Re: hp laptop

Tom wrote:
> In article <tgp324t5pvdli3j6hpgh2ms6u8eoftg60r@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, wmorran@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> actually some people (assholes) do that on purpose so their posts stay
>> at the top till that date, easy to find when reading newsgroups.  Of
>> course bad ettiquette.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 05 May 2008 20:03:50 GMT, "Gibson" <gibson08@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> I think he is to stupid to notice he is almost a month and a half
ahead of 
>>> the actual REAL date.
> 
> Just wondering, which newsreaders are susceptible to this problem of
fake 
> timestamps? I'm using News Xpress 2.01 (Feb 1997) and I've never had a
problem 
> with these fake timestamps messing up the listing. Google Groups doesn't
seem 
> to be affected by this either. Which newsreader are you guys using?

Most people have their news sorted by date posted. If you sort by date, 
it will affect any reader.