S.? They do consume too much ressources (like   
   >   wasting energy...)   
   >   
   > Greetings   
   >   
   > Markus   
   >   
   > PS: I hope I did give you something to think about, but I fear you   
   > won't/can't...sorry to say.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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