Posted by MikeCampbell on 08/29/05 22:33

FatKat wrote on 29/08/2005 :
> 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?

To many "techies" on it is my guess. Why are you still here?

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Mike
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