I have stayed awake several nights in a row now since I realized Unk, in dividing up the old threads, has a miscellaneous category and an uncategorized category. What, pray tell is the difference? Anyone? I am about to go MAD.

-- Enlightenment (gone@away.now), July 14, 2001

Answers

'Uncategorized' is where new threads go when the poster leaves the category option at its default setting of 'Don't Know'. A thread doesn't go into the 'miscellaneous' category unless the poster specifically selects it as a category option.

-- (hope@this.helps), July 14, 2001.

Don't be MAD. Be glad.

-- Ought to (be@a.commercial), July 14, 2001.

There is no difference. Miscellaneous was put there to keep the anal retentives happy. If they don't have a way to organize everything, their entire world falls apart. Sound familiar?

-- (no problemo @ just hang loose. take a chill pill), July 14, 2001.

The Miscellaneous category doesn't only exist for the anal retentives. It also conveys that a thread is outside the scope of the other categories. However, an Uncategorized thread could belong under Humor, Economy, Miscellaneous, or any of the other categories.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), July 14, 2001.

There you go again, being anal retentive David.

-- (i.rest@my.case), July 14, 2001.

OK David, but then what are those categories there for, if the poster isn't using them?

What we really ought to have is:

• Uncategorized — I'm too lazy to choose a category

• Uncategorized — Categories are for wimps

• Uncategorized — What I've got to say in this thread could embarrass the hell out of me after today, so this is the best place to hide it

• Uncategorized — *I* know better than to squish things into neat pigeon holes

• Uncategorized — Can I come back and categorize it later after I figure out what I said?

• Uncategorized — I'm just a hit-and-run interloper in this forum. Ask me if I care!

• Uncategorized — The category I want isn't even HERE.

• Uncategorized:— ___________ Fill in the blank and create an administrative nightmare for Unk!

-- Debbie (dbspence@usa.net), July 14, 2001.

There is no difference between the two. They are only different names for the same thing. Kind of like FutureShock and Syd Barrett, or FutureShock and Enlighten... oh, never mind.

-- J (Y2J@home.comm), July 15, 2001.

Yeah, kinda like J and dipshit, same thing.

-- (i see what @ you. mean), July 15, 2001.

i think "i.rest@my.case" makes a fair comment in order to try to overcome my anal retentive personality i am making myself type this without any capitalization or punctuation i have to concede that i find it liberating

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), July 16, 2001.