We need a rec.aviation.homebuilt.binaries group.

On Tue, 24 May 2005 10:14:09 -0400, Tedstriker wrote:

I think making and using a new newsgroup would be easier. I tired to
make a webpage once, not easy. Most ISP's give you a choice of making
either a webpage, or an FTP site. The FTP site creation is pretty
easy, but making a webpage I found not so. And a webpage takes up more
of the little space most ISP's provide with your account. FTP is
probably the way to go for just posting pictures. But a binary
newsgroup would be easier for all. But even after it's created,
getting others over to it to use it is another matter.

Creating a newsgroup is an "iffy" process; the rules are designed so that the
process fails unless the group gets very strong support in the form of actual
"yes" votes... It takes more than a simple majority, it takes at least 100 more
yes votes than no votes. In this way, apathy actually counts as a "no" vote.

It's actually possible to create a newsgroup without the rigamarole, but unless
the standard process is used, the group won't get full distribution. I checked
the available groups list on Comcast, and found groups like
rec.aviation.lovemaking and rec.aviation.zoom.pschyo. I suspect they aren't
available on all systems....

I recently changed ISPs. Both my last ISP and my current ISP give me 25 Meg for
web space. The Fly Baby Yahoo group also has about 30 Mb. It's certainly
adequate, especially if you eventually remove old files and post photos at
screen resolution rather than printer resolution.

Ron Wanttaja