What was once a mighty newsgroup

What a sad sight.
The once great and powerful RAB is no more. Amazing what one disgusting
tarbaby and the death of an icon (missing his insightful postings every
day) can do to a newsgroup.

This months top posters:
56 Curt James
48 KavinTaylor@gmail.com
41 next 7 posters

Are we seeing a trend here? Let's all flog a dead horse, shall we?
RAB is dead, long live the parasites on it's festering corpse.

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:02:10 -0500, Lubbert Das wrote:

> What a sad sight.
> The once great and powerful RAB is no more. Amazing what one disgusting
> tarbaby and the death of an icon (missing his insightful postings every
> day) can do to a newsgroup.
>
> This months top posters:
> 56 Curt James
> 48 KavinTaylor@gmail.com
> 41 next 7 posters
>
> Are we seeing a trend here? Let's all flog a dead horse, shall we?
> RAB is dead, long live the parasites on it's festering corpse.

It happens to a lot of NG's...
Even the really great groups are carried by a few regs and most of the talk
is off topic.
The easy way out is leaving Usenet altogether. Problem solved.
Or we try "saving" our beloved NG.
And that is always a possibility, providing that the trolling is reduced to
a bare minimum...
Just my 2 cents...
--
Hans

"Forty-two!"
"Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years of
work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly", said the computer...

Lubbert Das wrote:

> What a sad sight.

And I trust you're here to improve the view, yes?

> The once great and powerful RAB is no more.

RAB is and ever shall be.

Maybe.

(I mean nuclear threat is ever-present, so... )

> Amazing what one disgusting <snip>

It's spelled t-a-Y-L... oh, never mind.

> can do to a newsgroup.

Amazing, too, that you come only to complain. Oh, yes, and offer a
fleeting tribute. How very fine of you.

> This months top posters:
> 56 Curt James
> 48 KavinTaylor@gmail.com
> 41 next 7 posters
>
> Are we seeing a trend here?

Yes.

That trend being a continuing host of whiners and complainers who
participate not but lament much.

Hth.

> Let's all flog a dead horse,

More cliches. Wonderful! I believe there's room at KT's table.

> shall we?

Define we.

> RAB is dead, long live the parasi<snip>

That's nice. Will you be staying or is this a hit and run?

--
Curt

Hans van Eynsbergen wrote:
> Lubbert Das wrote:
>
> > What a sad sight.
> > The once great and powerful RAB is no more.
[...]

Lubbert Das, you have stated a mistruth. RAB is. Your post appears and
you've received replies. No, the newsgroup is not populated as it once
was, but this should be no indication of death.

> > RAB is dead, <snip>

Your post and the corresponding replies show that to be false, however
I agree that things have changed while taking no credit or blame for
the current status of the ng.

As always, I post and reply as I see fit. So, too, do others,
apparently. I first posted in 1998 and took a nice three-year break
during that time. Traffic has been slow, but this has, imo, no
connection to my presence.

> It happens to a lot of NG's...
> Even the really great groups are carried by a few
> regs and most of the talk is off topic.

There are newsgroups that maintain high traffic even in the face of
spamming and what some describe as trolling. Kavin recently visited one
and was promptly ignored.

> The easy way out is leaving Usenet altogether.

Another easy way "out" is to ignore the things that bother you or
simply ignore the things that hold no interest for you.

> Problem solved.

Again, problem solved.

> Or we try "saving" our beloved NG.

RAB doesn't need saving. Again, I don't believe that my presence here
has held a negative influence over the ng. People naturally lose
interest in things. Other things take over. Online and in real life. It
happens. Live Journal, MySpace, IAM, and any number of other
activities.

> And that is always a possibility, providing
> that the trolling is reduced to a bare minimum...
> Just my 2 cents...

Not bad advice, however Kavin is holding a nice Thanksgiving
conversation which seems to be continuing.

And, yes, he's also posting items to gain my attention. Is that
trolling? I say it's scribbling. Some of it's amusing. Mao much? Some
of it's an attempt at being rude. The uncle comments. But it all
reflects on him, imo.

> Hans

And that's my two cents. :o)

I hope you're enjoying your November. Year's end is almost here!

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Hans van Eynsbergen <strangeways@fsckspamplanet.nl> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:02:10 -0500, Lubbert Das wrote:
>
>> What a sad sight.
>> The once great and powerful RAB is no more. Amazing what one disgusting
>> tarbaby and the death of an icon (missing his insightful postings every
>> day) can do to a newsgroup.
>>
>> This months top posters:
>> 56 Curt James
>> 48 KavinTaylor@gmail.com
>> 41 next 7 posters
>>
>> Are we seeing a trend here? Let's all flog a dead horse, shall we?
>> RAB is dead, long live the parasites on it's festering corpse.
>
> It happens to a lot of NG's...
> Even the really great groups are carried by a few regs and most of the talk
> is off topic.
> The easy way out is leaving Usenet altogether. Problem solved.
> Or we try "saving" our beloved NG.
> And that is always a possibility, providing that the trolling is reduced to
> a bare minimum...
> Just my 2 cents...

"our" beloved NG?




-----yttrx

--
http://www.yttrx.net

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:57:17 GMT, yttrx wrote:

> Hans van Eynsbergen <strangeways@fsckspamplanet.nl> wrote:
>> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:02:10 -0500, Lubbert Das wrote:
>>
>>> What a sad sight.
>>> The once great and powerful RAB is no more. Amazing what one disgusting
>>> tarbaby and the death of an icon (missing his insightful postings every
>>> day) can do to a newsgroup.
>>>
>>> This months top posters:
>>> 56 Curt James
>>> 48 KavinTaylor@gmail.com
>>> 41 next 7 posters
>>>
>>> Are we seeing a trend here? Let's all flog a dead horse, shall we?
>>> RAB is dead, long live the parasites on it's festering corpse.
>>
>> It happens to a lot of NG's...
>> Even the really great groups are carried by a few regs and most of the talk
>> is off topic.
>> The easy way out is leaving Usenet altogether. Problem solved.
>> Or we try "saving" our beloved NG.
>> And that is always a possibility, providing that the trolling is reduced to
>> a bare minimum...
>> Just my 2 cents...
>
> "our" beloved NG?
>
> -----yttrx

Figure of speech...
He, I'm Dutch, remember ?
--
Hans

"Forty-two!"
"Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years of
work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly", said the computer...