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Re: TEST only [message #181621 is a reply to message #181598] |
Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59 |
The Natural Philosoph
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On 23/05/13 19:32, Doug Miller wrote:
> Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote in news:knletu$klu$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org:
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>> TEST only; Apologies.
> Test failed -- it wound up in comp.lang.php instead of alt.test where it belonged.
how does alt.test demonstrate that you can post to comp.lang.php?
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Re: TEST only [message #181626 is a reply to message #181621] |
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13 |
Doug Miller
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in news:knnh74$sla$1
@news.albasani.net:
> On 23/05/13 19:32, Doug Miller wrote:
>> Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote in news:knletu$klu$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org:
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>>> TEST only; Apologies.
>> Test failed -- it wound up in comp.lang.php instead of alt.test where it belonged.
> how does alt.test demonstrate that you can post to comp.lang.php?
Because if you can post to one group, you can post to any group (provided, of course, that it's
a group your news provider carries, and it's unmoderated).
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Re: TEST only [message #181634 is a reply to message #181626] |
Fri, 24 May 2013 13:57 |
The Natural Philosoph
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On 24/05/13 14:13, Doug Miller wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in news:knnh74$sla$1
> @news.albasani.net:
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>> On 23/05/13 19:32, Doug Miller wrote:
>>> Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote in news:knletu$klu$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org:
>>>
>>>> TEST only; Apologies.
>>> Test failed -- it wound up in comp.lang.php instead of alt.test where it belonged.
>> how does alt.test demonstrate that you can post to comp.lang.php?
> Because if you can post to one group, you can post to any group (provided, of course, that it's
> a group your news provider carries, and it's unmoderated).
Exactly so.
it's a test of the newsgroup provider, not of your ability to post.
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Ineptocracy
(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
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Re: TEST only [message #181644 is a reply to message #181634] |
Fri, 24 May 2013 14:51 |
Doug Miller
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in
news:knnrkr$hpg$1(at)news(dot)albasani(dot)net:
> On 24/05/13 14:13, Doug Miller wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in
>> news:knnh74$sla$1 @news.albasani.net:
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>>> On 23/05/13 19:32, Doug Miller wrote:
>>>> Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote in
>>>> news:knletu$klu$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org:
>>>>
>>>> > TEST only; Apologies.
>>>> Test failed -- it wound up in comp.lang.php instead of
>>>> alt.test where it belonged.
>>> how does alt.test demonstrate that you can post to
>>> comp.lang.php?
>> Because if you can post to one group, you can post to any group
>> (provided, of course, that it's a group your news provider
>> carries, and it's unmoderated).
> Exactly so.
>
> it's a test of the newsgroup provider, not of your ability to
> post.
Incorrect. It's obviously a test of both.
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Re: TEST only [message #181654 is a reply to message #181644] |
Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00 |
The Natural Philosoph
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On 24/05/13 15:51, Doug Miller wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in
> news:knnrkr$hpg$1(at)news(dot)albasani(dot)net:
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>> On 24/05/13 14:13, Doug Miller wrote:
>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in
>>> news:knnh74$sla$1 @news.albasani.net:
>>>
>>>> On 23/05/13 19:32, Doug Miller wrote:
>>>> > Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote in
>>>> > news:knletu$klu$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org:
>>>> >
>>>> >> TEST only; Apologies.
>>>> > Test failed -- it wound up in comp.lang.php instead of
>>>> > alt.test where it belonged.
>>>> how does alt.test demonstrate that you can post to
>>>> comp.lang.php?
>>> Because if you can post to one group, you can post to any group
>>> (provided, of course, that it's a group your news provider
>>> carries, and it's unmoderated).
>> Exactly so.
>>
>> it's a test of the newsgroup provider, not of your ability to
>> post.
> Incorrect. It's obviously a test of both.
Damn you are right. Its also a test that you have an electricity supply!
silly me!
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(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.
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Re: TEST only [message #181677 is a reply to message #181634] |
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:10 |
Norman Peelman
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On 05/24/2013 09:57 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 24/05/13 14:13, Doug Miller wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote in news:knnh74$sla$1
>> @news.albasani.net:
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>>> On 23/05/13 19:32, Doug Miller wrote:
>>>> Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote in
>>>> news:knletu$klu$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org:
>>>>
>>>> > TEST only; Apologies.
>>>> Test failed -- it wound up in comp.lang.php instead of alt.test
>>>> where it belonged.
>>> how does alt.test demonstrate that you can post to comp.lang.php?
>> Because if you can post to one group, you can post to any group
>> (provided, of course, that it's
>> a group your news provider carries, and it's unmoderated).
> Exactly so.
>
> it's a test of the newsgroup provider, not of your ability to post.
>
>
I think the test is to see how many people can keep themselves from
replying... oops!
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Norman
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