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Moving to new form of usenet ideas?

Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.

2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

3. Meta data - Have the ability to directly include graphics and things like
TeX into messages. For those that do not want to view it they can disable it
or have some other means to see it.

4. Specific tools for groups - Different groups have different needs for
communication. Mathematics groups need to efficiently communicate
mathematical formulas while electronics need to communicate schematics.

5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the ability to
"quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of options to have
more control over groups(But not to much).

6. Non-anomality or some way to slow down spammers. Maybe better routing
data and such.

7. Potentially "Backwards compatible" with usenet - have the ability to surf
usenet with the same client to help make a smoother transition.
----

In any case this is extremely preliminary and just some thoughts. It seems
that usenet has started to go down the drain. Hopefully there are those out
there that are interested in keeping it alive. I'm thinking something very
similar to usenet but with just more "features".

If enough people are interested in doing this then maybe we can put
something together. All ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Jon
Oct 8 '07 #1
113 3010
On Oct 8, 3:13 pm, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@Hotmail.comwrote:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.
Usenet is usenet. What you want is a discussion forum. There are
plenty
of implementations available freely that you may modify to suit your
needs.

Please, don't cross-post to unrelated newsgroups and understand that
you are currently part of this "spam" category. Time to use this
"spam-repellent" on yourself.
Jonathan

Oct 8 '07 #2
Jon,
Usenet (NNTP newsgroups) has been around for 25 years, and it isn't going to
change. You will see web-based UI presentations like the ones at Microsoft's
groups from their news server, and they may have additional features. But the
bottom line is, it's still Usenet. MS groups are moderated, and most spam
messages get removed eventually.

The other alternative is forums, which are not NNTP protocol but database-
backed web UI's. These can (and many do) offer some of the features you are
looking for.

Microsoft sponsors many forums, both on MSDN as well as sites like ASP.NET.

-- Peter
Recursion: see Recursion
site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
unBlog: http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
BlogMetaFinder: http://www.blogmetafinder.com

"Jon Slaughter" wrote:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.

2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

3. Meta data - Have the ability to directly include graphics and things like
TeX into messages. For those that do not want to view it they can disable it
or have some other means to see it.

4. Specific tools for groups - Different groups have different needs for
communication. Mathematics groups need to efficiently communicate
mathematical formulas while electronics need to communicate schematics.

5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the ability to
"quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of options to have
more control over groups(But not to much).

6. Non-anomality or some way to slow down spammers. Maybe better routing
data and such.

7. Potentially "Backwards compatible" with usenet - have the ability to surf
usenet with the same client to help make a smoother transition.
----

In any case this is extremely preliminary and just some thoughts. It seems
that usenet has started to go down the drain. Hopefully there are those out
there that are interested in keeping it alive. I'm thinking something very
similar to usenet but with just more "features".

If enough people are interested in doing this then maybe we can put
something together. All ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Jon
Oct 8 '07 #3

"Jonathan Mcdougall" <jo***************@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@19g2000hsx.googlegro ups.com...
On Oct 8, 3:13 pm, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@Hotmail.comwrote:
>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Usenet is usenet. What you want is a discussion forum. There are
plenty
of implementations available freely that you may modify to suit your
needs.
I'm trying to see if the community is interested in moving into something
better.
Please, don't cross-post to unrelated newsgroups and understand that
you are currently part of this "spam" category. Time to use this
"spam-repellent" on yourself.

Hmm... But yet its ok for you to do it? I knew someone would say such a
thing but I guess you rather me post individually to each group?

Fortunately there is a difference between what I posted and spam. I do not
in general post to multiple groups and I am not posting an irrelevant
message or trying to sell a product or waste peoples time. What I am asking
is relevant to all those that use usenet. It is a serious question please
respond with a serious answer.

And hell, if you hate cross posting then please don't do it yourself.... it
makes you look like a hypocrit.

Oct 8 '07 #4
Fortunately there is a difference between what I posted and spam. I do
not in general post to multiple groups and I am not posting an irrelevant
message or trying to sell a product or waste peoples time. What I am
asking is relevant to all those that use usenet. It is a serious question
please respond with a serious answer.
Don't get me wrong though. Maybe I am the only one concerned here and maybe
I am wasting everyone's time... but compared to rest of the spam thats a
chance I'm willing to take.
Oct 8 '07 #5
Jon Slaughter wrote:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.
I'd be in favor of that, to a degree. If you get a bad cook, simply
sending the meal back won't solve the problem.
>
2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.
The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.

<snip>
Apologies in advance for waste of bandwidth,

Rick
Oct 8 '07 #6
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:32:57 -0400, Rick Decker <rd*****@hamilton.edu>
wrote:
>Jon Slaughter wrote:
>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.

