Is this newsgroup dying?

vzlion wrote:

If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be
about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to

I have a few tricks to cut down wasted time in newsgroups. They work
in Netscape, and I assume other software has these capabilities.

Use a narrow Subject column in your message list. That lets you scan
it quicker. I follow more than 60 newsgroups and don't have time for
long-winded subject lines.

Configure the newsreader to display threads in "collapsed" form. I.e.,
no matter how many messages in the thread, it occupies one line in the
message list. This tremendously declutters your screen. Click the +
sign on the left side of the subject line to expand any thread that
looks interesting. When the thread's expanded you can see all its
messages.

Use the Ignore Thread command on the useless threads. In Netscape,
when viewing the message list, select a thread and hit the k key.
You'll never see that thread again. (There is an command to make all
threads, including ignored, visible.) The highlight automatically
jumps down to the next thread containing an unread message, whereupon
you hit k again. You can take advantage of this by holding k down so
it repeats, "machine gunning" all remaining threads. It will hit any
thread with an unread message, so if you skip some replies (I do that
if there are a great many), do the Mark Thread Read command to shield
that thread from the machine gun.

Working this way I can get through r.a.m. in less than 10 seconds and
move on to the next group. Of course it takes longer on those
occasions when there's something here worth reading!

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Paul Hirose
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Subject: Is this newsgroup dying?
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 2/5/04 3:15 PM Pac

he guys who are pumping in the most about politics are those with least or
no
military flying experience. They don't have much else to talk about. Some
years
back we had loads of B-17, B-24 and P51 pilots here as well as navigators
and
gunners. They are all are gone now driven off by the wannabees. I'm the only
one left and it will be a cold day in hell before I'll be driven off by
these
snot-nosed, loud mouthed wannabees.

Arthur Kramer

Is this the same Art who quite often introduces politics? Gosh, Art,
you sure know how to hurt a guy. I love to talk politics. I teach
politics. I've got a BS and MS in Political Science and another MS in
International Relations.

But, if this "snot-nosed, loud-mouthed wannabee" offends you...

Oh, yeah, I've got a bit of military flying experience too. I've been
to town and seen the elephant.


You fail to qualify as a wannabee. You don't lack enough experience.

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

I'm not the greatest contributor, but I have been reading here for at
least 8 years or so. I think the problem is the number of personal attacks
and flames. As Ed said, politics is related to war, as are many other
things (e.g., psychology in the pilot wouldn't fly thread). If folks could
be a little more polite (or simply ignore baiting posts) and focus on
discussing facts with a reasonably open and tolerable mind, this would be a
much nicer place.
Now I'll thank you for your time, and apologize if my soap-box speech
crossed too far into preaching. Regards,

Tony Volk

"vzlion" wrote in message
...
If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be
about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to
scan out tyhe non-aviation subjects. If I want to read about politics
I'll go to another newsdroup or watch the news or read the paper.


Walt


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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:20:23 -0600 (CST), wrote in
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I've been hanging around here for right at 6 years & it's always been
full of OT BS. Sometimes it just ain't worth dropping in. Dying? It's
either one slow death or it's been dead for years.

Perhaps, if one of the regulars of rec.aviation.military took it upon
himself to post the newsgroup charter periodically, the articles might
be a bit more on topic. At least new subscribers would be aware of
what subjects are considered on-topic.

It seems that Mr. Peck has ceased posting this:


Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military
From: (Geoff Peck)
Subject: CHARTER: rec.aviation.military
Message-ID:
Expires: 16 Feb 2002
Organization: The rec.aviation auto-poster


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************************************************** **************************
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* and rumored; military aircraft technology; military aircraft
* actions and incidents. Not intended to compete with sci.military,
* this group simply provides a legitimate home for the many military
* postings which already exist on rec.aviation.
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rec.aviation.marketplace Aviation classifieds
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and future
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In article ,
Ed Rasimus wrote:

On 05 Feb 2004 20:02:57 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

ubject: Is this newsgroup dying?
From: vzlion
Date: 2/5/04 10:45 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be
about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to
scan out tyhe non-aviation subjects. If I want to read about politics
I'll go to another newsdroup or watch the news or read the paper.


