From: mariasophia@comprehension.com
I'm trying to improve newsgroup quality by not droppign to the level of the
trolls, but since Frank Slootweg insists on trolling, this response
(verbatim) below is posted here for current and future factual reference.
Note that this is posted here so as to not pollute technical threads.
The Slootweg common troll has recently re-infested the Android newsgroup.
He has been asked to act like an adult & stop trolling Usenet newsgroups.
He can't stop himself, so I am simply pointing to his most recent troll.
From: Frank Slootweg
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital
Subject: Re: PSA how to fix Windows explorer being blind to iPad sidecar
.mov thumbnails
Date: 14 Feb 2026 19:20:38 GMT
Message-ID: <10mqlds.10dg.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
Below is my verbatim reply which is an attempt to help Frank be technical.
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital
Subject: Re: PSA how to fix Windows explorer being blind to iPad sidecar .mov
thumbnails
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:50:47 -0500
Message-ID: <10mqjmn$1efi$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>
Reply-To: pusvul@getTjewytR4so+mqe2.invalid
Hi Frank,
While it's obvious you're not correcting facts but attempting to reframe
the purposefully helpful PSA so that you can slide in veiled insults, I
will not respond directly to your incessant never-ending personal attacks
other than to analyze your presumptive "attack strategy" as follows.
1. You pretend I said something that I clearly & obviously never said
2. You shift the topic from my technical explanation to a personal jab
3. You desperately try to force me into defending claims I never made
4. Where you use mock surprise to imply that it is I who is confused
5. In your attempt to drag me into a defense for your own amusement
The original post is a heart-felt kind and helpful PSA regarding the
issues that I ran into and resolved between the iPad & Windows 10.
I posted to the Windows 10 newsgroup, and not to the Windows 11 ng.
My post clearly described a Windows 10 Explorer limitation with HEVC
based .mov thumbnails from iOS devices. I never mentioned Windows 11
and, in fact, I repeatedly mentioned my tests were only on Windows 10.
The point was simple. Windows 10 Explorer cannot generate HEVC
thumbnails without either Microsoft's paid extension or a third-party
thumbnail provider. Installing Icaros from the K-Lite package solves
that specific problem without requiring a Microsoft Store account.
If you have a better solution that preserves privacy & dollars,
then please strive to add value in your response to this reply.
You suggested using a throwaway Microsoft Account. That is a valid
option for people who want it but even then, as far as I know, the product
is not needed and it costs money (but I didn't delve further).
My post explained why I prefer not to use the Microsoft Windows Store when
Icaros itself is freeware distributed at no cost with K-Lite packs.
It was clear from my directory commands that I have a long history of using
K-Lite codec packs, as do most people on these newsgroups, so it was
natural for me to suggest that freeware solution for others to benefit.
Even though your "mock surprise" and desperate attempt at chastisement was
to your own strawman argument, if you truly believe any technical detail in
my explanation are incorrect, feel free to point to the specific part.
I am always willing to correct factual errors.
But I will advise you that personal remarks do not help the discussion.
--
Doing my part to ignore insults from those who can never add value,
but who feel desperate to post something (anything!) for some odd reason.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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