Ben Sego wrote in message ...

wrote:
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I further implied, in the first apostrophe, "You may note that the post which
you attribute to me, posted by "a ," has no 'X-No-Archive" header
included with it. It is for this reason that the post was archived by Google
Groups, and you were able to reference it by means of a link to their files.
While this is certainly not definitive proof that it was posted by someone other
than myself, it is a fact that should be considered in concert with the other
evidence presented here."

Ben Sego said:
Well, it is probably clear to you that I deduced the actual technical
details of the situation. I sought only to clarify for you and other
readers. Still, I should not have presumed any lack of understanding of
the detailed situation on your part. For that inaccurate presumption
on _my_ part, I offer my apology. snip

Pacplyer realizes:
Well that's my fault then Ben, for misidentifying the two a@a's. It
is I who must apologize for mixing them up (have to speak to an "AA"
counselor about that ;-) There were just so many similarities... what
struck me as remarkable was the reversal in attitude toward Burt, and
the same "footnote in aviation" diatribe being used against the second
"a" that earlier he (the first a) attacked Veeduber with. Alas, it was
simpler in the days of Ben Franklin when he published his opinions as
an alias that was more easy to distinguish: Ms. Silence Dogood.

So , if you are a different "a" than a , I am sorry for
confusing you two... who both, passionately argued about the same
subject, emersed in the same dialog, and both claimed to know all
about Mr Burt Rutan! Might I make a suggestion to you? Is there any
chance you could pick a more imaginative alias? Like let's call you:
ie. Or how about:
id or mabey: h? See,
those email alias' I *can* remember and differentiate. And as a side
benefit you can get some of that hero-worship, fame and respect that
you seem to begrudge Mr. Rutan. ;-)

One more irony exists though, that I can't figure out: I cannot read
either of the "a"'s postings about half the time. But everybody else
seems to be able to. These two posters are the only ones I've had
trouble with. Another amazing coincidence? But I can sometimes read
the omitted "a" posting on another web-based newsreader. Ben, I'm all
ears as to why. There is no news server at Direcway my ISP. Could
that be why? Or is there a way to selectively exclude one user
address from seeing the rebuttal? This may not be rocket science for
you Ben, but I'm scratching my head here.

"a"#2 says: snip both ends
This is oddly similar to the line that the anonymous pacplyer erroneously
attributes to me: "Bert is a giant in aviation and you are not even a footnote."
Is it possible that the anonymous DO is also the anonymous ? They
certainly seem to take the same view of Mr. Rutan, one far removed from my own.
Perhaps the anonymous pacplyer can investigate further, and inform us of his
findings.


Sure, why not. My next lunar space-laser patent application isn't due
to be filed for another few sidereal hours.

pac "undercover rocket detective" plyer