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blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 249
Today's Topics:
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
[B7L] lost fans
Re: [B7L] lost fans
Re: [B7L] lost fans
[B7L] Calling Susan Riaz
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.
This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.)
Re: This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.)
Re: This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.)
Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 06:45:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Carol & Gordon Burgess <storm@catchnet.com.au>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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At 07:18 AM 8/18/99 +1000, you wrote:
>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.)
>
I tried to find the Blake 7 newsgroups and could not ??
Is it just me or is my server lacking in some ways??
I have re-subbed to all my other newsgroups after my
server changed from telstra to catchnet, but no B7 ???
Carol 'Hondo'
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:59:23 +0100
From: Steve Rogerson <steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] lost fans
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Calle said: "I'm not at all sure that we *want* those who can't
figure out a search engine to come here."
Oh, that's a tad elitist, isn't it. Just cos they are struggling with
technology doesn't mean they aren't interesting B7 fans. Remember, with
the proliferation of free internet access in the UK (I don't know about
other countries in this), there are a lot of people losing their email
virginity. It would be a nice gesture on our part to tell them about
this little haven on the internet.
Calle said: "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 "
I'd be willing, and I accept your offer of help. As you're the list
boss, I'd like to agree the wording with you anyway.
--
cheers
Steve Rogerson
http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson
Be inconsistent, but not all the time
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Date: 18 Aug 1999 09:37:24 +0200
From: Calle Dybedahl <calle@lysator.liu.se>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] lost fans
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Steve Rogerson <steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk> writes:
> Oh, that's a tad elitist, isn't it.
Yes, and I'm not about to apologise for that. When the evening
tabloids are printing mouseclick-by-mouseclick guides on how to use
what they call "The Internet", there is no excuse. IMArrogantO.
> It would be a nice gesture on our part to tell them about this
> little haven on the internet.
What worries me is that I've seen too many havens turned into cesspools.
> I'd be willing, and I accept your offer of help. As you're the list
> boss, I'd like to agree the wording with you anyway.
Just write a text file with the body of the posting, send it to me and
let me know what groups you want it to be posted to and how often (I'd
suggest once a month or possibly once every fortnight).
--
Calle Dybedahl, Vasav. 82, S-177 52 Jaerfaella,SWEDEN | calle@lysator.liu.se
Please pay no attention to the panda in the fridge.
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:35:00 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] lost fans
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Calle wrote:
> Steve Rogerson <steve.rogerson@mcr1.poptel.org.uk> writes:
>
> > Oh, that's a tad elitist, isn't it.
>
> Yes, and I'm not about to apologise for that. When the evening
> tabloids are printing mouseclick-by-mouseclick guides on how to use
> what they call "The Internet", there is no excuse. IMArrogantO.
>
> > It would be a nice gesture on our part to tell them about this
> > little haven on the internet.
>
> What worries me is that I've seen too many havens turned into cesspools.
Well, that's the curse of democracy, isn't it? :)
Una
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:33:55 -0400
From: Harriet Monkhouse <101637.2064@compuserve.com>
To: "Blake's 7 (Lysator)" <BLAKES7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: [B7L] Calling Susan Riaz
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Sorry to use list space, but is Susan Riaz here? Messages to her virgin
address keep bouncing.
Harriet
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:15:17 +0100
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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Calle wrote:
>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.
Damn right. I shudder to think what could happen if we let in a flood of
web newbies. It could only be a disaster. Steve Rogerson clearly hasn't
considered what we might end up with -
- so-called 'fans' who don't know all the scripts word-for-word, and some
who haven't even seen all the episodes.
- slavering 'character groupies' dashing off endless posts extolling the
physical merits of whoever it is they happen to drool over.
- posts that stray off-topic, sometimes not even mentioning B7 at all.
- idiots who announce stuff they've just put up on their website, even
though it contains links to their own hard drive so nobody can access it.
Calle's right, we don't want people like that on this Lyst. Elitism Uber
Alles.
