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Subject: 
Re: New newsgroup for Bricklords?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.gaming
Date: 
Wed, 7 Jan 2004 20:01:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Rob Hendrix wrote:
But when traffic in an existing group gets to a certain level and it looks like
it might be sustained, not just a flash in a pan, and it subcategorizes
logically, it's certainly a valid thing to consider.

I wish we could split .space and .train.  Those 2 groups (maybe more, but I
don't follow them) just seem to have 100's of posts per month...  And it
bogs down my nntp.

In my view, to split a group there has to be a natural compartmentalization and
a strong likelyhood that topics won't wander back and forth a lot, defeating the
categorization.

Trains.org got split out already (and threads there nevertheless do wander back
sometimes). I'm not sure I see many other things to carve out that wouldn't fail
to stay compartmentalized.

As for bogging down your nntp, get a faster computer, man! (or just mod yours...
you know you want to!)



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  Re: New newsgroup for Bricklords?
 
(...) yours... (...) I did, and I did. P4 2.8GHZ w/ hyperthreading and 512MB DDR DSL at home / 1.7Mbps cable at work I don't think the computer is the problem. .Trains isn't as bogged as .Space. Oh, the mod? Nothing fancy on the new laptop. Just (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.gaming)

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(...) like (...) I wish we could split .space and .train. Those 2 groups (maybe more, but I don't follow them) just seem to have 100's of posts per month... And it bogs down my nntp. Rob (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.gaming)

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