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At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!!

And, as of 3:22 PST or so on May 22, the majority of those polled (41%) had no clue whatan "r.a.s." is. The next largest group (31%) feels the ng offers honest opinions and good info. Then things turn ugly. "Too much ego stroking and flaming" weighs in virtually equal to "If it's not GPL, they don't give it a chance" at about 11% each. Which tempts one to say it's a fair poll, but it's no GPL. <g> On Mon, 22 May 2000 21:40:29 +0100, "Kieran Larkin" <[email hidden]> wrote: >At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s >being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! >They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!! > > Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

[email hidden] writes: > And, as of 3:22 PST or so on May 22, the majority of those polled > (41%) had no clue whatan "r.a.s." is. I was a bit puzzled by this too, but there seems to be a lot of people who don't know about newsgroups. (Lucky them :) > The next largest group (31%) feels the ng offers honest opinions and > good info. I voted for this one, since I've yet to ask a question without getting a good answer, although some questions doesn't have an answer besides "Doesn't work" :( > Then things turn ugly. "Too much ego stroking and flaming" weighs in > virtually equal to "If it's not GPL, they don't give it a chance" at > about 11% each. 40 % don't know, 30 % like it, and 30 % don't like it. Which gives 50 % like this newsgroup and 50 % do not. > Which tempts one to say it's a fair poll, but it's no GPL. <g> LOL -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

I like to know who thought up the answers ;-) -- Slot www.slottweak.com Tweaks & Reviews "Kieran Larkin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8gc665$oeo$[email hidden]... > At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s > being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!! > >

>I could start a web site and take >a poll to see if www.simracingnews.com is valid :-) Of course it's valid... after all, it's RC2K forum alone has over 20,000 posts :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash / Where have we heard that before!

I think it's pretty rude for a sim racing news *website* to take a poll on whether or not a sim racing *newsgroup* is "valid". How would Kenneth like it if we took our own poll: Is High Gear valid sim racing news website? --David Cook In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] wrote...

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> And, as of 3:22 PST or so on May 22, the majority of those polled > (41%) had no clue whatan "r.a.s." is. > > The next largest group (31%) feels the ng offers honest opinions and > good info. > > Then things turn ugly. "Too much ego stroking and flaming" weighs in > virtually equal to "If it's not GPL, they don't give it a chance" at > about 11% each. > > Which tempts one to say it's a fair poll, but it's no GPL. <g> > > On Mon, 22 May 2000 21:40:29 +0100, "Kieran Larkin" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s > >being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > >They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!!

Well what the hell would the people at www.simracingnews.com care for? I seriously doubt they could cause the NG to be removed. After all it is getting more posts than the flightsim NG... And that is what counts. The people at www.simracingnews.com seem like some type of nosy busy-bodies to me. -- [email hidden] Kieran Larkin <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8gc665$oeo$[email hidden]... > At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s > being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!! > >

Yep... It just proves that any goof can make a web site and publish anything they want. I could start a web site and take a poll to see if www.simracingnews.com is valid :-) In fact I never of those self-important dorks before this. -- [email hidden] David L. Cook <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I think it's pretty rude for a sim racing news *website* to take a poll on > whether or not a sim racing *newsgroup* is "valid". How would Kenneth like it if > we took our own poll: > > Is High Gear valid sim racing news website? > > --David Cook > > In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] wrote... > > And, as of 3:22 PST or so on May 22, the majority of those polled > > (41%) had no clue whatan "r.a.s." is. > > > > The next largest group (31%) feels the ng offers honest opinions and > > good info. > > > > Then things turn ugly. "Too much ego stroking and flaming" weighs in > > virtually equal to "If it's not GPL, they don't give it a chance" at > > about 11% each. > > > > Which tempts one to say it's a fair poll, but it's no GPL. <g> > > > > On Mon, 22 May 2000 21:40:29 +0100, "Kieran Larkin" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s > > >being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > > >They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!!

Oh no! does this mean that we could be...invalidated ? Or maybe we were never really valid in the first place, and were a bastard news group. I'm so confused. [email hidden] (Kieran Larkin) wrote in <8gc665$oeo$[email hidden]>: >At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about >r.a.s being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! >They may take our webspace but they will never take our >freedom!!!!!! > > -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

I certainly agree with that. Heck, just from the number of posts per day here, I would have to say it's pretty darn valid. -- Don Burnette Dburn in N3 and Legends ICQ# 74084566 "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I think it's pretty rude for a sim racing news *website* to take a poll on > whether or not a sim racing *newsgroup* is "valid". How would Kenneth like it if > we took our own poll: > > Is High Gear valid sim racing news website? > > --David Cook > > In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] wrote... > > And, as of 3:22 PST or so on May 22, the majority of those polled > > (41%) had no clue whatan "r.a.s." is. > > > > The next largest group (31%) feels the ng offers honest opinions and > > good info. > > > > Then things turn ugly. "Too much ego stroking and flaming" weighs in > > virtually equal to "If it's not GPL, they don't give it a chance" at > > about 11% each. > > > > Which tempts one to say it's a fair poll, but it's no GPL. <g> > > > > On Mon, 22 May 2000 21:40:29 +0100, "Kieran Larkin" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s > > >being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > > >They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!!

