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Rinda Lynn Ferguso

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by Rinda Lynn Ferguso » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:18:43

Like a fan going thru NASCAR withdrawls in the off season who can't wait for
February....

Sounds familiar.... :)

RindaLynn


Andrew MacPhers

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by Andrew MacPhers » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 14:16:00



> but I can find 50 different varieities of smilies..

:-) And no picture sigs on newsgroups, thankfully. No moderation either,
which can be problematic sometimes, but it also means less gag-worthy
c*ck-sucking, so it's a fair swap.

Newsgroups are a very efficient way to communicate IMO. I can download all
new messages while doing something else, then filter and speed read
quickly and easily. Searches via Google Groups are similarly painless if
you're careful how you phrase your search.

I just wish there was a similarly quick and painless way of searching
(multiple) forums, and -- even better -- a way of downloading new (text
only) messages for "offline" sorting & reading. I'd pay for something that
could manage that trick.

Whether most users would pay to access most forums is a different matter.
It's easy to appreciate something when it's free. Still, you have to hand
it to the guys who keep many useful websites running; they do a great job
even if I rarely use them.

Andrew McP

Joachim Trens

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by Joachim Trens » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:09:55

...

Interesting, though, that when RSC is down it doesn't take more than a few
minutes for someone to come here and holler. There must be a few people finding
it useful ;)

Achim

Andrew MacPhers

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by Andrew MacPhers » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:06:00



> Interesting, though, that when RSC is down it doesn't take more than a
> few minutes for someone to come here and holler

I find it reassuring that even though this group isn't anywhere near as
busy as it used to be, many people still seem to use it as a "hub" for
their sim news & chat. Old fashioned it may be for some, but reliability
has its advantages. A forum can go down or die if a single server falls
over somewhere. Newsgroups are like internet***roaches... primitive, but
almost impossible to get rid of :-)

Andrew McP

Joachim Trens

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by Joachim Trens » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:10:23

...

That statement deserves to become a classic :)

Achim

Uwe Schürkam

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by Uwe Schürkam » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:36:29


See my other post, I was making a joke. Sorry if anybody felt
offended, truly sorry. All the best,

uwe

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Uwe Schürkam

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by Uwe Schürkam » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:39:39



> ...
>> Newsgroups are like internet***roaches... primitive, but
>> almost impossible to get rid of :-)

> That statement deserves to become a classic :)

> Achim

nice one Andrew! ;-)

Cheers uwe

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Uwe Schürkam

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by Uwe Schürkam » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:35:17



> Thanks once again for your support.

> Phil Lee

ach c'mon phil, t'was a joke! I should have put more smileys into the
post I guess. Sorry if anyone felt offended.

All the best & thanks for RSC, mate.

Uwe

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Uwe Schürkam

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by Uwe Schürkam » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:39:00


> Interesting, though, that when RSC is down it doesn't take more than a few
> minutes for someone to come here and holler. There must be a few people finding
> it useful ;)

in spite of my earlier tongue-in-cheek, humorous remark and my
preference for RAS I find RSC quite useful. Folks were going out of
their way trying to help me over there with the GTR online crashes
when I whined about them. I guess it's more of a generation thing than
anything else.

Cheers & all the best,

uwe

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Joachim Trens

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by Joachim Trens » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:57:45



>>Interesting, though, that when RSC is down it doesn't take more than a few
>>minutes for someone to come here and holler. There must be a few people finding
>>it useful ;)

> in spite of my earlier tongue-in-cheek, humorous remark and my
> preference for RAS I find RSC quite useful. Folks were going out of
> their way trying to help me over there with the GTR online crashes
> when I whined about them. I guess it's more of a generation thing than
> anything else.

> Cheers & all the best,

> uwe

I know that you were joking. Never had any doubts about it :)

Achim

Damien Smit

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by Damien Smit » Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:20:56

a.h.b-o-u    ;-)

Mitch_

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by Mitch_ » Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:00:03

This Usenet NG and RSC compliment each other very well and each has its own
strengths and weaknesses.  Everyone appreciates what you guys have done and
are doing for this community Phil.

Thanks for all of RSC's efforts!

Mitch


> You know what, that really makes all the hard work, effort and personal
> financial investment myself and the other site admins have put into RSC
> feel really worthwhile. Maybe we should just forget about trying to get
> the site back online and pull the plug on the forum and websites we host
> for the community.

> Thanks once again for your support.

> Phil Lee
> RSC Administrator.
> http://www.rscnet.org

lesand..

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by lesand.. » Sun, 12 Dec 2004 02:18:18

Actually Uwe, I was 99.99% certain that you were joking but some others
indicated that Newsgroups were more useful than Forums.  There's no
question that there's a use for each and limitations in each and I have
my own preference (forums) of course.  Maybe I have no sense of humour,
but it seems to me that there are more insults tossed around in the
newsgroups owing to the fact that at least this one isn't moderated
(AFAIK).

Anyway many of us and I in particular really miss my regular fix of RSC
and hope that they're back up soon.

Byron Forbe

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by Byron Forbe » Sun, 12 Dec 2004 04:11:23


    Funny how I was just thinking about this the other day!

    I've heard people refer to ras as a "dinosaur" etc and always wondered
why. It will always be here - never to be extinct.

    Problem with RSC is that it's become as big as bananas and stuff is just
too hard to find. Though maybe that could be fixed with better indexing.


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