I'd be in favor of that, to a degree. If you get a bad cook, simply
sending the meal back won't solve the problem.
I can't remember ever getting a bad idea from a cook. Whereas I've
gotten plenty from sacred cows.
>2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.
I believe Spam was invented by Capt. James Cook. Possibly apochryphal.
I don't know who invented sacred cows. Possibly bad cooks.
>Apologies in advance for waste of bandwidth,
Not so far.

~v~~
Oct 8 '07 #7
>
The other thing that comes to my mind is that 90-95% of people that come
to a group like this post the odd one-off question and then disappear for
weeks or months or longer. Noise is only likely to be really noticed by
regulars. If they have mostly developed coping strategies - either by dint
of setting up their newsreader correctly, or just by having the ability to
mentally filter it out, it's no surprise to me that your suggestion will
be met with a certain amount of apathy.
The way I see it, and its just my point of view, is that one can develop a
new usenet that basically retains what usenet is about and also takes
advantages of the advancements in technology over the last 25 years.

How many people still use CP/M just cause they can?

Usenet is suppose to be about sharing knowledge? right? If thats the case
then shouldn't it also be done in an efficient way(it sounds to me like that
is implicit because if your intentionally sharing knowledge inefficiently
then its not much of sharing).

My examples:

Sci.Math - Its very difficult to typeset complex formulas using ascii.
Probably 30% of all posts in sci.math that show mathematical formulas result
in some confusion(usually cause theres no standard notation and because much
of the mathematically notation is impossible to display using ascii).

Having the ability to use latex expression would not only clear up most of
the confusion but also make it easier to communicate more efficiently.

In Sci.Math there is this kook JHS that has been posting in the group for
the last 10 years(or longer). He claims that all mathematicians are against
him. He posts usually once a day but sometimes goes on a rampage. He
contributes about 5% of all posts which never go anywhere but just wastes
everyones time.

Its obvious to any regular he is just a big waste of time but since the
group is un moderated theres nothing that can be done except to filter
him... but many posts always get by. Many non-regulars get caught by his
troll(which is essentially what he is) and just end up contributing to the
problem.

If there was a way to get rid of him it would be a step in the right
direction. One idea would be to have some sort of voting method where he
could be banned if there were enough votes by regulars. Another might be to
have better tracing methods so it is easier to bad and to have unique
message id's that can be used regardless of the subject line. (maybe include
a hash of the original message in every reply that can be looked up)
I'm sure we've evolved in the last 25 years and usenet should too.
And of course there are always those that have been using UseNet for so
long, they will be very protective of it's freedoms and heritage. Warts
and all.
Those people only hurt progress. They are afraid of change... even if its
for the better. That is not right and just prevents evolution in the right
direction.

I am not claiming to solve any of the problems and that is why I posted the
message. I believe if people see a problem then we can work together to
solve it. But many people don't see any problems... either cause there are
none or cause they are blind(by ignorance or intention).

So I guess this was just a big waste of time. I can promise that eventually
usenet will be worthless for unmoderated groups. The spam is increasing
drastically. It's not going to stop itself. I have noticed a huge increase
in spam in in the last few months and its only going to get worse as more
spammers find out about usenet.

At the very least there should be an revision to increase the filtering
power. I can ignore some spammer only to have him change his email the next
min and post another spam. Sure I can ignore some subject matter but then
I risk loosing posts I want to see. Sure I can filter on his routing address
but he spoofs it so it does no good.

In any case it doesn't matter. I was wrong in expecting to much.
Oct 8 '07 #8
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up.
Really, you should try some of my bean recipes.

John
Oct 8 '07 #9
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).
I see very little spam on sed, maybe because I use Supernews.

You can ignore the kooks or play with them. Sometimes it's interesting
to research their obscessions. You can learn a lot about H2O2 or PV
solar or bogus audio stuff.

But what's this Mika Lalonde stuff? It seems to keep evading my kill
filters.

>5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the ability to
"quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of options to have
more control over groups(But not to much).
Moderated groups tend to be dull or totally dead. The cure is worse
than the disease.

John
Oct 8 '07 #10
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).
[sip]

I like the wild wild west feel of usenet. Raw, unmoderated and free :)
Yeeee hahhhhh....bang bang bang
D from BC
Oct 8 '07 #11
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:56:39 +0000, Jon Slaughter wrote:
>Fortunately there is a difference between what I posted and spam. I do
not in general post to multiple groups and I am not posting an
irrelevant message or trying to sell a product or waste peoples time.
What I am asking is relevant to all those that use usenet. It is a
serious question please respond with a serious answer.

