aspa activity

[Angelo Campanella]

Is my chosen server service not registering new inputs?

I hear little or nothing from the group.

The discussions of spa has paused while I observe aspa activity.

We should soon decide whether it is to be moderated or not.

Angelo Campanella

[Ken Plotkin]

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:45:18 -0400, "Angelo Campanella"

Post by Angelo Campanella
Is my chosen server service not registering new inputs?
I hear little or nothing from the group.
The discussions of spa has paused while I observe aspa activity.
We should soon decide whether it is to be moderated or not.
Angelo Campanella

It's not your service - there's been nothing for a while.

aspa's life cycle may have reached completion. It had a good run, but
usenet is kind of passe. Maybe we can find a youngster to set up an
acoustics facebook or twitter?

Ken Plotkin

[The Ghost]

Post by Ken Plotkin
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:45:18 -0400, "Angelo Campanella"

Post by Angelo Campanella
Is my chosen server service not registering new inputs?
I hear little or nothing from the group.
The discussions of spa has paused while I observe aspa activity.
We should soon decide whether it is to be moderated or not.
Angelo Campanella

It's not your service - there's been nothing for a while.

Correction: There's been nothing for a long, long time.

Post by Ken Plotkin
aspa's life cycle may have reached completion.

May have? How about definitely?

Post by Ken Plotkin
It had a good run, but usenet is kind of passe.

Usenet isn't kind of passe. It's dead. Period. End of discussion.

Post by Ken Plotkin
Maybe we can find a youngster to set up an
acoustics facebook or twitter?

I guess we all know who that rules out.:-)

[Ken Plotkin]

Post by The Ghost

Post by Ken Plotkin
It had a good run, but usenet is kind of passe.

Usenet isn't kind of passe. It's dead. Period. End of discussion.

Ya gotta ease into these things. The cat went up on the roof...

Post by The Ghost

Post by Ken Plotkin
Maybe we can find a youngster to set up an
acoustics facebook or twitter?

I guess we all know who that rules out.:-)

Pass the Geritol.

[Tony]

Post by Ken Plotkin

Post by The Ghost

Post by Ken Plotkin
It had a good run, but usenet is kind of passe.

Usenet isn't kind of passe. It's dead. Period. End of discussion.

Ya gotta ease into these things. The cat went up on the roof...

Not an expression I'd come across, and having Googled, it looks a useful
one. But Usenet is not dead, I susbscribe to several very active groups.
Whether aspa is dead is another matter, but bear in mind that this is mainly
a work related group and it is now about peak holiday season.

It is difficult to replace Usenet as a forum that isn't owned by or
dependent on any particular organisation. Any ideas?

[Angelo Campanella]

Post by Tony

Post by Ken Plotkin
Ya gotta ease into these things. The cat went up on the roof...

It is difficult to replace Usenet as a forum that isn't owned by or
dependent on any particular organisation. Any ideas?
-- Tony Woolf

A reasonable plunge is to just go ahead with s.p.a, the lingering
question being whether it should be moderated.

Straw vote anyone?

Ange

[Tony]

Post by Angelo Campanella

Post by Tony

Post by Ken Plotkin
Ya gotta ease into these things. The cat went up on the roof...

It is difficult to replace Usenet as a forum that isn't owned by or
dependent on any particular organisation. Any ideas?
-- Tony Woolf

A reasonable plunge is to just go ahead with s.p.a, the lingering
question being whether it should be moderated.
Straw vote anyone?
Ange

Not going over the arguments again ... but specifically, if Usenet is dead
or dying, (which I am not completely convinced of) why will going to another
heirarchy help? It is still Usenet.

Tony Woolf

[Angelo Campanella]

Post by Tony

Post by Angelo Campanella
A reasonable plunge is to just go ahead with s.p.a, the lingering
question being whether it should be moderated.
Straw vote anyone?
Ange

Not going over the arguments again ... but specifically, if Usenet is dead
or dying, (which I am not completely convinced of) why will going to
another heirarchy help? It is still Usenet.
Tony Woolf

True. But we have had a serious following here for years. Establishing
s.p.a. (unmoderated) might stir up some new participants there, and we can
look forward to having the more esoteric discussions there. It will
certainly avoid the "alt" bias of sppearing frivilous. I'm now leaning
toward that route, especailly since I have found that Outlook nicely allows
the deletion of incoming trash messages. And we can still make a moderated
group later if there is a sea change of philosophy and policies anywhere
that resumes the clutter....

Another tack is to explore other Internet acoustical science disussion
groups that are not heavily biased by the sponsor. After all is said and
done, I still appreciate the unbiased nature of Usenet.

Ange

[robert bristow-johnson]

        A reasonable plunge is to just go ahead with s.p.a, the lingering
question being whether it should be moderated.
Straw vote anyone?

i'm easy, either way.

maybe we can get Gary Sokolich to moderate it. then we'd have to cut
the straight and narrow.

r b-j

[Gary Sokolich]

Post by Angelo Campanella

        A reasonable plunge is to just go ahead with s.p.a, the l

ingering

question being whether it should be moderated.
Straw vote anyone?

i'm easy, either way.
maybe we can get Gary Sokolich to moderate it. then we'd have to cut
the straight and narrow.
r b-j

That's not likely going to happen. But if were to experience a temporary
bout of insanity, and agree to be one of the moderators, you would be the
first, and perhaps the only one who would be banned from participating.