Proposal for an iPad newsgroup
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From: Larry on 10 Mar 2010 20:16 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote in news:michelle- 7C1E38.18062110032010(a)nothing.attdns.com: > FUAD? > Fart Up A Drain? -- "iPad is to computing what Etch-A-Sketch is to art!" Larry
From: Adam H. Kerman on 10 Mar 2010 20:31 Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: >"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk(a)chinet.com> wrote: >>>>1) Are YOU talking about the topic on Usenet? >>>>2) Is ANYBODY talking about the topic on Usenet? >>>>Asking if a group should exist WITHOUT LEARNING IF THERE IS AN AUDIENCE >>>>is useless. >>>I DID THAT!!!! >>You've performed the Justification already? Don't keep it a secret. It's >>intregral to proposal discussion. >Learn how to read for comprehension. No, girl. YOU learn what justification is. Too bad I didn't actually spell it out for you in the thread that you started in alt.config, that you just couldn't bother to read.
From: Adam H. Kerman on 10 Mar 2010 20:54 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: >Michelle Steiner wrote: >>I tentatively suggest misc.phone.mobile.ipad, >how about comp.sys.mac.handheld >which would cater to ipoddtouch, iphone, ipad and whatever else Apple >may think of in that product space ? >In other words, sometghing which encompasses all product with that >version/build of OS-X with the touchscreen user interface etc etc. There is an old newsgroup, improperly named comp.sys.handhelds (note the plural), the name of which is broad enough for the discussion that you propose. comp.sys.handhelds Handheld computers and programmable calculators. comp.sys.* is used for all sorts of computer newsgroups in which "system" isn't actually the main topic of discussion. These are device groups, obviously. comp.sys.* also distinguishes "handheld" from "palmtop", with these groups: comp.sys.palmtops Super-powered calculators in the palm of your hand. comp.sys.palmtops.pilot The Pilot handheld computer. If there must be an iPad specific group, perhaps comp.sys.handhelds.ipad, or comp.sys.palmtops.ipad. This may be one of the few times when an alt proponent who never intended to proponent the groups still put some though into naming: alt.comp.devices.calculators Calculator discussion, multi-lingual alt.comp.devices.cellphones Cellular telephone discussion, mutli-lingual alt.comp.devices.digital-cameras Digital camera discussion, multi-lingual alt.comp.devices.mobile-computers Discussion of laptops, handhelds and peripherals for them, multi-lingual although these four groups lack archived initial newgroup messages. Their archived newgroup messages are from the robot.
From: Jim Gibson on 10 Mar 2010 21:20 In article <100320102015415291%fort514(a)mac.com>, Charles <fort514(a)mac.com> wrote: > In article <4b97f8db$0$5266$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei > <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > how about comp.sys.mac.handheld > > I think that is bad. It is not a Mac! I tend to agree, but it does run a version of the Mac operating system. Of course, the same can be said of the iPhone and iPod touch. I personally would like to see an iPad group kept out of the cell-phone groups, because it is not a phone. I don't own a cellphone, but I plan on getting an iPad. The current device most similar to the iPad would be the iPod touch. Are there any groups for that device? The only group I could find (on News.Individual.NET) is rec.media.players.portable.ipod. I would prefer: comp.sys.mac.ipad but would also suggest: comp.sys.apple.ipad comp.sys.apple.handheld -- Jim Gibson
From: Kathy Morgan on 10 Mar 2010 22:54
[f'ups set to news.groups] Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <hn8pc5$vo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk(a)chinet.com> wrote: > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > >"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk(a)chinet.com> wrote: > > > What you've done thus far is useless. Now, read the followup I posted to > > learn what the USEFUL initial steps there are to take. It starts with, > > > > 1) Are YOU talking about the topic on Usenet? > > > > 2) Is ANYBODY talking about the topic on Usenet? > > > > Asking if a group should exist WITHOUT LEARNING IF THERE IS AN AUDIENCE > > is useless. > > I DID THAT!!!! Yes, and you even mentioned it in the original post in the thread. Adam can't stand any idea that comes from anyone else and will do his best to drive you away. It looks like you have him pretty well figured out; you can safely just ignore him. For any reasonable person not aware that the subject is being discussed on Usenet, Individual.Net has 181 posts about the iTab in comp.sys.mac.comm, 711 posts in comp.sys.mac.system, and 1650 posts in misc.phone.mobile.iphone in the past month and a half. I don't read misc.phone.mobile.iphone, but Michelle reports that at least some of the regulars there would rather not have the discussion there--and I have previously found Michelle to be reliable and honest in her reporting. Michelle (and others): You may also feel free to discuss the informal proposal (and hopefully later a formal RFD) in news.groups.proposals, which is moderated for civility and topicality. (Your attempt to crosspost the proposal there was rejected by software for the crosspost before it was seen by a human moderator. We human moderators would be happy to see the discussion there, or news.groups is also fine.) Once a formal RFD is posted, discussion should occur in news.groups.proposals. I believe all members of the Big 8 Management Board read all posts there, which is not true of news.groups. -- Kathy |