Don't get me wrong though. Maybe I am the only one concerned here and
maybe I am wasting everyone's time... but compared to rest of the spam
thats a chance I'm willing to take.
Well, FWIW, there's these:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...sion+groups%22

Good Luck!
Rich
Oct 8 '07 #12
Rick Decker wrote:
>
Jon Slaughter wrote:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.

I'd be in favor of that, to a degree. If you get a bad cook, simply
sending the meal back won't solve the problem.

2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.

Prepare it? You rip off the lid and either use a fork to eat it out
of the can, or slice it and make sandwiches. Only wimps need to
'prepare it'. Soldiers during WWII didn't need it 'prepared', and if it
was good enough for them, it should be plenty good enough for you!
<snip>

Apologies in advance for waste of bandwidth,

Rick
http://www.spam.com/whatisspam/

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Oct 8 '07 #13
D from BC wrote:
>
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).
[sip]

I like the wild wild west feel of usenet. Raw, unmoderated and free :)
Yeeee hahhhhh....bang bang bang

D from BC

Stop blowing up all those electrolytics! Do you have ANY idea how
hard it is to clean that crap off the ceiling?
--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Oct 8 '07 #14
Gosh. I sure am glad we all got that out of our systems. Now maybe we can get
back to c# language issues.
--
Recursion: see Recursion
site: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
unBlog: http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com
BlogMetaFinder: http://www.blogmetafinder.com

"Jon Slaughter" wrote:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.

2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

3. Meta data - Have the ability to directly include graphics and things like
TeX into messages. For those that do not want to view it they can disable it
or have some other means to see it.

4. Specific tools for groups - Different groups have different needs for
communication. Mathematics groups need to efficiently communicate
mathematical formulas while electronics need to communicate schematics.

5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the ability to
"quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of options to have
more control over groups(But not to much).

6. Non-anomality or some way to slow down spammers. Maybe better routing
data and such.

7. Potentially "Backwards compatible" with usenet - have the ability to surf
usenet with the same client to help make a smoother transition.
----

In any case this is extremely preliminary and just some thoughts. It seems
that usenet has started to go down the drain. Hopefully there are those out
there that are interested in keeping it alive. I'm thinking something very
similar to usenet but with just more "features".

If enough people are interested in doing this then maybe we can put
something together. All ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Jon
Oct 8 '07 #15
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Rick Decker wrote:
>Jon Slaughter wrote:
>>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.
I'd be in favor of that, to a degree. If you get a bad cook, simply
sending the meal back won't solve the problem.
>>2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.
The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.


Prepare it? You rip off the lid and either use a fork to eat it out
of the can, or slice it and make sandwiches. Only wimps need to
'prepare it'. Soldiers during WWII didn't need it 'prepared', and if it
was good enough for them, it should be plenty good enough for you!
Heh. I did a lot of things in the Army that I (happily) haven't
done since.
Regards,

Rick
Oct 8 '07 #16

"John Larkin" <jj******@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.comwrote in message
news:1e********************************@4ax.com...
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up.

Really, you should try some of my bean recipes.
Lol... shit. It as 4AM and I've been up all night. kook... cook... kook...
there to close to tell at 4AM ;/
Oct 8 '07 #17

"John Larkin" <jj******@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.comwrote in message
news:b0********************************@4ax.com...
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I see very little spam on sed, maybe because I use Supernews.

You can ignore the kooks or play with them. Sometimes it's interesting
to research their obscessions. You can learn a lot about H2O2 or PV
solar or bogus audio stuff.

But what's this Mika Lalonde stuff? It seems to keep evading my kill
filters.
Maybe I don't use my filters properly but in any case its ridiculous. About
1 out of every 8 OT's in sci.electronics.basics is spam. I get tired of
blocking these.

Sci.Math has been flooded with the same spam but also about 1 out of every
100 posts(which is significant because Sci.Math is pretty active) is someone
asking for a solutions manual.

It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the problems in the bud
is the best solution instead of waiting until their full blown.
>
>>5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the ability to
"quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of options to have
more control over groups(But not to much).

Moderated groups tend to be dull or totally dead. The cure is worse
than the disease.
Yes, I have noticed. That is why some type of self moderating idea would
work better. That is, by keeping track of the regular users(the hard part
then is spoofing problems) then it would allow them to vote on some of the
problems that moderation is suppose to solve.

Maybe not the best method but just an idea. I'm sure there are better ones.
Point was to bring up the issues to get a discussion about it and get the
ideas flowing to improve on something. A lot of people seem to have taken
offense to this.
Oct 8 '07 #18
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Rick Decker wrote:
The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.


