Moving to new form of usenet ideas?

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

Personally I find a simple period sufficient unto the day for the
usenet manual of style.

They were talking about AFTER the period, you retarded dingledorf!

 

[JosephKK]

Jon Slaughter (e-mail address removed) posted to
sci.electronics.design:

Sorry for all the cross posting but I'm interesting in getting a
serious discussion about how usenet has become lately.

Many people are moving away from usenet because of all the spam and
cooks that have been showing up. The rate of spammer seem to be
growing exponentially(ok, not really but it feels like it).

I think maybe its time to do something about it. What I'd like to
see happen is an "upgrade" to usenet. I do not like th forum based
communiations that has sprung up lately but since it solves many of
usenet's shortcommings I believe that will will take over.

If many people feel the same way then maybe we can move on to
something better and increase the efficiency and productivity that
usenet was meant for.

Some ideas I have are:

1. Cook repellent - Some method to prevent cooks from interrupting
normal flow. Either having a voting scheme or some type of
identifying means to either completely remove them or at least make
it easier to avoid them.

Presuming you meant Kooks, get a better newsreader and filter them
out.

2. Spam repellent - Similar to Cooks.

Same as 1. above.

3. Meta data - Have the ability to directly include graphics and
things like TeX into messages. For those that do not want to view it
they can disable it or have some other means to see it.

Same as 1. above

4. Specific tools for groups - Different groups have different needs
for communication. Mathematics groups need to efficiently
communicate mathematical formulas while electronics need to
communicate schematics.

sed and seb have abse. Math groups can use MathML or pseudo code.
Other kinds of groups have their own matching binary groups.

5. Moderation - Potentially give regular users of the group the
ability to "quasi-moderate" or in general just have a wide range of
options to have more control over groups(But not to much).

Moderated groups are all over USENET. Lots of people have issues with
them because of some particular set of moderators. Which brings up
who do you get to do the moderation? What are the oaffishul
moderation rules?

6. Non-anomality or some way to slow down spammers. Maybe better
routing data and such.

Same as 1. above.

7. Potentially "Backwards compatible" with usenet - have the ability
to surf usenet with the same client to help make a smoother
transition. ----

All of the requirements you have stated so far have been met with
existing tools.

In any case this is extremely preliminary and just some thoughts.
It seems
that usenet has started to go down the drain.

Where did you get that idea? It is roughly the same as it has been
for over 20 years. There is only a bit more noise because there is
proportionately more kooks and spammers on the internet.

Of course getting rid of google groups would really help too. Letting
web jerks in was a real disservice. USENET as a popularity contest,
phooie, that jerk should be stripped, have portions of their skin
sanded off, bound, salt rubbed on their wounds, and left on a fire
and mound with several web-cams watching for the next two weeks 24/7.

Hopefully there are
those out
there that are interested in keeping it alive. I'm thinking
something very similar to usenet but with just more "features".

If enough people are interested in doing this then maybe we can put
something together. All ideas and suggestions are welcome.

Too many people like it raw and UNCENSORED.

 

[JosephKK]

Lester Zick (e-mail address removed) posted to sci.electronics.design:

Usually I only take effrontery with bad spelling. But in your case
I'll make an acception.

~v~~

He typed boldly when the correct word is affront.

 

[John Fields]

No.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

Show up at our next memorial service and you'll hear the names of
200+ read that prove that is a lie.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Now I remember where I saw you.

You were the star in that flic "Total Retard".

He was your stand in.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

I hover around 149.

Kelvin?


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Part of your service to the country no doubt.

No, you're just a special case.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

We?

John

He should start with the worst offender, and shoot himself.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Jerry Avins]

Show up at our next memorial service and you'll hear the names of
200+ read that prove that is a lie.

MacArthur's singing that song to congress keep him from leaving a corpse
when he died.

Jerry

 

[Lester Zick]

What makes you think I drink? You don't believe anything else I say.

~v~~

 

[Lester Zick]

LOL. Don't worry, Captain Obvious. My lips are sealed. I'll never
reveal your secret identity, inept dyslexic grammarian by day, total
babbling idiot by night. Your secret is safe. Good luck on your next
mission.

~v~~

 

[Rich Grise]

LOL. Don't worry, Captain Obvious. My lips are sealed. I'll never
reveal your secret identity, inept dyslexic grammarian by day, total
babbling idiot by night. Your secret is safe. Good luck on your next
mission.

Well, that didn't take long.

<plonk>

 

[Lester Zick]

Lester Zick (e-mail address removed) posted to sci.electronics.design:


He typed boldly when the correct word is affront.

So why don't you take the matter up with the one who didn't use the
correct word? I had to make a choice. If he had the effrontery to use
poor composition the least I could do was to take affront or possibly
umbrage. In neither case would I have taken affrontery.

~v~~

 

[Lester Zick]

Show up at our next memorial service and you'll hear the names of
200+ read that prove that is a lie.

Or you could just wave the flag at us some more. That'll be
convincing.

~v~~

 

[Lester Zick]

No, you're just a special case.

So instead of signing the cross, why not just wave the flag at me some
more to show me just how special I really am. That'll make me go away.

~v~~

 

[Lester Zick]

"of is"??? You aren't drunk, you're damaged goods.

In which case, oh ChairmanOfTheDorks, you can simply elide the "is"
when you eventually matriculate to fifth grade reading comprehension.

~v~~

 

[Lester Zick]

Never owned one, you retarded ****.

Faculty advisor? Can't say as I've owned one either. See, the problem
here, oh Chairman of the dorks, is that in science we prefer to state
definitive rationale for what we say. And despite our appreciation for
your unadorned opinions we find they contribute far more to the anals
of science than its annals.

~v~~

 

[Lester Zick]

They were talking about AFTER the period, you retarded dingledorf!

Whereas I was talking about after YOUR period, oh Chairman of the
dorks.

~v~~

 

[logic]

Well better luck with your next mainstay.