Re: Some functions for curmudgeons

[jesseh@cs.kun.nl (Jesse F. Hughes)]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@quimbies.gnus.org> writes:

> jesseh@cs.kun.nl (Jesse F. Hughes) writes:
>
>> Now, here's the problem: Lots of folks on Usenet are sloppy and lazy
>> writers, relying on stupid smiley faces in place of actual humor and
>> using the same hackneyed phrases so often that acronyms are
>> sufficient. Very annoying.
>
> Heh!!!!  Funny.  :-)

I knew that my rules would lower the score some of the most
knowledgeable posters on gnu.emacs.gnus, but just to show how
forgiving I am:

  You lost 1 point for the smiley.

  The excessive use of exclamation points didn't cost anything.  I am
so magnanimous that I allow four in a row before scoring lower.

Not too bad.

Some time, I will write a function that scores a poster down if the
amount of quoted material vastly exceeds the amount of new material.
Not that your reply above counts in this respect --  I'm thinking of
people that quote 100 lines to write "me too".

Also, maybe I should lower top-posters, too.

This is why I love Gnus.  You can satisfy some of the frustrations of
an impotent peon in the modern world by pretending you have a modicum
of power in the form of retributive scoring functions.  What other
news readers offer such therapeutic value?

-- 
"I don't know why I live in a world with so many supposed
mathematicians who are all so dumb AND rude.  Why oh why couldn't
someone like Gauss or Dedekind still be around?  Shoot, I'd even take
someone like Hardy at this point." -- James S Harris compromises