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There are other ways of getting news groups than just your ISP providinghttp://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.
Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.
there are free ones onhttp://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.
Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.
Thanks for those references.nospam <a@b.c> wrote in message
news:X6ydnft3lq8Z_UjVnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@comcast.com...
http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.
Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.
there are free ones on
motzarella.org
gazeta.pl (down the last couple of days)
datemas.de
posted via motzarella for this one
Google was fine when it was deja vu, crap nowadays
--
General electronic repairs, other than TVs and PCs
http://www.divdev.fsnet.co.uk/repairs.htm
Diverse Devices, Southampton
.... if you had one.On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:44:11 -0700, "nospam" <a@b.c> wrote:
http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.
Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.
Read my sig.
*Not* the best choice -- by far.On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:44:11 -0700, "nospam" <a@b.c> wrote:
http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I'm gonna miss these two groups more than most.
Thanks for all the help over the last 15+ years.
Alternatives
http://groups.google.se/group/sci.electronics.repair/topics
http://groups.google.se/group/sci.electronics.misc/topics
I, for one, would love to.nospam wrote:
http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I suggest YOU drop comcast.
Graham
Other than the fact that Comcast charges too much, I have no complaints --I suggest YOU drop Comcast.
Internet service is available via satellite, a friend of mine in a ruralBut if I dropped Comcast (as Scarlett said) -- Where would I go? What would
I do? Satellite doesn't provide Internet service. * And I can't go back to
dial-up.
I don't really have any interest in having a fiber optic connection to mySome of the money spent on the Iraq war might have been spent to install a
universal fiber-optic infrastructure.
The others aren't available in my area.No alternative at all ? Cable or ADSL, whichever Comcast isn't.
If none then presumably the internet you already have?
DSL is not available in my area. The phone company uses multiplexed linesBut if I dropped Comcast (as Scarlett said) -- Where would I go? What
would
I do? Satellite doesn't provide Internet service. * And I can't go back
to
dial-up.
Don't you have different carriers and systems like cable vs DSL in the USA
?
Obviously 'outback' may be difficult.
The lines can certainly handle digital. It's how the phone company choosesDSL is not available in my area. The phone company uses multiplexed lines
that can't carry high-speed digital.
There's lots wrong with dialup when you're downloading multi-megabyte files.On 2008-09-21, William Sommerwerck <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:
But if I dropped Comcast (as Scarlett said) -- Where would I go? What
would
I do? Satellite doesn't provide Internet service. * And I can't go back
to
dial-up.
Internet service is available via satellite, a friend of mine in a rural
area has it.
I still use dialup. Nothing wrong with dialup, it teaches one the virtue
of patience, and with the right provider it is very inexpensive!
Yeah, I guess the interstate highways were a really lousy idea, too.Some of the money spent on the Iraq war might have been spent to install
a
universal fiber-optic infrastructure.
I don't really have any interest in having a fiber optic connection to my
home, and do not believe taxpayer dollars should be spent on such a thing.
The internet I already have is Comcast. Unless I drop back to theDon Bruder wrote:
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
nospam wrote:
http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/
I suggest YOU drop comcast.
I, for one, would love to.
The problem:
What would you suggest I use for connectivity?
No alternative at all ? Cable or ADSL, whichever Comcast isn't. If none then
presumably the internet you already have ?
You install a 'news reader' program - the simpler the better IMHO, I use
Netscape
4.8, configure it and hey presto you have news.
Graham
I have no need to do that. (Of course others might need that capabilityThere's lots wrong with dialup when you're downloading multi-megabyte files.
The internet is of no real importance. Roads are. (As to whether theYeah, I guess the interstate highways were a really lousy idea, too.
Eisenhower, that damned socialist.
I still do almost everything from a Unix shell, so the extra speed wouldI have dsl for a year now. WRT email and Usenet, the extra speed
means next to nothing. Its good that webpages are faster, but I used
to dl webpages while reading my email or the newsgroups.
Oh, if cheap DSL were available here I'd probably get it. But to meWhat is nice about dsl is it's easier to play radio; and even tv such
as the political conventions, where it started even earlier than
public tv. But I don't have cable tv
I have nothing against fiber-optic per se but am not willing toThey put in fios here about 3 months ago, and based on the colored
dots on teh grass, it seems at least one of my neighbors has
subscribed. I live in a middle middle income townhose n'hood and I
don't think anyone here can really afford it, but some will buy it.
On 2008-09-21, William Sommerwerck <grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:
There's lots wrong with dialup when you're downloading multi-megabyte
files.
I'm sure lots of people -- including business people -- would stronglyI have no need to do that. (Of course others might need that capability
and they would require a faster connection.)
Yeah, I guess the interstate highways were a really lousy idea, too.
Eisenhower, that damned socialist.
The internet is of no real importance. Roads are. (As to whether the
Interstate Highway System was a good idea, or constitutional, that's
a discussion for a different place and time.)
Absolutely. A decent data link can reduce the amount of post etcThe internet is of no real importance. Roads are. (As to whether the
Interstate Highway System was a good idea, or constitutional, that's
a discussion for a different place and time.)
I'm sure lots of people -- including business people -- would strongly
disagree.
Except it does--the last paragraph under "Email and Usenet" metions thatBut WADR I'm not convinced it's true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block says nothing about any
required delimiter.
That's because MT-NewsWatcher automatically inserts the delimiter forhttp://www.smfr.org/mtnw/docs/Usenet.html says only:
"Avoid long rambling signatures. Keep your sig short and simple.
MT-NewsWatcher encourages the "McQuary limit" for signatures-at most
four lines of at most 80 characters each; if you enter a longer sig in
the Personalities dialog, it will warn you. You cannot enter a sig
longer than 8 lines."
It's a long-standing convention in Usenet that the signature should beI could keep looking, but I have other reasons to think a sig file
needs no delimiter.