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"Connor Aston"

05/03/2006 7:07 PM

Who owns the rec?

Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
the group?
Connor


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http://www.connoraston.com


This topic has 49 replies

GG

Greg G.

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 2:49 PM

Connor Aston said:

>Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>the group?
>Connor

This is Usenet. This group is not moderated.
It was started by petition and review, but don't know by whom.

FWIW,

Greg G.

ZY

Zz Yzx

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 3:47 PM

I think Dan Quayle invented it. No long after he invented the
Internet.

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>the group?
>Connor
>
>
>%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
>http://www.connoraston.com

DB

Dave Balderstone

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 7:20 AM

In article <[email protected]>, Greg G.
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I became curious about the Charter for the wRECk after Connor's
> question and poked around for the original RFD. I didn't find it.
> I failed, and for this am destined to remain a GIT in perpetuity.

I went looking during Vito's run and came to the conclusion that the
wRec is old enough that there likely never was a charter.

--
Talking about art is like dancing about architecture - Frank Zappa

DB

Dave Balderstone

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 7:22 AM

In article <[email protected]>, Greg G.
<[email protected]> wrote:

> OTOH, I found a message that demonstrates the process involved in
> 'starting' a new Usenet group - in this case, rec.crafts.woodturning:
>
> http://www.faqs.org/ftp/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/rec/rec.crafts.woodturning

There is presently no procedure in place for creating a new group in
"The Big Eight" part of usenet. There is a committee that was formed in
the fall that has reached the point of agreeing on a procedure to deal
with making decisions within the committee, but nothing at all on group
creation.

--
Talking about art is like dancing about architecture - Frank Zappa

TD

Tim Douglass

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 2:05 PM

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:09:14 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>A cabal is a number of persons united in some close design, usually to
>promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other
>community by intrigue. Cabals are secret organizations composed of a few
>designing persons; a political cabal is often called a junta. The term can
>also be used to refer to the designs of such persons. The term also holds
>a general meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. Its usage carries strong
>connotations of shadowy corners and insidious influence; a cabal is more
>evil and selective than, say, a faction, which is simply selfish. Because
>of this negative connotation, few organizations use the term to refer to
>themselves or their internal subdivisions. Among the exceptions is
>Discordianism, in which the term is used to refer to an identifiable group
>within the Discordian tradition.

I use a Cabal modem....

--
"We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

Rr

"RicodJour"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 11:53 AM

Greg G. wrote:
> Connor Aston said:
>
> >Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
> >the group?
> >Connor
>
> This is Usenet. This group is not moderated.
> It was started by petition and review, but don't know by whom.


Gee, thanks. Now nobody gets to play with his mind.

R

f

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 11:59 AM


Connor Aston wrote:
> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
> the group?
> Connor
>
>
> %69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
> http://www.connoraston.com

All your newsgroups are belong to me!

--

FF

Tp

"Tanus"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 4:11 PM


Connor Aston wrote:
> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
> the group?
> Connor
>
>
> %69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
> http://www.connoraston.com

I'm curious as to why you are asking. Were you planning on taking
something up with the moderator if there were one here?

Usenet exists in the classic sense of anarchy. Essentially no rules,
except those evolved through its time on the Net and accepted by a
large number of the members. Some might call it mob rule - I prefer to
see it as pure democracy. As such, any member has as much right to
anything about it as any other member.

Which means that if I, or you Connor, have anything to say about the
group, either in how it should be run, or a particular complaint, we
have full and equal rights as members to voice them in the forum. It
also means that we don't have a single person or group of people with
whom we can complain to. It's all or nothing.

I've been a member of both moderated and unmoderated groups. I much
prefer the unmoderated.

