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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / July 2008I'm finally giving up on newsgroups/usenet - Vaya con Dios
Has nothing to do with AGHL, well except for the fact that this was one of the last places for decent conversation and it's gone silent. It seems that if I try to get involved in a new group, I'm met by a.sholes at the door. If I do get through, there is so much crap to wade through... necessitating so many filters and kill-file entries that I've just reached the end of my rope. I've been a part of usenet since before there was a web and I thought it would always have some value. There's always been spam, kooks, and jerks, but there used to be some tasty goodness inside. Finding that has become too difficult and less worthwhile. I'm deleting my usenet accounts, I may look in on things from google groups but i certainly won't be posting again. Signing off from the perimeter...  Signature"Out here on the perimeter there are no stars" Steve --Inglo-- > Has nothing to do with AGHL, well except for the fact that this was one > of the last places for decent conversation and it's gone silent. It [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Signing off from the perimeter... That's a damn shame Steve. Too many decent posters moving over to make more room for idiots. Say hello sometimes... maybe through Steam friends... that's how Stri does it. > Has nothing to do with AGHL, well except for the fact that this was one > of the last places for decent conversation and it's gone silent. It [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Signing off from the perimeter... Oh...... no! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! Buh-buh-buh-bye! Signature"Bother!" said Pooh, as he wiped the vomit from his chin. > Has nothing to do with AGHL, well except for the fact that this was one > of the last places for decent conversation and it's gone silent. It [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Signing off from the perimeter... Given how long Usenet has been around I always thought it'd be one of those things which would last the duration, but I have to agree with you that the signal/noise ratio on the vast majority of NGs has fallen dramatically over the last few years, making many of them simply not worth reading. Still, I'm hoping that this group will pick up again sometime - I guess silence is better than being full of spam from idiots :) SignatureBen Cottrell "Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out" > Still, I'm hoping that this group will pick up again sometime - I guess > silence is better than being full of spam from idiots :) Agreed. Sorry to see LymanAlpha go, especially since these days it can't take long to check the aghl newsgroup for signal - not much noise to hide it these days. I think he's right that other forms of contact have sidelined usenet, but there's still a place for this 'one to many, non time-critical' communications paradigm, not least for the opportunities it offers for verbose pomposity ;) I like the slow drip of human contacts it provides, like an ultra-slow Twitter, without the pressure to respond instantly or be left behind. It's certainly no problem to have Thoth auto-start every day, and the ten seconds it takes to scan for intelligent life is hardly an onerous task. I'll be around until all these moments are lost in time... ___ Neil aka HighVis -- > I'll be around until all these moments are lost in time... And since I just paid for another year of cis.dfn.de, I guess I'll still be here too! Civilian_Target >> Still, I'm hoping that this group will pick up again sometime - I guess >> silence is better than being full of spam from idiots :) [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > -- Same here Neil. McG. You say "Adios agimos" and we say "Vaya con dios" You'll lurk :) >Has nothing to do with AGHL, well except for the fact that this was one >of the last places for decent conversation and it's gone silent. It [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Signing off from the perimeter... - _ "All you health nuts are going to feel really stupid laying on your death bed dying of nothing..." >You say "Adios agimos" and we say "Vaya con dios" You'll lurk :) > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > to feel really stupid laying > on your death bed dying of nothing..." Try>>>>comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action > Has nothing to do with AGHL, well except for the fact that this was one of > the last places for decent conversation and it's gone silent. It seems [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Signing off from the perimeter... See ya around Steve. Can't blame you I guess. Be cool man! McG. |
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