Posted by Hammerer on 01/18/14 11:25

"Betty Stewart" <st6an7g5@qcislands.net> wrote in message
news:86GdnUaC8ca0v4reRVn-jw@qcislands.net...
>
> I'm new to this newsgroup but not new to using WinMX. I went to look
> for any info in this newsgroup on the help files and found quite a bit of
> off-the-topic rhetoric, from which I was able to draw my own conclusions.
>
I know what you mean, Betty Stewart / st6an7g5. There's far too much
off-the-topic rhetoric here. It's those Canadians, and BJ!
>
> As it appears that the infamous help files do not exist which has
> nothing to do with BJ's misguided assumption that the lack of help files
> is due to the fact that "the authors are Canadian". We do speak, read &
> write a very recognizable and accepted international version of English.
> Perhaps BJ could grace us with his/her "international English version
> of the help files?
>
You tell him, Betty Stewart / st6an7g5. It's time someone put BJ - and all
other anti-Canadian characters - in his/their place. And where's the
international English version of the help files, BJ?! Answer THAT!
>
> That having been said, my questions are:
> In the Search Screen - "Unknown" speed shows up beside
> some of the search results - why is this?
>
To save code. Replacing "Unknown" with "Don't Know" would have added an
extra 3 bytes to the length of the program. That would have been
unprofessional.
>
> In the Search Screen - I notice a number of Users with names that
> are made up of computer code characters - what does this mean?
>
I reckon that they have very low self-esteem . . . . or labour under the
delusion that they're the love-children of Data from Star Trek and C3PO.
>
> Betty
> "Proud to be an internationally recognized Canadian - eh?"
>
Quite right, Betty Stewart / st6an7g5. Hey - is it true that a Mountie
always gets his man?

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