On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:22:37 -0800, 998cc wrote:
This newsgroup is the source of some of the best and knowledgeable
answers I have found on the net.

s/is/has been/

Unfortunately, it now seems to suffer the same malignant plague as
many others--disagreements decaying into personal insults.

sigh... All too true.

I find my filters are now killing 70-90% of all new postings and
followups.

I fear some - if not many - of the folks that were "... the source of
some of the best and knowledgeable answers ..." may have abandoned this ng.

Notice how fast this thread degenerates into name-calling and
cute-only-in-the-posters-own-mind one-liner insults....

Jonesy
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