From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 5:23:15 AM UTC+8, T. Ment wrote:   
   > On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:57:12 -0700 (PDT), Paul Edwards wrote:    
   >    
   > >> Dan Cross wrote:    
   >    
   > >> I prefer useful technical content   
      
   > > in pursuit of what goal?   
      
   > I decide what's "useful" to me. Without any help from Nazi wackos.   
      
   Yeah, it is quite amusing someone turning up out of the blue to   
   an existing newsgroup that has been operating for decades and   
   telling a bunch of adults how to run it properly.   
      
   Is there not some existing allegedly-properly-run forum?   
      
   This is an "alt" newsgroup. I don't think they are ever moderated.   
      
   I think it stands for "aliens, lunatics and terrorists". So turning   
   up to an existing group of supposed self-identifying lunatics   
   and complaining about alleged lunacy. I guess he fits right in   
   as Chief Lunatic. I especially like the appeals to every individual   
   who (makes a sovereign) decides to reply to me. Didn't everyone   
   else outgrow such things in like the 3rd grade or something?   
      
   And he doesn't seem to know what a "troll" is either.   
      
   And he can't stand the free marketplace of ideas so felt the   
   need to "plonk" you - and advertise that as if someone   
   actually cares about his hissy fit.   
      
   I've only seen something similar once. Someone (who appeared   
   to be from the CIA, but he never admitted it) turned up to   
   alt.war.mercenary suggesting alternative places for us to all go.   
      
   He was presumably assigned to check for terrorist activity and   
   wanted to make his job easier.   
      
   So what's this guy's game? From what I can see he is wanting   
   very complex discussions way outside the capability of   
   hobbyists to implement. And the ulterior motive for that is what?   
   Microsoft plant? Or is the GNU Utopia under threat?   
      
   I assume he's not going to be taking the result of the discussion   
   and emailing Microsoft et al with suggested new directions for   
   their existing OSes, thanks to input from a bunch of lunatics.   
   So "productive" means what, exactly?   
      
   Let's wait and see if he reveals what he's up to.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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