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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ... Followup-To: alt.usage.english Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:40:34 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: hayesstw@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:35:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0538510d938ef49c5697b8ac61f43afc"; logging-data="1130151"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18Mf20oHA/5+TX4xHB9CKV4hzHZ4qp10Gg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:ellfE49oYYb4YwoqyPWRPyhy/GE= X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Bytes: 2517 On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:57:39 -0700, HenHanna wrote: >On 4/13/2024 11:33 AM, HenHanna wrote: >> >> so it seems PTD wasn't a big fish (Trump) elsewhere. >> >> >> > The BIG FISH comment reminds me of a Master's thesis, I forget where, >> > that analysed roles of people in newsgroups. It caused great amusement >> > here (AUE) because it so badly miscategorised the roles of the >> > regulars. In >> > particular, it concluded that PTD was the most-respected of the AUE >> > regulars, because of the many responses to him. It's true that he did >> > start the most arguments. PTD was a regular in sci.lang via Googlegroups, and suddenly jumped into aue as a result of something that was crossposted there. He became something of a notorious nuisance, a source of misinformation about which he was in constant dispute. He was rather a disruptive influence. He could contribute useful information on topics he knew something about, but he became argumentative about things of which he was altogether ignorant. The instance I remember most was when he denied that the town of El Paso, Illinois, existed, and continued to deny its existence no matter what evidence was put before him. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk