Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: [OT] What can we talk about here? Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2016 11:56:13 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <581f76fe$0$883$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <7c08cd4b-e679-aff5-3ba9-2b5d6763e324@verizon.net> <581f81e5$0$832$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d0d2eb2bf0baae43eeb9ce130bb24749"; logging-data="22948"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19FjLDHw2gG6x8qUogVllGX" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QgWVB9dlEZ6OgH14feDtB+6ShqE= sha1:zLXuz+qZna8tN5tck8/w0TSSvuA= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:95966 Luuk 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 >> 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? -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"