The good old/bad old days in R.A.P.

writes:

Yep I am being conciencious of doing this. What you say above is the
key for us getting our group back :-)

I will only do this to "initiated and already known off topic threads"
that are not aviation related. It only takes a second and as you will
see, I just leave the one line showing who posted the off topic
material. Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to work with thread
drift as I encountered in my other group.

I hope you aren't actually trying to change thread subject lines. You realize
that that doesn't work on USENET, don't you?

Refer to RFC 1036 for details on the protocol. Keep in mind that the way
Google handles newsgroups is rather specific to Google. Changing something to
get it to look different on Google has no effect on the rest of USENET.

This reminds me of a story I heard once about a fifth-grade teacher who wanted
to rearrange the keys on a computer keyboard. She pried the keycaps off and
move them around, ignoring the strident objections of a nine-year-old student
who insisted that the key layout could not be changed that way. It wasn't
until an IT technician told her that the nine-year-old was right that she was
willing to believe him (although the fact that moving the keycaps had no
visible effect was probably persuasive as well).

Am 05.04.2010 11:21, schrieb Bob Noel:
In ,
Martin wrote:
So use a real usenet account. :-)
I offered more than once a free usenet account on our newsserver here

Once again, thanks for the account.

not a problem at all, you're welcome. :-)

we try our best to keep the service up and running (it is really low
usage and financially speaking one has to stop the newsfeed, but being a
community guy ...)

and as a next step the access will be IPv6 enabled (native, of course).

Bob

search the archives what to do and how to contact me for a free account.

#m
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that's a punishment. Give me two seasoned whores any day."
(Billy Connolly)

On Apr 5, 5:30*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

I hope you aren't actually trying to change thread subject lines. You realize
that that doesn't work on USENET, don't you?

Since I use Google Groups, call it not my problem.

If it was illegal, then the edit subject wouldn't be there.

On Apr 5, 2:25*am, Martin Hotze wrote:

So use a real usenet account. :-)

I wish I could but on some computers I use, I can't install third
party software :-)

With the advent of Gmail and Google groups, I have gotten out of the
specialized programs such as Outlook and newsgroup readers and gone
into cloud computing to some degree.

On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 10:08:12 -0700 (PDT), a wrote:

New visitors, or older group members, might enjoy clicking on

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...piloting/about

and then click on a month in 2006 or 2007, to look back on a time when
this group actually had some aviation content. Such content still
exists on the 'net, just not here. Now we have people whose postings
might be used in the DSM appendix as characteristic of a new disorder,
or new manifestations of an older one.

For the idiots posting, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is used
by mental health professionals to reduce a constellation of symptoms
to a number for referral and billing purposes. Too bad the number 0 is
not available, and negative numbers are not used. But if ever there
was an argument for them. . .

QED

I've never desired to participate in RAP; circular arguments with
known trolls may be what *you* call aviation related, I call it
aviation waste.

The red and blue forums are much superior groups for discussion and
education.
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http://tr.im/holj
Motto: Live To Spooge It!

writes:

With the advent of Gmail and Google groups, I have gotten out of the
specialized programs such as Outlook and newsgroup readers and gone
into cloud computing to some degree.

You're very trusting. Never put anything into the cloud that you wouldn't want
to see on the front page of the New York Times.

writes:

If it was illegal, then the edit subject wouldn't be there.

It's not illegal, it just doesn't work. I suppose it might affect something on
Google Groups (which I don't use), but on the rest of USENET, it has no
effect. You just end up creating new threads with your subject.

On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 05:43:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Apr 5, 5:30*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

I hope you aren't actually trying to change thread subject lines. You realize
that that doesn't work on USENET, don't you?

Since I use Google Groups, call it not my problem.

As long as it pleases you...

If it was illegal, then the edit subject wouldn't be there.

Illegal? Impractical but, heh, as long as you and "a" are having a
blast...

It's your Usenet, (ab)use it as you wish.
--
A fireside chat not with Ari!
http://tr.im/holj
Motto: Live To Spooge It!

On Apr 5, 9:55*am, Mxsmanic wrote:

You're very trusting. Never put anything into the cloud that you wouldn't want
to see on the front page of the New York Times.

With your thought, please pull the plug to your USENET access and turn
your computer off.

Hackers lurk and whatever is on your computer that is accessing to the
internet that you wouldn't want seen on the front page of the New York
Times could be seen.

DUH, what an IDIOT you are.

On Apr 5, 10:20*am, Ari wrote:

It's your Usenet, (ab)use it as you wish.

Any other thoughts on improving it always most welcomed :-)

Doing nothing accomplishes nothing.