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(...) Tracing route to 152.10.28.104 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 <10 ms <10 ms 10 ms cisco.rv.tis.com [204.254.155.1] 2 <10 ms 10 ms <10 ms Loopback0.GW3.DCA1.ALTER.NET [137.39.4.22] 3 <10 ms 10 ms <10 ms 106.at-3-0-0.XR2.DCA1.ALTER.NET (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Newsgroup structure: some tough decisions
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(...) <snip> (...) No knee jerk reactions but I just wanted to clarify something in terms of the orgs and how they fit into this hierarchy. For example would NELUG fit into the hierarchy as lugnet.us.nelug or would it be something different? I have (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Newsgroup structure: some tough decisions
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(...) (quoting (URL) think that lugnet.debate would be useful for on-topic controversy (eg perennial faves "does Lego encourage violence?", "why are all minifigs yellow?", "how much does juniorisation suck?"). It should be a default skip-filter (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I like this, but it would be important that they were all presented together on the web page so that it was obvious they were similar in nature. (...) OK, so where will .nelug (for example) sit? If you slap it under .us it's too broad an (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I'd be happy with .au.LegOz. I'd think regional LUG discussion could go in .au.nsw, .au.vic, .au.qld etc, avoiding too much clutter. Does .au.market sound like a goer (pending Todd's okay)? (...) (Belches happily.) (...) My monumental 99.95% (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Hmmm. I'm not sure we need a .au.org. Couldn't we just have .au.LegOz, .au.SLUG, .au.BUG, .au.MUG, etc., with any national stuff just going in .au.LegOz? This forces people to think about which organisation they're posting to / about. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I like the idea, so I'm piping up now ;~). One of the main reasons we asked for .org.au was to stop Australian .market-style flogs from getting lost in the USian traffic. This was always (IMHO) a fairly awkward solution, and I don't think it (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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So Ashley can no longer post in the legoland thread? If so, I do not see why not - he gave us good information and it would not belong in any other threads - and it was official lego(land) information. And what about the lego guy posting in the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) I just want to try to curb kneejerk reactions. It would be a big change, not without disadvantages, but I think for the better in the long run, unless I'm missing something. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Do you mean the kind of cross-org talk that happens in groups like lugnet.org and lugnet.org.xx, or the kind that happens when someone from one org posts in another org's group? I don't see a reason why lugnet.org couldn't and shouldn't still (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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FYI, a filter was installed today on the news server to accept lego.com postings (i.e., LEGO Company employees using their official email address) in the following groups only: lugnet.lego lugnet.lego.announce lugnet.lego.direct (essentially the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) (I tried to email you, but ... of course ... the mail bounced) Uh, Tony, you really ought to fill out the news-posting setup form again for your new email address. (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: I can't access LUGNET through nntp today
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(...) 199? You mean 119, ya? (...) Odd... traceroute from 209.68.63.236 (lugnet.com) to your IP address just sits there and hangs, then gives a "can't find" error. Same with nslookup. Either this is some low-level TCP/IP networking issue or some (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Reducing the level of chatter in lugnet.lego.direct
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(...) Yes, please add my name to that list ;] In-your-face notification/warning is a Good Thing. I already "lose" threads that I post in because I didn't notice a FUT was set. 'Course I've been known to lose my keyboard, too, but that's a different (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) ROTFL True - I hadn't thought of that. Guess an adviso is needed. SRC L#765 (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: I can't access LUGNET through nntp today
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(...) the (...) min. (...) I am connecting through port 199 (yesterday I tried 1119, 8000, and 8080 as a test...same results). I am using Netscape Communicator 4.7's built-in newsreader my ip address is 152.10.28.104 Thanks for your help. -- Thomas (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I've noticed that if you use IE and Netzero as an ISP getting messages is_very_ _VERY_ long. Is this the case? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Thomas Main" <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:GA74so.1M0@lugnet.com... (...) tried to (...) message, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers (was: Re: Posting frequency?)
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In lugnet.people, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> Wow, I've been (mostly) away for almost a year and I'm still the #31 in the list of noisemakers: *fear* :-) Richard (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I've noticed that if you use IE and Netzero as an ISP getting messages is_very_ _VERY_ long. Is this the case? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Thomas Main" <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:GA74so.1M0@lugnet.com... (...) tried to (...) message, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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