Tanus

tt

"tom"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 3:40 AM

Connor wrote:snip<Now I'll take this really S L O W >snip


If you can't filter them, just ignore them. Tom

Pp

"Pig"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 4:50 AM

If you can't stand the byzantine intrigue, perhaps you should get out
of the cabal....

mutt

tt

"tom"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 6:06 AM


Connor Aston wrote:
> A cabal is a number of persons united in some close design, usually to
> promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other
> community by intrigue. Cabals are secret organizations composed of a few
> designing persons; a political cabal is often called a junta. The term can
> also be used to refer to the designs of such persons. The term also holds
> a general meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. Its usage carries strong
> connotations of shadowy corners and insidious influence; a cabal is more
> evil and selective than, say, a faction, which is simply selfish. Because
> of this negative connotation, few organizations use the term to refer to
> themselves or their internal subdivisions. Among the exceptions is
> Discordianism, in which the term is used to refer to an identifiable group
> within the Discordian tradition. All Hail Eris. Tom

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"foggytown"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

07/03/2006 5:01 AM


George Shouse wrote:
> >
> >The Wreck is run by The Syndicate, which reports to The Cabal, which is
> >funded by The Illuminati.
>

But largely ignored by the cognoscenti and the intelligentsia to the
delight of the hoi polloi (original meaning).

FoggyTown

f

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

08/03/2006 5:24 PM


Upscale wrote:
> "George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> > Why do people talk about being a member of a
> > newsgroup? I read several, but I don't consider
> > myself a member of any newsgroup any more than I
> > consider myself a member of a newspaper that read
> > or a member of a grocery store where I buy
> > groceries even if I do talk to the clerks.
>
> Because to the greatest extent, you don't contribute much to a newspaper or
> a grocery store aside from a little money. A newsgroup you partake in it's
> activities by leaving messages as you are right now.

I think it is from analogy to various bulletin boards that do have
'membership' of a sort.

--

FF

jj

jo4hn

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 3:09 PM

George Shouse wrote:

> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:30:26 -0600, Joe Wells
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000, Connor Aston wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>>>the group?
>>>Connor
>>>
>>>
>>>%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
>>>http://www.connoraston.com
>>
>>The Wreck is run by The Syndicate, which reports to The Cabal, which is
>>funded by The Illuminati.
>
>
> I thought it was cabal, masons, illuminati
There is no cabal...

LB

Larry Blanchard

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 8:43 AM

Morris Dovey wrote:

> | All I got was pop-ups that covered everything and wouldn't go away
> | until I closed my browser.  Spam wasn't the right term, pop-ups.
>
> Thanks for letting me know about the pop-ups.
>

Morris, I used to have a FortuneCity account. Turns out I never saw the
popups. But when I went there from someone else's computer, they were
all over the place. Some have even said they install spyware under
some circumstances.

Having ActiveX disabled (if you're using Windoze) seems to get rid of
all or most of the problem. Which, of course, everyone should do
anyway.

--
It's turtles, all the way down

bR

[email protected] (Robert Bonomi)

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 11:22 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Odinn <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 3/5/2006 2:07 PM Connor Aston mumbled something about the following:
>> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>> the group?
>> Connor
>>
>>
>>
>%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
>>
>> http://www.connoraston.com
>
>I own it, JOAT moderates it, Fred runs the Cabal, Tom's the Treasurer.

Oh no you don't!

Everybody knows _FLUFFY_ owns USENET.

Meow!

bR

[email protected] (Robert Bonomi)

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 11:27 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:09:14 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>A cabal is a number of persons united in some close design, usually to
>>promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other
>>community by intrigue. Cabals are secret organizations composed of a few
>>designing persons; a political cabal is often called a junta. The term can
>>also be used to refer to the designs of such persons. The term also holds
>>a general meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. Its usage carries strong
>>connotations of shadowy corners and insidious influence; a cabal is more
>>evil and selective than, say, a faction, which is simply selfish. Because
>>of this negative connotation, few organizations use the term to refer to
>>themselves or their internal subdivisions. Among the exceptions is
>>Discordianism, in which the term is used to refer to an identifiable group
>>within the Discordian tradition.
>
>I use a Cabal modem....


You wouldn't believe the problems that can show up as a result of using
a Cabal Madam.


--
a modem is a baudy house

jj

jo4hn

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 6:47 PM

Pig wrote:
> If you can't stand the byzantine intrigue, perhaps you should get out
> of the cabal....
>
> mutt
>
there is no cabal...

MJ

Mark & Juanita

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

07/03/2006 8:17 PM

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 06:49:11 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>If you could find my mind I'd be happy to let you play with it.
>

Shouldn't let things that small out by themselves.


[Sorry, that was just too good to pass up. :-) ]

>
>>> This is Usenet. This group is not moderated.
>>> It was started by petition and review, but don't know by whom.
>>
>>
>> Gee, thanks. Now nobody gets to play with his mind.
>>
>> R
>>
>
>
>
>%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
>http://www.connoraston.com


+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

GG

Greg G.

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 11:21 AM

Dave Balderstone said:

>In article <[email protected]>, Greg G.
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> OTOH, I found a message that demonstrates the process involved in
>> 'starting' a new Usenet group - in this case, rec.crafts.woodturning:
>>
>> http://www.faqs.org/ftp/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/rec/rec.crafts.woodturning
>
>There is presently no procedure in place for creating a new group in
>"The Big Eight" part of usenet. There is a committee that was formed in
>the fall that has reached the point of agreeing on a procedure to deal
>with making decisions within the committee, but nothing at all on group
>creation.

Well, make that "demonstrates the process that WAS involved..."
Haven't followed it in years... but it sounds like the revised
procedures could end up committee'd to death. ;-o

Ahh.. for the good old days - when a decision could be made in a
weekend over a pizza and beer...



Greg G.

LM

"Lee Michaels"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 12:21 AM


"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> Oops! My apologies. It looks like the Google intro page has gone away
> and the usenet resource page has gone weird. :-(
>
> Hmm. rtfm.mit.edu has gone away too. I think it's time for me to find
> (or make) some new reference pages.
>

Reminds me of an incident when an engineer had posted a URL in another
newsgroup. It was to a very technical oriented website. I went there and
looked at it and it was some very funny soft core porn. I thought he was
playing a prank on us. I made a joke. So did other readers.

A week or two later it came up again and some more jokes. But he was quite
serious and could not understand why everybody was not taking him seriously.
I pointed out what was at the URL he gave us. But he insisted that was not
the case.

So I copied the website and showed him what we were seeing. He was shocked
and then understood all the racy and crude remarks that were made. It turns
out that this was a supplier of specialized parts at his job. And they had
no idea that somebody was hijacking their URL and redirecting potential and
current customers to a porn site.

I pointed out that they probably did not know this and it may be a good idea
to notify the company and have them rectify the situation. He did and they
were super shocked. They got somebody on it and took care of it right away.
Apparently some hackers were hijacking various websites and geting paid so
much per hit on the porn sites. The hackers got caught and were arrested.


ZY

Zz Yzx

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 7:21 PM

<cringe> You're right, of course. But now I've probably gone and
started an uncontrollable rumor or urban legend or something.

-Zz


On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:38:10 GMT, "CW" <[email protected]> wrote:

>You have your politicians mixed up. That was Al Gore that invented the
>internet (actually said he "created it", got to get it right).
>
>
>"Zz Yzx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I think Dan Quayle invented it. No long after he invented the
>> Internet.
>>
>> On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>> >the group?
>> >Connor
>> >
>> >
>>
>>%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d
>%20%63%72%61%70
>> >http://www.connoraston.com
>

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 3:31 PM

Connor Aston (in op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13) said:

|
%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%
69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
| http://www.connoraston.com

Well, FWIW, I don't think your woodworking is. Also FWIW I don't think
you are either - just a bit thin-skinned when it comes to other
peoples' comments.

Take some of your time off to nurture your sense of humor. It sounds
like there's more than a hand that needs healing.

My gift for the day: There's a function in the file linked to below
that'll make it much easier to urlunencode. If you're pissed at /me/
it's ok to say so in plain English!

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/mrd/c/kvp.c

Ob

Odinn

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 7:16 PM

On 3/5/2006 2:07 PM Connor Aston mumbled something about the following:
> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
> the group?
> Connor
>
>
> %69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
>
> http://www.connoraston.com

I own it, JOAT moderates it, Fred runs the Cabal, Tom's the Treasurer.

--
Odinn
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worshiped anything but himself." -- Sir Richard Francis Burton

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TT

"Toller"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 1:47 AM


"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Connor Aston (in op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13) said:
>
> | Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she
> | start the group?
>
> Hi Conner! The answer to these and other usenet questions can be found
> by following the second link at the page below.
>
> If you have difficulties, try:
> http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nnqlinks.html
>
Nice spam. Thanks much.

Cs

"CW"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 4:38 AM

You have your politicians mixed up. That was Al Gore that invented the
internet (actually said he "created it", got to get it right).


"Zz Yzx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I think Dan Quayle invented it. No long after he invented the
> Internet.
>
> On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
> >the group?
> >Connor
> >
> >
>
>%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d
%20%63%72%61%70
> >http://www.connoraston.com

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 2:38 PM

Connor Aston (in op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13) said:

| Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she
| start the group?

Hi Conner! The answer to these and other usenet questions can be found
by following the second link at the page below.

If you have difficulties, try:
http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nnqlinks.html

The short answer to your subject line question is: "We all do."

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/c

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 8:16 PM

Toller (in [email protected]) said:

| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
| news:[email protected]...
|| Connor Aston (in op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13) said:
||
||| Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she
||| start the group?
||
|| Hi Conner! The answer to these and other usenet questions can be
|| found by following the second link at the page below.
||
|| If you have difficulties, try:
|| http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nnqlinks.html
||
| Nice spam. Thanks much.

Toller...

How so? The link leads to a long-standing source of usenet info and a
sizeable collection of links to extensive resources. As far as I'm
aware, there isn't a commercial connection.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

Uu

"Upscale"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 2:55 AM


"George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Why do people talk about being a member of a
> newsgroup? I read several, but I don't consider
> myself a member of any newsgroup any more than I
> consider myself a member of a newspaper that read
> or a member of a grocery store where I buy
> groceries even if I do talk to the clerks.

Because to the greatest extent, you don't contribute much to a newspaper or
a grocery store aside from a little money. A newsgroup you partake in it's
activities by leaving messages as you are right now.

JM

John McCoy

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

08/03/2006 7:01 PM

Greg G.<[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Ralph E Lindberg said:
>
>> Apparently it was created in Feb of 1987 as a part of the "Great
>>Renaming"
>
> I became curious about the Charter for the wRECk after Connor's
> question and poked around for the original RFD. I didn't find it.
> I failed, and for this am destined to remain a GIT in perpetuity.

Ralph's mention of the "Great Renaming" gives you the hint. RFD's,
charters, and FAQs didn't come into existance until after the
renaming, so any group which existed at that time won't have one.

John

GG

Greg G.

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 1:38 AM

Morris Dovey said:

>Oops! My apologies. It looks like the Google intro page has gone away
>and the usenet resource page has gone weird. :-(

Note that it is a fortunecity.com site, so these unpleasant things are
to be expected... ;-)

>Hmm. rtfm.mit.edu has gone away too. I think it's time for me to find
>(or make) some new reference pages.

Naah... It isn't gone - only sorely in need of updating:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/

FWIW,

Greg G.

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 7:06 AM

Connor Aston (in op.s5zg05axqkab0d@vigor13) said:

| Jesus sorry I spoke .
| Now I'll take this really S L O W L Y.

Slowly is good. This is usenet, after all. :-)

| I was just thinking of a way to stop our daily Iraq death notices.

This being usenet, all that can be done is to filter, learn to ignore,
or grow some intellectual/emotional callus. IMO filtering is the
healthiest of the three choices.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

Rd

Robatoy

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 6:13 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
George Shouse <[email protected]> wrote:

> I thought it was cabal, masons, illuminati

wrong board.

illuminati = alt. home repir. electrical

mason = alt. home. repair.

Cabal... TV. non- dish.

Br

Ba r r y

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 12:51 AM

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>the group?

I own it.

I've hired JOAT and the all numbers guy to run it.

Direct staining questions to Larry Jaques, he's the local specialist.
For reasons why to junk a radial arm saw, contact Rumpty. Tool
improvement is tasked to Ralph Lindberg. Advanced techniques are
Stryped's department. If you've got a really basic, repetitive
question, Tom Watson is your man. Doug Miller is the Usenet etiquette
guru. Lee Valley quality questions belong to David.

Barry

UC

Unquestionably Confused

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 11:58 PM

George Shouse wrote:
e Wreck is run by The Syndicate, which reports to The Cabal, which is
>>funded by The Illuminati.
>
>
> I thought it was cabal, masons, illuminati

Nah! Syndicate made the Masons an offer they couldn't refuse


GG

Greg G.