"David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote > Is High Gear valid sim racing news website? It's biased towards certain types of racing. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

"Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote > I seriously doubt they could cause the NG to be removed. You can't remove a newsgroup. It will live forever Usenet exists. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

Greg Cisko wrote: > > Yep... It just proves that any goof can make a web site and > publish anything they want. I could start a web site and take > a poll to see if www.simracingnews.com is valid :-) > > In fact I never of those self-important dorks before this. I *may* be slightly biased, but I love your way with words Greg :-))) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

I echo that.. The people on this ng have given me more answers to queries I have had than I care to remember. I really don't know where else I would have got them from if this ng wasn't around. Long Live RAS!!! Peter Hooper Don Burnette <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:DtmW4.13962$[email hidden]...

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> I certainly agree with that. > Heck, just from the number of posts per day here, I would have to say it's > pretty darn valid. > > -- > Don Burnette > Dburn in N3 and Legends > ICQ# 74084566 > > "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I think it's pretty rude for a sim racing news *website* to take a poll

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> > whether or not a sim racing *newsgroup* is "valid". How would Kenneth > like it if > > we took our own poll: > > > > Is High Gear valid sim racing news website? > > > > --David Cook > > > > In article <[email hidden]>, > > [email hidden] wrote... > > > And, as of 3:22 PST or so on May 22, the majority of those polled > > > (41%) had no clue whatan "r.a.s." is. > > > > > > The next largest group (31%) feels the ng offers honest opinions and > > > good info. > > > > > > Then things turn ugly. "Too much ego stroking and flaming" weighs in > > > virtually equal to "If it's not GPL, they don't give it a chance" at > > > about 11% each. > > > > > > Which tempts one to say it's a fair poll, but it's no GPL. <g> > > > > > > On Mon, 22 May 2000 21:40:29 +0100, "Kieran Larkin" > > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > > > >At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about

r.a.s > > > >being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > > > >They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!! > >

Sorry man, I see what you mean now. :)

You mean realistic racing? It is called rec.autos.simulators...

"Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote > You mean realistic racing? It is called rec.autos.simulators... No, Im saying High Gear is biased towards certain types of racing simulations compared to others, almost at the level of wondering the validity of it at certain times. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

It's pretty obvious from the options what the webmaster at High Gear www.simracingnews.com ) thinks.

Good Question David. High Gear give an awful lot of coverage to what would be considered driving games. Chris In article <[email hidden]>, David L. Cook <[email hidden]> wrote: >I think it's pretty rude for a sim racing news *website* totake a poll on >whether or not a sim racing *newsgroup* is "valid". How wouldKenneth like it if >we took our own poll: > >Is High Gear valid sim racing news website? > >--David Cook > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

Yeah, Of course those who haven't voted should go and overload the pole with as many votes as possible for "YES". Right? Wrong! Its a good source of info and it must be bloody annoying for the webmaster to have someone ruining an otherwise informative vote! Kieran Larkin <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8gc665$oeo$[email hidden]... > At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s > being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!! > >

Uh-huh... and pray tell what, if anything, does the webmaster gain by knowing how people feel about r.a.s.? Jan. =--- GraDee wrote... > Yeah, Of course those who haven't voted should go and overload the polewith > as many votes as possible for "YES". Right? > > Wrong! Its a good source of info and it must be bloody annoying for the > webmaster to have someone ruining an otherwise informative vote! >

A "pole"?!!!! LOL! And what is this pole going to do, Keiran.....fall across the RAS powerlines and short-circuit us all or what?!!! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Kieran Larkin <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8gc665$oeo$[email hidden]... > At high gear http://www.simracingnews.com/ they have a pole about r.a.s > being a valid newsgroup. Go and vote now! > They may take our webspace but they will never take our freedom!!!!!! > >

Sorry man, I see what you mean now. :)

The poll has allready been replaced by a new one, because of all the flaming on RAS about the poll :) Andre On Tue, 23 May 2000 18:07:40 GMT, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Uh-huh... and pray tell what, if anything, does the webmaster gain by >knowing how people feel about r.a.s.? > >Jan. >=--- >GraDee wrote... >> Yeah, Of course those who haven't voted should go and overload the pole >with >> as many votes as possible for "YES". Right? >> >> Wrong! Its a good source of info and it must be bloody annoying for the >> webmaster to have someone ruining an otherwise informative vote! >> > >

> Uh-huh... and pray tell what, if anything, does the webmaster gain by > knowing how people feel about r.a.s.? These votes are not for the webmaster. Well, Ok, he'd like to know the votes as much as anyone but the are for the general racing sims publics information and are often quite informative about things. If they votes are ruined by people then its just pointless, a waste of the webmasters time and very misleading to viewers.

> The poll has allready been replaced by a new one, because of all the > flaming on RAS about the poll :) The poll has been replaced, because someone thought it was a good idea to stuff the box... -- Kenneth Verburg Editor-in-Chief, High Gear http://www.simracingnews.com