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  A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 14:19 -0800
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-18 15:38 -0800
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-19 00:14 +0000
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-02-19 16:21 +0000
          Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2014-02-21 08:18 +0000
            Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-22 15:39 +0000
              Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups rcp27g@gmail.com - 2014-02-24 07:56 -0800
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2014-02-19 12:19 -0600
          Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 08:48 +0000
            Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-02-20 22:55 +0000
              [OT] Dictator hierarchy RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-20 23:59 +0000
              Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-02-21 05:56 +0000
              Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:50 -0500
                Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 18:18 +0000
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-24 10:14 -0600
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 23:45 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 22:49 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-19 03:48 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-18 19:37 -0800
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 11:57 -0800
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Elizabeth T. Knuth" <eknuth@csbsju.edu> - 2014-02-22 12:08 -0600
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Jon Lane <jon@dorsal.tk> - 2014-06-26 09:12 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2014-02-22 19:06 +0000
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-09-17 10:32 +0100
          Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-09-17 12:49 +0100
            Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2014-09-17 21:55 +0100
              Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-09-18 06:35 +0100
                Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2014-09-18 20:37 +0200
                  Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2014-09-19 09:59 +0100
          Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 14:34 +0100
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-17 15:12 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-02-21 08:56 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 22:14 +0000
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-02-23 09:16 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2014-02-22 19:09 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-22 14:41 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-02-22 22:35 +0000
        Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 12:13 +0000
          Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-02-23 11:47 -0800
            Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 20:54 +0000
              Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2014-02-23 13:13 -0800
                Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:16 -0500
              Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 22:26 +0000
                Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2014-02-23 23:19 +0000
              Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-24 11:49 +0000
            Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:10 -0500
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:01 -0500
    Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 10:43 +0000
      Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-23 16:05 +0000
        Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-02-23 16:33 +0000
      Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-02-24 17:03 -0400
        Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-24 21:56 +0000
        Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 09:44 +0000
          Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-25 13:15 +0000
    Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-23 11:31 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-24 12:12 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-24 14:59 +0000
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:38 -0500
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:37 -0500
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-24 20:37 +0000
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-25 21:33 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 12:41 -0500
      Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-26 13:06 -0600
        Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 19:22 +0000
    Re: A comp.misc list of active newsgroups Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-03-14 23:24 +0000

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#811 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

RS Wood wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:

>> As you likely know, big 8 groups are much more managed than alt.
>> and other hierarchies.

> On the grounds that we've sort of taken over a vacant lot with
> nothing but broken bottles and old tires rotting in the weeds, I
> suspect our case is a bit different.

Actually, people have been taking over such vacant lot/groups 'forever' 
because 'that's a better thing to do' than such as the formalized 
process of creating a new group (and/with a new charter etc).

Sometimes the usenet admin oriented folks get a little full of 
themselves and their wish for highly organized anarchy. :-)

In reality, a group is whatever the occupants who first find/arrive, 
then lurk, and ultimately contribute and make of it, for better or 
worse, not anything usenet admin might think.


-- 
Mike Easter

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#985 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, Mike Easter wrote:

> RS Wood wrote:
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>
>>> As you likely know, big 8 groups are much more managed than alt.
>>> and other hierarchies.
>
>> On the grounds that we've sort of taken over a vacant lot with
>> nothing but broken bottles and old tires rotting in the weeds, I
>> suspect our case is a bit different.
>
> Actually, people have been taking over such vacant lot/groups 'forever' 
> because 'that's a better thing to do' than such as the formalized process of 
> creating a new group (and/with a new charter etc).
>
> Sometimes the usenet admin oriented folks get a little full of themselves and 
> their wish for highly organized anarchy. :-)
>
> In reality, a group is whatever the occupants who first find/arrive, then 
> lurk, and ultimately contribute and make of it, for better or worse, not 
> anything usenet admin might think.
>
I would argue that a newsgroup is a trust, it exists for the reason it was 
created.  When people claim they have a right to do whatever they want 
with it, then that newsgroup is lost.  I've seen plenty of newsgroups 
devolve because the "regulars' wanted it to be a hangout, better done in a 
more private thing like email.  The people who want to discuss the actual 
topic, who are often the backbone of that newsgroup, leave, so there's 
even more space for the "hangout".  I've seen new people arrive, and 
almost immediately become part of the hangout, proving themselves because 
they can post off topic as well as the "regulars", and not having to fuss 
with the topic of the newsgroup.  The "regulars" make a horrible example, 
and the newcomers want to fit in, so they follow what's already there.

