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this is a very stupid question but how do i post a new thread? please email me at orbitalstarcraft@hotmail.com because I don't check this newsgroup. thanks - Jon (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Wow, that's violating one of the core rules of behaviour for discussion groups. Here's what it sounds like to us: Hey, I can't figure this out, so I want one of you people to help me. Oh, but don't post it here, because my time is too valuable (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Especially since he's asking how to post a new thread here that he apparently doesn't intend to follow...? (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) To be fair, the original question should be answered here for the record. You must "drill down" to a specific newsgroup in order to post. (Choose from the list of links at the top of the page.) Once you are down in the hierarchy at least one (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) ...and even more so because he's actually posting a new thread to ask how to post a new thread, rather silly when you stop to think about it. D'oh! LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) My bad, I just saw all the "reference" headers. Feh. Here's one more! (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Mike Stanley (<slrn81t0pg.s4.cjc@....utk.edu>) wrote at 05:08:34 (...) Not to me. I rather thought there were many groups here on Lugnet so that people could tune in to their specific interest. Jon has tried to make an on topic (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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Weren't you the guy who told us you were a "professional" web designer? Maybe I'm misremembering but... Anyone who's a pro at the web like you told us you were ought to know the basics of using a newsreader. Starting a new thread is newsreader (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) I looked at my Netscape bar and wondered why it ddn't look like what Larry said... and realised it's because I have it set to text instead of icons. Mine says intuitive things like "New Msg" and "Reply" instead of showing baffling icons :) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Kevin, you're a geek after my own heart. The very first thing I do with any new Netscape profile is turn the buttons into text. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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The buttons are smaller as icons and I need the real estate. Or so I claim. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) That's odd. Mine shows the baffling icons *and* the text...hmmm. LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) I have mine set to small icons instead of baffling text...I also prefer international iconographic road symbols to text...a picture is worth a thousand words :) (...) main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Baffling text? What's so baffling about "Next"? Compared to the arrow-pointing-to-a-green-dot icon, it speaks volumes about tis functionality. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then gimme the millipictures any day! :-, Then again, "Get (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have pictures because they look nicer :) I hardly ever use the buttons anyway...and for me it's easier to recogize a stop sign or a back arrow at a glance than the text. (...) LOL! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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[followups set] jsproat@io.com (Sproaticus) wrote in <381F1268.FDC1D2C5@io.com>: (...) True geeks don't read news with Netscape. ;-) (I think true alpha- geeks use tin or rn.) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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