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In article <rc6dnQjtQsQI10XcRVn-1A@rogers.com>, "Darrell" <no@spam.here>
wrote:

> Please use
>
> rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.canon
> rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.nikon
> rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.minolta
> rec.photo.digital.slr-systems.pentax

Your joke aside, I'd like to see the above groups.

When I have to wade through a "zillion" Sigma, D70, point-and-shoot and
tsunami posts to find something I can use, it's more than a little time
consuming.

Thanks to Alan Browne having the NERVE to post here an invitation to the dSLR
newsgroup, I am moving there.

Of course, I'll keep an eye on the traffic here. The political science stuff
can be quite interesting.

(Perhaps I need to go to a PoliSci group to get my dSLR info!)

:)
JR
 
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In article <Q9VBd.7204$Us1.85038@wagner.videotron.net>,
Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreeLunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> 12,000 - 13,000 posts/month in rpd make like listening to
> chopin during an AC/DC concert.

You mean, like "Back in Black in B-flat minor"?

(I don't get it.)

:)
JR
 
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In article <020120051144148351%fort514@mac.com>, Charles <fort514@mac.com>
wrote:

> If you can stand a web based board like dpreview which has got to be
> one of the worst web based interfaces I have encountered, more power to
> you. I prefer Usenet.

Amen. Thank-you. I agree.

I very much dislike web-based email. Web-based <ahem> discussion groups
aren't much better.

I MUCH prefer my OS-specific newsreader/interface.

> I almost wish Alan would stop touting the new group for fear
> it would start becoming like r.p.d.

I understand your concern. However, were it not for his "invitation", I would
not have KNOWN about the newsgroup. It wasn't on my ISP's server - but it is
now.

:)
JR
 
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"David J Taylor" <david-taylor@invalid.com> wrote

> All Things Mopar wrote:

>> Alan Browne ...

>>> At the risk (certainty!) of drawing the ire of some, I
>>> would urge discussions specific to DSLR's move over to
>>> news:rec.photo.digital.slr-systems .

>> Alan, I didn't know about this NG. Thanks for posting a
>> link.

>> I currently have a P & S but I'm always on the lookout for
>> what's new in DSLRs, so I'll start monitoring the other NG
>> now.

> For your information, there are actually four new groups:
>
> rec.photo.digital.point+shoot
> rec.photo.digital.rangefinder
> rec.photo.digital.slr-systems rec.photo.digital.zlr

hey, aren't those 4 of the groups the fun lovin trolls shooed in?
Msg-ID: 1104079276.482423.159810@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com
(if I ain't mistaken :)
 
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"Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:FWWBd.3706$lN5.413880@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> I take it you are one of the anal types who thinks that the world needs a
> rec.photo.zlr and a rec.photo.rangefinder etc etc etc group. Go back to
your
> double entry bookkeeping. Most of the world is looking for people who can
> help them, not people who are so busy sorting they can't be bothered with
> newcomers. I'm very surprised you morons didnt create twice as many
groups,
> a full set for beginners, then a full set for advanged users, then groups
> for people who own both slr and p&s, and a group for people with Canon slr
> and Nikon p&s and a group for.... I think I'll stop now, I might be giving
> you gobshites more ideas.
>
> --
That Canon group already exists, Tony. It just has to have the name changed
to rec.photo.Canon.digital.slr-systems. Talk to Alan, he's good at changing
stuff to suit his point of view. Surely he's good for a favor or two?

Doug
 
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"David J Taylor" <david-taylor@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:33qnb1F43d7lbU1@individual.net...
> Alan Browne wrote:
>> David J Taylor wrote:
>>
>>
>>> For your information, there are actually four new groups:
>>>
>>> rec.photo.digital.point+shoot
>>> rec.photo.digital.rangefinder
>>> rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
>>> rec.photo.digital.zlr
>>>
>>> If you're not familiar with the term, ZLR is Zoom Lens Reflex. This
>>> was the best compromise to describe high-end cameras that don't have
>>> interchangeable lenses, but otherwise look like SLRs - such as the
>>> Panasonic FZ20, Minolta A2, Nikon 8400 & 8800 etc.
>>
>> Hey! Raise your own advert threads!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alan.
>
> I feel I may get less trouble if I tack onto yours!
>
> Cheers,
> David
My ISP hasn't signed on to any new groups in a couple of years.

