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Re: lugnet.duplo/toolo
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:40:10 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> > However I'm not sure I support this naming convention. It's
> > unwieldy. What do the extra prefixes really buy you, after all?
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> It'll mean I will never be able to cross-post using slrn. No way
> I'm going to try to remember all those x.x.x.x.x.whatevers so I can
> type them in manually.
Some questions:
Are you likely ever to want to crosspost between more than two of these
groups at a time?
How many groups are likely to crosspost to most often, and how likely are
you to become familiar quickly with the names of these groups?
Abbreviations make typing easier/quicker but make memorization more
difficult. In your mind, do the advantages of abbreviations (sys vs.
system, az vs. aquazone, ww vs. wildwest, etc.) outweigh the disadvantages
of not using abbreviations?
> Not everybody uses pretty little graphical clients with pull-down
> menus of all the groups.
What do you do currently if/when you want to crosspost to a loc group that
you're not subscribed to or don't know the name by heart?
> Heck, I've started referring to lugnet.market.auction as .auction -
Me too. I think we all started doing that within a week of things
starting up last fall. :)
> how much confusion will there be if there are two .trains or
> .mindstorms groups?
Good point. Probably a lot of confusion.
I admit, this whole thing is not an easy thing to solve or put into place,
but I'm confident that it's not a can of worms either, and that the
overall long-term advantages of the new groups will far outweigh any
short-term disadvantages.
--Todd
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| (...) This wasn't addressed to me, but I think the disadvantage of unclarity of the abbreviations outweigh the advantage of brevity. What I think there are is too many levels in the hierarchy. Does system - for example - have to be included? (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: lugnet.duplo/toolo
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| (...) I _rarely_ crosspost now, so I'm not sure. Chances are low, I'm sure. (...) Few and fairly. (...) Hrmmm... not really sure, but then again, I'm the kind of person who can remember all the IP addresses of the machines in my office and at home (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) It'll mean I will never be able to cross-post using slrn. No way I'm going to try to remember all those x.x.x.x.x.whatevers so I can type them in manually. Not everybody uses pretty little graphical clients with pull-down menus of all the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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