Re: Nobody proposing new uk newsgroups - why ?

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:42:11 +0000 (GMT), fred
<fredc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sunday, in article
> <slrndpng4j.eh2.chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Chris Croughton" wrote:
>
>> It's you who is in denial, you have an unhealthy fascination with uly
>> still and can't let it go. I suspect that people like you and Dave F
>> are part of the problem...
>
> Chris, a question was asked and I answered it. I have considered
> creating two groups and it wasn't the RFD process which put me off.

Fine.

> Imagine if there was a knock at your door and the exchange went something
> like this.
>
> "Hello, I'm doing market research, what is your opinion of Acme coffeee?"
>
> "I don't like it, it's too bitter."
>
> "WHAT YOU TELLING ME FOR MORON, YOU SHOULD BE WRITING TO THE
> COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT, IT AINT SO BITTER IF YOU PUT A BIT MORE SUGAR
> IN IT, ANYHOW THAT DOESNT' SEEM TO STOP OTHER PEOPLE DRINKING IT THEY
> DON'T THINK IT'S TOO BITTER."

Again you exaggerate. What I said was that if you don't like it you can
either try it with some sugar or you can drink tea or whatever else you
like. Or, indeed, you can contact the complaints department.

> You may not think it isn't a problem that at a time when internet usage
> in the UK increased at an alarming rate the uk.* hierarchy is in decline,

I hate to burst your bubble but Usenet usage has been in decline ever
since the web became popular and free with cornflakes (er, internet
accounts). It's an old technology, it's insecure, it's well past time
for revamping, and it isn't sexy, flashy, etc.

However, a net of one newsgroup fewer in uk.* is hardly a good guide of
the uk.* hierarchy being in decline. "The sky is falling!"

Chris C
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