Ted,
   I like the way you love to attack everyone for having an opinion
which does not fit your thought process - sort of reminds me of the
Nazis during WWII - my way or death. Your accusations are all that keeps
you alive at times and I know that you do have information worth sharing
to say but have yet to learn to control yourself to make the points. You
always have to make someone look bad or come up with an accusation to
discredit them so as to keep you on top. Your accusation in this case is
a "shill" which I for one think is ridiculous. If you can provide I am a
shill for someone then do so; if not then you owe me and this ng an
apology for being such an arrogant and obnoxious person when things do
not go your way. Talking of "shills" is Ronnie Ruff yours?
   As far as surveys go it is up to the reader to decide to do this or
not. They should be able to read what is there and decide to submit or
not. Lets give people on these old computers a little credit for having
a thinking process.
   You say I am a relative newcomer to computers and to email.... Since
I remember using ROSCOE for an email system on the mainframe back in the
late 60 and early 70s could be mistaken on the actual start date and I
have used email since forums started I would say our time in this is
equal or not. So when did you work with computer systems, what degrees
do you have behind them, and how long have you been using email? 
   Also, what medical background do you have in diabetes? What research
or papers have you published in this area or in information sciences?
Where can we read these?

Ted Rosenberg wrote:
> 
> Terry, I have been in computers MUCH longer than you have, I have had
> email for longer than you have been in computers, so don't try the
> "authority" fallacious argument.
> 
> That fact does not make MY opinion any better, any more than it makes
> YOUR argument any good
> 
> Any idiot who argues that in some way being able to wire a board makes
> them any more an expert on usenet fraud is clearly showing off their
> incompetence.
> 
> SOME possible relevance is in my years of experience with usenet and its
> predecessors, moderated groupmail and echoes - but actually, the real
> days of fraudulent surveys are only the last few years.
> 
> You are a relative newcomer here, and you are QUITE welcome to answer
> ANY scam on the net - What bothers me is that in your recent posts, you
> seem to have become a shill, for scammers, and appear to be being paid.
> 
> Anyone who does not heed warnings not to fill out surveys for
> unidentified sources will reap the consequences.
>