Prepare it? You rip off the lid and either use a fork to eat it
out of the can, or slice it and make sandwiches. Only wimps need to
'prepare it'. Soldiers during WWII didn't need it 'prepared', and if
it was good enough for them, it should be plenty good enough for you!
Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.

Brian
Oct 8 '07 #19
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:50:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Never happened to me or anyone else of course.

~v~~
Oct 8 '07 #20
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:34:24 GMT, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>
"John Larkin" <jj******@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.comwrote in message
news:b0********************************@4ax.com.. .
>On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>>>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I see very little spam on sed, maybe because I use Supernews.

You can ignore the kooks or play with them. Sometimes it's interesting
to research their obscessions. You can learn a lot about H2O2 or PV
solar or bogus audio stuff.

But what's this Mika Lalonde stuff? It seems to keep evading my kill
filters.

Maybe I don't use my filters properly but in any case its ridiculous. About
1 out of every 8 OT's in sci.electronics.basics is spam. I get tired of
blocking these.
Quite possibly the group itself is spam.
>Sci.Math has been flooded with the same spam but also about 1 out of every
100 posts(which is significant because Sci.Math is pretty active) is someone
asking for a solutions manual.

It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the problems in the bud
is the best solution instead of waiting until their full blown.
It's good to know the problem itself isn't already full blown.
>>>5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the ability to
"quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of options to have
more control over groups(But not to much).

Moderated groups tend to be dull or totally dead. The cure is worse
than the disease.

Yes, I have noticed. That is why some type of self moderating idea would
work better.
I always thought freedom of speech was self moderating. I guess not.
That is, by keeping track of the regular users(the hard part
then is spoofing problems) then it would allow them to vote on some of the
problems that moderation is suppose to solve.
Majority logic? I love it.
>Maybe not the best method but just an idea. I'm sure there are better ones.
So are we.
>Point was to bring up the issues to get a discussion about it and get the
ideas flowing to improve on something. A lot of people seem to have taken
offense to this.
Quite often I take offense to assholes pontificating about what others
should be allowed to discuss.

~v~~
Oct 8 '07 #21
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:34:24 GMT, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
>
"John Larkin" <jj******@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.comwrote in message
news:b0********************************@4ax.com.. .
>On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:
Maybe I don't use my filters properly but in any case its ridiculous. About
1 out of every 8 OT's in sci.electronics.basics is spam. I get tired of
blocking these.

Sci.Math has been flooded with the same spam but also about 1 out of every
100 posts(which is significant because Sci.Math is pretty active) is someone
asking for a solutions manual.

It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the problems in the bud
is the best solution instead of waiting until their full blown.
It's the same problem as with email, which is largely solved, for
those who care, by filters in servers and client software. This
could be done completely independently of any protocol or user
behavior in usenet. It would, however, require an investment by
_somebody_, likely the ISPs, but since usenet is so lightly used
compared to email I wouldn't hold my breath.

Again, if you want people to take you seriously or get behind you,
have a proposal that makes sense that provides a genuine means to get
you (and a lot of others) something of benefit. Just showing up,
spamming a bunch of disinterested newsgroups with an OT message, and
complaining without any apparent clue of how to solve the stated
problem is just going to, well, just has, annoy people.

>Moderated groups tend to be dull or totally dead. The cure is worse
than the disease.
Yes, I have noticed. That is why some type of self moderating idea would
work better. That is, by keeping track of the regular users(the hard part
then is spoofing problems) then it would allow them to vote on some of the
problems that moderation is suppose to solve.
That's a death-knell for usenet. The beauty of usenet is that most
groups are unmoderated and belong to no-one. If you want a moderated
forum there are web-apps for that or discussion groups that already
exist. Why take away the big benefit of usenet to make it just like
everything else that has popped up?

Who picks your "self-moderators"? How much authority do they have?
How do you police the moderators? It sounds like a way to create
another Wikipedia-like disaster.
>Maybe not the best method but just an idea. I'm sure there are better ones.
Point was to bring up the issues to get a discussion about it and get the
ideas flowing to improve on something. A lot of people seem to have taken
offense to this.
You've gotten the discussion going. You should listen to the
responses rather than discounting them.

Eric Jacobsen
Minister of Algorithms
Abineau Communications
http://www.ericjacobsen.org
Oct 8 '07 #22
Lester Zick wrote:
>
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:50:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.

Never happened to me or anyone else of course.

Sigh. So many idiots, so little time. The sig file is used to
remind an online stalker that he hasn't managed to interfere with my
volunteer work to help other disabled veterans. Take it any way you
want to.
--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Oct 9 '07 #23
Default User wrote:
>
Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.

Yeah, old age kills a LOT of people. Around here, its over 200
Veterans, every 90 days.
--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Oct 9 '07 #24
Rick Decker wrote:
>
Heh. I did a lot of things in the Army that I (happily) haven't
done since.

Spam is better than the C rations, K rations or MREs I've tried.

As far as what i did in the service? I was a broadcast engineer for
AFRTS.
--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Oct 9 '07 #25
Lester Zick wrote:
>

I always thought freedom of speech was self moderating. I guess not.

Maybe the group you are posting from will be hit with over 50,000 bot
posts in one day, the next time around. it really plugged up SED for a
while. it took me about a half hour to downlad the headers and delete
them, to find the 50 or so real posts that morning, but I'm on
broadbnd. the dialup guys weren't so lucky.
--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Oct 9 '07 #26
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:16:00 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:32:57 -0400, Rick Decker <rd*****@hamilton.edu>
wrote:
>>Jon Slaughter wrote:
>>Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.

I'd be in favor of that, to a degree. If you get a bad cook, simply
sending the meal back won't solve the problem.

I can't remember ever getting a bad idea from a cook. Whereas I've
gotten plenty from sacred cows.
>>2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.

I believe Spam was invented by Capt. James Cook.
---
Nope.

http://www.spam.com/
---
>Possibly apochryphal.
I don't know who invented sacred cows.
---
The Indian Indians.
---
>Possibly bad cooks.
---
Hardly. Try a nice lamb vindaloo sometime...
--
JF
Oct 9 '07 #27
me
"Michael A. Terrell" <mi**********@earthlink.netwrote in
news:47***************@earthlink.net:
>Default User wrote:
>>
Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.


Yeah, old age kills a LOT of people.
I think it gets everyone ...
----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
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Oct 9 '07 #28
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:24:11 -0500, me <me@here.netwrote:
>"Michael A. Terrell" <mi**********@earthlink.netwrote in
news:47***************@earthlink.net:
>>Default User wrote:
>>>
Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.


Yeah, old age kills a LOT of people.

I think it gets everyone ...
---
Well, maybe not, but the ones it doesn't get have to keep moving...
--
JF
Oct 9 '07 #29
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:05:32 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>Lester Zick wrote:
>>

I always thought freedom of speech was self moderating. I guess not.


Maybe the group you are posting from will be hit with over 50,000 bot
posts in one day, the next time around. it really plugged up SED for a
while. it took me about a half hour to downlad the headers and delete
them, to find the 50 or so real posts that morning, but I'm on
broadbnd. the dialup guys weren't so lucky.
I never saw them. Supernews must have zapped them first.

John

Oct 9 '07 #30
Eric Jacobsen wrote:
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:34:24 GMT, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:

>>"John Larkin" <jj******@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.comwrote in message
news:b0********************************@4ax.com. ..
>>>On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 06:13:39 -0500, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jo***********@Hotmail.comwrote:

Maybe I don't use my filters properly but in any case its ridiculous. About
1 out of every 8 OT's in sci.electronics.basics is spam. I get tired of
blocking these.

Sci.Math has been flooded with the same spam but also about 1 out of every
100 posts(which is significant because Sci.Math is pretty active) is someone
asking for a solutions manual.

It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the problems in the bud
is the best solution instead of waiting until their full blown.


It's the same problem as with email, which is largely solved, for
those who care, by filters in servers and client software. This
could be done completely independently of any protocol or user
behavior in usenet. It would, however, require an investment by
_somebody_, likely the ISPs, but since usenet is so lightly used
compared to email I wouldn't hold my breath.

Again, if you want people to take you seriously or get behind you,
have a proposal that makes sense that provides a genuine means to get
you (and a lot of others) something of benefit. Just showing up,
spamming a bunch of disinterested newsgroups with an OT message, and
complaining without any apparent clue of how to solve the stated
problem is just going to, well, just has, annoy people.
>>>Moderated groups tend to be dull or totally dead. The cure is worse
than the disease.

Yes, I have noticed. That is why some type of self moderating idea would
work better. That is, by keeping track of the regular users(the hard part
then is spoofing problems) then it would allow them to vote on some of the
problems that moderation is suppose to solve.


That's a death-knell for usenet. The beauty of usenet is that most
groups are unmoderated and belong to no-one. If you want a moderated
forum there are web-apps for that or discussion groups that already
exist. Why take away the big benefit of usenet to make it just like
everything else that has popped up?

Who picks your "self-moderators"? How much authority do they have?
How do you police the moderators? It sounds like a way to create
another Wikipedia-like disaster.

