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blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 248
Today's Topics:
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:18:33 EDT
From: Tigerm1019@aol.com
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Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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In a message dated 8/16/99 8:53:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
kat@welkin.apana.org.au writes:
> No, there's lots of conventions in the US. MediaWestCon, Ecclecticon
> and Visions are the biggest ones (they must be big, even I've heard of
> them...)
Except Visions is no longer so big. They aren't having one this year and if
they have one next year, it will be much smaller from what I've heard.
MediaWest is still around and so is E-con though.
Tiger M
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:23:18 EST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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>From: Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
>Then there's the Other List, originally
>Space City, but now replaced by Freedom City, which is an "anything
>goes, and you need to be an adult to join" though I gather that
>they're not discussing Adult subject matter *all* the time.
The Godmother assured me of this a little while ago, but I'm still wary
about joining. Possibly <grin>, it's the "tasteful" mind Carol thinks I've
got.
Regards
Joanne
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:03:31 +0100
From: Julia Jones <julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Cc: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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In message <19990817071821.A3533@welkin.apana.org.au>, Kathryn Andersen
<kat@welkin.apana.org.au> writes
>On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 11:38:26PM -0400, Huldah Beasley wrote:
>>
>> 1.
>> No adult subject matter? *sniffles, pouts* Darn. Oh well, I don't mind,
>> but you're the one what's got to tell Avon he isn't gonna get any this time
>> 'round :)
>
>I believe the Other List, Space City, sorry, Freedom City, is the
>place for that. Sorry I don't have subscription details, I'm not a
>member.
As I recall, this list allows discussion of any topic relating to B7.
Adult discussion tends to take place on FC for the sake of a quiet life
and in the belief that it is good manners not to force it on those who
feel uncomfortable with it when there is an alternative venue, but it is
not barred from this list.
> That is the family of the Blake's 7 lists.
The appearance of sites like Onelist has also led to a number of other
B7 lists springing up there. I believe some are actually offspring of
this, for specialist discussion, others appear to have been started by
those incapable of using a search engine, even Onelist's own search
engine for its lists. Sample opening post - "There's nowhere on the net
to discuss B7, so I've been a wonderful person and started this list".
Post a few days later' "I've been so wonderful as to start this list,
why isn't anyone using it? Aren't there any other B7 fans out there?" I
saw Hondo had tactfully tried to inform one that it wasn't the only B7
list around.
There are also several B7 newsgroups around. Most are specialist groups
that aren't given world-wide distribution, having been set up by
organisations that want them only available to their paying customers.
The alt.fan.blakes-7 newsgroup was recently booster newgrouped, and is
now more widely available, although distribution still isn't wonderful
(can you AOLers get it yet?). It too is full of people who are incapable
of using a search engine. "Wow, at last there's somewhere on the net to
discuss B7!"
--
Julia Jones
"Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!"
The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon.
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:18:22 +1000
From: Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
To: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 08:03:31AM +0100, Julia Jones wrote:
> The alt.fan.blakes-7 newsgroup was recently booster newgrouped, and is
> now more widely available, although distribution still isn't wonderful
> (can you AOLers get it yet?). It too is full of people who are incapable
> of using a search engine. "Wow, at last there's somewhere on the net to
> discuss B7!"
So who's going to volunteer to do a monthly posting there to point out
the existance of the Lists? (I can't, I don't get news.)
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:10:37 EDT
From: Tigerm1019@aol.com
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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In a message dated 8/17/99 8:53:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
kat@welkin.apana.org.au writes:
> So who's going to volunteer to do a monthly posting there to point out
> the existance of the Lists? (I can't, I don't get news.)
Freedom City, like Space City, has a policy of not advertising to the general
public. Either people find the pointers on Judith's or Calle's sites (which
isn't too difficult for anyone who can figure out how to use a search
engine), or they hear about it through word of mouth from someone who already
is a member, if that person thinks they'd fit in. Freedom City isn't a
secret any more than Space City was, but we do prefer to be discreet.
I consider news groups like alt.fan.blakes7 to be the general public and
therefore would prefer that Freedom City was not advertised there.
Tiger M, Freedom City list owner
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Date: 18 Aug 1999 06:37:54 +0200
From: Calle Dybedahl <calle@lysator.liu.se>
To: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au> writes:
> So who's going to volunteer to do a monthly posting there to point out
> the existance of the Lists? (I can't, I don't get news.)
I used to have a pointer to the list auto-posted to rec.arts.drwho
once a month, but I stopped doing that not long after the Endless
September started. My feeling is that enough people find their way
here anyway, and I'm not at all sure that we *want* those who can't
figure out a search engine to come here.
However, I know I'm a cynical bastard, so if some of you out there who
still have some faith in humanity want to arrange such a posting, feel
free. I might even help, if you ask nicely :-)
BTW, TigerM, weren't we going to regularly post subscription-info for
FC here? Do you have a suitable text written?
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Calle Dybedahl, Vasav. 82, S-177 52 Jaerfaella,SWEDEN | calle@lysator.liu.se
"Just about anything can be done if you are demented enough."
-- Christopher C. Petro, scary.devil.monastery
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