The group use to be pretty active, with lots of participants doing all
sorts
of things. WHAT HAPPENED?

Did ATT dropping newservers nearly wipe out the group?

I miss MUSINGS!

well, sometimes we have nothing to say.

I think most who were around didn't get their news feed from AT&T, I use
Eternal-September and Teranews

"charlie b" wrote in message
...
The group use to be pretty active, with lots of participants doing all
sorts
of things. WHAT HAPPENED?

Did ATT dropping newservers nearly wipe out the group?

I miss MUSINGS!

In article
writes:
The group use to be pretty active, with lots of participants doing all
sorts
of things. WHAT HAPPENED?

I was thinking about that just the other day.

I concluded that what happened was called "summer," and people were
outside instead of posting, maybe even instead of turning.

Hopefully the next couple months will have people back here.

--
Drew Lawson | "But the senator, while insisting he was not
| intoxicated, could not explain his nudity."

On 09/26/2010 08:50 AM, charlie b wrote:
The group use to be pretty active, with lots of participants doing all
sorts
of things. WHAT HAPPENED?

Did ATT dropping newservers nearly wipe out the group?

I miss MUSINGS!

Hard to say. Some have wandered away and joined forums instead. The
lure of blinky lights & colored fonts. Others bailed when their ISPs
dropped nntp and either didn't know they could get news feeds elsewhere
or didn't bother to do the homework. Others who knows?

I hope the group doesn't die - I don't post much like I used to but I
still read it, and post when I think I have something to contribute.

Time marches on...

....Kevin
--
Kevin Miller - http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
Juneau, Alaska
In a recent survey, 7 out of 10 hard drives preferred Linux
Registered Linux User No: 307357, http://counter.li.org

R.I.A.A. - the standards and big head group that moves money around
for royalties of Music - started suing Network companies since people were
supporting newsgroups that had binary files of music. They are the nice
people who filed upon a Middle aged mother (husband passed or such) because
her young teen had downloaded some music. Not much, but they, RIAA wanted and
demanded millions. It hit the national news for a while. Then hushed.

They then came after each and every ISP demanding the death of news groups.
They didn't demand no binary files - they wanted it all gone or be sued.

Many an ISP went the way of the threat and killed the service with an axe.
When Consolidated killed their news feeds - Tech support didn't know as of
yet. They were debugging it left and right with tons of customers on their
necks.

I think RIAA has to much money and to big of a head. I don't do it, but
killing off ways of life is wrong. Maybe we should vote to take the
tasks away from them and create a new company.

Of 13 newsgroup feeds I subscribe to (some are duplicates) 4 and sometimes 5
have more than a few items.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
"Our Republic and the Press will Rise or Fall Together": Joseph Pulitzer
TSRA: Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Originator & Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/

On 9/26/2010 11:50 AM, charlie b wrote:
The group use to be pretty active, with lots of participants doing all
sorts
of things. WHAT HAPPENED?

Did ATT dropping newservers nearly wipe out the group?

I miss MUSINGS!

AGREE RE RIAA - and there are some simple solutions to this:

1. don't buy music from stores or on line, buy it only directly from the
artist
2. tell your young friends of the evils of the music industry and entreat
them to do the same - support the artist but abhor the commercial recording
industry
3. take all possible steps to overturn, avoid, or otherwise eviscerate the
DCMA - which is a vast overreach of power to pure commercial interests and
certainly goes against American values.






"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote in message
...
R.I.A.A. - the standards and big head group that moves money around
for royalties of Music - started suing Network companies since people were
supporting newsgroups that had binary files of music. They are the nice
people who filed upon a Middle aged mother (husband passed or such)
because
her young teen had downloaded some music. Not much, but they, RIAA wanted
and
demanded millions. It hit the national news for a while. Then hushed.

They then came after each and every ISP demanding the death of news
groups.
They didn't demand no binary files - they wanted it all gone or be sued.

Many an ISP went the way of the threat and killed the service with an axe.
When Consolidated killed their news feeds - Tech support didn't know as of
yet. They were debugging it left and right with tons of customers on
their
necks.

I think RIAA has to much money and to big of a head. I don't do it, but
killing off ways of life is wrong. Maybe we should vote to take the
tasks away from them and create a new company.

Of 13 newsgroup feeds I subscribe to (some are duplicates) 4 and sometimes
5
have more than a few items.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
"Our Republic and the Press will Rise or Fall Together": Joseph Pulitzer
TSRA: Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Originator & Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/

On 9/26/2010 11:50 AM, charlie b wrote:
The group use to be pretty active, with lots of participants doing all
sorts
of things. WHAT HAPPENED?

Did ATT dropping newservers nearly wipe out the group?

I miss MUSINGS!

I still read it every night and help answer questions if I can..
I figure that's what the group is for, right?


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 3:13:09 -0500, Stuart wrote
(in message ):

In article ,
mac davis wrote:
I still read it every night and help answer questions if I can..
I figure that's what the group is for, right?

I read it daily too, even though I've not turned anything yet.

That is about to change though, as soon as I can get some other jobs out
of the way.

We have some stainless steel saucepans with glass lids. There is a
stainless steel rim and in the centre a knob made of some sort of hard
plastic. There is a bit of SS trim around the bottom of the knob and it
is secured to the glass lid by a washered screw passing through a hole in
the glass.

A few days ago my wife dropped one of the lids and we were amazed that
the glass didn't break. However, the knob did and I'm going to have a go
at turning up a replacement knob.


this kind of project is especially satisfying - a chance to go to the Man
Cave and work with power tools and emerge with something that is both useful
in ordinary life and a pleasing product from your own two hands. Celebrating
with a pleasing libation afterwards is the crowning touch. Life is good - and
fun. Go for it!

--
I will find a way or make one.

On 26/09/2010 17:50, charlie b wrote:
The group use to be pretty active, with lots of participants doing all
sorts
of things. WHAT HAPPENED?

Did ATT dropping newservers nearly wipe out the group?

I miss MUSINGS!

I check in everyday and while saying nowt I do enjoy the posts that appear.