-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:lists.diyha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 March 2002
00:09
To: UKHA Discussion (E-mail)
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Bickering
Hi All,
<snippety>
Is it my imagination or are most Usenet groups like that.... or is
it
that I
have been spoilt by the warm and friendly community that we have
here.
I
like UKHA_D and long may it remain as it is...THE place for UK
Home
Automation discussion (and a few OT threads)
It’s the way of the usenet in
general
I'm afraid Keith. I asked a question last week on uk.media.tv.sky (full of
really
sad geeks who were obviously bullied at school) for advice on painting a
Sky+
box black, and as per usual on that newsgroup 10% of the replies were
funny,
but the remaining 90% were either vain attempts at humour or people
considering
me sad for wanting to do it in the first place. Its because they're all so
sad,
all you have to do is top post (put the reply above the original text), use
poor spelling or grammar) or advertise something for sale, and it will
generate
far more replies than the REAL subject matter.
OK the signal to noise ratio on this
list
isn't particularly good, but at least the off topic stuff is generally
interesting and not bickering!
Tim