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  • Re: (NovaBBS) The only time i see the [Fortunes] is when i open a page in a [InPrivate Window] (a feature of MS Edge)

    From HenHanna@HenHanna@dev.null to news.software.readers,news.groups,alt.test on Sat Dec 14 19:03:47 2024
    From Newsgroup: news.software.readers

    On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 18:50:01 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    Newsgroups: news.software.readers news.groups alt.test


    i noticed that...

    Usually i don't see the Fortunes....

    The only time i see them is when

    i open a page in [InPrivate Window] (a feature of MS Edge browser)

    so that i'm logged on
    to the NovaBBS page anonymously -- (Not as HenHanna)


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    it's official... NovaBBS is so good that...

    i've not used TB (ThunderBird) in maybe 2 months.

    _______________

    One of the great features of NovaBBS is that...

    Every post is Chronologically tagged meticulously.

    34 seconds ago, and then
    3 minutes 41 seconds ago, and then
    22 hours 42 minutes ago, and then Eventually
    .......
    2 years 4 months ago


    I used to use Usenet a lot in the 1990s, and back then
    such focus on (awareness of) timing of Posts would have been
    unthinkable

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to news.software.readers on Sat Dec 14 19:29:21 2024
    From Newsgroup: news.software.readers

    HenHanna <HenHanna@dev.null> wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 18:50:01 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    Newsgroups: news.software.readers news.groups alt.test


    i noticed that...

    Usually i don't see the Fortunes....

    The only time i see them is when

    i open a page in [InPrivate Window] (a feature of MS Edge browser)

    so that i'm logged on
    to the NovaBBS page anonymously -- (Not as HenHanna)


    _______________

    it's official... NovaBBS is so good that...

    i've not used TB (ThunderBird) in maybe 2 months.

    _______________

    One of the great features of NovaBBS is that...

    Every post is Chronologically tagged meticulously.

    34 seconds ago, and then
    3 minutes 41 seconds ago, and then
    22 hours 42 minutes ago, and then Eventually
    .......
    2 years 4 months ago


    I used to use Usenet a lot in the 1990s, and back then
    such focus on (awareness of) timing of Posts would have been
    unthinkable

    _______________

    What an excellent point you make. After all, arithmetic hadn't yet been invented in the 1990s. There was no way to perform such calculations.
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