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Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea:

The good thing is that no one can opt out. As a result, I move down to 34th place.

Simon R. Hughes
  

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"Simon R. Hughes" (Email Removed) wrote on 13 Jan 2004: [nq:1]Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea: The good thing is that no one can opt out. [/nq] And I move up to 1st place.

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  • Hughes" (Email Removed) wrote on 13 Jan 2004: [nq:1]Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea: The good thing is that no one can opt out.
  • [/nq] And I move up to 1st place.
  • I think I don't belong there, but we'll see what happens on the AUE chart in January.
  • I like Bob Cunningham's columns better, though.
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"Simon R. Hughes" (Email Removed) wrote on 13 Jan 2004:
[nq:1]Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea: The good thing is that no one can opt out. As a result, I move down to 34th place.[/nq]
And I move up to 1st place. I think I don't belong there, but we'll see what happens on the AUE chart in January. I like Bob Cunningham's columns better, though.

Fra
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[nq:1]Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea: The good thing is that no one can opt out. As a result, I move down to 34th place.[/nq]
Did you click on your profile? It's kind of creepy.

RF doesn't seem particularly prolific, but then it only goes back a year.
Alt.fan.scarecrow is our newsgroup neighbor. There's goes the neighborhood.

Dena Jo
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[nq:1]Did you click on your profile? It's kind of creepy.[/nq]
I meant there being a profile just in general is kind of creepy, not yours in particular. I didn't even look at yours.

But I will now...

Dena Jo
Delete "delete.this.for.email" for email.
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[nq:2]Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea: ... out. As a result, I move down to 34th place.[/nq]
[nq:1]And I move up to 1st place. I think I don't belong there, but we'll see what happens on the AUE chart in January.[/nq]
The ranking appears to be based on the number of days in the month on which you posted, rather than the number of posts.

I'm puzzle
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Laura F Spira (Email Removed) wrote on 14 Jan 2004:
[nq:1]The ranking appears to be based on the number of days in the month on which you posted, rather than the number of posts.[/nq]
You might have noticed that #2 Skitt has about 130 more posts than I have and we both posted for the same number of days. I can't figure out why I belong in 1st place. Skitt beats me in every category but thr
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[nq:1]Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea: The good thing is that no one can opt out. As a result, I move down to 34th place.[/nq]
I'm not opted out but it's pretty difficult to find me, despite my being a regular poster. That's because Microsoft identifies posters by e-mail address, and my Usenet address changes every month. I think Bob's list identifies posters
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[nq:1]The ranking appears to be based on the number of days in the month on which you posted, rather than ... column is 19 but if you click on his profile you find that he posts to 110 (!!) different ngs.[/nq]
19 is the monthly figure, 110 the yearly figure. About half of those 110 arecross-posts where I either didn't notice or didn't care that the thread existed elsewhere than the group I was
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On 13 Jan 2004 17:09:58 GMT, Dena Jo
[nq:2]Did you click on your profile? It's kind of creepy.[/nq]
[nq:1]I meant there being a profile just in general is kind of creepy, not yours in particular. I didn't even look at yours. But I will now...[/nq]
Yes, creepy. Maybe those x-no-archivers aren't so paranoid after all.

Speaking of which, I see that Photoshop now reports yo
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Simon R. Hughes filted:
[nq:1]Bless the buggers at Microsoft for stealing Bob Cunningham's idea: The good thing is that no one can opt out. As a result, I move down to 34th place.[/nq]
So why am I the only one in the top forty showing a name in addition to the email address?...r
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Ross Howard:
[nq:1]Yes, creepy. Maybe those x-no-archivers aren't so paranoid after all. Speaking of which, I see that Photoshop now reports you to the FBI if you dare to load a scan of a dollar bill into it. Be afraid.[/nq]
It's OK, guys. All this bizarro *** will end with the War On Terror. In the meantime, yes, it is a little freaky. But, better safe than sorry. At least we haven't seen

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