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Hello all.
Nobody here probably remembers me, however, I was quite active in rec.woodworking a few years back. Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. This seems to be the norm nowadays. I started thinking that I really miss the wreck and would love to particpate again. The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. I managed to hook up with a free service but, I've got to say, usenet is showing it's age. What I'd like to to is to take down my woodworking site and change it over to a woodworking message board/forum. I'd want it to be as free and open as the Wreck is. There would be no ads and I'd keep graphics very light to make it easy on those with limited bandwidth. This is totally on my dime. I've already got the domain and I pay for the hosting with a few other sites that I have on my account. I'd only do this if I thought there would be enough interest from you folks. After all, it's no fun throwing a party if nobody comes. Well, the party's on me this time. If there's enough interest I could have the site up in a very short order. Please comment here and let me know. I'm particularilly interested in hearing from the old farts that have been hanging out in the Wreck since the beginning of recorded history! Thanks much, Jeff Picard You can check out my old woodworking site at: http://sawdustcentral.com (this would become the new forum) I also have a site devoted to odds and ends and silly stuff. If you're interested you can check that out he http://jeffpicard.com Please visit my website: http://jeffpicard.com |
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wrote Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, Nope, I don't have a clue who you are. Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. This seems to be the norm nowadays. I signed up with Astraweb. That was simple. I started thinking that I really miss the wreck and would love to particpate again. The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. Sign up with a news provider and it is easy. It is amazing the number of folks who think this is a big mystery and/or a difficult task. I managed to hook up with a free service but, I've got to say, usenet is showing it's age. As are we. Ain't nobody here 'cept us old farts. And I like it just fine where I am, thank you. |
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On Jan 25, 1:45*am, "Lee Michaels"
wrote: wrote Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, Nope, I don't have a clue who you are. So nice of you to make me feel so welcome Lee. |
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Why re-invent the wheel. Lew |
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wrote in message ... Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, however, I was quite active in rec.woodworking a few years back. Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. This seems to be the norm nowadays. I started thinking that I really miss the wreck and would love to particpate again. The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. I managed to hook up with a free service but, I've got to say, usenet is showing it's age. What I'd like to to is to take down my woodworking site and change it over to a woodworking message board/forum. I'd want it to be as free and open as the Wreck is. There would be no ads and I'd keep graphics very light to make it easy on those with limited bandwidth. This is totally on my dime. I've already got the domain and I pay for the hosting with a few other sites that I have on my account. I'd only do this if I thought there would be enough interest from you folks. After all, it's no fun throwing a party if nobody comes. Well, the party's on me this time. If there's enough interest I could have the site up in a very short order. Please comment here and let me know. I'm particularilly interested in hearing from the old farts that have been hanging out in the Wreck since the beginning of recorded history! I have only been around for about 10 years so I probably do not qualify but I don't think you are going to get any serious commitments. If you want to do this, do it for your own pleasure with out expectations and you will not be disappointed. You are probably the 874,883,847 person to suggest this... ;~) If you build a good site it shoud work. |
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On Jan 25, 1:05*am, wrote:
Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, however, I was quite active in rec.woodworking a few years back. *Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. *This seems to be the norm nowadays. *I started thinking that I really miss the wreck and would love to particpate again. *The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. *I managed to hook up with a free service but, I've got to say, usenet is showing it's age. What I'd like to to is to take down my woodworking site and change it over to a woodworking message board/forum. *I'd want it to be as free and open as the Wreck is. *There would be no ads and I'd keep graphics very light to make it easy on those with limited bandwidth. *This is totally on my dime. *I've already got the domain and I pay for the hosting with a few other sites that I have on my account. *I'd only do this if I thought there would be enough interest from you folks. After all, it's no fun throwing a party if nobody comes. *Well, the party's on me this time. *If there's enough interest I could have the site up in a very short order. Please comment here and let me know. *I'm particularilly interested in hearing from the old farts that have been hanging out in the Wreck since the beginning of recorded history! Thanks much, Jeff Picard You can check out my old woodworking site at:http://sawdustcentral.com (this would become the new forum) I also have a site devoted to odds and ends and silly stuff. *If you're interested you can check that out hehttp://jeffpicard.com Please visit my website: *http://jeffpicard.com "The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. " This is similar to asking the fellas at the buffalo log to start meeting at your house because the drive is inconvenient for you. |
