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Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 17:26:34 GMT
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blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
> I could go either way. I suppose that a lugnet.comp.* hierarchy could
> expand someday, to cover various software packages and online stuff.
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> No, wait. I changed my mind. How much potential is there for
> *computer-centered* discussion on lugnet? This is lego we're talking
> about. If we're talking about online playing, that would be CAD or
> events or something. The computer is a tool, not an object of
> discussion.
Good point. If ever there is any .comp.* hierarchy, maybe it'll end up
being inside the .off-topic.* hierarchy. Sure seems to be a lot of good
geeking going on lately there in terms of overclocking CPUs and video cards
and all that great stuff.
> So I guess lugnet.robotics.nqc would be better. Even
> lugnet.robotics.lang.nqc, if you wanted to leave room for
> lugnet.robotics.lang.hist^H^H^H^Hlogo.
I also wonder about things like legOS and RCXLib (RCX library for the Palm
Pilot) and RCXCC (RCX Control Center).
> I'm still not thrilled about sub-grouping under lugnet.robotics, because
> of its dual nature. But that's just my opinion. No underlying facts or
> data. Wait, here's one: the majority of l.r's content comes from the
> mailing list.
> [...]
> Yes, because the mailing list is a separate entity. Heck, the mailing
> is the *main* entity. In the other lugnet ng's, the mailing list can be
> viewed as an echo of the newsgroup. For lugnet.robotics, it's more like
> the newsgroup is an echo of the mailing list.
> [...]
> An additional difference (not to beat on the point too much), 2 out of
> every 3 messages comes from the independant mail-list server.
Help me understand how the origin of messages in a group is pertinent to
sub-grouping under a group? If you access a group using an NNTP newsreader,
then it's a newsgroup to you. If you access a group via SMTP e-mail, then
it's a mailing list to you. When you're reading and interacting with people
in a group, why does it matter where the messages originated?
Maybe another example will help pin it down -- how do you feel about the
ba-lego@cinnamon.com mailing list gatewayed with lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf?
lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf has sub-groups of .con, .oak, and .oak. Messages sent
to ba-lego@cinnamon.com aren't echoed into the subgroups of
lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf any more than messages to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf are...
> > Say, what about these--?
> >
> > lugnet.robotics.events
> > lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena
> >
> > Hey, I think I actually that!
>
> Those sound good.
>
> But a general-purpose lugnet.events hierarchy would be interesting, too.
Things like LEGO fests, tours, shopping excursions...? (Unless what I'm
thinking of is more of a .soc.events than .events...?)
> > If there was a .gaming or .games hierarchy, and RPGs weren't a part of it,
> > I wonder what other types of games and competitions would go there besides
> > robotics competitions? For example, I have difficulty imagining people
> > having Cyber Slam tournaments. :-)
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> I meant that general discussion of RPGs wasn't what I meant when I
> mentioned .games.. But discussion & planning for get-togethers to play
> LEGO-based RPGs would be part of the charter.
Don't those go hand-in-hand? If not, at least transitively, right? :)
Post-mortem discussions of get-togethers certainly go with discussion &
planning, and part of post-mortem discussions are going to be refinements
and questions and all that.
--Todd
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