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Article #697131Re: 2016 c.s.i.p.g.a Games Give-Away Advent Calendar - Day 5
From: Toby Newman
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:15
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:15
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On 2016-12-07, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com> wrote: > On 2016-12-07, Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 12:14:37 -0800 (PST), Metal Guru >><themet...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Last year I was able to grab exactly one of your keys - and acknowledged it. >>> This year they seem to go within seconds or minutes and I haven't been as >>> lucky but I don't think there are bots involved given the sorry state of Usenet >>> these days. >> >>> Keep on rocking Spalls, your efforts and generosity are not going unnoticed. >> >> Well, it's always nice to be appreciated, although that's not really >> the goal of my moaning. I just want more traffic in this newsgroup ;-) >> >> Actually, I've occassionally seen this newsgroup content mirrored on >> web-forums and I wonder if - assuming its not bots - if it's people >> there who are snagging the keys. Those forums don't allow people to >> post out to usenet, so they may be acknowledging their receipt but we >> can't hear 'em. >> >> Ah well, at least /SOMEBODY/ is getting the games. I hope they are >> having fun with 'em. > > The key in this thread, F4YFV-E6GND-0D30P, gets no hits on Google so > I don't think it's been copied to the web. Considering if it takes some time to propagate, this key from 2015 only occurs on the web two times: DHEGQ-H0QDH-TPKJX So I really do think they're not significantly leaking off usenet! -- -Toby Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.
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