Re: MassiveProng's day

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>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:16:24 +1000, Lionel Gave >>us: >> >>>>>> >>>>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:58:05 +0000 (UTC), blu Gave us: >>>> >>>>>SuperM wrote >>>>>in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com: >>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:50:53 +0000 (UTC), blu Gave us: >>>>>> >>>>>>>News Service Provider >>>>>>>That's the first freebie for today. I'm feeling generous. There'll be >>>>>>>more. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> News Service Provider's servers are??? >>>>>> >>>>>> NNTP servers, ditz! >>>>> >>>>>Ordinarily I'd agree with you. After all, that's what they are. >>>>>Unfortunately, in the last 3-5 years, they've been upgraded to NSP >>>>>servers on usenet. >>>>>Deal with it. >>>> >>>> >>>> It's an NNTP protocol. It's an NNTP server. >>>> >>>> You can't deal with it. >>> >>>*yawn* >>> >>> >>>"Results 1 - 10 of about 31,100 for NSP Usenet Provider. (0.09 >>>seconds) " >>> >>>Fuckhead. >> >>Results 1 - 10 of about 1,710,000 for NNTP server. >> >>
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>> >> You're a goddamned idiot, Lionel. >And you fetch on command. Who's the idiot?

Indeed.

And on a more serious note, "NNTP Server" & "NSP" are two different things. The former is the machine running the NNTP software, & the latter is the organisation that runs the NNTP servers & provides the NNTP service to its users.

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