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From: Jim on 14 Apr 2010 09:45 On 2010-04-14, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >> >> It can be amusing (and/or horrifying) to dip into any of the .advocacy >> groups. >> >> Jim > > There the ones I was thinking of. They're really mad in there you know, > soft walls kind of mad. > It's been a long time since I went near one of them, but they always reminded me of the Monty Python sketch that starts out along the lines of "Hello, I'd like an argument, please". Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: zoara on 14 Apr 2010 18:55 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > [1] And the killfile entry is still active. Examine MacSoup to learn > how one may over-ride the killfile in MacSoup on a post-by-post basis. That would appear not to be its best feature. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: James Jolley on 14 Apr 2010 19:01 On 2010-04-14 23:55:12 +0100, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> said: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> [1] And the killfile entry is still active. Examine MacSoup to learn >> how one may over-ride the killfile in MacSoup on a post-by-post basis. > > That would appear not to be its best feature. > > -z- Yes, not to mention that we all don't use the same newsreader.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 15 Apr 2010 20:31 TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > [snip drivel] > > > > Your remarks on me are grossly inappropriate and ill-meant. > > Not at all. It just semed a perfect solution. No, your remarks on me are grossly inappropriate and ill-meant. You're /also/ a malicious liar - evidenced by your false claim above. [snip reams of what I assume is malicious abusive drivel that I've not bothered reading] > I think you need to wind your neck in a bit. I think you need to mind your own damned business for a bit, you do. Shut up, leave off the personal abuse, leave out the personal comments entirely, and stick to technical issues. That's all I'm suggesting you do - just get off my back. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 16 Apr 2010 01:49
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > It's not just management though. I strongly suspect that the average 20yr > > old University student doesn't even know usenet exists. > > And why? Management decisions, that's why. The students are pushed > towards `modern' Windows Webby stuff. Unlikely. Even pre-Uni I'd bet that most <20yr olds are much more familiar with web based stuff because it's what they use at home. It's what their friends use, and it's what they use to stay in touch with each other. Most smartphones have Twitter clients and Facebook clients. > Management could provide information via Usenet and could provide > discussion forums that way, but they prefer to use more modern (and more > expensive and less good) Web based methods constructed using tools > supplied by MS. Not always. I expect a fair few are using Linux/php-type solutions. Less cost, same result. <snip> > > >> Let's face it, usenet has been > > >> dying for years because to a lot of the younger generation (and Gods I > > >> hate that term) usenet doesn't exist - it's all Facebook, Twitter, the > > >> Web in general. > > > > > > Shrinking is not dying. > > > > Depends. If it continues to shrink it will die or, at least, becomes so > > small that its use becomes negated. > > Which makes no sense at all. Usenet relies for its effectiveness on having a lot of people using it. The fewer who do, the less use it is. At some point it will reach a tipping point where it's just the same old people talking about the same old things, and at that point people like Individual.net will probably seriously consider dropping it. As I posted, they've seen a steady decline in usenet traffic over the last few years. > > > >> Rightly or wrongly usenet is going the way of gopher. > > > > > > Ripe for a resurgence, you mean? > > > > I mean usenet is being used by fewer and fewer people. > > [snip] > > And I mean that Gopher has returned from the dead, undergoing something > of a resurgence, not being used by fewer and fewer people as you claim. Interesting, if true. Could you provide a link to that info please? Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK Please help save Bletchley Park - sign the petition for Government funding at: (open to UK residents and ex.pats) http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/ Thank you. |