X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,dde9c9f24d4f3269 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-05 19:06:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: "Tom Bampton" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [DIS] where is everyone? Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 03:06:22 -0000 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: edendev.demon.co.uk X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1036551983 16133 193.237.172.117 (6 Nov 2002 03:06:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 03:06:23 +0000 (UTC) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20426 "Faux_Pseudo" wrote in message news:slrnash0ci.6l.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a... > _.--- Tom Bampton spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._ > > I am sort of in the reverse situation you were in. My ISP has got a major loss > > of routing to everywhere, so nntp is *ALL* I have right now :) Well, unless I > > want to view my ISPs web site, which I dont, so *sigh*. > > I would live with that. Not a problem. I would live very nicely in > fact. It would mean I would get less threats of being raped by women[0] > and all kinds of other things I could live with out (like spam). I > need nntp. smpt pop3 and http are all optional for me. But don't take > away my nntp. LOL! I'm kind of surprised that nntp is going out to the world. I cant reach anything but my ISP's servers :( I need smtp and irc ... http i can take or leave, depends whether i need to look stuff up. I think ive read about ~300 posts in the past 2 or 3 hours out of sheer boredom. Even the threads I dont usually read. Sigh. I need routing ... sigh.