"Our dog Eddie just loves balloons. But he spends a lot of time looking for
them when they burst..."
Is this dog just crazy? Anyway it's soo funny
Go there to see the video : http://jakesmithsvids.blogspot.com/

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Jake wrote:
Is this dog just crazy? Anyway it's soo funny

I think part of the problem, to the extent that there is
one, is that before ubiquitous connectivity we tended not
to hear all that much from people we really didn't find
interesting. They were easier to avoid.

Anyway, this particular spammer reminds me of a new faculty
member who was hired when I was in graduate school. At a
department party, to introduce himself he walked up to a
friend of mine and said "I hear you're an interesting
person. I'm an interesting person, too!"

ObBigBlondeValkyrie:
http://www.canmag.com/nw/10084-ameri...diators-hellga
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In article ,
Jake wrote:
Is this dog just crazy? Anyway it's soo funny

I think part of the problem, to the extent that there is
one, is that before ubiquitous connectivity we tended not
to hear all that much from people we really didn't find
interesting. They were easier to avoid.

Anyway, this particular spammer reminds me of a new faculty
member who was hired when I was in graduate school. At a
department party, to introduce himself he walked up to a
friend of mine and said "I hear you're an interesting
person. I'm an interesting person, too!"


Oh, I dunno, I thought Eddie was pretty funny, myself.

(the)duckster

In article NZpmj.83$O9.19@trnddc01,
\(the\)duckster wrote:
Oh, I dunno, I thought Eddie was pretty funny, myself.

See? Spam works.

I hear that Maryam Abacha needs help getting her dead
husband's money out of Nigeria. Can you help?
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In article ,
(Melinda Shore) wrote:

Anyway, this particular spammer reminds me of a new faculty
member who was hired when I was in graduate school. At a
department party, to introduce himself he walked up to a
friend of mine and said "I hear you're an interesting
person. I'm an interesting person, too!"

At least he didn't announce that he had a large penis.
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that our friend mehitabel * * * * |*
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Kevin Michael Vail wrote:
At least he didn't announce that he had a large penis.

That was somebody else at the same university. Over
dinner. Thai food.
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In article NZpmj.83$O9.19@trnddc01,
\(the\)duckster wrote:
Oh, I dunno, I thought Eddie was pretty funny, myself.

See? Spam works.

I hear that Maryam Abacha needs help getting her dead
husband's money out of Nigeria. Can you help?

I had actually seen this before on YouTube. My ten year old is fond of
searching for funny dog stories. There's a million of them out there.

Nice to meet you, too.

(the)duckster

In article Rw3nj.3976$z_6.2104@trnddc06,
\(the\)duckster wrote:
I had actually seen this before on YouTube.

Swell - you can leave comments there.

Framed in economic terms, incentives work. Framed in
behavioral terms, behavior which is rewarded tends to
increase. Either way, it doesn't strike me as a
particularly good idea to reward drive-by posters who have
no interest in participating in what used to be a discussion
group, whether those drive-by posters are spammers trying to
get! rich!! quick!!! by driving up ad views on their
no-reason-to-exist "blogs" or people who want votes for
their really cute puppy that's participating in a contest or
people trying to pimp their videos. Rewarding that behavior
attracts more of it.

There are certainly plenty of places to go to find adorable
puppy videos but not so many places where you can find
substantive discussions about dog behavior. Granted, there
are a few regular posters here who have no apparent interest
in dogs, but they're the exception and they're a problem,
too.

Anyway, rewarding drive-bys: bad for the newsgroup.
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"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
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In article Rw3nj.3976$z_6.2104@trnddc06,
\(the\)duckster wrote:
I had actually seen this before on YouTube.

Swell - you can leave comments there.

Is this a moderated newsgroup? If it is, I must be more computer saavy then
I thought as it appears I got past security.

Having no recollection of seeing a login/password page, might you be kind
enough to post a link to it? I own four dogs myself and am keenly
interested in the subject matter. TIA

Kind regards,

(the)duckster

In article d6knj.5172$z_6.117@trnddc06,
\(the\)duckster wrote:
Is this a moderated newsgroup?

No, but leaving comments here about a video on Youtube seems
to miss the point. Plus, as I explained, you're encouraging
more spammers, more drive-bys, more off-topic, and more
behavior that makes this newsgroup less useful for
discussing dogs rather than more.

But hey, if you don't give a **** about that kind of thing
then you just don't give a ****.
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