Posted by FatKat on 08/29/05 22:04

MikeCampbell wrote:
> spodosaurus wrote on 29/08/2005 :
> > Naz wrote:
> >> HI
> >>
> >>
> >> I have a belkin router but i guess cos of this, when its doing network
> >> test it tells me it can not receive TCP.
> >>
> >> What can i do so i can use the winmx and share files?
> >>
> >>
> >> CHeers
> >>
> >
> > do a google search for winmx and port forwarding. Apply what you learn by
> > configuring your router appropriately.
>
> Explain to me "spodosaurus" exactly why Naz should chance his arm
> through google when he could get a real time relative answer here?

Well he hasn't gotten one from you, so the validity of that suggestion
is now severely at risk. The "real-time" alternative doesn't really
mean anything - whether the answer is posted in response, or was
written weeks ago and discovered after googling, it's still read at the
same time. Unfortunately, it also raises this troublesome question:
why should an experienced WinMX user chance his arm to respond to this
question when he'd and others had already done so repeatedly? This NG
works great when it's an exchange of information between knowledgeable
users and less-experienced users possessing more than the initiative
expended by a newbie who posts the same newbie question as posted by
900+ other newbies. Given that the NG falls short of that Halcyon
ideal, I'd be surprised if it will play host to the experienced users
for very much longer...

> The group is called winmx, now fuck off and google me and configure your
> stuff accordingley as well you smart mouthed fucker.
>
How did this NG get so angry?

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