On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:25:57 GMT, Leo <leo@home.alone> wrote:
>me@myhumbleabode.net wrote in
>news:iivbl4df250ifh4nhp89erp9aks80q9b6e@4ax.com:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:01:58 GMT, Leo <leo@home.alone> wrote:
>>
>>>Alexei <alexei@mygrad.org> wrote in
>>>news:76v9l4dl1b2njo3alkv3v8qmsecr7vg26c@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:58:55 GMT, me@myhumbleabode.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:18:03 GMT, "ßärrry"
>>>>><barry@whoodat(invalid).net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>><me@myhumbleabode.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:jak6l45suutfar2oqqgc1paana5789htg8@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:11:00 GMT, TH1 <th1@x.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:31:42 -0500, me@myhouse.org wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >>On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:49:34 GMT, "ßärrry"
>>>>>>> >><barry@whoodat(invalid).net> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>"Alexei" <alexei@mygrad.org> wrote in message
>>>>>>> >>>news:stt1l455f0m7ruenbr6cqu8g0p5aa1qji3@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> >>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:03:01 GMT, squiggle@squiggle.squiggle
>>>>>>> >>>> (squiggle) wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Great pix, squig. And you too, Glen. My stocking is happily
>>>>>>> >>>> stuffed. thnxAlx
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>excellent selections as always.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>you guys have my appreciation
>>>>>>> >>>for plugging along.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>; )
>>>>>>> >>>best wishes always,
>>>>>>> >>>b~
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>can't you guys (especially Glen) crosspost your (much missed)
>>>>>>> >>pics to a group that at least Giganews carries (with binaries)?
>>>>>>> >>When EN yanked this group....some of us were left out in the
>>>>>>> >>cold. BRRRR
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >EN carries it, but only on its old servers, not the .us or .eu
>>>>>>> >ones.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doesn't anyone agree that the amount of time this newgroup will
>>>>>>> be available here on EN is really limited? Eventually, they will
>>>>>>> shut this server down.
>>>>>>> Anyone given a thought to a game plan?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've been wondering about that since June, when
>>>>>>the original server was "supposed" to be gone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The only solution I can think of is to decide on another
>>>>>>unused group, or create one, and only publish the
>>>>>>name *here* before it's really gone. It should be
>>>>>>a group available (with binaries) on the major
>>>>>>servers. Some of them carry a group, but the
>>>>>>binaries never show up, especially in the
>>>>>>"fan" situation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>b~
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Just for grins, I thought I'd see how easy it would be to find an
>>>>>empty group. I picked an easy-looking one, tried it, and it's empty.
>>>>>
>>>>>How 'bout a.b.pega ??
>>>>>
>>>>>It's short, got a nice 'ring' to it, and completely empty.
>>>>>(and carried by both Giga and EN)
>>>>>
>>>>>Just trying to contribute....
>>>>
>>>> Strange. pega is not showing up for me.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Not really. You have this group because you are using
>>>news.easynews.com, but pega is not carried on this server. If you
>>>switch to news.us. (or eu.)easynews.com (or you can stick a proxy.
>>>before them), you won't find this group but you will find pega.
>>
>> I didn't even think of trying that.
>> But it really doesn't make sense.' This' group was yanked because it
>> ended up on 'the list' (and the name 'teenboy' didn't help either)
>>
>> I'm willing to try for another, but we really should find out why pega
>> isn't on the other server. If they're dropping groups left and right,
>> then I really don't need EN anymore. (I've only kept them because of
>> the Web Interface)
>>
>This group was never 'yanked' and never on any list. It had barely been
>created (by glennfiddich) when the yanking started. Whether it was not
>put on the new servers by mistake or intentionally, we shall probably
>never know. In the current EN climate of cancelling accounts if you use
>the wrong sort of toilet tissue, it would have been unwise to raise the
>matter, or that was what I felt. News.easynews.com address will
>eventually disappear and since everybody should have been on the new
>server farms for months, it isn't necessary to abandon the new place
>just because it isn't carried on the old address. Actually, you will
>probably find that some or all of the yanked groups are back on this
>address. I noticed them re-appearing when I downloaded the entire group
>list a few months back.
Neither the EN web interface nor global show pega. Is that strange
too? And then, when I try to upload us.news I get a server error.
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