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Request for new list
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 7 May 1999 18:09:03 GMT
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Joel Shafer <joel@connect+stopspam+.net>
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I request that the discussions of alternate firmware implementation details
go into their own newsgroup now. Discussions about features can be
crossposted to both lists. There were several requests recently to create
a new group for newbies to discuss building tips and novice comments. We
decided to keep newbies on this list so that they could benefit from the
assistance of more knowledgeable gurus. However, the type and volume of
computer science discussions that have been occurring on this list recently
could really drive the newbies away. I think that the current list should
continue to be a place where a teenager could go and learn more about his
RCX and programming in general without feeling overwhelmed. Not that the
current list shouldn't support very technical discussions, just not the
volume of these discussions that we've experienced lately.
Just MHO.
At 09:44 PM 5/6/99 +0000, you wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, markt@lynx.bc.ca (Mark Tarrabain) writes:
> > Wes Matchett wrote:
> > > My request to both groups is: don't go 'off-list' until you have a • feature
> > > spec that was formed with feedback from the whole list. It would be a
> > > shame for you to finish development of a tool that no one else uses.
> >
> > I concur with this opinion. I realize that the subject may be a bit
> > prevalent right now but the alternative would be to develop a separate list
> > for alternative firmware discussion, and I don't know how viable that would
> > be.
>
> That's a good pseudo-question. It would actually be quite easy to set up a
> focused group/list for this, as has been done for legOS, NQC, and pbFORTH;
> the viability is only dependent on the interest in having more room to
> breathe. Anything really important can be crossposted for increased
> visibility, with followups set as appropriate.*
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> The lugnet.robotics newsgroup hierarchy accommodates expansion as new topics
> arise. So, for example, if a subgroup is for alternative firmware
> discussions is desired, one possibility is naming it as a subgroup of
> .robotics.rcx -- or .rcx itself could even be used for this (since
> lugnet.robotics.rcx is currently a reserved/empty node in the ng tree,
> existing originally only to structure its 3 subgroups .rcx.legos, .rcx.nqc,
> and .rcx.pbforth).
>
> The reason that lugnet.robotics.rcx wasn't created (as a newsgroup) at the
> same time its three subgroups were created is that, at the time, no one
> wanted to talk about other alternative firmware possibilities.
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> It may just make sense to bite the bullet, create the group, and let it sit
> and either blossom or die, depending on how the winds end up blowing on
> this.
>
> --Todd
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> * The technical details:
> All lugnet newsgroups are:
> - real newsgroups served by a real NNTP server from multiple ports (119,
> 8000, and 8080)
> - subscribeable via e-mail as instantaneous messages or in digest form at
> user-specified intervals
> - archived and searchable via an HTTP web interface (which is also a
> threaded newsreader)
> - part of an integrated body of hundreds of LEGO-specific newsgroups
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | group lugnet.robotics.rcx created
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| [Crossposted to lugnet.robotics & lugnet.announce; followups set to lugnet.robotics & lugnet.robotics.rcx] All right -- better late than never... A new group lugnet.robotics.rcx has been created, and is there now for anyone wants to jump in and use (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
| | | Would-be hacker queries. / Re: Request for new list
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| Hi. Hope I can jump in here and ask where a newby who knows he's in the deep end in computer science discussions, - knows he's taking in water, coughing and spluttering but loving every minute of it - go to ask elementary questions like: What's a (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I concur with this opinion. I realize that the subject may be a bit prevalent right now but the alternative would be to develop a separate list for alternative firmware discussion, and I don't know how viable that would be. What follows is a (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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