On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:05:37 -0700, jesse wrote:

I agree with Mr Wizard. I don't have the time to sort through it all
with a large portion of it being negative. And who ever put that post
about the Annapolis student on this site was just wrong whether it was
trash on his shoe or not. I signed up for the e-mail alerts so I could
read about everything boating not to read the bullying that usually
takes place. The Langley subject was great by the way and I will
probably head across the sound and check it out. I just think that if
people are getting off the subject or razzing someone they should try a
different venue. In the words of G Bush Sr as done by Dana Carvey on
SNL, Boating posts good, Negative posts Bad, Bad. George is a fishman
too. Fishes out of a Fountain.

Jesse

Mr Wizzard wrote:
"drake" wrote in message
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I joined this group

Well, there is no "joining" of this group - it is a freely available
open Public, unmoderated Usenet newgroup that doen't require anyone to
"join",


Too bad there are no moderators to keep this stuff out.

Too bad for you maybe. Look it, public, unmoderated Usenet newsgroups
are not for everyone - thats why there is so many non-public, private
forums out there. Please don't bag on open, unmoderated Usenet groups
just because it doesn't suit your needs. Remember, information
generated from these open Usenet forums are the basis for the data used
in 'Google searches'. So down the road when you google-search "how do I
..." you may be drawing on information that was generated from a open,
public Usenet newsgroup.


I wonder how many others have left cause of these problems as well.

Probably a few. Again, public Usenet newsgroups arn't always for the
faint of heart - some have more thin skin than others. Thats why people
start private forums. Personally, I think the public ones have more
information simply because they reach a wider audiance. I'm not saying
that its "bad" that you may have thiner skin than the next guy or
whatever, just putting it into perspective for you, thats all (and
trying to understand why you are "announcing" that you are leaving a
public Usenet newsgroup - were you expecting to change the public or
something ?)

Rob

After reading these links and the supporting links, found at these links
you will have a basic understanding of "usenet". This will help you decide
that, if you want to continue reading post on usenet, why a "newsreader"
program would be more help than using Google for anything other than a
search engine.


noob rules
http://tgos.org/newbie/rules.html

Google FAQ.
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=250

How to Quote using Google.
http://groups.google.com/support/bin...y?answer=14213

How do I quote correctly in Usenet?
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

How to post a smart question that will get readers attention.
http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Netiquette.
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/




Links to download different "newsreaders".

Mozilla-Thunderbird possibly the most common and best choise for Windows
users right now.
http://www.download.com/Mozilla-Thun...ml?tag=lst-0-2

Fort-Agent - Recomended by many windows users.
http://www.download.com/Forte-Agent/...ml?tag=lst-0-4

Xnews is a good newsreader but some have complained about difficulty in
configuration. No longer being developed but has good strong support in
the group, news.software.readers.
http://www.download.com/Xnews/3000-2...ml?tag=lst-0-1

Please don't bother to use Outhouse Express. It's second only to Google as
the worst way to access usenet.

As a closing thought.
PREPARE TO TACK!

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For Rob,
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