Usually by the time the newer people have moved in and taken the newsgroup 
elsewhere, it's too late to stop.

   Michael

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#814 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

"RS Wood" <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote in message 
news:ledn5n$675$1@solani.org...
> On 2014-02-23, Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote:
>> As you likely know, big 8 groups are much more managed than alt. and
>> other hierarchies.
>>
>> In the past, there have been discussions/debates about whether or not
>> charter modifications of a big 8 hierarchy such as comp. need/deserve a
>> formal process for charter changes, with the alternative to discussion
>> being a 'just do it' move with a control message.

...

> I've been tempted to post a note to news.admin.<something> ...

I don't know about the news.admin hierarchies and haven't sought to change a 
charter but when I wanted to get a new group set up I found that 
news.groups.proposals was useful. If nothing else they may at least point 
you in the right direction.

FWIW there may still be some invalid Usenet instructions out on the internet 
which come high in search engine results. I remember something about a 
domain and web site which were still live but no one could contact the owner 
to get the content corrected or removed. Anyway, it seems the right place 
for the big-8 hierarchies is

  http://www.big-8.org/

James

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#819 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know about the news.admin hierarchies and haven't sought to change a 
> charter but when I wanted to get a new group set up I found that 
> news.groups.proposals was useful. If nothing else they may at least point 
> you in the right direction.

That's a good place to start.  news.groups used to be the place to discuss
things but that turned into rather a trollfest, hence news.groups.proposals
was created (it's moderated).

news.admin.* is more about newsservers, peering, etc.

> FWIW there may still be some invalid Usenet instructions out on the internet 
> which come high in search engine results. I remember something about a 
> domain and web site which were still live but no one could contact the owner 
> to get the content corrected or removed. Anyway, it seems the right place 
> for the big-8 hierarchies is
> 
>   http://www.big-8.org/

In particular, the old process of big-8 management where you used to need to
get 100 more yes than no votes is long gone - essentially you just need to
write a proposal and convince the Big-8 Management Board.  Arguably less
democratic than before (but few people voted at the end), though less
bureaucratic and theoretically can move faster.

Theo
(been lurking around news.groups* since I got a group created in 1997)

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#841 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

RS Wood wrote:

>  On
> the grounds that we've sort of taken over a vacant lot with nothing but
> broken bottles and old tires rotting in the weeds,

Oh, vacant was it?
(A land without people for a people without land.  Something like that.)


-- 
Madam Life's a piece in bloom,
Death goes dogging everywhere:
She's the tenant of the room,
He's the ruffian on the stair.

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#982 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, Mike Easter wrote:

> RS Wood wrote:
>> James Harris wrote:
>
>>> This group needs an FAQ anyway, so maybe it should go in there?
>
>> That's a good idea.
>
>> ... assuming we stay at comp.misc, I took a stab at a quick charter.
>
>> Here's what I wrote.
>
>> Please edit it on the wiki - that's the point of a wiki.
>
> As you likely know, big 8 groups are much more managed than alt. and other 
> hierarchies.
>
> In the past, there have been discussions/debates about whether or not charter 
> modifications of a big 8 hierarchy such as comp. need/deserve a formal 
> process for charter changes, with the alternative to discussion being a 'just 
> do it' move with a control message.
>
In this case, the Board only has to send out a remove message and this one 
goes away.  If it was so empty, they have either looked at it and for some 
reason decided to keep it, or haven't yet gotten to it.

Oddly enough, if enough traffic appears here, then it would be really easy 
for the Board to create a new newsgroup, with a more fitting name. 
Everyone moves there, and this one deleted for lack of traffic.

I know alt.dumpsters was taken over for discussing dumpster diving 
(someone had created it for some other reason, then the original traffic 
died off) but I'm not sure it's such a good idea to claim jump a Big Eight 
newsgroup.

