UNM409@DBNRHRZ1.BITNET (02/20/90)
Hello all,
I can't believe that so far there has not been a single reply to the recent
announcement that the Info-Atari16 digests will be discontinued.
This will mean that the BITNET/EARN Atari users will lose their link to the
rest of the Atari world. (And you others will lose their participation in
ST discussions).
But no, that blasted piracy discussion (runner-up is the Phantom typist one)
happily continues, people are posting huge signatures with two-line messages,
others post in triplicate, and the digests are discontinued due to TOO MUCH
NET TRAFFIC!!!
Why is it that the real work is always left to a few people like Ravi et al?
Yes, I'd volunteer, but I'm only on a BITNET end node, so I can't do anything.
Or am I missing something?? Flame away.
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Bitnet: VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1 (will go away some day ...) Volker A. Brandt
UNM409@DBNRHRZ1 (alternative) Angewandte Mathematik
UUCP: ...!unido!DBNUAMA1.bitnet!vbrandt (Bonn, West Germany)
ARPAnet: VBRANDT%DBNUAMA1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDUtar@naucse.UUCP (Tim Roeder) (02/21/90)
In article <9002200805.AA14582@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, UNM409@DBNRHRZ1.BITNET writes: > Hello all, > > I can't believe that so far there has not been a single reply to the recent > announcement that the Info-Atari16 digests will be discontinued. Acutally, I seem to recall having read a few <abliet VERY few> comments concerning the upcoming demise. > > [stuff deleted] > > But no, that blasted piracy discussion (runner-up is the Phantom typist one) > happily continues, people are posting huge signatures with two-line messages, > others post in triplicate, and the digests are discontinued due to TOO MUCH > NET TRAFFIC!!! > I agree that some of the 'discussions' are not very worthwhile, though I would think that the one related to the 'PHANTOM TYPIST' isn't too out of line. It may help to find out the culprit and get it fixed. > Why is it that the real work is always left to a few people like Ravi et al? > Yes, I'd volunteer, but I'm only on a BITNET end node, so I can't do anything. > > Or am I missing something?? Flame away. > You may indeed be missing something <no flame intended>. I've been quietly bothering my System Administrator to finish our Internet link so that our site can be the host for INFO-ATARI16. Ravi (et al) have been informed of my efforts, and have expressed hope that within a few weeks the move can be accomplished. I apologize to Ravi, etc. if my response to this is somewhat premature. I hadn't said anything about this before because I thought it would be imprudent to raise everyone's hopes while everything was still a bit 'iffy'. However, I felt the need to respond to Volker's post. My apologies to anyone who might be offended. -- Timothy A. Roeder - Northern Arizona University/Univeristy of Arizona UUCP: ...!arizona!naucse!tar Internet: arizona.edu!naucse!tar -- troeder@mis.arizona.edu Bitnet: roedert@arizvm1.BITNET
dyer@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jon Brode) (02/21/90)
In article <9002200805.AA14582@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> UNM409@DBNRHRZ1.BITNET writes: >I can't believe that so far there has not been a single reply to the recent >announcement that the Info-Atari16 digests will be discontinued. Y'know, back in August when it was announced that info-atari16 would be discontinued because score was being retired, both Howard Chu and I sent messages to Ravi volunteering to take over the list. Neither of us ever received a reply... >Why is it that the real work is always left to a few people like Ravi et al? >Yes, I'd volunteer, but I'm only on a BITNET end node, so I can't do anything. Well, if its not too much trouble for the person who is currently running it to contact me, I think we may still be able to set it up on terminator. Jon Brode -- dyer@math.lsa.umich.edu Boycott Apple!
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ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) (02/21/90)
In article <11059@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> dyer@math.lsa.umich.edu (Jon Brode) writes: >Y'know, back in August when it was announced that info-atari16 would be >discontinued because score was being retired, both Howard Chu and I sent >messages to Ravi volunteering to take over the list. Neither of us ever >received a reply... >Well, if its not too much trouble for the person who is currently running >it to contact me, I think we may still be able to set it up on terminator. Who is running it? -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@water.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu
UNM409@DBNRHRZ1.BITNET (02/23/90)
Hello, In Info-Atari16 Digest #234, zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!dyer@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jon Brode) writes: >Y'know, back in August when it was announced that info-atari16 would be >discontinued because score was being retired, both Howard Chu and I sent >messages to Ravi volunteering to take over the list. Neither of us ever >received a reply... I wouldn't blame Ravi for this. Many reasons could be found to explain the loss of your messages. I have dared to use this group to reach people I could not mail directly, maybe you should have, too. >Well, if its not too much trouble for the person who is currently running >it to contact me, I think we may still be able to set it up on terminator. That would be VERY nice. Maybe something good comes from my flame after all. >Jon Brode -- dyer@math.lsa.umich.edu Boycott Apple! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I will. Also, naucse!tar@arizona.edu (Tim Roeder) says: > I agree that some of the 'discussions' are not very worthwhile, >though I would think that the one related to the 'PHANTOM TYPIST' isn't >too out of line. It may help to find out the culprit and get it fixed. I didn't mean to pick on those who took part in that discussion. It just so happened to be the one I was second-least interested in. Sorry. >(I said) >> Or am I missing something?? Flame away. > > You may indeed be missing something <no flame intended>. I've been >quietly bothering my System Administrator to finish our Internet link so >that our site can be the host for INFO-ATARI16. Ravi (et al) have been >informed of my efforts, and have expressed hope that within a few weeks >the move can be accomplished. > > I apologize to Ravi, etc. if my response to this is somewhat >premature. I hadn't said anything about this before because I thought >it would be imprudent to raise everyone's hopes while everything was >still a bit 'iffy'. However, I felt the need to respond to Volker's >post. My apologies to anyone who might be offended. Thanks for responding. So it seems that there are several possible options for digest takeover ... this makes me feel better. Finally, a word of thanks to those who sent me personal mail. Not one flame, all 6 messages agreed with me (Russ Evans suggested I should mention this :-). Also, thanks for your msg to John R. Dunning, and I hope you feel a little less discouraged now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitnet: VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1 (will go away some day ...) Volker A. Brandt UNM409@DBNRHRZ1 (alternative) Angewandte Mathematik UUCP: ...!unido!DBNUAMA1.bitnet!vbrandt (Bonn, West Germany) ARPAnet: VBRANDT%DBNUAMA1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU