Why is UKRM more active than Reeky?
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From: Champ on 17 Nov 2009 12:47 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:42 -0800 (PST), turby <keensurf(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Nov 16, 2:44�pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: >> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland population >> is about 60 million. And yet UKRM has a significantly higher posting >> volume than Reeky, which represents at least 400 million people >> (United States + Canada + UK + New Zealand), those being the only >> nationalities I personally know to be contributing, although I'm sure >> there are lots more). >C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using >archaic technology. heh. But if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: vulgarandmischevious on 17 Nov 2009 12:49 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it. They're hateful, all of them. I read one at the moment, and it's seven kinds of shite.
From: BrianNZ on 17 Nov 2009 12:57 Krusty wrote: > TOG(a)Toil wrote: > >> On 17 Nov, 09:19, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:48 +0000, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk >>> >>> (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >>>> x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like >>>> alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony >>> In what way does that differ from alt.texas ? >> Good point, well made. >> >> And then, of course, there's KrustyUS > > <g> Thankyou! > ....All Krusty's are the same....?? :)
From: BrianNZ on 17 Nov 2009 13:08 Krusty wrote: > BrianNZ wrote: > >> Krusty wrote: >>> TOG(a)Toil wrote: >>> >>>> On 17 Nov, 09:19, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: >>>>> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:48 +0000, >>>>> totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk >>>>> >>>>> (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >>>>>> x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like >>>>>> alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony >>>>> In what way does that differ from alt.texas ? >>>> Good point, well made. >>>> >>>> And then, of course, there's KrustyUS >>> <g> Thankyou! >>> >> >> ...All Krusty's are the same....?? :) > > No, some of u's don't have feral apo'strophe's in our name's. > :) I forgot you Poms were sticklers for that sort of thing.Maybe thats why there are more posts on UKRM.....lots of 'correction' posts?
From: darsy on 17 Nov 2009 13:34
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:47:53 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:42 -0800 (PST), turby <keensurf(a)hotmail.com> >wrote: > >>On Nov 16, 2:44�pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: >>> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland population >>> is about 60 million. And yet UKRM has a significantly higher posting >>> volume than Reeky, which represents at least 400 million people >>> (United States + Canada + UK + New Zealand), those being the only >>> nationalities I personally know to be contributing, although I'm sure >>> there are lots more). > >>C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using >>archaic technology. > >heh. > >But if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it. the maddest bit is, they could be done properly if someone with 1/2 a clue about UX had a go at doing one. Every single one I've tried looks to have been "designed" by some open source LAMP-muppet, using the appropriately named Gimp for the badly formatted graphics (and don't even get me started on the ones that have anim-GIFs instead of smileys...) -- d. |