    Michael

> The existing comp.misc control messages in
> ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/control/comp/comp.misc.gz
>
> ... do not contain a charter per se, but as is commonly the situation contain 
> only brief descriptions of the group such as that it is unmoderated and that 
> it is about - General topics about computers not covered elsewhere.
>
> A discussion about modifications to existing charters (which would include 
> modifications of non-existent charters which are instead only brief 
> descriptions) can be seen here 
> http://www.big-8.org/articles/c/h/a/Charters.html
>
> <snippage thereof>
> "A proper charter management system has to be just that, a
> system, and it should be separate from the group administration
> system."
> </snip>
>
> That being said (and the above being referenced), I have no disagreement with 
> anything you've considered in your draft. I applaud what is going on here.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Easter
>

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#979

On Sat, 22 Feb 2014, tdk wrote:

> I'd add rec.arts.sf.written
>
>>  I'd volunteer to do this manually, but I think there are probably better 
>> ways to do this... maybe a wiki page?
> This group needs an FAQ anyway, so maybe it should go in there?
>
SOmeone should look for the existing faq, or at least find something about 
it's purpose when it was being created.

   Michael

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#792 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

> FAQs
> This group currently has no FAQs, and as it is not dedicated to the
> in-depth discussion of any single subject, is unlikely to have them any
> time soon.

How about this?

FAQ

1. Where's the FAQ list?
There is no FAQ list.

--End--

^___^

--
Now frequenting comp.misc daily in a prolonged fit of netstalgia.

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#794 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

On 2014-02-23, wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about this?
> FAQ
> 1. Where's the FAQ list?
> There is no FAQ list.

How about we have an Infrequently Asked Questions section?  That would
be fun.

1. A train leaves Brussels bound for Saint Petersburg at 33.5 km/h.  A
second train leaves Saint Petersburg, traveling for six hours at 62.3
km/h and afterwards at 25 km/h.  At what time do they serve the wine?

2. Given a universe expanding at infinite velocity and a finite quantity
of known matter, in which direction does the water turn when you flush
the toilet in the southern hemisphere?

etc.

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#797 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

In article <led68m$95h$1@solani.org>, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
wrote:

> On 2014-02-23, wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How about this?
> > FAQ
> > 1. Where's the FAQ list?
> > There is no FAQ list.
> 
> How about we have an Infrequently Asked Questions section?  That would
> be fun.
> 
> 1. A train leaves Brussels bound for Saint Petersburg at 33.5 km/h.  A
> second train leaves Saint Petersburg, traveling for six hours at 62.3
> km/h and afterwards at 25 km/h.  At what time do they serve the wine?
> 
> 2. Given a universe expanding at infinite velocity and a finite quantity
> of known matter, in which direction does the water turn when you flush
> the toilet in the southern hemisphere?

How about that the Charter is as follows:

1) All subjects are on-topic.

2) Errr ...

3) That's it.

-- 
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to
 lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores 
 the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them
 into it in the first place."                             - Douglas Adams

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#870 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> writes:

>> FAQs
>> This group currently has no FAQs...

In a effort to verify that, I tried to check at the putative FOAK.  No
luck.

Is ftp to rtfm.mit.edu disabled?  Or just down at the moment?  Or is it
just me? No response to ftp or sftp, although it serves a page by HTTP
that says you can get there by ftp.  If a comp.misc FAQ does exist,
that's the canonical place to find it.

> Now frequenting comp.misc daily in a prolonged fit of netstalgia.

Similar.

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

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#873 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

On 2014-02-24, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
> wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> FAQs
>>> This group currently has no FAQs...
>
> In a effort to verify that, I tried to check at the putative FOAK.  No
> luck.
>
> Is ftp to rtfm.mit.edu disabled?  Or just down at the moment?  Or is it
> just me? No response to ftp or sftp, although it serves a page by HTTP
> that says you can get there by ftp.  If a comp.misc FAQ does exist,
> that's the canonical place to find it.

Neither <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/> nor
<ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.announce.newgroups> are responding for me
at present.

>> Now frequenting comp.misc daily in a prolonged fit of netstalgia.
>
> Similar.

If this group was created as 'obvious' at the time of the Great
Re-naming in '87 it probably never had a founding FAQ or charter.  The
only other clues to what it was originally expected to contain, are the
name, and the description "General topics about computers not covered
elsewhere".

