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| (...) Ummmmmm well that's not really fair - phpBB has had 6 updates over the 6 months I've been running it, and only 2 were for major security issues. And most of the exploits are because the site didn't keep up-to-date with the latest updates, or (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Lenny, as someone else that is concerned about the future of Lugnet, but that has "started their own site and runs it how they want", I think totally dissolving your relationship with Lugnet is (IMO) an over-reaction. I was also feeling very (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| (...) Nice != Useful (...) I don't WANT pictures, unless I explicitly click on them to be opened. And with me probably a lot of others. Some of us are sometimes still on dial-up you know.... (in the field, on holiday, or just no affordable broadband (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Organizing volunteer coders [was: Dear NNTP users]
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| (...) From what I understand, OS projects don't always look for a single person to organize everyone for the whole time - as people lose interest, others step in. While the larger projects often have a "visionary" leader (Larry Wall, Linus (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Some advice, please
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| I've been following (URL) Suz's Lugnet Livejournal>. I'm sure everyone knows, but I have a bit of interest in the future of Lugnet, so I'm quite a bit uneasy when I hear things about Lugnet being turned off or going away. In this (URL) , Suz (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
| | | | | Organizing volunteer coders [was: Dear NNTP users]
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| (...) Yes, difficult to find a full-time individual who would be available for the duration of any significant (re)development. Also probably hard to find a part-time manager dedicated enough to oversee work done by many. I have received some offers (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:IJxLJF.1xwq@lugnet.com... (...) Why is browsing offline important? My computer is on-line at all times (expect when I'm sleeping, of course.). You can read an on-line forum at your (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| "Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote in message news:IJxyIx.3EM@lugnet.com... (...) True, but the web based interface is so much nicer. Also see my response to your next point. (...) Because a GUI makes it much easier to communicate (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Because most of the discussions I follow on LUGNET don't involve many pictures, and I can always look at those later? Besides, one CAN tie in NNTP with other stuff, if I use my fancy newsreader I can click on any link and the pic is opened, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Hello! (...) That's exactly what I never understood about the NNTP fans' fondness of NNTP. I *can* understand why software engineers, coders and other geeky NNTP users (sorry :-) ) use NNTP and actually prefer it over every other form of forum. But (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| Message sent via NNTP Thanks all of you that helped Tim Now all I have to do is work out how to subscribe to multiple groups without having to do them individually "Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | About discussing stuff [was: good afternoon!]
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| LUGNET things are still up in the air. So, I have no real solid situation to state. I'm still gathering info about possibilities and listening to offers. I -would- be posting more bit-by-bit communication here, but my time is seriously limited. I'm (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:20050722133952....ron.com... (...) FeedReader doesn't like that address. Any idea why? Mike (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| (...) Well, didn't we decide that we all love it? :) (...) I think it's a really nice feature to have (and a great differential between LUGNET and other boards), but for me, SMTP support is more important than NNTP. Not just because that's what I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| (...) Well, there is an RSS feed of all LUGNET posts on Peeron: (URL) it is for all the newsgroups, and not one per each step in the hierarchy. (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| Suz, I use NNTP almost exclusively. As others have pointed out, the new web forums (such as that used on legofan.org) are somewhat spiffy, but I find them slow and cumbersome. With NNTP I can quickly scan what is new across a relatively flat list of (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| (...) I see there are lots of replies that I haven't read yet, but I'll just answer Suz's question directly for myself. I read a few standard newsgroups from my ISP's server via NNTP. E.g. comp.arch (computer architecture), rec.humour.funny, etc. I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| (...) Exactly. My computer is online 100% (Linux), so offline doesn't matter to me. I sit here typing into Gnu emacs (so editing is comfortable), with a browser window half-hidden, open to the "Lugnet Classic" logo from a post I read a few minutes (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| (...) Thank you, thank you! I am so happy with the responses and discussion in this thread. It's great for me to hear all your views and to learn so much in a hurry. Some of it's over my head. ..I'll still need to read the posts carefully, and take (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) XanaNews is a good one too, and it's completely free (Although Outlook Express is good enough for me, keeping mail and news in the same client): (URL) Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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