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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 02/23/07 02:31
On 2/22/2007, Smarty posted this:
> Thanks Gene and Stuart. It seems like there are so many interesting new
> things happening in this world of video, hi def, BluRay, etc. and keeping up
> with new developments has been helped a lot for me by reading what others
> have to say in these newsgroups. I don't get especially hung up on "How many
> newsgroups should I post this to, 3 or 4?" or spend too much time thinking;
> "Will somebody maybe think I have a hidden business motive for describing a
> new computer PCI card?". As a result I may be violating certain rules of
> newsgroup etiquette. Also, since I have been using newsgroups for nearly 30
> years and have a different mindset about how to share information to improve
> knowledge and understanding, I tend to rely on patterns which may be out of
> fashion.
I certainly don't find anything wrong with what you're doing. It's nice
to learn about things I might otherwise never have heard of...
> I do know for certain that it doesn't take much to qualify to participate in
> these discussion groups, and thus there are far too many adolescent /
> immature kids sitting at keyboards looking to act in a way they consider
> adult, but their manners, vulgarity, and poor judgment betray them over and
> over again. I try to ignore them, since they may be encouraged by giving them
> attention. "Starve the trolls", to use another very apt way of describing it.
>
> Thanks again for your encouraging words.
>
> Smarty
>
>
>
> "Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mn.b3c17d72d751b239.1980@nobody.invalid...
>> Hey, Smarty, any normal person who reads this newsgroup knows that you're a
>> regular here who often posts helpful stuff. I wouldn't think anyone else
>> thinks you're a spammer.
>>
>> Read other posts by MP or his sockpuppets and you'll know all you need to
>> know about that.
>>
>> On 2/21/2007, Smarty posted this:
>>> One of my students brought this new HDMI capture card to me today, and
>>> both of us were trying it out on the MacPro here. It's only been on the
>>> market for a few weeks (press release announcing it in mid January) and it
>>> is the very first and only card which does HDMI capture. (I don't ever
>>> recall seeing a card which does DVI capture either for that matter.)
>>>
>>> This post has nothing to do with shills, lame salesmanship, or "pushing a
>>> product" as you call it. I couldn't care less whether this company or
>>> product succeeds or fails commercially.
>>>
>>> My motive was simply to inform others who may not have been aware of the
>>> product.
>>>
>>> Sorry if it offended you.
>>>
>>> Smarty
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "MassiveProng" <MassiveProng@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
>>> message news:9vvpt2hela2eqdvaonaimgc4hbs3u6crfq@4ax.com...
>>>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:51:16 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
>>>> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> Gave us:
>>>>
>>>>> Blackmagic has a good rep. in the budget broadcasting
>>>>>field.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Not if they have retarded shills SPAMMING Usenet groups due to lame
>>>> salesmanship.
>>>>
>>>> And yes, it was SPAM.
>>>>
>>>> This group is about DVDs not some lame asswipe pushing a product for
>>>> sale.
>>
>> -- Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
>> letters617blochg3251
>> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>>
>>
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