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Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious people here, all willing to help.

Greetings to all,
Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.
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Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious people here, all willing to help.

Greetings to all,
Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent customer support.

Greetings to you. Things are pretty quiet here these days.
--
Cheers, Alan
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On 26/11/2025 06:49, Alan B wrote:

Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious
people here, all willing to help.

Greetings to all,
Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.

Greetings to you. Things are pretty quiet here these days.

That's because everything is perfect and no one has any problems...
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On 2025-11-26, David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 26/11/2025 06:49, Alan B wrote:

Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >>> people here, all willing to help.

Greetings to all,
Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.

Greetings to you. Things are pretty quiet here these days.

That's because everything is perfect and no one has any problems...

Speak for yourself ;-)
--
Cheers, Alan
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On 26.11.25 10:07, David Kennedy wrote:

On 26/11/2025 06:49, Alan B wrote:

Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >>> people here, all willing to help.

Greetings to all,
Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.

Greetings to you. Things are pretty quiet here these days.

That's because everything is perfect and no one has any problems...

Could it be that AI has taken over?
--
"Roma locuta, causa finita" (Augustinus)
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:50:16 GMT, Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.

Did you go somewhere?

Did anyone notice?

They never do when *I* go quiet for a while. Unless, maybe they *do*
notice, have grand parties and simply don't invite me?

Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >people here, all willing to help.

Yeah. That's what Usenet used to be all about. That and the loons
telling us that Planet Ecks is full of blue aliens coming to eat us.
Which is news we really, really need to know, of course.

Greetings to all,

Hi, Matt. Have a peaceful, happy, warmish Winter - unless you're
upside down in which case enjoy your Summer - and a lovely Christmas
when it comes in a few months.

Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent >customer support.

Hmmmm ........ that's awfully close to an endorsement. Or praise. Or
just saying nice things about a Company. Do we allow that, now?

Take care, stay warm and try the mulled cider,

J.
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:07:49 +0000, David Kennedy
<davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 26/11/2025 06:49, Alan B wrote:

Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >>> people here, all willing to help.

Greetings to all,
Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.

Greetings to you. Things are pretty quiet here these days.

That's because everything is perfect and no one has any problems...

I have problems but you guys probably can't help with the type of
issues I suffer with.

When I go into a nice shop, sometimes the nice wandering-about
shop-girls will ask me "Can I help you?" I mostly thank them and tell
them "no".

"Hi, do you need any help?", however is a question I am *tempted* to
answer with the truth. But I don't. It's not their job and it's not
their area of expertise. Also, I don't want to crush their nice day.
They are so perky, nice, innocent and lovely that telling them what I
need help with would be like kicking a kitten. I know that their
personality could just be the interface they are trained to display to
make customers feel good and so induce us to buy stuff so we make them
happy but even so it's a shame to dump on them my miseries. So I never
do. I spread joy and happiness, love and grace wherever I go. [1]

"Do you need anything?" Oh, Girl, *yes* I so very, very do. Could we
start with an F.T.L. Starship? Preferably one with a *nice* boxed-up pseudo-personality who will do the maths with me?

"Hi, are you buying or browsing?" Now, that one I *can* answer.
Mainly, in general, unless I have a specific need in mind, I'm
browsing to find out if any of your goodies fit my current mood and if
I'm going to buy a thingy.

I like these newsgroups because you guys *expect* me to have issues
and you are ever so willing to help me to resolve them. You *like*
helping. Thank you.


J.

Notes:

[1} No. No, I don't.
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On Nov 25, 2025 at 6:50:16rC>AM EST, "Matt" <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious people here, all willing to help.

Speaking from experience (I did not go anywhere), you have not missed much.
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Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Nov 25, 2025 at 6:50:16?AM EST, "Matt" <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious people here, all willing to help.

Speaking from experience (I did not go anywhere), you have not missed much.

From this lurker's POV: I'm always happy to see any activity in here
provided that it isn't just dross cross-posted in. I've picked up many
good tips in this interesting group, I hope it continues.
--
^-^. Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS My pet rock Gordon just is.

Am I a surprised wading bird!

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On 2025-11-26, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:

Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Nov 25, 2025 at 6:50:16?AM EST, "Matt" <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >> > people here, all willing to help.

Speaking from experience (I did not go anywhere), you have not missed much. >>

From this lurker's POV: I'm always happy to see any activity in here provided that it isn't just dross cross-posted in. I've picked up many
good tips in this interesting group, I hope it continues.

I wonder if the perpetrators of XPs realise that most subscribers to
ucsm either killfile or ignore it. Unless I turnoff my kfs I don't see
any.
--
Cheers, Alan
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On 26/11/2025 14:50, Alan B wrote:

On 2025-11-26, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:

Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Nov 25, 2025 at 6:50:16?AM EST, "Matt" <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >>>> people here, all willing to help.

Speaking from experience (I did not go anywhere), you have not missed much. >>>

From this lurker's POV: I'm always happy to see any activity in here
provided that it isn't just dross cross-posted in. I've picked up many
good tips in this interesting group, I hope it continues.