S.
 
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In article <6a1Cd.15740$RH4.12720@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"S." <noemail770@noemail.com> wrote:

> My ISP hasn't signed on to any new groups in a couple of years.

That's crazy. 🙁

It's time for a new ISP. Sheesh!

<sigh>
JR
 
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Tony wrote:

>... Most of the world is looking for people who can
> help them, not people who are so busy sorting they can't be bothered with
> newcomers......

Interesting! I cannot for the life of me remember the last post where
Spadaro was being helpful....

--
John McWilliams

"Andre, a simple peasant, had only one thing on his mind as he crept
along the East wall: 'Andre creep ... Andre creep ... Andre creep'."
 
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John McWilliams wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>
>> ... Most of the world is looking for people who can
>> help them, not people who are so busy sorting they can't be bothered with
>> newcomers......
>
>
> Interesting! I cannot for the life of me remember the last post where
> Spadaro was being helpful....
>

BFEG!
 
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Jim Redelfs wrote:

> My Cox Communications news server did NOT carry it. I logged-on their support
> site and left email requesting it.
>
> It is now on the server.

I wish I could say the same about the evil gnomes at Videotron. (They do
promisse server upgrades ... in 2005 ... sometime... maybe.)

Cheers,
Alan


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S. wrote:
[]
> My ISP hasn't signed on to any new groups in a couple of years.
>
> S.

My ISP is the same - primarily to all the resources taken up by the binary
newsgroups.

I joined one of the free text news servers just for the new groups.

Cheers,
David
 
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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 20:59:22 -0600, Jim Redelfs <jim.redelfs@redelfs.com> wrote:


>Thanks to Alan Browne having the NERVE to post here an invitation to the dSLR
>newsgroup, I am moving there.

Trouble is, not all servers carry the new groups yet. Mine (news.individual.de)
doesn't.


--
Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net
 
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:21:36 +0800, Christopher Pollard wrote:

>>Thanks to Alan Browne having the NERVE to post here an invitation to the dSLR
>>newsgroup, I am moving there.
>
> Trouble is, not all servers carry the new groups yet. Mine (news.individual.de)
> doesn't.

I would suggest that you update your group list. I use news.individual.de
and have rec.photo.digital.slr-systems available. It has been there for at
least a couple of weeks (that I know of).
--
Bo
 
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"Jim Redelfs" <jim.redelfs@redelfs.com> wrote in message
news:jim.redelfs-B0625D.20503402012005@news.central.cox.net...
SNIP
> I first "heard" about the
>
> <news:rec.photo.digital.slr-sytems>
>
> group somewhat more than a week ago.
>
> My Cox Communications news server did NOT carry it.
> I logged-on their support site and left email requesting it.
>
> It is now on the server.
>
> That's good service.

Yes it is, because it is a service they provide, at their discretion.
Good service, indeed.

Bart
 
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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:19:17 GMT, "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>I take it you are one of the anal types who thinks that the world needs a
>rec.photo.zlr and a rec.photo.rangefinder etc etc etc group. Go back to your
>double entry bookkeeping.

Insults are rather pathetic in newsgroup posts; they conjure up images
of small-time individuals salivating over their keyboards as they type
things they would never dream of saying to someone's face.

>Most of the world is looking for people who can
>help them

Indeed; and in that context all I sought to do, without insult or
name-calling, was to point out that your wish to lump heterogeneous
posts together in one newsgroup tends in only one direction. The
result will not be helpful; and if you can't see that then there's no
arguing with you.
--

Henry Law <>< Manchester, England
 
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"Alan Browne_" <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote

> "Steve Young" <bowtieATbrightdslDOTnet> wrote:

>> hey, aren't those 4 of the groups those fun lovin trolls shooed in?

> That's spelt "shoot-in" and no, nothing to do with trolls.

hahaha no, I meant new group shoo in
You did read the cite?