Neil
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 22:23:06 +0100
From: Julia Jones <julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Cc: lysator <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
Message-ID: <oUe9tEA6Qyu3EwwQ@jajones.demon.co.uk>
In message <005f01bee9ae$2dc948e0$c21cac3e@default>, Neil Faulkner
<N.Faulkner@tesco.net> writes
>Calle's right, we don't want people like that on this Lyst. Elitism Uber
>Alles.
I'm so glad to see I'm not the only one in a foul mood this week. My
excuse is an outbreak of clueless luser syndrome in demon.*, and
rebuilding my computer. What's yours? :-)
--
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 22:20:45 +0100
From: Julia Jones <julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Cc: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
Message-ID: <3kr6xBAtOyu3Ewxs@jajones.demon.co.uk>
In message <37B7624B00000C4B@base.catchnet.com.au>, Carol & Gordon
Burgess <storm@catchnet.com.au> writes
>
>
>I tried to find the Blake 7 newsgroups and could not ??
>Is it just me or is my server lacking in some ways??
>I have re-subbed to all my other newsgroups after my
>server changed from telstra to catchnet, but no B7 ???
>
Could be your server - Matthew Frost, one of the Demon news people,
explained that he'd manually newgrouped it on Demon's newsfeed because
Demon had to suspend automatic addition of the alt heirarchy after a
plague of newgrouping joke groups. He thought other ISPs might be in the
same position. You could try asking your ISP to add it, or else read it
through Deja. Bear in mind that Deja honours x-no-archive, so you'll
miss some posts.
Are we really short of posts on the Lyst, FC and spin at the moment? I'm
rebuilding my computer, so I haven't been on for around 24 hours, and
all I find is 18 messages, including the spam. Wonder if it got eaten in
the messing about?
--
Julia Jones
"Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!"
The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon.
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 07:27:19 +1000
From: Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
To: "Blake's 7 list" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.)
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On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 08:15:17PM +0100, Neil Faulkner wrote:
> Calle wrote:
> >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.
>
> Damn right. I shudder to think what could happen if we let in a flood of
> web newbies. It could only be a disaster. Steve Rogerson clearly hasn't
> considered what we might end up with -
>
> - so-called 'fans' who don't know all the scripts word-for-word, and some
> who haven't even seen all the episodes.
>
> - slavering 'character groupies' dashing off endless posts extolling the
> physical merits of whoever it is they happen to drool over.
[snip]
- or people who can't recognise when Neil is being sarcastic. 8-)
> Calle's right, we don't want people like that on this Lyst. Elitism Uber
> Alles.
BTW, what's this "Lyst" thing? I assume this "creative spelling"
is meant to refer specifically to a mailing list, but I was wondering
if this was a widespread or only a localized linguistic phenomenon,
because I've only ever seen it here.
--
_--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
/ \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat
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v |
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Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 22:26:36 GMT
From: dixonm@access.mountain.net (Meredith Dixon)
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.)
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>BTW, what's this "Lyst" thing?
I've always assumed it was a pun on the fact that this particular
list is on a server called Lysator.
--
Meredith Dixon <dixonm@access.mountain.net>
Check out *Raven Days*, for victims and survivors of bullying.
And for those who want to help.
http://web.mountain.net/~dixonm/raven.html
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:41:09 EST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: This Lyst (was Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.)
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>From: Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au>
>On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 08:15:17PM +0100, Neil Faulkner wrote:
> > It could only be a disaster. Steve Rogerson clearly hasn't
> > considered what we might end up with -
> > - so-called 'fans' who don't know all the scripts word-for-word, and
>some
> > who haven't even seen all the episodes.
> > - slavering 'character groupies' dashing off endless posts extolling the
> > physical merits of whoever it is they happen to drool over.
>[snip]
>- or people who can't recognise when Neil is being sarcastic. 8-)
<snicker> I was thinking that Neil always demonstrates such touching faith
in human nature.
Admiring the view of the rickety bridge
Joanne
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:45:41 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
To: <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] No adult subject matter!?!, among other things.
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Julia asked:
> Are we really short of posts on the Lyst, FC and spin at the moment? I'm
> rebuilding my computer, so I haven't been on for around 24 hours, and
> all I find is 18 messages, including the spam. Wonder if it got eaten in
> the messing about?
No, I think it's quite quiet.
Una
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