We need a rec.aviation.homebuilt.binaries group.

On Tue, 24 May 2005 06:58:47 -0700, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

On Tue, 24 May 2005 08:49:58 -0400, Tedstriker wrote:

I wish we had a rec aviation homebuilt binaries group. Is there one?
we need a place to post pictures of our planes and things we are
working on. If others could see pictures, it's easier than trying to
describe what you are tyring to build or accomplish. I could make it
easier to get helpful comments if one were to get stuck building a
part, ect..

The creation process for a USENET newsgroup is summarized at:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/crea...sgroups/part1/

The process was deliberately designed to make creation of a new group difficult.
A better way to handle it is to put the images up on a web page and post the
link.

Ron Wanttaja


Ron, how about creating it? you know how, and it would be great to
have. There are enough digital cameras out there now so that I'm sure
there would be a lot of good pictures of aircraft parts, projects, and
planes. Of course, there's no way to stop the group from being
spammed with inappropriate pictures, so users would have to use
filters. I'm sure there are jerks that post their trash to any group
that has the word "binary, or binaries" in it's groups name. But that
should stop the creation of a really helpful group.

"Tedstriker" wrote in message
...

Ron, how about creating it? you know how, and it would be great to
have. There are enough digital cameras out there now so that I'm sure
there would be a lot of good pictures of aircraft parts, projects, and
planes. Of course, there's no way to stop the group from being
spammed with inappropriate pictures, so users would have to use
filters. I'm sure there are jerks that post their trash to any group
that has the word "binary, or binaries" in it's groups name. But that
should stop the creation of a really helpful group.

Keep in mind that the pictures in .binaries groups usually don't last long.
Most news servers are configured to delete binary posts in a matter of days,
sometimes as short as 24 hours. Maybe it's better to use a Yahoo group for
this?!?

Rob

There are still binaries groups?

A website would be a lot cleaner and easier to keep clean.

You could have a registration procedure where posters would have to
reply back to an email thus confirming their realness. And of course
moderators would work, you could have a number of moderators to share
the work load.

This type of site is a lot of work (keeping it going wise). Easy
enough technically, the software is available for free. Any webhost
running php with mysql would do. Costs would be between 20$/m and
$50/m. (USD).

Selling some banners ads would defer the cost. But as always,
advertising is based on traffic, I don't see much traffic here
nowadays.

I found http://www.airliners.net last night. Some really nice photos.
(disclaimer, i have no connection with this website.).

I have created newsgroups, it can be done, but many die from non-use,
low traffic and usenet was not set up for binaries.


Tedstriker wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2005 06:58:47 -0700, Ron Wanttaja
wrote:

On Tue, 24 May 2005 08:49:58 -0400, Tedstriker
wrote:

I wish we had a rec aviation homebuilt binaries group. Is there
one?
we need a place to post pictures of our planes and things we are
working on. If others could see pictures, it's easier than trying
to
describe what you are tyring to build or accomplish. I could make
it
easier to get helpful comments if one were to get stuck building a
part, ect..

The creation process for a USENET newsgroup is summarized at:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/crea...sgroups/part1/

The process was deliberately designed to make creation of a new
group difficult.
A better way to handle it is to put the images up on a web page and
post the
link.

Ron Wanttaja


Ron, how about creating it? you know how, and it would be great to
have. There are enough digital cameras out there now so that I'm sure
there would be a lot of good pictures of aircraft parts, projects,
and
planes. Of course, there's no way to stop the group from being
spammed with inappropriate pictures, so users would have to use
filters. I'm sure there are jerks that post their trash to any group
that has the word "binary, or binaries" in it's groups name. But that
should stop the creation of a really helpful group.