On 2008-04-25, Bob Borgeson <rborgeson@attREMOVE.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:20:20 -0700, Tom S. wrote:
>
>> "Bob Borgeson" <rborgeson@attREMOVE.net> wrote in message
>> news:1bti2fi7b1dwl.78nib9wu76xk.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:53:15 -0700, Demonick wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:16:55 GMT, Damn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> what has happened to this group? Most of the recent posts have been
>>>>> spam from China. Can't someone delete this garbage?
>>>>
>>>> Put all cross-posts in your killfile. Put a lot of stuff in your
>>>> killfile.
>>>
>>> It's not crossposted. It appears to all be coming through Google. You
>>> could KF Google, but you'd lose any nice posts from there as well.
>>
>> That's like saying if your willing to sift through six tons of garbage, you
>> might find your missing car keys.
>
> Are you saying you don't like Google news?
Absolutely. Google news is the dregs of usenet. There are a few
decent folks using it, but most are completely useless.
Google news is fine for searching the archives. It is not a good
newreader, and it has given anonymity to a new breed of trolls.
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