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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / May 2008Is this forum down?
Test > Test Fail. ;-) It's not down as such, just everybody has gone flying, or to web based fora, I suspect.. >> Test >> > Fail. ;-) > > It's not down as such, just everybody has gone flying, or to web based > fora, I suspect.. it still has a pulse but its hardly alive and kicking  SignatureKevin R Reply address works >>> Test >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> fora, I suspect.. > it still has a pulse but its hardly alive and kicking Gurgle..... Reg >>it still has a pulse but its hardly alive and kicking It's on life support >>>it still has a pulse but its hardly alive and kicking > > It's on life support So at what point (and by whom) is the decision made to switch off the machine and let the thing die? I'm not sure how newsgroups are born, but surely they don't exist forever and at some point dissolve into electronic mist? >>>> it still has a pulse but its hardly alive and kicking >> It's on life support [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > surely they don't exist forever and at some point dissolve into electronic > mist? Actually they do. about 40% of all NGs are either empty or esentially so: in that someone comes along and posts, gets no amswer, and moves on. They are after all only a single line entry on a news servers file. Its not worth deleting them. About the only thing I ever post here is 'go to a web based forum, its so much better' >>>>> it still has a pulse but its hardly alive and kicking >>> It's on life support [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > About the only thing I ever post here is 'go to a web based forum, its > so much better' I dont think it is "better" its more difficult and more time consuming to try and look through the new questions on a forum than it is on a newsgroup SignatureKevin R Reply address works . >> About the only thing I ever post here is 'go to a web based forum, its >> so much better' >> >I dont think it is "better" its more difficult and more time consuming >to try and look through the new questions on a forum than it is on a >newsgroup I'm with you Kevin. One of the really GOOD parts of the newsgroup system is that you get to see posts from people doing other things. we hear from the people flying gliders, the ones "flying" helis, the builders, the ARF enthusiasts, everyone welcome. the on-line "stuff" is all insular and dedicated to just ONE specific interest. personally, I don't have the time, the patience, or the connection speed to even consider going to the online sites. If other people want to waste infinite amounts of time rummaging around sites like that, I don't object, but I'll never be convinced that it is a "better" approach to sharing information. YMMV bob |
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