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From: annika1980 on 24 Feb 2007 18:41 On Feb 24, 2:23 pm, David Geesaman > If it's off-topic, you (Annika, et al) would at least put OT > in the subject line. But the nature of these threads is trolling, not > discussion. You can usually tell the topic from the header. How hard is it to skip a thread? Does your ISP charge you extra for OT posts?
From: Dene on 24 Feb 2007 19:39 On Feb 24, 3:59 pm, Colin Wilson <publ...(a)removethis.kyneton.net.au> wrote: > Aside from the technology, RSG is a lost cause, taken over by trolls and > off-topic drivel, and that's why some of the really good past posters > e.g. Scott Newell, David Sneddon, Joseph Hall, Dave Clary, Kenny Stultz, > Joe Cartpath, Bruce Newman, Teresa Williamson, Peter Strauss, Chris > Bellomy and Dan Driscoll (who doesn't even post the FAQ any more), > simply don't bother. Bellomy still posts. So does Newell when Larry routinely tosses out the stinkbait. I truly miss Clary and Newman. However, half your list are C-listers with an agenda and subsequent actions that hardly benefited RSG. They couldn't control RSG, so they left, and I'm glad. -Greg
From: John van der Pflum on 24 Feb 2007 19:51 On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:27:22 GMT, Robert Hamilton <DBID(a)att.net> wrote: > >...or maybe they have no life where they live? I see a decline in these get >togethers. A decline? There may have been a decline in the ones you attend. IIRC, you've only been to a couple? Ohio once, you hosted one or two and perhaps attended few others. There was an inaugural NC and DC last year. There was the first So-Cal about three weeks ago. Pittsburgh, Hershey, NW, Ohio, and Cincinnati have been going on every year for at least 10 years. I know that I had a number of first time attendees last year and Thor did as well at Ohio. I can see the analogy of RSG being a 19th hole. I don't much enjoy talking politics with people from both sides who are unable/unwilling to have an actual exchange of ideas instead of just yelling accusations at each other. That's why I don't talk politics here. -- jvdp Start clearing your calendars http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
From: John van der Pflum on 24 Feb 2007 19:53 On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:59:31 GMT, Colin Wilson <publish(a)removethis.kyneton.net.au> wrote: > >Aside from the technology, RSG is a lost cause, taken over by trolls and >off-topic drivel, and that's why some of the really good past posters >e.g. Scott Newell, David Sneddon, Joseph Hall, Dave Clary, Kenny Stultz, >Joe Cartpath, Bruce Newman, Teresa Williamson, Peter Strauss, Chris >Bellomy and Dan Driscoll (who doesn't even post the FAQ any more), >simply don't bother. A couple of those people are still around but you point is well spoken, Colin. -- jvdp Start clearing your calendars http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
From: Head Shot on 24 Feb 2007 20:14
John van der Pflum wrote: > On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:59:31 GMT, Colin Wilson > <publish(a)removethis.kyneton.net.au> wrote: > >> >> Aside from the technology, RSG is a lost cause, taken over by trolls >> and off-topic drivel, and that's why some of the really good past >> posters e.g. Scott Newell, David Sneddon, Joseph Hall, Dave Clary, >> Kenny Stultz, Joe Cartpath, Bruce Newman, Teresa Williamson, Peter >> Strauss, Chris Bellomy and Dan Driscoll (who doesn't even post the >> FAQ any more), simply don't bother. > > A couple of those people are still around but you point is well > spoken, Colin. I am going to go out on a limb here by saying that I think the above story is true for most groups on Usenet. I think the racists and kooks have finally taken over. Lllarry; though a complete and utter loon, is not the only freakshow on Usenet. |