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Proposal For A New Rec.Aviation Newsgroup.
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:44:34 -0700, Sam Spade wrote in
6j6ug.782$_M.147@fed1read04: So, form a group called rec.faa.regulations.debate My suggestion was in jest. I have no idea about the protocol of the Usenet. Does "rec" stand for recreation? Yes. The rec.* newsgroups are one of the Big-8. Here are the eight hierarchies: comp.* Computer topics, both hardware and software. news.* Administration of the Big 8, as well as about Usenet and Netnews in general, and related topics. sci.* Science and technology. humanities.* The humanities. rec.* Recreational topics, including music, sports, games, outdoor recreation, hobbies, crafts, ... soc.* Socializing, society, and social issues. talk.* Endless discussion, largely about politics. misc.* A mixture of newsgroups that don’t fit the other 7 hierarchies. Many are about the practical aspects of everyday life. If so, there is nothing recreational about regulatory combat. ;-) Heh heh. There's a lot of "regulatory combat" going on in news.groups right now. :-O Be that as it may, I doubt that creation of a new newsgroup will protect r.a.p. from off-topic material. People like to talk with their friends about all kinds of things, even if the topics don't fit into the charter of a newsgroup. Marty -- Member of the Big-8 Management Board (B8MB), such as it is. The B8MB is a work in progress. See http://www.big-8.org for more information. |
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Proposal For A New Rec.Aviation Newsgroup.
I was reading , made
by the entity known as Henrietta K Thomas, that requests spam to be sent to and I became inspired, 1. Any new group in rec.aviation.* should start with rec.aviation. I like this. -- d:J0han; Certifiable me http://www.aacity.net Citroen Newsgroup Sig is being randomised, pls wait . . . . |
#103
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Proposal For A New Rec.Aviation Newsgroup.
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:03:30 -0400, "Martin X. Moleski, SJ"
wrote in :: I doubt that creation of a new newsgroup will protect r.a.p. from off-topic material. People like to talk with their friends about all kinds of things, even if the topics don't fit into the charter of a newsgroup. So, correct me if I'm wrong, you're saying, that because some members of a newsgroup's readership disrespect the newsgroup's charter, and post off-topic articles, there is no reason to make an attempt to mitigate the issue? |
#104
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McCain in '08
Morgans wrote: What we need is a new group. Call it rec.aviation.politics. From the amount of interest in discussing politics in THIS group, it ought to be a big hit! g -- Jim in NC rec. "anything" is no longer available. So I created this: http://groups.google.com/groups/adul...ics%3Flnk%3Dli Pilot Politics forum for us all to use. Monk |
#105
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Proposal For A New Rec.Aviation Newsgroup.
Larry Dighera wrote:
So, correct me if I'm wrong, you're saying, that because some members of a newsgroup's readership disrespect the newsgroup's charter, and post off-topic articles, there is no reason to make an attempt to mitigate the issue? In alt.config, the regulars run into this issue on a rather frequent basis. We call such formations "NIMBY" groups, or "not in my backyard" because it's someone wanting others to post in other groups. Experience shows that NIMBY groups don't work, and netcopping to say "now you have a group to post that in, go there" is frustrating to say the least. The only way to get a NIMBY to work is to have the people posting "offtopic" *want* to form their own group. B/ |
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Proposal For A New Rec.Aviation Newsgroup.
So, correct me if I'm wrong, you're saying, that because some members
of a newsgroup's readership disrespect the newsgroup's charter, and post off-topic articles, there is no reason to make an attempt to mitigate the issue? I think he means that it would =not= mitigate the issue, in fact it may make it worse (due to crossposting and multple posting). Jose -- The monkey turns the crank and thinks he's making the music. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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McCain in '08
On 15 Jul 2006 12:25:41 -0700, Flyingmonk wrote:
http://groups.google.com/groups/adul...ics%3Flnk%3Dli whatever you did, you didn't do it on Usenet but on a website, and on groups.google.com, one of the most spammer friendly web2news gateways I know. Anyway: *Usenet*-users can't use this "group". Monk #m -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bull**** nobody will read. |
#108
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Proposal For A New Rec.Aviation Newsgroup.
I was reading , made by the
entity known as Brian Mailman, that requests spam to be sent to and I became inspired, We call such formations "NIMBY" groups, or "not in my backyard" because it's someone wanting others to post in other groups. Experience shows that NIMBY groups don't work, and netcopping to say "now you have a group to post that in, go there" is frustrating to say the least. The only way to get a NIMBY to work is to have the people posting "offtopic" *want* to form their own group. If there is sufficient offtopic it could justify a split towards a new ontopic newsgroup. So if soc.man is invaded with offtopic chitchat the ontopic posters could unite, rationale and move towards soc.men.ontopic and if that's invaded they could go towards soc.men.ontopic.ontopic Who needs filters if the solution can be so simple. f-up set -- d:J0han; Certifiable me http://www.aacity.net Citroen Newsgroup Sig is being randomised, pls wait . . . . |
#109
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Proposal For A New Rec.Aviation Newsgroup.
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:05:50 -0700, Brian Mailman
wrote in :: Larry Dighera wrote: So, correct me if I'm wrong, you're saying, that because some members of a newsgroup's readership disrespect the newsgroup's charter, and post off-topic articles, there is no reason to make an attempt to mitigate the issue? In alt.config, the regulars run into this issue on a rather frequent basis. We call such formations "NIMBY" groups, or "not in my backyard" because it's someone wanting others to post in other groups. Experience shows that NIMBY groups don't work, and netcopping to say "now you have a group to post that in, go there" is frustrating to say the least. The only way to get a NIMBY to work is to have the people posting "offtopic" *want* to form their own group. B/ I see. So it looks like political discussion is destined to remain a fixture in rec.aviation.piloting. I suppose, if original message thread posters would be curious enough to preface their Subject lines with 'OT', it would facilitate filtering. On the other hand, I wonder how many of the current rec.aviation.piloting readership might truly desire a forum where pilots could discuss political aviation issues with their fellows? |
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McCain in '08
wrote in message ups.com... Umm, sorry to remind you, but it was John F. Kerry who decided to make Vietnam an issue and brag about his service during his four months there. Many others who were there during that time wished to tell their side of the story he was publicizing on the national stage. He bragged about his service? Really? I must have missed that. You must have missed his grand enterance at the Democratic National convention, too. Many others were there? Where would that be -- Vietnam? Their side of what story? Willful ignorance is most unbecoming. |
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