I wonder if the perpetrators of XPs realise that most subscribers to
ucsm either killfile or ignore it. Unless I turnoff my kfs I don't see
any.

So, did you not see this, Alan?

=

Mac Security Script Review

I'd welcome views on this Claude (AI) review/conversation.

https://claude.ai/share/05c012bb-d4a4-4cc1-8ad6-1b89beec76de

Surely someone reading here is curious, especially when Claude concluded
with "*Thank you for the lesson in critical thinking*".
--
Kind regards,
David
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On 26.11.25 14:34, Tyrone wrote:

On Nov 25, 2025 at 6:50:16rC>AM EST, "Matt" <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious
people here, all willing to help.

Speaking from experience (I did not go anywhere), you have not missed much.

Why are you still here?
--
"Roma locuta, causa finita" (Augustinus)
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On 26 Nov 2025 at 12:40:40 GMT+1, "John" <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:50:16 GMT, Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.

Did you go somewhere?

Did anyone notice?

They never do when *I* go quiet for a while. Unless, maybe they *do*
notice, have grand parties and simply don't invite me?

Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious
people here, all willing to help.

Yeah. That's what Usenet used to be all about. That and the loons
telling us that Planet Ecks is full of blue aliens coming to eat us.
Which is news we really, really need to know, of course.

Greetings to all,

Hi, Matt. Have a peaceful, happy, warmish Winter - unless you're
upside down in which case enjoy your Summer - and a lovely Christmas
when it comes in a few months.

Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.

Hmmmm ........ that's awfully close to an endorsement. Or praise. Or
just saying nice things about a Company. Do we allow that, now?

Take care, stay warm and try the mulled cider,

J.

Hi John!

It wasn't my intention to promote the server, quite the opposite, to share my experience, since I'd been with the same company for many years without any problems.

I had stopped using Usenet because there was little to nothing left to justify what I was paying for the service, but I received a special offer at a very
low price and decided to return.

Regards.
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On 2025-11-26, Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

[snip]

I had stopped using Usenet because there was little to nothing left to justify
what I was paying for the service, but I received a special offer at a very low price and decided to return.

I've been using eternal-september.org for a number of years now. It is essentially f.o.c. but accepts donations. Its admin, "Ray Banana" is
very helpful too. But if you're happy with your special deal then I'm
not suggesting you change but you could always create a e-s account as
a backup should your new provider go down for an extended period.

Welcome back :)
--
Cheers, Alan
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Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-11-26, Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

[snip]

I had stopped using Usenet because there was little to nothing left
to justify what I was paying for the service, but I received a special offer at a very low price and decided to return.

I've been using eternal-september.org for a number of years now. It is essentially f.o.c. but accepts donations. Its admin, "Ray Banana" is
very helpful too. But if you're happy with your special deal then I'm
not suggesting you change but you could always create a e-s account
as a backup should your new provider go down for an extended period.

Seconded.

Welcome back :)

Ditto. :)
--
^-^. Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS My pet rock Gordon just is.

Am I a surprised wading bird!

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On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:02:47 GMT, Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

On 26 Nov 2025 at 12:40:40 GMT+1, "John" <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:50:16 GMT, Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.

Did you go somewhere?

Did anyone notice?

They never do when *I* go quiet for a while. Unless, maybe they *do*
notice, have grand parties and simply don't invite me?

Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >>> people here, all willing to help.

Yeah. That's what Usenet used to be all about. That and the loons
telling us that Planet Ecks is full of blue aliens coming to eat us.
Which is news we really, really need to know, of course.

Greetings to all,

Hi, Matt. Have a peaceful, happy, warmish Winter - unless you're
upside down in which case enjoy your Summer - and a lovely Christmas
when it comes in a few months.

Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.

Hmmmm ........ that's awfully close to an endorsement. Or praise. Or
just saying nice things about a Company. Do we allow that, now?

Take care, stay warm and try the mulled cider,

J.

Hi John!

It wasn't my intention to promote the server, quite the opposite, to share my >experience, since I'd been with the same company for many years without any >problems.

Cool. You do know that I was attempting "humour", yes?

I had stopped using Usenet because there was little to nothing left to justify >what I was paying for the service, but I received a special offer at a very >low price and decided to return.

I think I get Usenet "free". I think I always have.

It's cold here, so I'm off to cook a cup of tea. It's nice to have
you back. :)

J.

Regards.

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David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 26/11/2025 06:49, Alan B wrote:

Matt <matt@myemail.invalid> wrote:

Glad to be back in this great group.
Although Usenet seems to be dying out for me, I've met some good, serious >> people here, all willing to help.

Greetings to all,
Matt.

PD:
And thanks to USENET server for their affordable pricing and excellent
customer support.

Greetings to you. Things are pretty quiet here these days.

That's because everything is perfect and no one has any problems...

That's because Appleverse is the best of all possible worlds...

Jan
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