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We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. I have concluded it is time to find web based groups. I will hang around for awhile, still, but find much more activity on the web. I have tried the forums at the Fine Scale Modeler web site and am pretty happy with them. I will continue with that site. Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? snip.... >I have tried the forums at the Fine Scale Modeler web site and am pretty >happy with them. I will continue with that site. > >Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? A good question. Google or not, it's still hard to find things. That's why this used to be such a great place. You could find everything here, planes, armor, sci-fi, ships etc. I'm sure there are a lot of old hands that could use a list of "where & what" pointers. I still miss the mon-key........ Got a B-10 in the stash. > We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? Its true that RMS has sort of become that uncle the family does not talk about, but it is still a source for info, off topic humour, etc. that you may not find in the FSM or other group forums. The reason I don't go to them much is that I forget about them. I have 20 or so google groups that I visit and find I like to putz around them - easier to access, etc, don't need to remember passwords, etc... the only other forum that I have posted on is hyperscale. If forums had an option where you could be notified that a response to your query has been posted it would be a great help for me, otherwise I'm probably gonna forget what I posted and where I posted it. Craig > Its true that RMS has sort of become that uncle the family does not > talk about, but it is still a source for info, off topic humour And sometimes off-COLOR humor...... 8^P >> Its true that RMS has sort of become that uncle the family does not >> talk about, but it is still a source for info, off topic humour > > And sometimes off-COLOR humor...... > 8^P actually, that would be off-colour humour :~D RobG (the Aussie one) > >> Its true that RMS has sort of become that uncle the family does not > >> talk about, but it is still a source for info, off topic humour [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > RobG > (the Aussie one) Are you trying to teach me the Queen's English, mate? You probably spell tires with a "Y" too..... ;^) > > >> Its true that RMS has sort of become that uncle the family does not > > >> talk about, but it is still a source for info, off topic humour [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > You probably spell tires with a "Y" too..... > ;^) Exactly my point. You would never see this fun banter on FSM, etc...... Craig (the Aussie one) > Are you trying to teach me the Queen's English, mate? We all know he is ;) > We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? Web forums have their ups and downs. Downs include corruption of the MySQL database for example :-) Or DDOS attacks. And speed. And page rendering. And browser problems. And crappy styles, non-threading, and other deficiencies of a particular forum design. The ups are more features for those that value that sort of thing. Personally I am happy with some forums like ModelWarships.com and the wonderful resource at JAircraft.com, but others like SteelNavy are so retarded that they are useless as forums unless you like to waste hours of your time for little actual reading done. I think Usenet still has lots of life in it, actually. And maybe someone will figure out a good interface (better than Google groups) that will permit easier interface. You know, things like News to Mail interfaces are quite good and Usenet groups and mailing lists live together quite well as a result. I still miss the mailing list for SMML which is now a Yahoo group, hard to follow and crappy mail format. Gernot Hassenpflug >> We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We >> remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Gernot Hassenpflug I still like the Usenet format. I use Xnews, text based and very fast. I am subscribed to a number of Yahoo groups, but I don't read them much 'cuz the threading is for the birds. Steelnavy is OK, you need to develop a style for it. I open each thread that I'm interested in in a new tab. Usually when I go there it's interesting enough to make it worthwhile. I tried MW recently it was OK, I've done Hyperscale. Ick.  Signature"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure." —Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 1823 >> Web forums have their ups and downs. Downs include corruption of the >> MySQL database for example :-) Or DDOS attacks. And speed. And page [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> retarded that they are useless as forums unless you like to waste hours >> of your time for little actual reading done. > I still like the Usenet format. I use Xnews, text based and very fast. I am > subscribed to a number of Yahoo groups, but I don't read them much 'cuz the > threading is for the birds. Ditto. > Steelnavy is OK, you need to develop a style for it. I open each thread that > I'm interested in in a new tab. Usually when I go there it's interesting > enough to make it worthwhile. I tried MW recently it was OK, I've done > Hyperscale. Ick. Yeah, I opened in a new tab too, but you know, when threads split.... gak! ha4h-grnt@kent.