On 7/17/2022 10:34 PM, Manfred wrote:
> On 7/18/2022 4:44 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 7/17/22 8:43 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 7/17/2022 7:24 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>>> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> In comp.lang.c++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Please don't respond to Peter Olcott's posts here.  His threads have
>>>>>> taken over comp.theory, but there is no reason that comp.lang c (or
>>>>>> comp.lang.c++) should suffer the same fate.  These two groups have
>>>>>> had
>>>>>> many interesting threads over the years, but they will die if they
>>>>>> fill
>>>>>> up with junk.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since usenet posts are threaded, it's very easy to ignore the threads
>>>>> created by him.
>>>>
>>>> Agreed.  The trouble, as evidenced by other groups, it the junk drives
>>>> non-regulars away so newcomers will be few, and fresh questions and
>>>> ideas dry up.
>>>>
>>>>> (This is, in fact, a major reason to *not* killfile ...
>>>>
>>>> My newsreader has a scoring system that is far more sophisticated
>>>> than a
>>>> kill file.  I can even "score down" sub-threads where PO jumps in to
>>>> poison the thread.  The trouble is that newbies don't do this sort of
>>>> thing.  One look at comp.lang.c++ in GG and they will go elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>
>>> All that anyone would have to do to get me to leave these two groups
>>> is simply apply the correct and quite simple software engineering to
>>> validate the software engineering of what I have said.
>>>
>>> I am working with people offline so this may quickly resolve things too.
>>>
>>> I am, also trying to help get Richard and Flibble to stop talking
>>> about non-software engineering related stuff here too. I moved
>>> Flibble to comp.theory already. I would be willing to unblock Richard
>>> if he goes there too.
>>>
>>
>> In other words, you are asking people to LIE for you, since you are
>> NOT using actual correct software engineering principles.
>>
>> I have pointed out the errors that you have made in
>> software-engineering principles, but you just ignore it, because
>> fixing them would break your "proof"
>>
>> I am only here, because you said you blocked me in comp.theory
>
> That is not a good reason to spread olcott's garbage in this group.
>
> I, like many others I guess, don't have a sophisticated newsreader as
> Ben has, and, although I have blocked PO a wile ago, I still get a /lot/
> of his garbage because of your replies.
> Now, I could block you too, but so far I don't have a reason to do this,
> unless you keep pouring olcott's stuff in here.
>
> All in all, Ben is very much right when he says that being filled up
> with junk is the biggest threat to usenet in general (which is in fact
> largely dead already because of this exact problem), and c.l.c and
> c.l.c++ in particular, which have somehow managed to keep some standard
> of activity and interest.
> It would be a pity if these groups would die too.

For that reason I addressed Ben's plea.
Ben has been reviewing my work since 2006.

On 10/17/2006 7:03 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> "Peter Olcott" <NoSpam@SeeScreen.com> writes:

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