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gkmac wrote:

>
> Does anyone still use USENET?
>

Yeah. And what about it?

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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:18:49 -0500, john_childs wrote:

>99% of the posts now are from the Unicyclist.com forum.

From http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/rsu2005.htm :

"By the end of 2005, about 97.5% of all posts originated from the
forum, and if anything, the percentage is still rising."

Looking at the picture on that website, I doubt that the percentage is
up to 99% already, we'll have to wait till Jan 2007 to know. But it's
close indeed.

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tr4nspo wrote:
> And didn't mean to get all those "heavy" conclusions of why and whynot
> this had evolved to this actual situation/state.

Then I'm glad it wasn't -*me*- who went through the trouble of giving a
comprehensive, thoughtful answer to your question. Remind me not to
bother next time you ask a question.


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Klaas Bil wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:18:49 -0500, john_childs wrote:
>
> >99% of the posts now are from the Unicyclist.com forum.
>
> From http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/rsu2005.htm :
>
> "By the end of 2005, about 97.5% of all posts originated from the
> forum, and if anything, the percentage is still rising."
>
> Looking at the picture on that website, I doubt that the percentage is
> up to 99% already, we'll have to wait till Jan 2007 to know. But it's
> close indeed.
>
> Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
>



I was just taking a WAG and pulling a number out of the air. It's an
accident if it happens to be close to the correct number.

I need to get my news reader setup again. I moved and now have a new
ISP. I haven't bothered yet to figure out what they have for Usenet
access.


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gkmac wrote:
> Does anyone still use USENET?

Yes. I do all of my reading on usenet, and really CBA to use web fora
for reading news.

I've recently taken to using the forum to post on the basis that, with
the majority of readers using the forum, it's probably beneficial to
have a recognisable avatar and a bold underlined name. Compare my
details to the left of this post (as viewed in the forum) to those on
the left of my posts in this thread:
http://tinyurl.com/opbjf

I still wouldn't bother posting through the forum if it was any extra
effort, but actually it's remarkably easy to just click on the "View
this thread" link at the bottom of the usenet message, then click
"Quote" and enter my password.


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unijesse wrote:
> hey, so if you went to a diff. website to read/post in rsu, could
> someone like chuck norris or someone like that post? since there only
> blocked from unicyclist.com?



Replace "diff. website" with "the newsgroup or mailing list" (usenet
and e-mail are not www), then yes.

In principle there is nothing to stop anyone with usenet access from
posting to any unmoderated newsgroup, nor to stop anyone with a
subscription to the mailing list from posting to the mailing list.
Those posts would then be passed through to the forum.

I believe the mailing list moderator has various safeguards in place to
stop crap getting through from usenet. I daresay Gilby would be able
to prevent usenet posts from specific users from reaching the forum,
but of course they could easily circumvent that by changing their
"from" names.


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johnfoss wrote:
> unicycling.org


Why is that domain not owned by the IUF, inc. ?


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johnfoss wrote:
> unicycling.org


Why does the IUF does'nt have an own website?


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Leo,

The International Unicycling Federation's (IUF's) use of the
unicycling.org domain name and Web site is generously donated. The IUF
currently has no means to raise money. The Unicycling Society of
America has, in the past, been able to pay for its share of the domain
/ Web site out of the money it collects from membership fees.


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tadaniels wrote:
> Leo, etc.


Aha, thanks, always good to know who to be thankfull to.


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