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Grex > Ing > #58: SeizING control of this conference | |
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orinoco
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response 33 of 58:
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Jan 10 03:27 UTC 1998 |
So if we're talking about how it's a meta-discussion, is it a
meta-meta-discussion?
So, in other words, I'm...<deep breath>...Meta-meta-un-de-re-inging!
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scott
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response 34 of 58:
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Jan 10 14:22 UTC 1998 |
They are three-eyed, three-eared, three-legged, and three-tailed alien cats
from an Agora login screen several seasons ago.
They needed a home.
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snowth
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response 35 of 58:
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Jan 12 04:15 UTC 1998 |
No they really didn't. But that's okay, as long as they make you happy.
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orinoco
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response 36 of 58:
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Jan 13 04:20 UTC 1998 |
Oh, but they do!
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keesan
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response 37 of 58:
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Feb 24 04:54 UTC 1998 |
What is a .cflisting and what do you do with it?
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rcurl
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response 38 of 58:
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Feb 24 05:14 UTC 1998 |
Your .cflist will automatically take you through the list of cfs that
you write into it, as you enter n at the Ok: prompt.
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remmers
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response 39 of 58:
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Feb 24 12:24 UTC 1998 |
Type !change and pick menu option C to create one.
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keesan
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response 40 of 58:
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Feb 25 00:40 UTC 1998 |
Done, I hope it was okay to enter a few conferences that I have never even
visited. Is there something I should know about how to use the .cflist?
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rcurl
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response 41 of 58:
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Feb 25 02:05 UTC 1998 |
You'll be asked if you want to join those cfs you haven't joined. You
can edit the .cflist if you wan to rearrange it. I have a little script
for rewinding to the top of my .cflist, which you might find useful.
I call it rew, and you just put define rew_ind 9 'unix touch .cflist'
in your .cfonce file. (credit goes to remmers for writing it).
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keesan
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response 42 of 58:
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Feb 25 16:32 UTC 1998 |
Rane, I was not talking about how to play with the .cflist, or make it longer
or shorter, but what purpose it serves and how to make it serve that purpose.
I have tried typing .cflist at various prompts, even 'help .cflist'...
Think way back, to when this was all new to you (assuming you were not born
knowing these things), and let me know some of the basics. Thanks.
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keesan
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response 43 of 58:
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Feb 25 16:36 UTC 1998 |
join .cflist, .read .cflist, browse .cflist do not work. What next?
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rcurl
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response 44 of 58:
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Feb 25 17:44 UTC 1998 |
It is automatic once it is created. When you start bbs you will start at the
top of your .cflist, and when you enter n (next) at an Ok:, it will take
you to the next cf in the .cflist. I *am* trying to answer your questions
as you ask them, not knowing what you know and what you don't. You do
not invoke .cflist with a command.
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lee
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response 45 of 58:
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Feb 25 18:54 UTC 1998 |
I use pico to edit my .cflist
Those who are more geeky may choose emacs or vi or something else.
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rcurl
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response 46 of 58:
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Feb 25 19:03 UTC 1998 |
The !change command offers editing of the .cflist as well as creation
of it (I just looked at it for the first time).
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remmers
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response 47 of 58:
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Feb 25 23:21 UTC 1998 |
As far as I know, the only effects of having a .cflist are:
(1) It makes your default conference the first one on your .cflist,
instead of Agora;
(2) It enables use of the "next" command, which takes you to the
next conference on your .cflist.
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keesan
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response 48 of 58:
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Feb 26 02:31 UTC 1998 |
Agora seems to still be the default conference, and the n command works, and
saves me typing in join conferencename for a lot of conferences, and I don't
even have to type n for those without anything new in them. Any good
conferences that I should put on my list, I only have 20?
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remmers
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response 49 of 58:
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Feb 26 11:45 UTC 1998 |
Agora is still your default conference because you put it first
on your .cflist.
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lee
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response 50 of 58:
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Feb 27 19:35 UTC 1998 |
Only 20? Boy, that sounds like a lot to me. I have less than 10.
What do you have on your list?
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keesan
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response 51 of 58:
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Feb 27 23:58 UTC 1998 |
If I recall correctly, Agora, coop, garden, kitchen, dwelling, hippie,
environmnet, laundry, classicalmusic, femme, homme, glb, micros, health,
do-it-yourself, ing, nature, and I have looked at music, arts, science,
cyberpunk, hardware. Any interesting discussions in other places?
What do you have on your list, and which ones are active now?
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lee
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response 52 of 58:
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Feb 28 23:56 UTC 1998 |
This is all I got:
archive cflirt enigma hippie ing oathbound test
Maybe I just don't have enough time to keep up with grex...
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scg
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response 53 of 58:
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Mar 1 02:11 UTC 1998 |
agora
inbetween
scruples
coop
info
aaypsi
smalls
consumer
internet
jelly
micros
hardware
history
cars
nature
ing
helpers
tutoring
class
And there are a bunch more conferences that I join by name when I have time.
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keesan
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response 54 of 58:
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Mar 1 03:03 UTC 1998 |
Are all of these conferences really still active? Such as hippie? And could
you give me a brief idea of what is going on in a few of them (both of you)?
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rcurl
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response 55 of 58:
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Mar 1 06:21 UTC 1998 |
If you join one and respond - it will be active.
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remmers
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response 56 of 58:
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Mar 1 09:57 UTC 1998 |
A good way to find out how active a conference is, and what's
been happening in it recently -- without "officially" joining
it -- is to join it in observer mode and read recent responses.
The dialog goes like this:
Ok: join foobar
You are not a member of foobar. What do you want
to do? observe
Ok: read since -30
Specifying "observe" means that no participation file is created
and you can only read, not post. The command "read since -30"
displays all responses posted in the last 30 days. You can replace
the 30 with whatever number of days seems suitable, of course.
If you decide that you want to participate in the conference,
you can join it again and specify "join" instead of "observe".
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lee
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response 57 of 58:
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Mar 2 20:47 UTC 1998 |
Re: #53
Jelly?
<lee looks for a conference named peanut butter>
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