Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: UNSURE 0.222 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.57; '*S*': 0.01; 'subject:software': 0.09; 'martin': 0.11; 'aye': 0.16; 'hierarchy.': 0.16; 'slight': 0.16; 'spammers': 0.16; 'subject:reader': 0.16; 'younger': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'bit': 0.19; 'seems': 0.21; '>>>': 0.22; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'stick': 0.24; 'posts': 0.26; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'posting': 0.31; 'bunch': 0.31; 'factor': 0.31; 'though.': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'checked': 0.32; 'actively': 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'that,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'middle': 0.60; 'signal': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'free': 0.61; 'son': 0.61; 'digital': 0.61; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'more': 0.64; 'town': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'close': 0.67; 'jul': 0.74; 'age': 0.80; '2014,': 0.84; 'alone.': 0.84; 'noise': 0.84; 'url:apps': 0.91; 'angry': 0.93; 'average': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:from:date:to:message-id; bh=nUF5G5ciyBwEYuEzxyjI0r3S3t79+c8kpPbMsFXdpBA=; b=j4XWSiJ7gH8GsscLh1X0HADFFBgNUMUXdNe5iBEmMD7uiHT+jNUYXdIx+mgO/v0TjI dhx7oqEqcV07oo13riNmYgp8NsHQcKykAY/uggz8J+lGi/GGhoRnCVVdsT9F3qeQQMsl U8MUGdqa3fh3siv2Q4t8suPuODmn5l8RiKj531N90nIgvhvH2HXKjEhlAZSr3sH11+67 JDRJ4zYhA/0tByFycOURnZA+fcqCm4jj2Zu946tArad7puC3SC95sDpU7PJaC5nL4uhf Mtly5VXJ9hF9Ixd3clNl1ru16Mao4/iHD+a9PIlJ8MyZOO5cAWMpnMAmnqs2+X27I+rL Cx8Q== X-Received: by 10.152.2.202 with SMTP id 10mr13314562law.93.1406045358933; Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:09:18 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: K-@ Mail for Android X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: References: <878077080427409149.032995sturla.molden-gmail.com@news.gmane.org> <207103364427412353.673868sturla.molden-gmail.com@news.gmane.org> <87tx6dyj3b.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----UT823GODZDHWYUA1H3W7W4FA7RJ3IQ" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: OT: usenet reader software From: Martin S Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:09:13 +0200 To: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:45:51 +0200 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 48 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1406047552 news.xs4all.nl 2838 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55388 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:75005 ------UT823GODZDHWYUA1H3W7W4FA7RJ3IQ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Aye I found a couple of groups that are still active. Most of it seems to be a digital ghost town though. A bit sad, I was once actively involved in setting up the se. * hierarchy. /martin s On 22 Jul 2014, Anssi Saari wrote: >Marko Rauhamaa writes: > >> Martin S : >> >>> Is there a point to still use Usenet? Last time I checked noise >>> overwhelmed signal by a factor of something close to 542. >> >> Well, here you are at , in the middle of >all >> that noise. > >Besides, there's been a slight resurgence in comp.misc at least, >apparently some people got angry about something at slashdot and wanted >a more free forum, hence a bunch of posts there and some other groups >recently. > >Other than that, I think most of the angry people and spammers have >left >Usenet alone. All the better for those of us who stick with it but I >have to say the average age of people posting to comp.arch at least is >probably over 60... The only younger people around seem to be the kids >asking for people to do their homework. -- Sent with K-@ Mail - the evolution of emailing. ------UT823GODZDHWYUA1H3W7W4FA7RJ3IQ Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Aye I found a couple of groups that are still active. Most of it seems to be a digital ghost town though. A bit sad, I was once actively involved in setting up the se. * hierarchy.

/martin s

On 22 Jul 2014, Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> wrote:
Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> writes:

Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com>:

Is there a point to still use Usenet? Last time I checked noise
overwhelmed signal by a factor of something close to 542.

Well, here you are at <URL: news:comp.lang.python>, in the middle of all
that noise.

Besides, there's been a slight resurgence in comp.misc at least,
apparently some people got angry about something at slashdot and wanted
a more free forum, hence a bunch of posts there and some other groups
recently.

Other than that, I think most of the angry people and spammers have left
Usenet alone. All the better for those of us who stick with it but I
have to say the average age of people posting to comp.arch at least is
probably over 60... The only younger people around seem to be the kids
asking for people to do their homework.

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