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Re: FUT, FUT, FUT....
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 23 May 2000 21:21:59 GMT
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Matthew Miller skrev i meddelandet ...
> 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.
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> 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?
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: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery.htm
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| (...) Perhaps I am. What makes a thread about digital cameras that started in .publish less interesting than a thread with identical content that began in .castle? (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) 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? (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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