Re: CAlive on Google Groups

From	Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: CAlive on Google Groups
Date	2015-11-04 13:00 +0000
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On 04/11/15 12:34, David Brown wrote:

<snip>

> One thing I notice about several technical discussion groups is that the
> regulars are very good at helping others, and also get in detailed
> discussions amongst themselves - but they rarely start new threads.

Yes, that's absolutely true, and it isn't just in the technical groups. 
I think alt.fan.pratchett, for example, suffers from the same problem 
(if it /is/ a problem). I guess it depends on what we think Usenet is 
really for. Is it just Twitter for Grownups? Do we have to be chatting 
all the time? Or is it a resource that we use when we need to, that we 
supply when we can do so usefully, and that we leave on the shelf at 
other times, only taking it down for an occasional light dusting?

> So
> we (I include myself here) rely on other people to pick the starting
> topics for threads.  It is strange how eager we are to discuss some
> topics after they come up, yet how poor we are at starting the
> conversations ourselves.

Well, there's a good reason for that. If someone needs to know how 
strtoul works, for example, I'm quite content to explain. But if they 
don't, that's fine too. There's no point in *my* asking how strtoul 
works, because I already know. :-)

I can't remember how many threads I've started in comp.lang.c, but I 
doubt whether it's more than a tiny handful (although possibly more than 
the average?). I'm much more likely to start a thread in, say, sci.crypt.

<snip>

> C, and c.l.c., is not a desert island to
> be isolated from everything else.

And therefore never send to know for whom the Bell tools:
they're tools for C.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 09:05 -0800
  Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 09:11 -0800
  Re: CAlive on Google Groups Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-11-02 19:14 +0100
    Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 10:20 -0800
      Re: CAlive on Google Groups Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-11-02 19:23 +0100
        Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 10:24 -0800
        Re: CAlive on Google Groups James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-02 13:30 -0500
          Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 10:32 -0800
            Re: CAlive on Google Groups Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-02 18:44 +0000
              Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 10:46 -0800
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-11-02 14:04 -0500
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 11:21 -0800
            Re: CAlive on Google Groups David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-02 20:25 +0100
              Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 12:04 -0800
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-02 23:45 +0100
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 17:50 -0800
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-03 00:52 -0800
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-11-03 01:46 -0800
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-03 12:59 +0100
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-11-03 14:22 +0000
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-03 13:31 +0000
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-04 11:00 +0100
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-04 10:32 +0000
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-04 13:34 +0100
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-04 13:00 +0000
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-04 06:25 -0800
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-04 20:52 +0100
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-11-04 12:49 -0800
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-04 08:49 -0500
                Newsgroups (Was: CAlive on Google Groups) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-11-04 14:29 +0000
                Re: Newsgroups Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 19:42 +0000
                Re: Newsgroups Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 02:35 -0800
                Re: Newsgroups Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-10 07:17 +1300
                Re: Newsgroups Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-11-09 18:39 +0000
                Re: Newsgroups Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-10 07:45 +1300
                Re: Newsgroups gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-11-10 00:13 +0000
                Re: CAlive on Google Groups Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-04 11:17 +0000

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