Posted by FatKat on 08/29/05 22:46

MikeCampbell wrote:
> 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?
>
Now and then we get a good tidbit, and a question that actually
deserves an answer.

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