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Re: bug in is_numeric [message #181479 is a reply to message #181476] Sat, 18 May 2013 20:24 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Thomas 'PointedEars'  is currently offline  Thomas 'PointedEars'
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Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> On 5/18/2013 12:56 PM, Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" wrote in message news:kn81o7$uq6$1(at)dont-email(dot)me...
>>> Usenet has threads for a reason. And this is a perfect example why.
>>> Maybe if Pointed Head weren't so caught up in criticizing everyone else
>>
>> Usenet wasn't meant to be a discussion group at all - it was meant to be
>> a forum for uncensored reporting.
>> That's what the second N in NNTP stands for.
>> Threading is just an evolutionary remnant of it's SMTP heritage, and the
>> reason why Usenet devolved away from being a news forum.
>
> You obviously haven't been around enough.

Pot, kettle, black.

> It was a discussion forum back the 70's when it was on ARPANET. It had
> threading back then, also.

Although the NetNews Message Format nowadays (RFC 5536) is based on the
Internet Message Format (currently, RFC 5322), Usenet has always existed
separately from ARPAnet, and its successor, the Internet. The first Usenet
uaers used UUCP, not NNTP, and even NNTP is not required to use the Internet
infrastructure.

> But no matter what the original name was - TODAY'S use is what counts.

It is customary in Usenet to use *bold*, /italic/, or _underlined_ for
emphasis. Writing in all-caps is considered shouting instead, and therefore
impolite.

> It is a threaded discussion group, and threads exist for a reason.

“Thread drift”, as it is called, is normal and accepted on Usenet,
*especially* today. It has become that normal more than a decade ago that a
convention for change of Subject in the same thread (“New Subject (was: Old
Subject, without ‘Re:’)”) was implemented by several newsreaders, so that
the “ (was: …)” part was automatically removed from the Subject on replying.
People complaining about “thread hijacking” simply have no clue what they
are talking about. You will find that misconception predominantly among
people who are new to Usenet, who often come from Web forums, but there are
exceptions.

In this case there was not even thread drift as the Subject still fits the
content. Thread drift was initiated instead by the person complaining about
it. Honi soit qui mal y pense.

(Don't bother to reply.)


PointedEars
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> If you get a bunch of authors […] that state the same "best practices"
> in any programming language, then you can bet who is wrong or right...
Not with javascript. Nonsense propagates like wildfire in this field.
-- Richard Cornford, comp.lang.javascript, 2011-11-14
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