>>Maybe not the best method but just an idea. I'm sure there are better ones.
Point was to bring up the issues to get a discussion about it and get the
ideas flowing to improve on something. A lot of people seem to have taken
offense to this.


You've gotten the discussion going. You should listen to the
responses rather than discounting them.

Eric Jacobsen
Minister of Algorithms
Abineau Communications
http://www.ericjacobsen.org
The solution is PIOEP (Poison ivy over Ethernet Protocol).
Absolutely guaranteed to instantly eliminate any and all undesirable
emails, spam, and newsgroup posts.

See http://www.tinaja.com/glib/psnt.pdf , example 5

--
Many thanks,

Don Lancaster voice phone: (928)428-4073
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
rss: http://www.tinaja.com/whtnu.xml email: do*@tinaja.com

Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at http://www.tinaja.com
Oct 9 '07 #31
John Larkin wrote:
>
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:05:32 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
Lester Zick wrote:
>

I always thought freedom of speech was self moderating. I guess not.

Maybe the group you are posting from will be hit with over 50,000 bot
posts in one day, the next time around. it really plugged up SED for a
while. it took me about a half hour to downlad the headers and delete
them, to find the 50 or so real posts that morning, but I'm on
broadbnd. the dialup guys weren't so lucky.

I never saw them. Supernews must have zapped them first.

They did. Earthlink hadn't changed over to Supernews at that point.
I see very little spam, since the change over.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
Oct 9 '07 #32
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:59:05 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>Lester Zick wrote:
>>
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:50:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.

Never happened to me or anyone else of course.


Sigh. So many idiots, so little time.
Part of your service to the country no doubt.
The sig file is used to
remind an online stalker that he hasn't managed to interfere with my
volunteer work to help other disabled veterans. Take it any way you
want to.
A lot of us have been there. That doesn't qualify us as idiots.
Fortunately relatively few were disabled. I was just trying to
understand how you think that bears on issues raised here.

~v~~
Oct 9 '07 #33
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:24:27 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:16:00 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:32:57 -0400, Rick Decker <rd*****@hamilton.edu>
wrote:
>>>Jon Slaughter wrote:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a serious
discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and cooks
that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be growing
exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to see happen
is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based communiations that
has sprung up lately but since it solves many of usenet's shortcommings I
believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to something
better and increase the efficiency and productivity that usenet was meant
for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting normal
flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of identifying means to
either completely remove them or at least make it easier to avoid them.

I'd be in favor of that, to a degree. If you get a bad cook, simply
sending the meal back won't solve the problem.

I can't remember ever getting a bad idea from a cook. Whereas I've
gotten plenty from sacred cows.
>>>2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.

I believe Spam was invented by Capt. James Cook.

---
Nope.
Oh no! Are you sure? I mean you wouldn't just be citing some web
loony, would you?
>http://www.spam.com/
---
>>Possibly apochryphal.
I don't know who invented sacred cows.

---
The Indian Indians.
Ya think?
>>Possibly bad cooks.

---
Hardly. Try a nice lamb vindaloo sometime...
I've already had more than my share of sacree vache served up in a
variety of ways under various pretexts.Never developed a taste for it.

~v~~
Oct 9 '07 #34
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:05:32 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>Lester Zick wrote:
>>

I always thought freedom of speech was self moderating. I guess not.


Maybe the group you are posting from will be hit with over 50,000 bot
posts in one day, the next time around.
I think it already has been. I thought they were just out to get me.
Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out there.
it really plugged up SED for a
while. it took me about a half hour to downlad the headers and delete
them, to find the 50 or so real posts that morning, but I'm on
broadbnd. the dialup guys weren't so lucky.
Been there, done that. Lost a lot of historical value to me. Nuisance
value more than anything else. Fortunately it just took a while.

~v~~
Oct 9 '07 #35
On 8 Oct 2007 21:01:53 GMT, "Default User" <de***********@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>Rick Decker wrote:
The worst would be cooks who prepare Spam. Though Spam is very
popular in some places (I understand that Hawaiians consume more
Spam than any other state in the US), I've never known a cook
who can prepare it well.


Prepare it? You rip off the lid and either use a fork to eat it
out of the can, or slice it and make sandwiches. Only wimps need to
'prepare it'. Soldiers during WWII didn't need it 'prepared', and if
it was good enough for them, it should be plenty good enough for you!

Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.
They got shot with spam?

~v~~
Oct 9 '07 #36
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:32:48 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:24:11 -0500, me <me@here.netwrote:
>>"Michael A. Terrell" <mi**********@earthlink.netwrote in
news:47***************@earthlink.net:
>>>Default User wrote:
Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.
Yeah, old age kills a LOT of people.

