demon@ibmpcug.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) (11/17/90)
What's happened to comp.sources.misc? Is it just that no-one's posted to it or has the moderator disappeared or what? Cliff. -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. -- Cliff Stanford cms@demon.co.uk Demon Systems Limited demon@ibmpcug.co.uk 42 Hendon Lane demon@cix.co.uk London N3 1TT - England +44 81 349 0063
laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) (11/18/90)
In article <1990Nov17.145035.1960@ibmpcug.co.uk> demon@ibmpcug.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) writes: >What's happened to comp.sources.misc? Is it just that no-one's >posted to it or has the moderator disappeared or what? Brandon posted a call for offers to moderate it. He said that his work had gotten to the point that he could no longer spare the time. I remember when he and I used to share Sunday night conferences on Delphi, when he had plenty of time to be on-line, and apparently it is still the same job, so I hope he is making plenty of money at it. I asked if I could step in, and while his response was guardedly positive, I did not get a second reponse. The one really important factor is that the moderator should have Internet access. Brandon dialed into Case Western for comp.sources.misc purposes, and he suggested that attempting to moderate it from a uucp site would be foolhardy given the number of archive sites that need to be maintained. He also said that it took about two hours a week of his time (probably after a few years of practice) even with the need to do such kindhearted deeds as send copies of files to people who, as he put it, thought that the moderator had nothing better to do with his time than look up files for them. -- Laird J. Heal The Usenet is dead! Home: laird@slum.mv.com (Salem, NH) Long Live the Usenet! Away: laird@shinet.chi.il.us
marc@dumbcat.sf.ca.us (Marco S Hyman) (11/19/90)
In article <1990Nov17.145035.1960@ibmpcug.co.uk> demon@ibmpcug.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) writes:
What's happened to comp.sources.misc? Is it just that no-one's
posted to it or has the moderator disappeared or what?
A while back (two-four weeks?) Brandon reported that he did not have time
to do the job. A request for replacement moderator went out at that time.
I guess the response was silence. If Brandon is still listening perhaps he
could write a short paragraph on the time required to do the job. (How many
hours per month...week...day?)
Until a replacement moderator is found I suggest patience or alt.sources.
// marc
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// marc@dumbcat.sf.ca.us
// {ames,decwrl,sun}!pacbell!dumbcat!marcsteve@nshore.uucp (Stephen J. Walick) (11/19/90)
As quoted from <1990Nov17.145035.1960@ibmpcug.co.uk> by demon@ibmpcug.co.uk (Cliff Stanford): +--------------- | What's happened to comp.sources.misc? Is it just that no-one's | posted to it or has the moderator disappeared or what? +--------------- A month ago, Brandon made this note in an October 15th posting to < comp.sources.misc > and the next day (or so), made the same post- ing to several of the < news > groups (of which I have no archive copies).... +--------------- | Newsgroups: comp.sources.misc | Subject: v15i023: Graphics Gems, Part 1/5 | Date: 15 Oct 90 01:12:00 GMT | Sender: allbery@uunet.UU.NET | Approved: allbery@uunet.UU.NET (Brandon S. Allbery - comp.sources.misc) | | [Going on my third week of this, I'm afraid it's gotten beyond the point | where I can keep up. I am therefore looking for a new moderator for this | news group. Send mail to comp.sources-misc-request@uunet.uu.net if you | are interested. (Do NOT send mail to allbery@uunet.uu.net! I haven't | read my mail there for at least two weeks.) ++bsa] +--------------- Steve Walick -- Stephen J. Walick, Asst Sysop of the < XBBS > program at NCoast.ORG {uunet|backnone}!nshore!steve steve@nshore.uucp
demon@ibmpcug.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) (11/21/90)
In article <> laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) writes: > I asked if I could step in, and while his response was guardedly positive, I > did not get a second reponse. Maybe it would be worth chasing it up (?) Otherwise the group is going to die a lingering death. The backlog alone must be horrendous. Cliff. -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. -- Cliff Stanford cms@demon.co.uk Demon Systems Limited demon@ibmpcug.co.uk 42 Hendon Lane demon@cix.co.uk London N3 1TT - England +44 81 349 0063
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (11/25/90)
At the present time, I have 29 articles in the queue, *finally* some time to deal with them... and I can't find a working inews on uunet. (It looks like they've upgraded to a version of Dynix that uses the new SunOS/SVR4/whatever directlry layout, and nobody remembered to recompile news.) When this is fixed, I'm going to flush the postings. I have a sizeable list of applicants for moderator, I just need to pick one. I suspect I'm just going to review applications instead of my original ideas, because those ideas got filed by another 3-week absence from the Usenet in general and comp.sources.misc in particular. (*sigh*) ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY