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Re: lugnet.cad hierarhcy
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:50:36 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> How do you follow the threads across groups?  What newsreader do you use?

Netscape Communicator 4.5 handles it pretty well.

> What do you do when you're in the .cad.dat group and you want to see if
> there are any followups yet to the post you're reading?

I open up .cad in a new window.

> When you do find a model in the .cad.dat group that you want to view, do you
> have a way to view it right from your newsreader or do you go to the web
> interface to view it?

Good point.  If I want instant gratification, I use the Web interface.  Can
you implement a way to make the messages with DAT content stand out on the
Web interface?

> I'm working toward
> getting discussions (all across the board at LUGNET) as closely coupled with
> and linked to data as possible -- physically, metaphysically, logically,
> metalogically, mentally, psychologically, sociopsycologically, umm,
> foofoologically, umm, metaüberpharmacobiologically, etc.  :-)

Now say that 9 times fast, Todd.  :-P

My main attraction to separating the data from the discussion is the ease of
finding the data.  If you can do that, I wouldn't see any problem with
inviting both within the same ng.

> > If there could be a "DAT file only" virtual ng
> > to reflect just the models posted, well then...
> In step-by-step detail, how would you use a group like this if it existed?
> Give examples using a couple or three representative entry scenarios...

Not a clue.  :-,

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"I prefer the term para-mental.  It keeps me out of the loony bin."



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(...) Yes. I'm thinking that the safest & quickest (at runtime) approach will be to embed a special header into the NNTP article stream just as it's being injected by the newsserver (similar to the way the default Followup-To field is automatically (...) (27 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) I would smile upon that; but still, I do most of my reading through my nntp client. There has to be a way of separating the posted models from the discussions related to them. If there could be a "DAT file only" virtual ng to reflect just the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)

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