MJR wrote:
you described ALUG as "unfriendly" people who make "unprovoked attacks" that you only watch because "you cannot just walk away in the long run".
I did a google news search on "speccyverse" to find out what all this is about - Tarquin, you must have been having a bad day when you wrote that news message. I hope it's just a passing mood.
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I'm more concerned about the chap Roy who said that he had joined a local LUG and tried to get some help on irc only to receive a very rude brush-off. I have emailed him, and posted to the newsgroups, in reply.
I hope that he is either mistaken (i.e. it's not ALUG that he has contacted) or else has paraphrased what was said on irc inaccurately. I do wonder if he is mistaken since I don't recognise the tone or manner or writing style as being typical of anyone in alug. For example, quoting from Roy's usenet posting:
ME: Hi room LUGmember: "room" lol this aint AOL. [snip] ME: I have RH9 on my PC and my kids PCs all have XP and they used to all connect to internet thru mine(network). can anybody please tell me if this is still possible as otherwise I may have to reconsider XP. LUG: Can you read ? Me: can you point me in direction of what I should be reading please? LUG: the MANUAL <<
Roy, if you are here and it really happened like this on the Anglian LUG irc channel, then I'd like to apologise on behalf of the majority of alug members who do not behave in this loutish manner.
Does anyone on the list recall this happening? I'm not often on irc so have no idea. I have emailed him privately and posted a couple of follow-ups to usenet.
Best wishes to all Syd