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Re: [OT] What can we talk about here?

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Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> writes:
> On 06-11-16 20:07, James R. Kuyper wrote:
[...]
>> Forum is the more general term, including such things as chat rooms,
>> mailing lists, FaceBook, Twitter, and the like. The key thing is
>> "focused on the Raspberry Pi", not "forum". I know nothing about the
>> Raspberry Pi, but a quick Google search suggests that
>> <https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/> might be a good place to start.
>
> A forum is not a usenet newgroup, and will never be.
> And also the other way around will a forum never be a usenet newgroup.
> Or am i repeating myself here .... ;)

Yes, you are, and it didn't make much sense either time.

Mailing lists, chat rooms, and Usenet newsgroups are all different kinds
of forums.  That's just what the word "forum" is generally understood to
mean.  It's a more general term.  Perhaps you could explain your point
more clearly?

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
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[OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-05 22:09 +0800
  Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-11-05 14:14 -0400
    Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 16:04 +0800
    Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 16:15 +0800
    Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2016-11-06 19:31 +0100
      Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-11-06 14:07 -0500
        Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2016-11-06 20:17 +0100
          Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-11-06 11:56 -0800
          Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-11-06 15:01 -0500
            Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-11-06 20:32 +0000
            Here or in a RPi dedicated forum? (Was: [OT] What can we talk about here?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-11-07 16:08 +0000
              Re: Here or in a RPi dedicated forum? Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 19:31 +0000
                Re: Here or in a RPi dedicated forum? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2016-11-07 21:17 +0000
                Re: Here or in a RPi dedicated forum? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-11-07 19:13 -0500
                Re: Here or in a RPi dedicated forum? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 10:17 +0800
        Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 16:31 +0800
  Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 06:00 -0800
  Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 06:06 -0800
    Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 22:08 +0800
      Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 06:22 -0800
        Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 22:31 +0800
        Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 06:37 -0800
          Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 06:53 -0800
            Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:06 +0800
              Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 07:12 -0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:19 +0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 07:22 -0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:24 +0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:26 +0800
                Inheritance and single point of failure "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:28 +0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 07:20 -0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:22 +0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 07:29 -0800
                [OT] "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:36 +0800
                Re: [OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 07:46 -0800
                Re: [OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 07:49 -0800
                Re: [OT] Time to sleep! "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:51 +0800
                Re: [OT] Time to sleep! "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 23:52 +0800
                Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 07:58 -0800
                Re: [OT] "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-07 01:37 +0800
      Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-11-06 14:25 +0000
        Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 22:33 +0800
        Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-06 22:35 +0800
          Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-11-06 12:16 -0800
        Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-11-06 20:02 +0000
  Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-11-13 09:57 -0800

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