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 12:31 AM

Ralph E Lindberg said:

>In article <op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13>,
> "Connor Aston" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>> the group?
>> Connor
>>
> Apparently it was created in Feb of 1987 as a part of the "Great
>Renaming"

I became curious about the Charter for the wRECk after Connor's
question and poked around for the original RFD. I didn't find it.
I failed, and for this am destined to remain a GIT in perpetuity.

Could this be evidence of a greater conspiracy by powerful men and
their apostles - who manipulate the destinies of lesser men as though
they were wooden marionettes. The unspoken, oft denied Cabal Lives!
Comprised, it is speculated, by the likes of Galooteus Maximus, PRINY,
O'Deen and the Merchant of Ashby. Or perhaps they are simply minions
of yet another upwards tier of concealed power... but I digress.

OTOH, I found a message that demonstrates the process involved in
'starting' a new Usenet group - in this case, rec.crafts.woodturning:

http://www.faqs.org/ftp/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/rec/rec.crafts.woodturning

FWIW,

Greg G.

RE

Ralph E Lindberg

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 4:56 PM

In article <op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13>,
"Connor Aston" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
> the group?
> Connor
>
Apparently it was created in Feb of 1987 as a part of the "Great
Renaming"

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RE

Ralph E Lindberg

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 5:35 AM

In article <060320060720558325%dave***@balderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave***@balderstone.ca> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, Greg G.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I became curious about the Charter for the wRECk after Connor's
> > question and poked around for the original RFD. I didn't find it.
> > I failed, and for this am destined to remain a GIT in perpetuity.
>
> I went looking during Vito's run and came to the conclusion that the
> wRec is old enough that there likely never was a charter.

Bingo

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"Toller"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 3:47 AM


"Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Toller (in [email protected]) said:
>
> | "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> | news:[email protected]...
> || Connor Aston (in op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13) said:
> ||
> ||| Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she
> ||| start the group?
> ||
> || Hi Conner! The answer to these and other usenet questions can be
> || found by following the second link at the page below.
> ||
> || If you have difficulties, try:
> || http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nnqlinks.html
> ||
> | Nice spam. Thanks much.
>
> Toller...
>
> How so? The link leads to a long-standing source of usenet info and a
> sizeable collection of links to extensive resources. As far as I'm
> aware, there isn't a commercial connection.
>
All I got was pop-ups that covered everything and wouldn't go away until I
closed my browser. Spam wasn't the right term, pop-ups.

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 10:30 PM

Toller (in [email protected]) said:

| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
| news:[email protected]...
|| Toller (in [email protected]) said:
||
||| "Morris Dovey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
||| news:[email protected]...
|||| Connor Aston (in op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13) said:
||||
||||| Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did
||||| he/she start the group?
||||
|||| Hi Conner! The answer to these and other usenet questions can be
|||| found by following the second link at the page below.
||||
|||| If you have difficulties, try:
|||| http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nnqlinks.html
||||
||| Nice spam. Thanks much.
||
|| Toller...
||
|| How so? The link leads to a long-standing source of usenet info
|| and a sizeable collection of links to extensive resources. As far
|| as I'm aware, there isn't a commercial connection.
||
| All I got was pop-ups that covered everything and wouldn't go away
| until I closed my browser. Spam wasn't the right term, pop-ups.

Oops! My apologies. It looks like the Google intro page has gone away
and the usenet resource page has gone weird. :-(

Hmm. rtfm.mit.edu has gone away too. I think it's time for me to find
(or make) some new reference pages.

Thanks for letting me know about the pop-ups.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

GG

Greg G.

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 11:44 PM

RicodJour said:

>Greg G. wrote:
>> Connor Aston said:
>>
>> >Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>> >the group?
>> >Connor
>>
>> This is Usenet. This group is not moderated.
>> It was started by petition and review, but don't know by whom.
>
>
>Gee, thanks. Now nobody gets to play with his mind.

LOL
Don't even entertain the notion that mere facts will interfere with
this groups ability to engage in such frivolities. ;-)


Greg G.

CA

"Connor Aston"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

07/03/2006 6:49 AM

If you could find my mind I'd be happy to let you play with it.


