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Re: FUT, FUT, FUT....
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 23 May 2000 20:17:23 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm(NoSpam).org
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Anders Isaksson <isaksson.etuna@REMOVEebox.tninet.se> wrote:
> couple (well, almost 20) of groups, connect, download, disconnect, and read
> off-line. No possibility to flip to the web interface to follow a straying
> thread. And it's much too much work to subscribe to a new group just to find
> the thread again.
I'd think you'd _prefer_ this -- if the thread has moved away from something
you're interested in, why would you want to read it anymore? Or, if it is
something you want to follow, why not follow that group?
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
Boston University Linux ---> http://linux.bu.edu/
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT....
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| Matthew Miller skrev i meddelandet ... (...) You're missing the point: the *thread* is still interesting, *the other group* is not (generally) interesting, time is limited, modem is slow, budget is limited. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT....
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| (...) There's a difference between being interested in a particular *thread*, and being interested in a particular newsgroup. I don't subscribe to lugnet.castle.*, because I don't have the time. That doesn't mean I'm totally disinterested in all (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: FUT, FUT, FUT....
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| Paul Baulch skrev i meddelandet ... (...) which I completely agree with. It *is* a problem, as soon as you're not subscribing to all groups, that threads get lost somewhere else. Being connected to the 'net by modem, paying connection time by the (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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