New Post1

What is the difference between these two posts?

This one is per your suggestion Jez - I don't see any difference - except in
this body text and of course the minor subject change. (But nothing look
different in the general layout)

When I've posted this I'll be able to see if the Internet treats the other
one differently when I receive it. This is posted as you have suggested.


Regards
Robert McCurdy

"And what happens to your own personal internet? I just the other day got an
internet that was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday. I
got it yesterday. "

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


"Robert McCurdy" wrote in message
...
What is the difference between these two posts?

This one is per your suggestion Jez - I don't see any difference - except
in this body text and of course the minor subject change. (But nothing
look different in the general layout)

When I've posted this I'll be able to see if the Internet treats the other
one differently when I receive it. This is posted as you have suggested.


Regards
Robert McCurdy

Robert McCurdy wrote:
What is the difference between these two posts?

This one is per your suggestion Jez - I don't see any difference -
except in this body text and of course the minor subject change. (But
nothing look different in the general layout)

When I've posted this I'll be able to see if the Internet treats the
other one differently when I receive it. This is posted as you have
suggested.


Regards
Robert McCurdy


Let's compare them. This is your current message, a "New Post1" one.
This really is a new posting.

http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...a?dmode=source

There is no "references" section in the header of that message. Which means
the message is not part of any other thread. If someone replies to your
message, the message ID of " will be copied
into the references. That is how a news reader can figure out that a
reply is part of a thread.

Now, look at the other posting you made. "New Post2". This one appears
to be done by using a "Reply" button.



http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.co...9?dmode=source

Notice how, in your "New Post2", there is a "References:" and then a
long list of message IDs. That means your "New Post2" is tacked onto
a thread consisting of the items in the "References:" list. That
is how I can tell your "New Post2" is a "Reply", rather than a "New"
message.

Paul

Paul wrote:
Notice how, in your "New Post2", there is a "References:" and then a
long list of message IDs. That means your "New Post2" is tacked onto
a thread consisting of the items in the "References:" list. That
is how I can tell your "New Post2" is a "Reply", rather than a "New"
message.

Oh, tacks-- so that's how they do it! Is there a central tack repository, or
do they use multiple distributed tacks?

"Fishface" ? wrote in message
news:H81pj.2997$k%2.523@trndny09...
Paul wrote:
Notice how, in your "New Post2", there is a "References:" and then a
long list of message IDs. That means your "New Post2" is tacked onto
a thread consisting of the items in the "References:" list. That
is how I can tell your "New Post2" is a "Reply", rather than a "New"
message.

Oh, tacks-- so that's how they do it! Is there a central tack
repository, or
do they use multiple distributed tacks?

There's special Tack Distribution & Application Machinery at all tube
junctions on the Internets.

RF.

'RF' wrote:
| There's special Tack Distribution & Application Machinery at all tube
| junctions on the Internets.
_____

I have always though that eclips were used. But I guess tacks makes sense -
after all, they're one of the only two sure things.

Phil Weldon


"RF" wrote in message
...
|
| "Fishface" ? wrote in message
| news:H81pj.2997$k%2.523@trndny09...
| Paul wrote:
| Notice how, in your "New Post2", there is a "References:" and then a
| long list of message IDs. That means your "New Post2" is tacked onto
| a thread consisting of the items in the "References:" list. That
| is how I can tell your "New Post2" is a "Reply", rather than a "New"
| message.
|
| Oh, tacks-- so that's how they do it! Is there a central tack
| repository, or
| do they use multiple distributed tacks?
|
| There's special Tack Distribution & Application Machinery at all tube
| junctions on the Internets.
|
| RF.
|
|

Phil Weldon wrote:
'RF' wrote:
| There's special Tack Distribution & Application Machinery at all tube
| junctions on the Internets.
_____

I have always though that eclips were used. But I guess tacks makes sense -
after all, they're one of the only two sure things.


Actually, the other of the two is not absolutely sure.
Sure for the body, yes, but we do not understand enough
about the rest to be certain of it.

Of course, there is another set of certainties, identified
by Einstein, of which only one is absolutely certain or sure.
The extent of the universe, and of human stupidity.

Cheers!

jim b.

--
UNIX is not user-unfriendly; it merely
expects users to be computer-friendly.