Walt

Actually, the group is rec.aviation.military, and the purpose for
military aviation is to fight wars and war is politics carried on by
"other means". The linkage between politics and war is too tight to
break.


I think this tought sums up the issue in a nutshell. If it weren't for
politics failing (or was that diplomacy?) There wouldn't be wars to
re-analyze 50 years later. %^#^**(^!@#@! politicians...

--
Dana Miller

"ArtKramr" wrote in message
...
Subject: Is this newsgroup dying?
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 2/5/04 3:15 PM Pac

he guys who are pumping in the most about politics are those with least
or
no
military flying experience. They don't have much else to talk about.
Some
years
back we had loads of B-17, B-24 and P51 pilots here as well as
navigators
and
gunners. They are all are gone now driven off by the wannabees. I'm the
only
one left and it will be a cold day in hell before I'll be driven off by
these
snot-nosed, loud mouthed wannabees.

Arthur Kramer

Is this the same Art who quite often introduces politics? Gosh, Art,
you sure know how to hurt a guy. I love to talk politics. I teach
politics. I've got a BS and MS in Political Science and another MS in
International Relations.

But, if this "snot-nosed, loud-mouthed wannabee" offends you...

Oh, yeah, I've got a bit of military flying experience too. I've been
to town and seen the elephant.


You fail to qualify as a wannabee. You don't lack enough experience.

Arthur Kramer

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!
That...is a gem. Thanks, Art.

Cheers.

In article , vzlion
wrote:

If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be
about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to
scan out tyhe non-aviation subjects. If I want to read about politics
I'll go to another newsdroup or watch the news or read the paper.


it is not the newsgroup that has changed, it is the fact that this is
wartime and you are comparing it to the newsgroup as it existed in
peacetime.

i have seen rec.aviation.military become political before, during times
of brief u.s. military activity such as the kosovo war in 1999.

then afterwards, the newsgroup would revert back to on-topic aviation.
the difference is that there is no afterwards this time, the u.s. has
been at war 2 1/2 years with no end in sight.

so don't expect the politics to subside until it ends, whenever that
may be.

Subject: Is this newsgroup dying?
From: "PosterBoy"
Date: 2/6/04 12:24 AM Pacific

You fail to qualify as a wannabee. You don't lack enough experience.

Arthur Kramer

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!
That...is a gem. Thanks, Art.

Cheers.



Aw shucks. Tweren't nuthin''. (shy grin)



Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

"Tony Volk" wrote in message
...
I'm not the greatest contributor, but I have been reading here for at
least 8 years or so. I think the problem is the number of personal
attacks
and flames. As Ed said, politics is related to war, as are many other
things (e.g., psychology in the pilot wouldn't fly thread). If folks
could
be a little more polite (or simply ignore baiting posts) and focus on
discussing facts with a reasonably open and tolerable mind, this would be
a
much nicer place.
Now I'll thank you for your time, and apologize if my soap-box speech
crossed too far into preaching. Regards,

Just me stopping trolls from making every third thread be about me has
improved ram. It was the least I could do in support of raising the level
of discussion here.

"vzlion" wrote in message
...
If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be
about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to
scan out tyhe non-aviation subjects. If I want to read about politics
I'll go to another newsdroup or watch the news or read the paper.


Walt


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Glenfiddich wrote:

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:18:26 +0500, wrote:


In article , vzlion
wrote:


If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be
about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to
scan out tyhe non-aviation subjects. If I want to read about politics
I'll go to another newsdroup or watch the news or read the paper.


it is not the newsgroup that has changed, it is the fact that this is
wartime and you are comparing it to the newsgroup as it existed in
peacetime.

i have seen rec.aviation.military become political before, during times
of brief u.s. military activity such as the kosovo war in 1999.

then afterwards, the newsgroup would revert back to on-topic aviation.
the difference is that there is no afterwards this time, the u.s. has
been at war 2 1/2 years with no end in sight.

so don't expect the politics to subside until it ends, whenever that
may be.


It's not only that - there are people cross-posting from other
newsgroups hoping to get us involved in their foodfights.

If you ignore all the messages cross-posted to other ngs,
you'll see that r.a.m. is still alive.

Furthermore, with all respect, why not post some interseting, on-topic
stuff, rather than moaning?

John