I think it gets everyone ...

---
Well, maybe not, but the ones it doesn't get have to keep moving...
Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

~v~~
Oct 9 '07 #37
John Larkin wrote:
>
>>5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the ability to
"quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of options to have
more control over groups(But not to much).


Moderated groups tend to be dull or totally dead. The cure is worse
than the disease.

John

Hi John,
Depends on the group. I haunt a moderated group that is supposed to be
discussing Babylon 5 that is pretty active, but it 'strays' from the
core topic a bit... ;-)

Charlie
Oct 9 '07 #38
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:46:35 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:59:05 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>>Lester Zick wrote:
>>>
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:50:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:

Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.

Never happened to me or anyone else of course.


Sigh. So many idiots, so little time.

Part of your service to the country no doubt.
> The sig file is used to
remind an online stalker that he hasn't managed to interfere with my
volunteer work to help other disabled veterans. Take it any way you
want to.

A lot of us have been there. That doesn't qualify us as idiots.
Fortunately relatively few were disabled. I was just trying to
understand how you think that bears on issues raised here.
---
It doesn't bear on any issues raised here. He uses it as his .sig,
and the only time he elaborates on it is when someone asks him about
what's up with that.

you seem to take it as a personal affrontery; what's up with _that_?
--
JF
Oct 9 '07 #39
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:25:02 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:32:48 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:24:11 -0500, me <me@here.netwrote:
>>>"Michael A. Terrell" <mi**********@earthlink.netwrote in
news:47***************@earthlink.net:

Default User wrote:

>
Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.
Yeah, old age kills a LOT of people.

I think it gets everyone ...

---
Well, maybe not, but the ones it doesn't get have to keep moving...

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
---
You've got a total of 13 posts on seb and not one of them contains
anything even remotely technical, so why are you pestering us with
your trash?
--
JF
Oct 9 '07 #40
Lester Zick wrote:
On 8 Oct 2007 21:01:53 GMT, "Default User" <de***********@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Soldiers during WWII didn't need it 'prepared', and if
it was good enough for them, it should be plenty good enough for
you!
Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.

They got shot with spam?
Ewww, Spam bullets. Was that an episode of Mythbusters?

Brian
Oct 9 '07 #41
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:03:09 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:46:35 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:59:05 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>>>Lester Zick wrote:

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:50:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:

Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.

Never happened to me or anyone else of course.
Sigh. So many idiots, so little time.

Part of your service to the country no doubt.
>> The sig file is used to
remind an online stalker that he hasn't managed to interfere with my
volunteer work to help other disabled veterans. Take it any way you
want to.

A lot of us have been there. That doesn't qualify us as idiots.
Fortunately relatively few were disabled. I was just trying to
understand how you think that bears on issues raised here.

---
It doesn't bear on any issues raised here. He uses it as his .sig,
and the only time he elaborates on it is when someone asks him about
what's up with that.

you seem to take it as a personal affrontery; what's up with _that_?
Usually I only take effrontery with bad spelling. But in your case
I'll make an acception.

~v~~
Oct 9 '07 #42
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:06:28 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:25:02 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:32:48 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:24:11 -0500, me <me@here.netwrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" <mi**********@earthlink.netwrote in
news:47***************@earthlink.net:

>Default User wrote:
>
>>
>Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.
>
>
Yeah, old age kills a LOT of people.

I think it gets everyone ...

---
Well, maybe not, but the ones it doesn't get have to keep moving...

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

---
You've got a total of 13 posts on seb and not one of them contains
anything even remotely technical, so why are you pestering us with
your trash?
Mainly because it isn't I expect but you can't tell the difference.

~v~~
Oct 9 '07 #43
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:46:34 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:06:28 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>---
You've got a total of 13 posts on seb and not one of them contains
anything even remotely technical, so why are you pestering us with
your trash?

Mainly because it isn't I expect but you can't tell the difference.
---
Your expectations and reality seem to be at odds with each other.
--
JF
Oct 10 '07 #44
On 9 Oct 2007 23:16:09 GMT, "Default User" <de***********@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>Lester Zick wrote:
>On 8 Oct 2007 21:01:53 GMT, "Default User" <de***********@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>Soldiers during WWII didn't need it 'prepared', and if
it was good enough for them, it should be plenty good enough for
you!

Yeah, and LOT of those guys are dead now. Coincidence? I think not.

They got shot with spam?

Ewww, Spam bullets. Was that an episode of Mythbusters?
No. It was an episode of "BabbleOn 5".

~v~~
Oct 10 '07 #45
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:21:37 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:46:34 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:06:28 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>>---
You've got a total of 13 posts on seb and not one of them contains
anything even remotely technical, so why are you pestering us with
your trash?