This message has more admission/explanation of the 'stuffing' activity, if
you care
Msg-ID: 1104389207.333908.190940@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
Kinda looks like what I've been saying all along.
Those fun lovin 'socks' are why we have the new groups :)
Don't we just love em!? :)))

:)x
 
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No there is no arguing with the anal types at all, who would rather reduce
the posts down to the point where the groups is dead than "suffer" the
indignities of having to look over a whole list of stuff that they don't
understand. Why don't you go to your little happy group and have your fun,
instead of hanging around here cluttering this group with your neurotic
obsessions?

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"Henry Law" <lawshouse.public@btconnect.com> wrote in message
news:2suit0dsdq5epnisue2tfitpfhsaocq4pg@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:19:17 GMT, "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >I take it you are one of the anal types who thinks that the world needs a
> >rec.photo.zlr and a rec.photo.rangefinder etc etc etc group. Go back to
your
> >double entry bookkeeping.
>
> Insults are rather pathetic in newsgroup posts; they conjure up images
> of small-time individuals salivating over their keyboards as they type
> things they would never dream of saying to someone's face.
>
> >Most of the world is looking for people who can
> >help them
>
> Indeed; and in that context all I sought to do, without insult or
> name-calling, was to point out that your wish to lump heterogeneous
> posts together in one newsgroup tends in only one direction. The
> result will not be helpful; and if you can't see that then there's no
> arguing with you.
> --
>
> Henry Law <>< Manchester, England
 
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Henry Law wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:19:17 GMT, "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Insults are rather pathetic in newsgroup posts; they conjure up images
> of small-time individuals salivating over their keyboards as they type
> things they would never dream of saying to someone's face.
>

That's our Tony.
 
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WebKatz wrote:
> Henry Law wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:19:17 GMT, "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Insults are rather pathetic in newsgroup posts; they conjure up images
>> of small-time individuals salivating over their keyboards as they type
>> things they would never dream of saying to someone's face.
>>
>
> That's our Tony.


Tony wrote:
> No there is no arguing with the anal types at all, who would rather reduce
> the posts down to the point where the groups is dead than "suffer" the
> indignities of having to look over a whole list of stuff that they don't
> understand. Why don't you go to your little happy group and have your fun,
> instead of hanging around here cluttering this group with your neurotic
> obsessions?
>


Case in point...
 
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Thoughtful and measured? Not our Tony.

He'll just killfile you - but first he'll have to tell you that he's
going to killfile you - then he wont' do it right - so the next time he
sees a post from you he'll killfile you again - but first he'll have to
tell you that he's going to killfile you, again...
 
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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:57:50 -0500
In message <MuXBd.12534$Us1.193946@wagner.videotron.net>
Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreeLunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> The intent was never to replace rpd, just to have a zone that is specific to the
> needs of D-SLR shooters. People can have as many NG's as they like, after all.

Do you do like other usenet fragmenters and lurk and flame
under other names? Wage email campaigns to lure people away
from the bad group? Your methods and high and mighty
authority-posing attitude is classic, after all.

Jeff
 
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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 14:02:16 -0500
In message <WyXBd.12631$Us1.196110@wagner.videotron.net>
Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreeLunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> Nor is the intent of an NG to help people learn every general function of a
> specific camera. I understand when people question something like metering, or
> why files come out a certain size in a given mode, as these are sometimes
> difficult to interpret even with the manual. But the question that you're
> referring to was something that can only be answered by somebody delving into
> the manual for that specific camera. It might was well be the person with the
> camera and the manual. The manual for the camera in question is available
> online from the manufacturer.

You don't have any tolerance for people who are not perfect, eh?
BTW... do you get tea and toost with your FreeLunch ISP?

Jeff
 
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:35:33 -0600, Bo Stevens <bostevens@charter.net> wrote:

>I would suggest that you update your group list.

Ok, got it now. I had done the 'get new groups' thing but it never showed up so
I figured it wasn't there yet.
I did a full refresh instead, and there it is.

Thanks

--
Chris Pollard


CG Internet café, Tagum City, Philippines
http://www.cginternet.net
 
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