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On Jan 25, 8:26*am, GarageWoodworks
wrote: On Jan 25, 1:05*am, wrote: Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, however, I was quite active in rec.woodworking a few years back. *Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. *This seems to be the norm nowadays. *I started thinking that I really miss the wreck and would love to particpate again. *The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. *I managed to hook up with a free service but, I've got to say, usenet is showing it's age. What I'd like to to is to take down my woodworking site and change it over to a woodworking message board/forum. *I'd want it to be as free and open as the Wreck is. *There would be no ads and I'd keep graphics very light to make it easy on those with limited bandwidth. *This is totally on my dime. *I've already got the domain and I pay for the hosting with a few other sites that I have on my account. *I'd only do this if I thought there would be enough interest from you folks. After all, it's no fun throwing a party if nobody comes. *Well, the party's on me this time. *If there's enough interest I could have the site up in a very short order. Please comment here and let me know. *I'm particularilly interested in hearing from the old farts that have been hanging out in the Wreck since the beginning of recorded history! Thanks much, Jeff Picard You can check out my old woodworking site at:http://sawdustcentral.com (this would become the new forum) I also have a site devoted to odds and ends and silly stuff. *If you're interested you can check that out hehttp://jeffpicard.com Please visit my website: *http://jeffpicard.com "The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. " This is similar to asking the fellas at the buffalo log to start meeting at your house because the drive is inconvenient for you. "buffalo lodge" not log. snicker |
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Jeff P. wrote:
On Jan 25, 1:45 am, "Lee Michaels" wrote: wrote Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, Nope, I don't have a clue who you are. So nice of you to make me feel so welcome Lee. Don't mind the ole farts. I mean you said it yourself,"ole farts". And you know how ole farts can be, arrogant, nasty, and stubborn asses. Like my sig says, you can lead an "old" horse to water but you can't make him drink. Also many here that don't remember you probably think this fits in the spam directory. Many here, have already tried woodworking forums and don't like the restrictions put on them. That Saw Mill Site comes to mind. Would rather have the freedom here of Off Topic and the occasional tilted vulgar humor. Try it at your own risk. Just my opinion and you know what they say about them.... -- You can lead them to LINUX but you can't make them THINK ! Mandriva 2010 using KDE 4.3 Website: www.rentmyhusband.biz |
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Well, thanks for the feedback. Nevermind, I guess. I appreciate all
of you taking the time to offer an opinion. |
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On Jan 25, 6:03*am, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
Subject Why re-invent the wheel. Lew Hi Lew, I guess because the wheel, in this case, isn't free! Newsgroup services cost money. Most message boards are free. |
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On Jan 25, 9:12*am, "Jeff P." wrote:
On Jan 25, 6:03*am, "Lew Hodgett" wrote: Subject Why re-invent the wheel. Lew Hi Lew, I guess because the wheel, in this case, isn't free! *Newsgroup services cost money. *Most message boards are free. Google Groups is free. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/topics |
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"Jeff P." wrote in message ... On Jan 25, 6:03 am, "Lew Hodgett" wrote: Subject Why re-invent the wheel. Lew Hi Lew, I guess because the wheel, in this case, isn't free! Newsgroup services cost money. Most message boards are free. Do you have a free ISP? After that major expense or the hassle of going to a free ISP location, a very small fee of $3 per month for "the expensive" news server service is all you need to remain here. Many news servers are way way less expensive than $3 per month. |
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Jeff P. wrote:
.... I guess because the wheel, in this case, isn't free! Newsgroup services cost money. Most message boards are free. Several no-cost news servers out there-- news.aioe.org news.eternal-september.org are two...I've been using the eternal-september site for a while now. Other than no abpw and a little short on retention no complaints. -- |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:59:36 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I've yet to see a web based forum or message board that is as easy as USENET to use. I can go through a bunch of newsgroups rather quickly as opposed to going to a different web page for each topic. That's what I was going to say :-). I'm switching from dialup to cable today, so I'll be searching for a news server as well. But I won't give up on Usenet. Where else but the wreck could I keep up on the latest far right fantasies :-). -- Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw |
