Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!sci34hub!gary From: gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: new Pink Floyd newsgroup Message-ID: <507@sci34hub.UUCP> Date: 22 Dec 89 23:18:10 GMT References: <423@mirsa.UUCP> <475@sci34hub.UUCP> <89346.135842TAR@MAINE.BITNET> Lines: 104 In article , TAR@MAINE.BITNET (Thom Rounds) writes: [ recommendation, misinterpretation, and explanation deleted ] > I don't see how this is going to help. All I see it doing is making the > name longer. As it is right now, you don't have to dig thru .gdead to find > .beatles stuff. And besides, we'll be disussing more than shows, and the chart- > ers of the current aforementioned groups discuss more than shows. Therefore, > the addition of 'shows' to the titles will not change anything and will just > make the names longer. It would localize discussions of a similar nature--most showgoers are probably not concerned about how to program a synthesizer. I think that it would make life easier for the readers. A slightly longer name is a reasonable tradeoff if it makes it easier to find what you want. The worst impact is that someone posting an original article (not a followup) would have to type six more characters. > >There could also be a rec.music.shows.misc to start up new > >specialized newsgroups (it's easier to get a newsgroup > >created if you can say "there's 48 postings per day about > >this in the .misc group"). > > > You already can say that. There's a rec.music.misc. I don't see how > your idea would help any. Yes. Currently the articles about shows/bands/acts are mixed in with how many others? How easy is it to determine that a show/band/act is generating enough activity to justify a individual group? First, you have to filter all the noise in rec.music.misc. Localizing the articles about shows in another area would make the process easier. > >By the way, do you intend to commit seppu ku if the vote fails? > > > No, but the way you talk, homicide comes to mind. Why don't you grow up? I believe you mentioned something about getting a group one way or another, or "die trying". You are probably more in need of growing up. Incidentally, homicide or threat thereof is a criminal act. A felony, in this state. [ explanation of terminology deleted ] > Excuse me, but you haven't mentioned a single show. You've named bands. > 'Radio K.A.O.S.' is a show. Roger Waters is a performer. 'Delicate Sound of > Thunder' was a show (boy, was it ever!). Pink Floyd is a band. What is your > point?? A show is a performance done by one or more individuals or groups, for an audience. It may be public or private, live, recorded, or broadcast. The point is to come up with a understandable term to group things together. Since you're unwilling to consider the grouping, I don't expect you to get the point. Incidentally, Madonna is not a band. She's a performer. And a good one. [ .... ] > >may make a few other suggestions as to where you could put it. :-) ) > Oh, boy, am *I* impressed at this show of masculinity. You obviously haven't been introduced to the concept of a "smiley", sometime called a "net.smiley". See news.newuser.questions for an explanation. [ .... ] > >A modem might be useful, too. > Thank you, wise ass. You're welcome. Try the term "usenet access" next time. It's clearer. > >I'm not trying to prevent the start of a Pink Floyd newsgroup. I just think > >the "proper place in the net" is rec.music.shows.pfloyd. > I don't. And I don't see why you do. Simple. We have different opinions. You feel yours is untouchable, and don't care about anyone elses' that would change your idea in any way. > >> > Gary Heston [ some .sig below ] Speaking of growing up, was there any particular reason you changed the word "full" in the above line to "some"? Do you really think the people reading this newsgroup are so dumb that they won't notice the change? And then you deleted most of the followup .sig, and made it a point to remove your entire .sig from the posting. You seem to be going to a lot of effort to make me look bad. That type of behavior will do more damage to your reputation than mine. Not to mention hurting the prospects for a pfloyd group. > >> Thom Rounds > >-- > > Gary Heston { uunet!sci34hub!gary } System Mismanager Go ahead and call for a group, under whatever name you wish. Prior to your flammage, I'd have probably voted for it. Now, I don't know that I will. I doubt that I'll vote against it--Pink Floyd isn't responsible for your behavior. The net can decide about a newsgroup. -- Gary Heston { uunet!sci34hub!gary } System Mismanager SCI Technology, Inc. OEM Products Department (i.e., computers) Hestons' First Law: I qualify virtually everything I say.