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Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
Unfortunately what you see is what you get with Salon's letters to the editor. I'm guessing, but I wonder if Salon picked this software based on it being so *different* from other forum packages. Basically they thought it was cool and edgy and just different enough to separate Salon from the rest of the pack on the 'net.
Personally, I wish they'd scrap this piece of fecal matter and go with a real NNTP setup. That's "Network News Transfer Protocol" for the newbies. It'd be a throw-back to the days of Usenet, but it would allow for true threading and the ability to use whatever Usenet reader strikes your fancy. Or mail client for that matter. Plus there are many, many HTTP interfaces to NNTP so Salon could have their cake and eat it too.
Baring that, I'd kill for a "ignore" or "filter" option. At least that way I can completely skip the crap and not waste the time and bytes downloading text I'm not going to read.
One can dream ...
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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