-- 
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
--  Whiskers 
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

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#884 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

On 24 Feb 2014 17:03:18 -0400
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

> 
> wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >> FAQs
> >> This group currently has no FAQs...
> 
> In a effort to verify that, I tried to check at the putative FOAK.  No
> luck.
> 
> Is ftp to rtfm.mit.edu disabled?  Or just down at the moment?  Or is it
> just me? 

Those are two resources I'm not familiar with.  And what is FOAK?  I don't recognize the acronym, if that's what it is.

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#904 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

On 2014-02-25, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 24 Feb 2014 17:03:18 -0400 Mike Spencer
> <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>> wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> >> FAQs This group currently has no FAQs...
>> 
>> In a effort to verify that, I tried to check at the putative FOAK.
>> No luck.
>> 
>> Is ftp to rtfm.mit.edu disabled?  Or just down at the moment?  Or is
>> it just me? 
>
> Those are two resources I'm not familiar with.  And what is FOAK?  I
> don't recognize the acronym, if that's what it is.

That ftp address is one of the places traditionally associated with
archiving internet documentation.

Article <1lhl53s.anuf0r15z8tg8N%kmorgan@spamcop.net> posted today in
news.newusers.questions reminded me of <ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/>
which does respond and has lots of stuff.  But no FAQ or charter for
comp.misc as far as I can see.

The acronym is probably, in this context, 'fount of all knowledge', used
perhaps as a euphemism for a web search
<http://www.acronymfinder.com/foak.html>.

-- 
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
--  Whiskers 
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

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#796 — Re: Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...)

> On 2014-02-23, wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> How about this?
>> FAQ
>> 1. Where's the FAQ list?
>> There is no FAQ list.
>
> How about we have an Infrequently Asked Questions section?  That would
> be fun.
>
> 1. A train leaves Brussels bound for Saint Petersburg at 33.5 km/h.  A
> second train leaves Saint Petersburg, traveling for six hours at 62.3
> km/h and afterwards at 25 km/h.  At what time do they serve the wine?
>
> 2. Given a universe expanding at infinite velocity and a finite quantity
> of known matter, in which direction does the water turn when you flush
> the toilet in the southern hemisphere?
>
> etc.
>

Nice! I want some of that action...

3. The first true nuclear reactor built by the researchers of the Manhattan Project
during WWII had a safety shutoff system consisting of Ag-In-Cd control rods
suspended by rope that was to be cut by an axe-man in case of a runaway
supercritical chain reaction. The axe-man was Norman Hilberry. What color pants
did he wear while on axe-man duty, and what color would they have been
afterwards had a reactor SCRAM been required?

--
Now frequenting comp.misc daily in a prolonged fit of netstalgia.

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#842

wjwlsn wrote:
> Over the past week or so, I've seen many people post about other
> newsgroups (or hierarchies) that are active. I decided to collect all
> those I could remember into a list.

What about the thousands that you don't remember, and the thousands that 
you've never heard of?

> Perhaps we can find a way to
> maintain and improve this list? (I'd volunteer to do this manually,
> but I think there are probably better ways to do this... maybe a wiki
> page?)
>
> Anyway, feel free to suggest additions/changes, or suggest a good
> means to allow group ownership and editing of the list. Please note
> that I'm not trying to send anyone away; I expect you all to come
> back here frequently!  :)
>
> Now, here's the list.
>
> alt.callahans alt.folklore.computers alt.fratellibros alt.survival
> cakewalk.audio comp.editors comp.lang.c++ comp.lang.python
> comp.mail.mutt comp.mail.pine comp.mobile.android
> comp.os.linux.advocacy comp.os.linux.misc comp.os.vms
> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.* comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action comp.sys.mac.*
> comp.sys.mac.vintage comp.text.tex comp.unix.shell
> news.software.readers rec.food.cooking rec.games.frp.dnd
> rec.games.pinball rec.radio.amateur.* sci.electronics.repair
> soc.genealogy.* soc.history.*
>
> Note: in a couple of cases, I've listed a hierarchy and a single
> group in that hierarchy. That's because particular groups were
> singled out as being active and/or useful, whereas hierarchies might
> require some exploration to figure out which groups are worth your
> time.
>


-- 
Madam Life's a piece in bloom,
Death goes dogging everywhere:
She's the tenant of the room,
He's the ruffian on the stair.

