Red Wave Radio

I'm so sick of morse code being talked about in here, I've done all you code freaks a favor and
killfiled all threads which have the words morse or code in it.
Please keep all your conversations to threads with the words morse or code in the subject header
as your obsession on old outdated nostalgia makes me want to puke.
Bye

Ok Adolph, lets burn the books now.

I'm so sick of morse code being talked about in here, I've done all you code
freaks a favor and
killfiled all threads which have the words morse or code in it.
Please keep all your conversations to threads with the words morse or code
in the subject header
as your obsession on old outdated nostalgia makes me want to puke.
Bye

Quote:>I'm so sick of morse code being talked about in here, I've done all you code
>freaks a favor and
>killfiled all threads which have the words morse or code in it.

Good Ostridge technic .....

How is trying to ignore threads one is not interested in "censorship"? Does his
killfile affect what YOU can read? No, of course it is not keeping anyone else
from reading them. It is personal censorship, which is everyone's right. Having
your computer do it automatically is no more censorship than having some of the
(strictly for example) HBO or music video channels locked out of the TV, just
because one doesn't watch them/doesn't like them. And why is not wanting to
read about morse code in a SHORTWAVE room so bad? Is it hiding one's head in
the sand to only read the things he wishes to read? Please, this isn't
"rec.radio worldissues.payattentionoryouloseyourfreedom", is it? It's a HOBBY,
for the love of Pete.
Mike

Well just stick your head in the sand and ignore anything that wasn't taught
to you in 1st grade. Why use  filters in your news reader when GOD gave you
2 of the best filters. Oh ya, I know why, they are full of sand and you
can't see.

Quote:>Well just stick your head in the sand and ignore anything that wasn't taught
>to you in 1st grade. Why use  filters in your news reader when GOD gave you
>2 of the best filters. Oh ya, I know why, they are full of sand and you
>can't see.

This erroneous and inane response begs the question, "Did you even read what I
wrote?"...
Tell me how not being interested in some aspects of the radio hobby is "hiding
my head in the sand". Tell me how using filters to avoid some of the idiots and
troublemakers (who seem to really shine in the morse and Tiny Tenna threads) is
"ignoring anything I wasn't taught in first grade".
You're truly deluded if you think exercising personal prerogative in a HOBBY
NEWSGROUP is somehow immoral, unethical, or ignorant.
I don't expect any answer...
Mike

What is truly idiotic is the original post. If anyone has imposed the use of
software filters, why post that fact? It is people like you and many others
on this group that fuel the arguments. If we ignore the posts that upset us
then they will not spread their infection to others. The point I was trying
to make is that we all worry about the most stupid things and so what if
someone thinks Tiny-tenna is the greastest thing since sex or if CW or SITOR
or SSB sucks. Newsgroup cops are the ones that are immoral, unethical and
ignorant.

Quote:>What is truly idiotic is the original post. If anyone has imposed the use of
>software filters, why post that fact?

Well, that's correct. I know that for someone to make a big point out of using
his filters, he is only looking to cause trouble. Agreed. I thought he was
rather moronic to do so, to be honest.
But that wasn't my point, and I wasn't replying to his first post.
Your and others' reaction to that first post suggested that using filters for
any reason is akin to ignorance, or at worst, censorship. That notion is
ridiculous.
I agree that ignoring posts that may upset you, or otherwise simply have
nothing to offer you, is a smart thing to do, if only for convenience... and
now you've just said the same thing. Which makes me awfully curious about the

So why is it *I* am one who feuls arguments? Are *you* not arguing with me? Is
this not debate?
He wrote his "I'm killfiling all code threads" post, and you got suckered into
his attempt to inflame the room, as did a few other people, and the main
response was NOT "You're a troll looking for trouble" (which is what it should
have been) but was instead "You're choosing to hide your head in the sand". You
stated some rather lame concepts about what constitutes ignorance, I wanted to
call the lie to it. Notice too that I never replied to the original post, as I
was simply ignoring it's cat-calling stupidity. I never would have seen it
again if you and a few others hadn't chimed in with your nonsense about
censorship. That guy is patently foolish, yes, but the concept basic filtering
is not.

Quote:>>The point I wa trying to make is that we all worry about the most stupid

things and so what if someone thinks Tiny-tenna is the greatest thing since
sex<<

Here, you are basically re-stating what I first replied with.
How this makes me a "Netcop" and therefore imm***or unethical is beyond me. I
merely stated that using filters is anyone's prerogative, and has everything to
do with their personal tastes, not some wish to remain ignorant about what,
after all, is a hobby, not the end of the world.
And as I wrote at the end of my last post, I did not expect any kind of answer
to my questions. I was right.
Sincerely,
Unethical, immoral, ignorant Netcop Mike

the thought arises that if we all did that, then we would never have
read this post to begin with. your views would go unnoticed and un
commented on. now that i have replied to your message i realise that you
will never read it, because your own kllfile will filter out your own
post and all its replies as junk that you have no interest in. in short
you have solicited more off topic traffic by despising off topic
traffic. sort of like a self fulfilling prophesy

Quote:

> I'm so sick of morse code being talked about in here, I've done all you code freaks a favor and
> killfiled all threads which have the words morse or code in it.
> Please keep all your conversations to threads with the words morse or code in the subject header
> as your obsession on old outdated nostalgia makes me want to puke.
> Bye

Then why did you start yet another thread about Morse Code?  What moron
posts something, then killfiles it so that he can't see the replies to
it?

Quote:>I'm so sick of morse code being talked about in here, I've done all you =
>code freaks a favor and
>killfiled all threads which have the words morse or code in it.
>Please keep all your conversations to threads with the words morse or =
>code in the subject header
>as your obsession on old outdated nostalgia makes me want to puke.
>Bye

If what other people do for enjoyment makes you
"want to puke", then I suggest you have problems
far beyond not liking Morse code.  It is you, my
friend, who appears to have an obsession.

Let people enjoy their CW, or their Latte`s,
or the gender of their choice.  You have no
say in the matter, so why get all worked up
about what other people like or do?  

Besides, who are you to dictate what is and is not
to be accepted?  You have no power or influence
over anybody here.  Get used to this; it's a fact
of life you need to come to grips with.

Quote:>I'm so sick of morse code being talked about in here, I've done all you =
>code freaks a favor and
>killfiled all threads which have the words morse or code in it.

That's fine, that's what killfiles are for - to avoid seeing stuff you
don't want to see.

But why announce it to the rest of the world?  It seems like you are
trying to start an argument, not avoid seeing one.

        Dave

I'm rather disappointed.  If Spunky isn't listening, there seems to be no
point in saying anything on the topic of -- er, Samuel's F.B.'s data
transmission format. As if all the posts on "single-key typing" are there just
to tick him off personally.  He reminds me of the Bugblatter beast of Trall, a
creature so amazingly stupid (to quote) that it assumes that if you can't see
it, it can't see you. Or something.

That didah didah stuff seems to rankle the guy.  Now if we really wanted to
bug him, we'd all keep talking about -- um, the morose cipher -- in oblique
terms (you know, "it'  The CW mode, dashes and dots, the telegraph method,
sending A0, pipping away in monotone SSB, the bug noise... well, you get my
meaning).

How many words in a filter would it take to eliminate ALL messages relating to
you-know-what?
Nah.  It's more fun to think about it than to actually bother doing it.

Vince N8ASQ

(No opinion on "it", either...)