On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:00:58 -0000 'Ant'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

>"hummingbird" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:49:02 -0000 'Ant'
>> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>>
>>>"hummingbird" wrote:
>>>> These people only
>>>> have to find one header in several posts that match, to declare they
>>>> were posted by the same person.
>>>
>>>So what?
>>
>> Who are you?
>
>I am anonymous.
>
>> I was having a debate with Sebastian.
>
>You posted to usenet where anyone can join in.

True, but my comments were addressed to Sebastian and you know
how it is trying to hold two conversations at once and how muddled
things can get.

>>>> Now, you and I may think that is
>>>> ridiculous and is only trivial or circumstantial evidence, but on
>>>> ACF it's more than enough for the dorks to declare proven guilt and
>>>> to accuse that person of sockpuppeting or spoofing
>>>
>>>Who cares?
>>
>> Ditto. If you don't care, why bother posting at all?
>
>Because I'd like you to explain what the problem is.

Ooh so you *do* care.

I think I posted enough clues for most folks to get the picture.
If either of you want more explanation, send an e-mail
to hellhole2007 AT libero.it

>>>> to smear their name and discredit them.
>>>
>>>What tosh. Any regular poster keeps the same handle and is judged by
>>>the articles they post, not by trolls.
>>
>> You obviously are a little naive about these matters.
>
>Pleas explain, then.

See my previous comments.

>>>I always post as "Ant" but you know nothing about me apart from the
>>>ISP I use.
>>
>> You forgot these headers of yours which all help to ID you:
>>
>> X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com
>
>I post through giganews, along with many others, one of the largest if
>not *the* largest news provider.
>
>> NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.189.16.24
>
>24.16.189.80.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 189.16.24.fdial.global.net.uk.
>
>Belongs to Brightview who are the resellers of bandwidth that my ISP
>uses. So, in fact, you don't even know my ISP.
>
>> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
>
>An old version of OE. So what?
>
>> Now what were you saying?
>
>See above.

Indeed but your statement was that I only know who your ISP is.
I pointed out that your headers reveal more about you than that.
(not more about you personally but more about you on Usenet).