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#847

On 2014-02-24, Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> wrote:
> wjwlsn wrote:
>> Over the past week or so, I've seen many people post about other
>> newsgroups (or hierarchies) that are active. I decided to collect all
>> those I could remember into a list.
>
> What about the thousands that you don't remember, and the thousands that 
> you've never heard of?

Precisely.

huge@amun:~/Prog/News$ wc -l NIN_active.txt 
24113 NIN_active.txt
huge@amun:~/Prog/News$ 

-- 
Today is Setting Orange, the 55th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3180
"Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The
Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are
Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath"

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#993

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014, Huge wrote:

> On 2014-02-24, Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> wjwlsn wrote:
>>> Over the past week or so, I've seen many people post about other
>>> newsgroups (or hierarchies) that are active. I decided to collect all
>>> those I could remember into a list.
>>
>> What about the thousands that you don't remember, and the thousands that
>> you've never heard of?
>
> Precisely.
>
> huge@amun:~/Prog/News$ wc -l NIN_active.txt
> 24113 NIN_active.txt
> huge@amun:~/Prog/News$
>
And on dialup, you soon learned to avoid keeping a local list of the 
newsgroups, it just took too long.

   Michael

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#992

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014, Peter Percival wrote:

> wjwlsn wrote:
>> Over the past week or so, I've seen many people post about other
>> newsgroups (or hierarchies) that are active. I decided to collect all
>> those I could remember into a list.
>
> What about the thousands that you don't remember, and the thousands that 
> you've never heard of?
>
That's one thing google is good for.  Use it to find where a certain topic 
is being discussed.  The naming of newsgroups is usually pretty good, but 
may not be immediately obvious.

I remember once wondering where "dumpster diving" was discussed, and found 
alt.dumpster and misc.consumer.frugality Maybe I'd find the first one 
looking through names of groups, but not the second one.

    Michael

  >> Perhaps we can find a way to
>> maintain and improve this list? (I'd volunteer to do this manually,
>> but I think there are probably better ways to do this... maybe a wiki
>> page?)
>> 
>> Anyway, feel free to suggest additions/changes, or suggest a good
>> means to allow group ownership and editing of the list. Please note
>> that I'm not trying to send anyone away; I expect you all to come
>> back here frequently!  :)
>> 
>> Now, here's the list.
>> 
>> alt.callahans alt.folklore.computers alt.fratellibros alt.survival
>> cakewalk.audio comp.editors comp.lang.c++ comp.lang.python
>> comp.mail.mutt comp.mail.pine comp.mobile.android
>> comp.os.linux.advocacy comp.os.linux.misc comp.os.vms
>> comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.* comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action comp.sys.mac.*
>> comp.sys.mac.vintage comp.text.tex comp.unix.shell
>> news.software.readers rec.food.cooking rec.games.frp.dnd
>> rec.games.pinball rec.radio.amateur.* sci.electronics.repair
>> soc.genealogy.* soc.history.*
>> 
>> Note: in a couple of cases, I've listed a hierarchy and a single
>> group in that hierarchy. That's because particular groups were
>> singled out as being active and/or useful, whereas hierarchies might
>> require some exploration to figure out which groups are worth your
>> time.
>> 
>
>
> -- 
> Madam Life's a piece in bloom,
> Death goes dogging everywhere:
> She's the tenant of the room,
> He's the ruffian on the stair.
>

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#879

> On 2014-02-24, Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> wjwlsn wrote:
>>> Over the past week or so, I've seen many people post about other
>>> newsgroups (or hierarchies) that are active. I decided to collect all
>>> those I could remember into a list.
>>
>> What about the thousands that you don't remember, and the thousands that
>> you've never heard of?
>
> Precisely.
>
> huge@amun:~/Prog/News$ wc -l NIN_active.txt
> 24113 NIN_active.txt
> huge@amun:~/Prog/News$
>

Hmmm... when I said "remember", what I actually meant was "find when I went
back and scanned through every message posted here since we moved in". Also,
I hadn't really thought that this would become a complete list of all active news
groups, but rather a list of active groups recommended by comp.misc posters...
on the theory that we all probably have overlapping interests and might therefore
enjoy similar newsgroups.

--
Now frequenting comp.misc daily in a prolonged fit of netstalgia.

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