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me wrote: : I still miss the mailing list for SMML which is now a Yahoo group, hard : to follow and crappy mail format. I loathe yahoo groups - constantly got nag-o-grams about my password, for no discernable reason. Finally chucked the whole thing. Too big a pain in my a.s. I'll visit Starship Modeller, but rarely, since they make you logon to read the damn general discussion forum. What was with that, anyway? ModelWarship/SteelNavy I'll read for the reviews, that is about it. Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes > ha4h-grnt@kent.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me wrote: > : > ModelWarship/SteelNavy I'll read for the reviews, that is > about it. MW is my favourite web forum site, so I should at least put in my love of it here :-) The forums are actually very informatative, especially the "Calling all <ship, class, type> fans" threads where all information on a particular ship, class or type are collected for reference. Very nice for modeling since many folks put up detailed model shots, historical photos or plans, and the like. Ever wanted to model an accurate Vincennes or a Quincy from the 1/700 Trumpeter/Pitroad kits? There you can find your answers. Cheers, Gernot > We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? IPMS USA now has a forum available to non-IPMS members. There is a "Bullpen" forum available to only IPMS members that allows off-topic/ off color discussion. Armorama is an active modeling forum as well. That website hosts other non-Armorama forums and while they are integrated, they are also semi- stand alone forums. If someone approached them to host RMS as a forum, they would probably do it. I mention the two forums above because they are multi-genre forums like RMS is. Don Stauffer wrote:> We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. > <br> > <br>I have concluded it is time to find web based groups. I will hang > around for awhile, still, but find much more activity on the web. > <br> > <br>I have tried the forums at the Fine Scale Modeler web site and am pretty > happy with them. I will continue with that site. > <br> > <br>Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? > <br></body> > </html> > </html> I've only been to Hyperscale once and wasn't impressed. I like it here and hope I won't be the last one stumbling around in here. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > I've only been to Hyperscale once and wasn't impressed. I like it here > and hope I won't be the last one stumbling around in here. > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. You and me can have wheelchair races here when everyone else has gone....... I'm not leaving. Craig > > I've only been to Hyperscale once and wasn't impressed. I like it here > > and hope I won't be the last one stumbling around in here. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Craig And you can throw the dirt in me face when I'm finally gone..... (While the rest come and raid my stash) >> I've only been to Hyperscale once and wasn't impressed. I like it here >> and hope I won't be the last one stumbling around in here. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Craig Count me in too. Might not be in a wheel chair, just walking with a cane all bent over tho. I aint going nowhere soon........ SignatureAM http://sctuser.home.comcast.net http://www.novac.com >>> I've only been to Hyperscale once and wasn't impressed. I like it here >>> and hope I won't be the last one stumbling around in here. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I aint going nowhere soon........ I'm just too old, fat and lazy to change - and 99.99% sure I'll dry up and blow away before RMS does. WmB >>>> I've only been to Hyperscale once and wasn't impressed. I like it here >>>> and hope I won't be the last one stumbling around in here. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > WmB ...me too. Signature- Rufus >>>>> I've only been to Hyperscale once and wasn't impressed. I like it here >>>>> and hope I won't be the last one stumbling around in here. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > ...me too. Me too - I have found that over 99 percent of the useful info has come from Usenet, the forums are just too slow and difficult to navigate. Eventually they'll set up formums that behave like Usenet, except you will have to supply your personal details so they can mail-spam you. Regards Mike > We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? I remember those good old days too. I prefer the simplicity of this RMS group and don't care to learn all those newfangled web page tricks and password protected exclusive club memberships. Maybe its just me. I like my privacy and do not give out personal details sought by many subscriber groups for something as inconsequential as a hobby or a shopping site. > We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? I've been spending time in the Model Cars Magazine forums, and have been pretty happy. Then again, I mostly model cars. Wouldn't be of use to those of other (possibly inferior) persuasions. :-) I like it here tho. Can anyone suggest a good, free news server? The marketing bastards at Cox are turning off usenet support on June 30. Cheers, Dave Ambrose : I like it here tho. Can anyone suggest a good, free news server? The : marketing bastards at Cox are turning off usenet support on June 30. I am using TeraNews. Not free, because you have to pay a "set up" fee, but there is no monthly after that. Drawbacks are that the "free" server(s) is(are) slow to connect at times. I spend more time that I care to watching what should be ASCII are of a twirling bar, well, not twirl. Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes > : I like it here tho. Can anyone suggest a good, free news server? The > : marketing bastards at Cox are turning off usenet support on June 30. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > connect at times. I spend more time that I care to watching > what should be ASCII are of a twirling bar, well, not twirl. My clue stick shoots you a cube which reads "news.eternal-september.org". Cheers! Gernot > I like it here tho. Can anyone suggest a good, free news server? The > marketing bastards at Cox are turning off usenet support on June 30. While not free (I pay $1.66/month by prepaying for a full year), I've been happy with a "Mini" newsgroup account at Newsguy ... http://newsguy.com/overview.htm I started out with the Basic account (at $5/month) but then switched to the cheaper option once they started offering it since my meager text usenet usage falls well within their 3GB/month mini account. John Signatureratfood@food.skaterat.net All foods should be removed to reply I am using nntp.aioe.org . It is free and reliable. But no binaries, text only. >> We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We >> remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Cheers, > Dave Ambrose : I am using nntp.aioe.org . It is free and reliable. But no binaries, : text only. I found them to be reliably unreliable. There was many a time I could not connect to these guys, so I went with terranews. Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes I fear I was misunderstood. My intent was not to leave this forum, but to supplement it. Some days there are only a couple of posts. This is not enough to supply my modeling fix. The idea of web-based forums is to SUPPLEMENT the messages from here. I also intend to stay here to the last. It is a nostalgia thing. I figure I have been with this group for at least fifteen years, and was the first modeling activity I indulged in on the net. But, I need more! >I fear I was misunderstood. My intent was not to leave this forum, but >to supplement it. Some days there are only a couple of posts. This is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >But, I need more! One's I regularly frequent StarShip Modeler - www.starhipmodeler.net - yes, you have to join to see the threads, but John and Linda (the one's who run it) keep it lean - mainly by not having any in-line pictures - links only - and I've never recieved spam that could be traced back to them And they keep a clean board - any attacks/spam/etc are flushed ASAP and the offending party is banned One thing to note: SSM deals strictly with F&SF and Space subjects, no Real World subjects unless it's Space Based (Apollo, Soyuz, Shuttle, etc) Hobby Talk - www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/ - More selection of subjects, allows in-line pictures - fairly busy and quite a few SSM people pop in there as well Another closely moderated board, keeps the riff-raff at bay Resin Illuminati - http://resinilluminati.com - more free-form than the others, there's a special area for disagreements (flame wars) and any topics that start crossing the line are split and placed down in the appropriate area Lots of inline pictures, and a number of SSM alumni are also here All three of these also have insights to several companies Hobby Talk has a Moebius topic, and Moebius people post in there about upcoming projects SSM has a resident Round 2 person (PhantomStranger) who also lets us know upcoming things from them - even had a "hat draw" contest a few months ago - anyone saying "yes" in the topic had their name tossed in a hat, then the winner got a pre-sale copy of the 1000-scale Refit Enterprise - a full month before it hit the store shelves >>I fear I was misunderstood. My intent was not to leave this forum, but >>to supplement it. Some days there are only a couple of posts. This is [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >a hat, then the winner got a pre-sale copy of the 1000-scale Refit >Enterprise - a full month before it hit the store shelves Here is one you may want to check out http://www.zone-five.net/index.php : StarShip Modeler - www.starhipmodeler.net - yes, you have to join to : see the threads, What was the reason for that? I didn't see any explanation. Certainly to post, but just to browse? Still, a good site. Bit silly at times, just like here. :-) Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes >: StarShip Modeler - www.starhipmodeler.net - yes, you have to join to >: see the threads, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bruce Dunno the reasons - just that John and Linda wanted it that way It's their site, payed for by their money, they can do what they want > Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? I'm usually on www.whatifmodelers.com as What-If stuff is my main interest and I get on well with the folk over there. www.aircraftresourcecenter.com is