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Jeff try www.teranews.com. One time set up fee of $4. They do have
some down time once and a while. But they work well in mozilla Thunderbird e-mail / news reader. Also see www.owwm.org Mike in Ohio wrote: Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, however, I was quite active in rec.woodworking a few years back. Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. This seems to be the norm nowadays. I started thinking that I really miss the wreck and would love to particpate again. The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. I managed to hook up with a free service but, I've got to say, usenet is showing it's age. What I'd like to to is to take down my woodworking site and change it over to a woodworking message board/forum. I'd want it to be as free and open as the Wreck is. There would be no ads and I'd keep graphics very light to make it easy on those with limited bandwidth. This is totally on my dime. I've already got the domain and I pay for the hosting with a few other sites that I have on my account. I'd only do this if I thought there would be enough interest from you folks. After all, it's no fun throwing a party if nobody comes. Well, the party's on me this time. If there's enough interest I could have the site up in a very short order. Please comment here and let me know. I'm particularilly interested in hearing from the old farts that have been hanging out in the Wreck since the beginning of recorded history! Thanks much, Jeff Picard You can check out my old woodworking site at: http://sawdustcentral.com (this would become the new forum) I also have a site devoted to odds and ends and silly stuff. If you're interested you can check that out he http://jeffpicard.com Please visit my website: http://jeffpicard.com |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:00:59 -0600, "HeyBub" wrote:
Your fix is simple: Dump Verizon. There is no requirement that the company that provides the physical wire also be your ISP. In our case, the wire belongs to Comcast and our ISP is Earthlink. Earthlink provides Giganews at no additional cost. Are you pleased with Earthlink service? I had them years ago on dialup, and the service was terrible. Giganews as their usenet feed would be great, so maybe it is time to look at changing ISP's again. My current Comcast ISP high speed rate is $45 plus I pay $10/month to Easynews for 25gigs/month of Usenet, a lot of which I never use. I've got over 500 gigs banked. Comcast terminates service if you use over 250 gigs in a month. |
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"HeyBub" wrote in message m... In our case, the wire belongs to Comcast and our ISP is Earthlink. Earthlink provides Giganews at no additional cost. Same setup I have. |
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On 1/25/2010 5:15 PM, Steve wrote:
Yeah, RoadRunner kinda sucks, but so do most of these de facto monopolies. Anyboody using AT&T's U-verse? That's my only other realistic option, but the sales people had no clue what "usenet" was. At one time u-Verse customers were indeed allowed access SBCGlobal's nntp servers, although I understand the retention time was so short as to be not worth the effort. Don't know if they still allow access, or if anyone at u-verse can even spell nntp these days, but you may be able to ask he http://utalk.att.com/utalk/ -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 10/22/08 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:05:06 -0600, Swingman wrote: On 1/25/2010 5:15 PM, Steve wrote: Yeah, RoadRunner kinda sucks, but so do most of these de facto monopolies. Anyboody using AT&T's U-verse? That's my only other realistic option, but the sales people had no clue what "usenet" was. At one time u-Verse customers were indeed allowed access SBCGlobal's nntp servers, although I understand the retention time was so short as to be not worth the effort. Don't know if they still allow access, or if anyone at u-verse can even spell nntp these days, but you may be able to ask he http://utalk.att.com/utalk/ ATT stopped carrying newsgroups this past summer. |
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... On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:56:27 -0800, Evodawg wrote: Jeff P. wrote: On Jan 25, 1:45 am, "Lee Michaels" wrote: wrote Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, Nope, I don't have a clue who you are. So nice of you to make me feel so welcome Lee. Don't mind the ole farts. I mean you said it yourself,"ole farts". And you know how ole farts can be, arrogant, nasty, and stubborn asses. Like my sig says, you can lead an "old" horse to water but you can't make him drink. Also many here that don't remember you probably think this fits in the spam directory. Many here, have already tried woodworking forums and don't like the restrictions put on them. That Saw Mill Site comes to mind. Would rather have the freedom here of Off Topic and the occasional tilted vulgar humor. Try it at your own risk. Just my opinion and you know what they say about them.... The biggest problem for these "outside" boards is that it simply means that everyone has to follow two places, rather than one, to see all conversations. Most questions have to be posted and answered in both to make sure everybody gets them. It's just plain counter-productive to have multiple places carrying mostly redundabnt posts. Besides that the "outside" boards might embarrass you by correcting your spelling. And some tend to snip posts and that just sucks. Max (let it all hang out) |
