24 Nov
2009
24 Nov
'09
1:42 p.m.
We have a problem over at VC Forum that a lot of the
cctalk list
would not be able to deal with - people who think a Pentium is an
antique. There are a lot of what the cctalk group would consider
'newbs'.
Well, without the newbs the community will slowly die away. I like to
see young people getting interested in what I'm interested in. Let them
talk about their "vintage" Pentium and hope they discover the cool stuff
in the "Minis and Mainframes" section.
It is really not a problem, it is easy to filter. I don't read half of
what is posted to cctech and cctalk anyway.
I like both formats. I participate here for the more
hard-core
discussions, even though a lot of what passes through here is off
topic. I participate over at VC Forum because I am interested in
more 8 bit and PC type hardware, and there are some very good people
participating there.
You put the head on the nail there, for me it is the people not the
technology that makes me communicate in the rigid and one dimensional
style of mailing lists and endure blinking smileys and spam in phpBB
forums. (phpBB is a _very_ common package for running internet forums)
I know that Chuck and Dwight are in both places as
well ..
I'm in both and I also visit http://forums.nekochan.net/ for my daily
dose of SGI.
Kind regards,
Pontus.