DEAD NG?

[Mark Johnson]

I see less than 20 or so posts a day, here. Is this, essentially, a
dead ng? And what ng do people use, instead?

[Neal]

Re: DEAD NG?

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:38:15 -0700, Mark Johnson
<102334.12@comp userve.com> wrote:
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> I see less than 20 or so posts a day, here. Is this, essentially, a
> dead ng? And what ng do people use, instead?[/color]

Far from dead. It's just been a little slow off and on. Feel free to bring
up a stylesheet topic.

[Phil Evans]

Re: DEAD NG?

Mark Johnson wrote:[color=blue]
> I see less than 20 or so posts a day, here. Is this, essentially, a
> dead ng? And what ng do people use, instead?[/color]

I'd say this is probably one of the most alive newsgroups around, in
terms of signal-to-noise ratio.

[Harlan Messinger]

Re: DEAD NG?

Mark Johnson <102334.12@comp userve.com> wrote:
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>I see less than 20 or so posts a day, here. Is this, essentially, a
>dead ng? And what ng do people use, instead?[/color]

You are grossly undercounting, and 20 posts a day is hardly "dead"
anyway, unless those posts consist primarily of ads for personal
"enlargemen t", money-makings schemes, and political diatribes, the
absence of which we are blessed with.

--
Harlan Messinger
Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.
Veuillez ôter le premier point de mon adresse de courriel.

[Alec S.]

Re: DEAD NG?

It's far from dead. At first I was worried it might be dead but I
posted a question anyway and got plenty of responses. I was pleasantly
surprised. I think the reason people are wary of posting here is because of
the name, it looks like some specific company's site instead of a general
CSS newsgroup. It is however perfectly good for all intents and purposes.



--
Alec S.
alec <@> synetech <.> cjb <.> net



"Mark Johnson" <102334.12@comp userve.com> wrote in message
news:cg3km0561r 18rgam7trf3aaah pkvpd4020@fe01. buzzardnews.com ...[color=blue]
> I see less than 20 or so posts a day, here. Is this, essentially, a
> dead ng? And what ng do people use, instead?[/color]

[David Morris]

Re: DEAD NG?

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> I'd say this is probably one of the most alive newsgroups around, in
> terms of signal-to-noise ratio.[/color]

The signal-to-noise ratio is good, however some of the youthful and rather
peremptory responses might be off putting to some. (This is not reflection on
any of the posts in this thread.)

[Brian]

Re: DEAD NG?

David Morris wrote:

[I've inserted the attribute that you snipped; please make sure we know
who said what]
Phil Evans wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>> I'd say this is probably one of the most alive newsgroups around,
>> in terms of signal-to-noise ratio.[/color]
>
>
> The signal-to-noise ratio is good, however some of the youthful and
> rather peremptory responses might be off putting to some.[/color]

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#not_losing

This is not to say you've "react[ed] like a loser", but merely to point
you to the relevant part of a very useful article. I recommend the whole
thing, but wanted to call you attention in particular to the part about
"[e]xaggeratedly 'friendly'" forums.

--
Brian (remove "invalid" to email me)

[David Morris]

Re: DEAD NG?

> thing, but wanted to call you attention in particular to the part about[color=blue]
> "[e]xaggeratedly 'friendly'" forums.
>[/color]
I agree with that. Criticism is good. Eventually I believe the world will be
a better place because of the Net for that reason (watch China over the next 50
years). And being nice but not saying anything is ... well pointless.
However, style can make the difference between offence and information. (And
I'll admit to getting it wrong myself sometimes when in a hurry).

Compare: "You are wrong." [full stop] to : "Here is a better way [and
explanation]."
or even "You don't make sense" To: "I don't understand what you mean."

But I had better stop before I get flamed for being off topic!

regards DM