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On 1/25/2010 6:10 AM Jeff P. spake thus:
Well, thanks for the feedback. Nevermind, I guess. I appreciate all of you taking the time to offer an opinion. Well, thanks for the offer (really), but you know what they say: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. -- You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it. - a Usenet "apology" |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:05:51 -0600, the infamous
scrawled the following: Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, however, I was quite active in rec.woodworking a few years back. Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and I remember you, Jeff. I just came back after a hiatus, too. Are you back to harass the locals like I am? Great! discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. This seems to be the norm nowadays. I started thinking that I really miss the wreck and would love to particpate again. The problem is that it's a royal pain in the butt to access it anymore. I managed to hook up with a free service but, I've got to say, usenet is showing it's age. What, you don't like maturity? What I'd like to to is to take down my woodworking site and change it over to a woodworking message board/forum. I'd want it to be as free and open as the Wreck is. There would be no ads and I'd keep graphics very light to make it easy on those with limited bandwidth. This is totally on my dime. I've already got the domain and I pay for the hosting with a few other sites that I have on my account. I'd only do this if I thought there would be enough interest from you folks. After all, it's no fun throwing a party if nobody comes. Well, the party's on me this time. If there's enough interest I could have the site up in a very short order. Please comment here and let me know. I'm particularilly interested in hearing from the old farts that have been hanging out in the Wreck since the beginning of recorded history! I might stop by, but the Wreck is the place for me. I still love Usenet, despite the asshole trolls and the idiots who respond to them daily. I filter maybe 65% of the bloody messages, but you can't geet the diversity of opinion or breadth of wisdom on a local board that you can here. Thanks much, Jeff Picard You can check out my old woodworking site at: http://sawdustcentral.com (this would become the new forum) I also have a site devoted to odds and ends and silly stuff. If you're interested you can check that out he http://jeffpicard.com Please visit my website: http://jeffpicard.com http://fwd4.me/Cme Love it! Diversity Project at school...giggle --- "Some of us are wondering if we have created a monster." Kevin Vranes, climate scientist, University of Colorado talking about global warming hysteria, January, 2007. |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:59:36 -0500, the infamous Ed Pawlowski
scrawled the following: On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:05:51 -0600, wrote: What I'd like to to is to take down my woodworking site and change it over to a woodworking message board/forum. I'd want it to be as free and open as the Wreck is. There would be no ads and I'd keep graphics very light to make it easy on those with limited bandwidth. This is totally on my dime. I've already got the domain and I pay for the hosting with a few other sites that I have on my account. I'd only do this if I thought there would be enough interest from you folks. After all, it's no fun throwing a party if nobody comes. Well, the party's on me this time. If there's enough interest I could have the site up in a very short order. I've yet to see a web based forum or message board that is as easy as USENET to use. I can go through a bunch of newsgroups rather quickly as opposed to going to a different web page for each topic. Precisely. Why don't message boards mimic the known efficiency of Usenet on a local server, fer chrissake? They're all so bloody slow and redundant. I haven't seen one yet where you could simply jump from one message to the next without going back to the forum and looking at the next subject, etc. Ghastly slow. --- "Some of us are wondering if we have created a monster." Kevin Vranes, climate scientist, University of Colorado talking about global warming hysteria, January, 2007. |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:21:49 -0600, the infamous "Leon"
scrawled the following: "Jeff P." wrote in message ... On Jan 25, 6:03 am, "Lew Hodgett" wrote: Subject Why re-invent the wheel. Lew Hi Lew, I guess because the wheel, in this case, isn't free! Newsgroup services cost money. Most message boards are free. Do you have a free ISP? After that major expense or the hassle of going to a free ISP location, a very small fee of $3 per month for "the expensive" news server service is all you need to remain here. Many news servers are way way less expensive than $3 per month. If you're cheap, Giganews is $3 to sign up and free for use. Slow as hell, hard to get on during whatever happens to be the daily rush hour, but accessible otherwise. --- "Some of us are wondering if we have created a monster." Kevin Vranes, climate scientist, University of Colorado talking about global warming hysteria, January, 2007. |
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SBC dropped news groups a year or two ago.
Mike in Ohio Swingman wrote: On 1/25/2010 5:15 PM, Steve wrote: Yeah, RoadRunner kinda sucks, but so do most of these de facto monopolies. Anyboody using AT&T's U-verse? That's my only other realistic option, but the sales people had no clue what "usenet" was. At one time u-Verse customers were indeed allowed access SBCGlobal's nntp servers, although I understand the retention time was so short as to be not worth the effort. Don't know if they still allow access, or if anyone at u-verse can even spell nntp these days, but you may be able to ask he http://utalk.att.com/utalk/ |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... Do you have a free ISP? After that major expense or the hassle of going to a free ISP location, a very small fee of $3 per month for "the expensive" news server service is all you need to remain here. Many news servers are way way less expensive than $3 per month. If you're cheap, Giganews is $3 to sign up and free for use. Slow as hell, hard to get on during whatever happens to be the daily rush hour, but accessible otherwise. Can you point me to the free after sign up information? I have been using Giganews for several months now and pay $3 monthly. And I have not noticed any thing slow... |
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"Michael Kenefick" wrote in message ... SBC dropped news groups a year or two ago. Acutally I was using SBC news groups till March last year. Perhaps that was in your area. |
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... On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:37:42 -0700, "Max" wrote: wrote in message . .. On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:56:27 -0800, Evodawg wrote: Jeff P. wrote: On Jan 25, 1:45 am, "Lee Michaels" wrote: wrote Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, Nope, I don't have a clue who you are. So nice of you to make me feel so welcome Lee. Don't mind the ole farts. I mean you said it yourself,"ole farts". And you know how ole farts can be, arrogant, nasty, and stubborn asses. Like my sig says, you can lead an "old" horse to water but you can't make him drink. Also many here that don't remember you probably think this fits in the spam directory. Many here, have already tried woodworking forums and don't like the restrictions put on them. That Saw Mill Site comes to mind. Would rather have the freedom here of Off Topic and the occasional tilted vulgar humor. Try it at your own risk. Just my opinion and you know what they say about them.... The biggest problem for these "outside" boards is that it simply means that everyone has to follow two places, rather than one, to see all conversations. Most questions have to be posted and answered in both to make sure everybody gets them. It's just plain counter-productive to have multiple places carrying mostly redundabnt posts. Besides that the "outside" boards might embarrass you by correcting your spelling. If you are that easily embarassed, or even worry about such things, maybe usenet is the wrong place for you. Whooosh!! LOL Max (wouldn't miss it for anything) |
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On 1/26/2010 12:02 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
If you're cheap, Giganews is $3 to sign up and free for use. Slow as hell, hard to get on during whatever happens to be the daily rush hour, but accessible otherwise. Been using Giganews for six years and have always been more than happy with the service (also was a sysadmin for two nnttp servers in a previous life, so appreciate the nuances of same and the way they do their business.). I do point Thunderbird to an ip address instead of "news.giganews.com", so I don't have to deal with DNS issues, which some ISP's (like my u-Verse home connection) seem to be having difficulty with lately. Might want to try that and see if it helps. In this case: 216.196.97.131 ...( which you may not see if you do an nslookup since they do round robin). Danger, of course, is if they change ip addresses in their zone file you can't connect. So far that has never happened, but if so, simply go back to the server name. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 10/22/08 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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Steve wrote:
On 2010-01-25 01:05:51 -0500, said: Unfortunately, Roadrunner went and discontinued their usenet access leaving me high and dry. When RoadRunner stranded me, they provided newsgroup access through another provider, newshosting. Check with your local RR office -- see if you have the same access. The catch here is that you must access this provider from your home IP address -- tough luck for the road warriors. Some places, sure, but, given enough time, all the broadband services will eventually converge on some national standard of, say, 50Mbps. We have Comcast. Originally, the service was touted as (usually) 1.5Mbps down. I just ran a speed test and the thing is clocking at 29.8Mbps! Comcast just keeps upping the speed without fanfare. We also have AT&T DSL (as a backup) and use it for our VoIP phones (3). It's not so hot for anything else inasmuch as its ~768Kbps. |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:00:32 -0800, Larry Jaques wrote:
I've yet to see a web based forum or message board that is as easy as USENET to use. I can go through a bunch of newsgroups rather quickly as opposed to going to a different web page for each topic. Precisely. Why don't message boards mimic the known efficiency of Usenet on a local server, fer chrissake? They're all so bloody slow and redundant. I haven't seen one yet where you could simply jump from one message to the next without going back to the forum and looking at the next subject, etc. Ghastly slow. I wonder if some of the old Fido code is still around? That might do it. -- Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... If you're cheap, Giganews is $3 to sign up and free for use. Slow as hell, hard to get on during whatever happens to be the daily rush hour, but accessible otherwise. I've had Giganews for years now. I haven't had any of the problems you speak of. |
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... On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:23:45 -0700, "Max" wrote: wrote in message . .. On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:37:42 -0700, "Max" wrote: wrote in message m... On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:56:27 -0800, Evodawg wrote: Jeff P. wrote: On Jan 25, 1:45 am, "Lee Michaels" wrote: wrote Hello all. Nobody here probably remembers me, Nope, I don't have a clue who you are. So nice of you to make me feel so welcome Lee. Don't mind the ole farts. I mean you said it yourself,"ole farts". And you know how ole farts can be, arrogant, nasty, and stubborn asses. Like my sig says, you can lead an "old" horse to water but you can't make him drink. Also many here that don't remember you probably think this fits in the spam directory. Many here, have already tried woodworking forums and don't like the restrictions put on them. That Saw Mill Site comes to mind. Would rather have the freedom here of Off Topic and the occasional tilted vulgar humor. Try it at your own risk. Just my opinion and you know what they say about them.... The biggest problem for these "outside" boards is that it simply means that everyone has to follow two places, rather than one, to see all conversations. Most questions have to be posted and answered in both to make sure everybody gets them. It's just plain counter-productive to have multiple places carrying mostly redundabnt posts. Besides that the "outside" boards might embarrass you by correcting your spelling. If you are that easily embarassed, or even worry about such things, maybe usenet is the wrong place for you. Whooosh!! LOL Max (wouldn't miss it for anything) Well, you missed it this time. There was no "whooosh" Sigh..... At my age, Sonny, I can't think of anything that might be embarrassing to me. And as for "missing", I was referring to Usenet. It's almost as much fun as woodworking; I wouldn't miss it for anything. I do "worry" about poor spelling though. Some of the more recent graduates from our illustrious educational institutions can hardly spell their own names. By the way, have you ever heard of "Foghorn Leghorn"? Max |
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"Max" wrote: I do "worry" about poor spelling though. Some of the more recent graduates from our illustrious educational institutions can hardly spell their own names. I'm convinced they can't and what is worse they don't care. By the way, have you ever heard of "Foghorn Leghorn"? As in Looney Tunes fame? Lew |
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"Lew Hodgett" wrote
"Max" wrote: I do "worry" about poor spelling though. Some of the more recent graduates from our illustrious educational institutions can hardly spell their own names. I'm convinced they can't and what is worse they don't care. By the way, have you ever heard of "Foghorn Leghorn"? As in Looney Tunes fame? Lew Yep. As in, "That's a joke, son, ah say, ah say, that's a joke". The Salty Dog missed my "snerk". Max |
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On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:56:44 -0600, the infamous Larry Blanchard
scrawled the following: On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:00:32 -0800, Larry Jaques wrote: I've yet to see a web based forum or message board that is as easy as USENET to use. I can go through a bunch of newsgroups rather quickly as opposed to going to a different web page for each topic. Precisely. Why don't message boards mimic the known efficiency of Usenet on a local server, fer chrissake? They're all so bloody slow and redundant. I haven't seen one yet where you could simply jump from one message to the next without going back to the forum and looking at the next subject, etc. Ghastly slow. I wonder if some of the old Fido code is still around? That might do it. RIME Rules, y'old farte! --- "Some of us are wondering if we have created a monster." Kevin Vranes, climate scientist, University of Colorado talking about global warming hysteria, January, 2007. |
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