>> This is Usenet. This group is not moderated.
>> It was started by petition and review, but don't know by whom.
>
>
> Gee, thanks. Now nobody gets to play with his mind.
>
> R
>



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http://www.connoraston.com

CA

"Connor Aston"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 8:42 AM

Jesus sorry I spoke .
Now I'll take this really S L O W L Y.
I was just thinking of a way to stop our daily Iraq death notices.
Sorry
Connor

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:31:07 -0000, Morris Dovey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Connor Aston (in op.s5yfjwfyqkab0d@vigor13) said:
>
> |
> %69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%
> 69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
> | http://www.connoraston.com
>
> Well, FWIW, I don't think your woodworking is. Also FWIW I don't think
> you are either - just a bit thin-skinned when it comes to other
> peoples' comments.
>
> Take some of your time off to nurture your sense of humor. It sounds
> like there's more than a hand that needs healing.
>
> My gift for the day: There's a function in the file linked to below
> that'll make it much easier to urlunencode. If you're pissed at /me/
> it's ok to say so in plain English!
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/mrd/c/kvp.c
>
>



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http://www.connoraston.com

CA

"Connor Aston"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 11:39 AM

OK - thats it . . . im going to sit in the corner and cry . . . I hate
you all.


> I'm curious as to why you are asking. Were you planning on taking
> something up with the moderator if there were one here?
>

CA

"Connor Aston"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 1:09 PM

A cabal is a number of persons united in some close design, usually to
promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other
community by intrigue. Cabals are secret organizations composed of a few
designing persons; a political cabal is often called a junta. The term can
also be used to refer to the designs of such persons. The term also holds
a general meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. Its usage carries strong
connotations of shadowy corners and insidious influence; a cabal is more
evil and selective than, say, a faction, which is simply selfish. Because
of this negative connotation, few organizations use the term to refer to
themselves or their internal subdivisions. Among the exceptions is
Discordianism, in which the term is used to refer to an identifiable group
within the Discordian tradition.

JW

Joe Wells

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 2:30 PM

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000, Connor Aston wrote:

> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
> the group?
> Connor
>
>
> %69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
> http://www.connoraston.com

The Wreck is run by The Syndicate, which reports to The Cabal, which is
funded by The Illuminati.

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GS

George Shouse

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 3:50 PM

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:30:26 -0600, Joe Wells
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000, Connor Aston wrote:
>
>> Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>> the group?
>> Connor
>>
>>
>> %69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
>> http://www.connoraston.com
>
>The Wreck is run by The Syndicate, which reports to The Cabal, which is
>funded by The Illuminati.

I thought it was cabal, masons, illuminati

BH

Brian Henderson

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

05/03/2006 11:59 PM

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:07:27 +0000 (UTC), "Connor Aston"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>the group?

Nope, no moderators, nobody owns it, nobody controls it. It just is.

GE

"George E. Cawthon"

in reply to "Connor Aston" on 05/03/2006 7:07 PM

06/03/2006 6:44 AM

Tanus wrote:
> Connor Aston wrote:
>
>>Is there a moderator for this group. Who is it and when did he/she start
>>the group?
>>Connor
>>
>>
>>%69%20%6c%6f%76%65%20%77%6f%6f%64%77%6f%72%6b%69%6e%67%20%62%75%74%20%69%6d%20%63%72%61%70
>>http://www.connoraston.com
>
>
> I'm curious as to why you are asking. Were you planning on taking
> something up with the moderator if there were one here?
>
> Usenet exists in the classic sense of anarchy. Essentially no rules,
> except those evolved through its time on the Net and accepted by a
> large number of the members. Some might call it mob rule - I prefer to
> see it as pure democracy. As such, any member has as much right to
> anything about it as any other member.
>
> Which means that if I, or you Connor, have anything to say about the
> group, either in how it should be run, or a particular complaint, we
> have full and equal rights as members to voice them in the forum. It
> also means that we don't have a single person or group of people with
> whom we can complain to. It's all or nothing.
>
> I've been a member of both moderated and unmoderated groups. I much
> prefer the unmoderated.
>
> Tanus
>

Why do people talk about being a member of a
newsgroup? I read several, but I don't consider
myself a member of any newsgroup any more than I
consider myself a member of a newspaper that read
or a member of a grocery store where I buy
groceries even if I do talk to the clerks.


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