Usenet providers carrying comp.sys.raspberry-pi

Apr 02, 2013 8 Replies
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Now this new newsgroup is up and running how long does it take for the group to be carried by different Usenet providers? How many start carrying the group at the same time?



I have seen reports of slow uptake by some Usenet providers when new Big8 newsgroups were created. These may not have been real slowness. In one case the delay was due simply to users having to re-download the list of newsgroups.



Partly out of interest and partly to know when it is reasonable to more widely publish the existence of the group can you add a Usenet provider to the list below?



It is meant to show the approximate date of the first post held by that provider - which should be when that provider started carrying the group. So, for example, if you see the group on 11th but the first post is dated



4th the list would show the 4th. Of course, with different timezones the dates people see the first message may vary by one day.


2013-04-02 Eternal September


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Then the date should be given in GMT/UTC, which everyone here should understand.

You are misusing "timezone", to be strict. Timezone refers, by definition, to the WINTER offset from UTC, and what you mean is the CURRENT offset, which is different in Summer Time, by one hour or half an hour.

However, a provider newly carrying the group may well back-fill with older articles obtained by peering. The most valid observation seems to be to note the date/time of the earliest post injected at each provider; and any well-connected user can do that.

GH's early "Hello" post was Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:12:34 +0000 (UTC) using eternal-september.org, with a possibly-improper Message-ID.

My Web site, via sig, contains much date/time code, including Easter Sunday and ISO Week Numbering, with tests, in JavaScript. Pi coders should be able to adapt the algorithms to their preferred language.

I have room for a Pi, of course; but I do not have room at present for a Pi system. But, as a coder, I might be interested in a Pi emulator.

(c) John Stockton, nr London, UK. E-mail, see Home Page. Turnpike v6.05. Website - w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms PAS EXE etc. : - see in 00index.htm Dates - miscdate.htm estrdate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.
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Not sure if it was mentioned already but it is showing up in Google groups now.

-B

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Not that one should ever use Google Groups' busted posting interface. The above is an example of the double-spacing screwing-up that Groups spits out. You might as well be posting from AOL.

Also, quoting an entire post to add a single line == "I am a Internet Babby."

Chris
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While that sort of post is just a teensy-weensy bit in danger of suggesting that the poster might be anally retentive. Google Groups is a bit crap, but it's better than nothing. Gnus can do all sorts of clever stripping out of blank lines, quoted text etc. so you need never be offended by that sort of impropriety.

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Let's go back to a favourite newsgroup where everyone top-posts..

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Answer: top posting

Question: what's the most irritating thing on newsgroups

Stuart Winsor Midlands RISC OS Show 13th July 2013
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