Mainly because it isn't I expect but you can't tell the difference.

---
Your expectations and reality seem to be at odds with each other.
Like you can really tell the difference.
Oct 10 '07 #46
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:06:30 -0700, lo***@truthless.net wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:21:37 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:46:34 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>>>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:06:28 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>>>---
You've got a total of 13 posts on seb and not one of them contains
anything even remotely technical, so why are you pestering us with
your trash?

Mainly because it isn't I expect but you can't tell the difference.

---
Your expectations and reality seem to be at odds with each other.

Like you can really tell the difference.
---
Like I can't?
--
JF
Oct 10 '07 #47
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:31:16 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:06:30 -0700, lo***@truthless.net wrote:
>>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:21:37 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:46:34 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:06:28 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:

>---
>You've got a total of 13 posts on seb and not one of them contains
>anything even remotely technical, so why are you pestering us with
>your trash?

Mainly because it isn't I expect but you can't tell the difference.

---
Your expectations and reality seem to be at odds with each other.

Like you can really tell the difference.

---
Like I can't?
No.

~v~~
Oct 11 '07 #48
Jon Slaughter Jo***********@Hotmail.com posted to
sci.electronics.design:
Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a
serious discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and
cooks that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be
growing exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to
see happen is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based
communiations that has sprung up lately but since it solves many of
usenet's shortcommings I believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to
something better and increase the efficiency and productivity that
usenet was meant for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting
normal flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of
identifying means to either completely remove them or at least make
it easier to avoid them.
Presuming you meant Kooks, get a better newsreader and filter them
out.
>
2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.
Same as 1. above.
3. Meta data - Have the ability to directly include graphics and
things like TeX into messages. For those that do not want to view it
they can disable it or have some other means to see it.
Same as 1. above
>
4. Specific tools for groups - Different groups have different needs
for communication. Mathematics groups need to efficiently
communicate mathematical formulas while electronics need to
communicate schematics.
sed and seb have abse. Math groups can use MathML or pseudo code.
Other kinds of groups have their own matching binary groups.
>
5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the
ability to "quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of
options to have more control over groups(But not to much).
Moderated groups are all over USENET. Lots of people have issues with
them because of some particular set of moderators. Which brings up
who do you get to do the moderation? What are the oaffishul
moderation rules?
>
6. Non-anomality or some way to slow down spammers. Maybe better
routing data and such.
Same as 1. above.
>
7. Potentially "Backwards compatible" with usenet - have the ability
to surf usenet with the same client to help make a smoother
transition. ----
All of the requirements you have stated so far have been met with
existing tools.
>
In any case this is extremely preliminary and just some thoughts.
It seems
that usenet has started to go down the drain.
Where did you get that idea? It is roughly the same as it has been
for over 20 years. There is only a bit more noise because there is
proportionately more kooks and spammers on the internet.

Of course getting rid of google groups would really help too. Letting
web jerks in was a real disservice. USENET as a popularity contest,
phooie, that jerk should be stripped, have portions of their skin
sanded off, bound, salt rubbed on their wounds, and left on a fire
and mound with several web-cams watching for the next two weeks 24/7.
Hopefully there are
those out
there that are interested in keeping it alive. I'm thinking
something very similar to usenet but with just more "features".

If enough people are interested in doing this then maybe we can put
something together. All ideas and suggestions are welcome.
Too many people like it raw and UNCENSORED.
>
Thanks,
Jon
Oct 11 '07 #49
Lester Zick do********@nowhere.net posted to sci.electronics.design:
On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:03:09 -0500, John Fields
<jf*****@austininstruments.comwrote:
>>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:46:35 -0700, Lester Zick
<do********@nowhere.netwrote:
>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:59:05 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:

Lester Zick wrote:
>
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:50:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mi**********@earthlink.netwrote:
>
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my
DD214 to prove it.
>
Never happened to me or anyone else of course.
Sigh. So many idiots, so little time.

Part of your service to the country no doubt.

The sig
file is
used to
remind an online stalker that he hasn't managed to interfere with
my
volunteer work to help other disabled veterans. Take it any way
you want to.

A lot of us have been there. That doesn't qualify us as idiots.
Fortunately relatively few were disabled. I was just trying to
understand how you think that bears on issues raised here.

---
It doesn't bear on any issues raised here. He uses it as his .sig,
and the only time he elaborates on it is when someone asks him about
what's up with that.

you seem to take it as a personal affrontery; what's up with _that_?

Usually I only take effrontery with bad spelling. But in your case
I'll make an acception.

~v~~
He typed boldly when the correct word is affront.

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