From: licensedtoquill@gmail.com   
      
   > Ah, that was just me reading too fast to pick up on the joke (and being   
   > eager to rant about the plague of AI search-engine spam). It's pretty   
   > funny how absurd it gets sometimes - not long ago I saw an AI-generated   
   > history web page supposedly about the invention of window glass, but   
   > about halfway through it veered off into writing about MS-DOS... because   
   > that was what people used before Windows.   
   > > Anyway, I have set up T'Bird now to read NG messages and have moved on   
   > > to trying ti figure out why I can't reply to messages without getting   
   > > an IMPROPERLY CONFIGURED OUTGOING NEWSGROUP error message.   
   > Good luck! (random thought, do you also get the error when you start a   
   > new thread, or just when following up to an existing message?)   
      
      
   No need to apologize for a rant when all readers are likely to agree with you   
   and enjoy reading your take on  the subject.  That is why we are here.   
      
   The point was originally put in the Guardian in about November 2022 when they   
   first commented on ChatGPT by noting that it seemed to be a mechanical way of   
   bullshitting at length on any subject out there.   
      
   (BTW  I only get that error message when sending responses: I DO seem  to be   
   able tp do fresh postings without being given the error message )   
      
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