Flying as Therapy

"gregg" wrote in message
...
Are you of the opinion that the amount of resources necessary to transmit
a
150 or so line post to thousands of servers is somehow debilitating to the
system in a major way? Do you think that you, personally, would see a
major difference in server performance?

Most posts are not trimmed. If they were, the bandwidth required to carry
the non-binary Usenet newsgroups would probably drop by half or more.

It is each individual, thinking the way you do, that adds up to a complete
waste of bandwidth.

As for whether it affects server performance or not, who cares?
Wastefulness is wastefulness, and is bad no matter the consequences.

Of course, a person with a seven-line signature is obviously not worrying
about stuff like this. It's clearly a waste of time to try to change your
mind, but hopefully someone else with more common sense may see this
exchange and understand.

Pete

Flyingmonk wrote:

HEF or JYO Manassas and Leesburg in Virginia. Gaithersburg, College
Park or Federick in MD are close enough too!

Right side of the US but too far south for me to take you to lunch.
Northern PA or NY would have been the ticket. Sorry.

--
Peter


















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That's alright Peter, I appreciate the thought just the same. : -)

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

gregg wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote:


gregg wrote:

If it's too much work for you feel free to read elsewhere.

Actually, it would be better if you'd feel free to post elsewhere.

Matt



I do. Lots of places.

Strange you'd get so worked up over a tiny issue like this but that's life
I suppose.


Worked up? Hardly, just stating a simple fact.

Matt

Alright you two, you're takin' up too much cyberspace : ^).

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Peter Duniho wrote:

Of course, a person with a seven-line signature is obviously not worrying
about stuff like this. It's clearly a waste of time to try to change your
mind, but hopefully someone else with more common sense may see this
exchange and understand.

Yes, easier to just filter him.

Matt

Peter Duniho wrote:


As for whether it affects server performance or not, who cares?
Wastefulness is wastefulness, and is bad no matter the consequences.

Of course, a person with a seven-line signature is obviously not worrying
about stuff like this. It's clearly a waste of time to try to change your
mind, but hopefully someone else with more common sense may see this
exchange and understand.

Pete

Firstly, if it were something I did with all, or even most responses, I'd
take the pet peeve I've tripped over seriously.

Since it isn't - I usually trim - then I just figure everyone has something
that puts a burr under their saddle and I happened to stumble on one.

Secondly, the only person who approached this with a gentlemanly manner and
a suggestion is Larry. So he got action. since it's true it had been years
since I read the usenet faq I took his advice, his offered URL, and looked
it up. (I respond better to mannerly suggestions than attacks).

Under " FAQ on making and using a .signature file" I see:

FAQ on making and using a .signature file
by Britt Klein

Last updated: 27 May 1996

"... Remember that inews and other news systems (the ones that
make up the majority of the news software on Usenet, actually) will cut
off everything after the fourth line, so it's good to stay below that
limit."

So I'm sorry but I find it hard to take seriously a limit written in 1996 -
and they don't say much about performance on this issue. If fact, they say
it gets cut off after 4 lines, by the news systems. It doesn't seem to get
cut off, at least not in my newsreader, but then of what value is this FAQ?

So much for the FAQ.

Anyhow if anyone wants to discuss this further I'm most happy to do so
off-line - in email. To economize, though, I'll cut down my signature for
the good of the Usenet universe.

After all - think of all the bandwidth that's already been wasted with these
entries. The horror........
--
Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments,
Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat,
Steambending FAQ with photos:
http://home.comcast.net/~saville/index.html

Bryan,
If I can ever get done with training and I can come up with a plane I
will put it on my list of flights to make to fly to VA and take ya up! I
sure do know all about the money situation! Providing you wouldn't mind
flying with a lowly sport pilot
Had to cancel my trip to Ohio to fly this weekend due to a car dying
before we made it to the end of the street! I guess we got lucky it didn't
happen 2 or 3 hours from home....but Man did I want to fly this weekend. Was
hoping to get my first solo in. So alittle bummed, and like Jay.....I
sure could have used some theraphy today as well!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
oups.com...
That's alright Peter, I appreciate the thought just the same. : -)

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Are you of the opinion that the amount of resources necessary to transmit a
150 or so line post to thousands of servers is somehow debilitating to the
system in a major way? Do you think that you, personally, would see a
major difference in server performance?

Greg, you want to be considerate of folks with dial-up connections.

On 10 Sep 2005 14:35:07 -0700, "Flyingmonk" wrote
in .com::

Larry wrote:
Gregg, and everyone else who hasn't yet, should take the time to
read the Usenet guidelines: http://www.faqs.org/usenet/ before
posting.

I've seen this a lot from you Larry, but I thought www.faqs.org was a
website for homosexuals : ^)

That's funny. It's a 'Q' not a 'G'. Ha ha.

It should be mandatory reading for all who participate in Usenet
discussions, IMO.