one I browse through for the very wide range of topics on everything from ships to tanks to dioramas to (surprisingly!) aircraft of all eras. I read this newsgroup via Teranews. Cheap at $3.95 for an unending membership but the servers do drop out now and again. Nick > We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Are there other sites that folks can recommend, and why? I've tried most of them, and I really can't get used to the way they feel. Same with the non-modelling forums I read, so maybe it's me. I like the low-tech usenet presentation (no bloody passwords, for a start), as well as the people who hang out here - shame we've lost so many over the years. Any chance of a roll-call of the 'old-timers'? RobG (the Aussie one) >> We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We >> remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > RobG > (the Aussie one) How old do you want? ;) Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. >>> We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We >>> remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. LMAO Bill... I was referring to 'age' as a measure of how long you'd been hanging around on RMS, not so much on Planet Earth. I'm just a kid here, coming up on nine years v. soon but I know some of you have been here a lot longer than that. RobG (the Aussie one) > <br><blockquote type=cite>RobG wrote: > <br><blockquote type=cite>Don Stauffer wrote: > <br><blockquote type=cite>We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We > remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. > <br> > <br>I have concluded it is time to find web based groups. I will hang > around for awhile, still, but find much more activity on the web. > <br> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > <br> > <br>I'm just a kid here, coming up on nine years v. soon but I know some of > you have been here a lot longer than that. > <br> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > </html> > </html> I think I've been hanging around since '97 or '98. I read about this group in Scale Aircraft Monthly and insisted my son show me how to get into newsgroups. We still had Rama Lamas and the Mon-kee when I started. We also had occasional discussions of whether to split the group or not. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > I think I've been hanging around since '97 or '98. I read about this > group in Scale Aircraft Monthly and insisted my son show me how to get > into newsgroups. We still had Rama Lamas and the Mon-kee when I started. > We also had occasional discussions of whether to split the group or not. > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Bill, I caught the end of all that, but never quite found out what it was all about. But then, I always was a bit slow on the uptake. RobG (the Aussie one) >> I think I've been hanging around since '97 or '98. I read about this >> group in Scale Aircraft Monthly and insisted my son show me how to get [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > RobG > (the Aussie one) Ahhhhh that damn monkee.... I miss Dan, hope he is OK. Got a B 10 kit around here somewhere, gonna have to build it someday because of that critter. (first kit went the firecracker & BB gun route it was just that frustrating...) I really still miss Modeler Al, and will never forget all his advice and help !! One of the unsung greats of the modeling community ! SignatureAM http://sctuser.home.comcast.net http://www.novac.com >>> I think I've been hanging around since '97 or '98. I read about this >>> group in Scale Aircraft Monthly and insisted my son show me how to get [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >I really still miss Modeler Al, and will never forget all his advice and >help !! One of the unsung greats of the modeling community ! al has a small shrine in my collection..it's centered around the 30lbs of parts he sent me. i also keep his emails to me and some of his usenet posts. he was a real gem and font of knowledge. his funny gruffness hid a real brain and a great heart. > >> I think I've been hanging around since '97 or '98. I read about this > >> group in Scale Aircraft Monthly and insisted my son show me how to get [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I remember finding this place sometime around the end of 1996, but basically as a lurker. I was at school at Ft. Leavenworth when I first got internet access in '96. I joined AOL upon returning from Kansas, found their scale modeling message board and migrated over to this group. I've met a few of the guys I first came across in this newsgroup like Pip Moss and Al Lafleche. I see Dan occasionally at the local hobby shop in Louisville; when I attend the club meetings, I always stop by. Although my attendance at the meetings are few and far between. RobG >>> We have discussed a number of times how Usenet seems to be dying. We >>> remember when this group had hundreds of messages a day. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. I turn 50 later this year, and have been hanging out here since the end of 1996. Does this count ? SignatureAM http://sctuser.home.comcast.net http://www.novac.com > I turn 50 later this year, and have been hanging out here since the end > of 1996. Does this count ? Yup RobG (the Aussie one) |
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