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(...) General is two things, in my view... (1) a place for initial announcements of general interest (which should have FUT set elsewhere, the same way .announce posts do) and a place to discuss things that don't have anywhere else to go. If a (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) I'm not sure I agree with that phrasing. No one is trying to take the steam out, per se, people should be free to express themselves if they can do so politely and positively. What *is* desired is that the steam be channeled and regulated so (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) I for one think it's a great idea - one I had not thought of until I saw Todd's announcement, but I hit myself thinking "why didn't I think of that?" It is a move deisgned to discourage the expression of negative opinions about the color (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) I hadn't even seen that, Mark. I've tried to avoid reading the bulk of the thread, since it only depresses me. (I'm a Space guy with tons of real gray and I will miss it. But that's neither here nor there :) (...) Nope, this move isn't (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) Thanks. (...) Not any way that I'm aware of. (...) It's an abbreivation for "potential"? :-) Sorry about that -- cut & paste mistake in the manual announcement. It's correct in the actual charter and automated frist post. (...) ooops, yes, (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | lugnet.parts hierarchy (was Re: New Group Suggestions
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(...) Posting a FUT to this older suggestion partly because it's still a good idea and partly to see if so doing will get Rob to stop threadjacking every new group suggestion or announcement to point out what a good idea it is... :-) For starters (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) Wow. LUGNET sure moves fast, provided the right people are (URL) complaining>. This seems like a very unfair move designed to discourage the expression of negative opinions about the color change, for the benefit of a few people who want to (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) You left out the Antipodeans, the Frozen Northerners, the Bermudans, etc. etc. etc. But it does raise a question... Has LUGNET set up aliases before? I didn't think it had. And if Todd can, *should* he? LUGNET runs in the US so if we ever (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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I spotted a couple of mistakes in the charter for the new newsgroup. Also is it possible to set up an alias "colour" that also refers to the same group, to make the rightpondians happy? (...) What is "ntial"? (...) Shouldn't "inst" be "color" here? (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.color
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(...) Hmm, I didn't think of it sooner, but I also bet if I had refreshed the newsgroup listings, It would have shown up. BTW, nice speculation; you should work for Microcough... (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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