OT: Google Groups update

Ken from Chicago

unread,

Jul 1, 2011, 7:18:13 AM7/1/11

to

As some of the busiest newsgroups, FYI: After being several days behind,
Google Groups is updated on the Usenet newsgroups up to yesterday.

I guess all the work on the secret launch of Google Plus and What Do You
Love distracted the Google engineers (googlers? googleneers?) from Google's
first buy out, Groups (formerly Deja News).

-- Ken from Chicago

calvin

unread,

Jul 1, 2011, 7:24:02 PM7/1/11

to

On Jul 1, 7:18 am, "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net>
wrote:

And now it has become fully current again, as of around 7:00 PM, EDT.

Ian J. Ball

unread,

Jul 1, 2011, 8:17:58 PM7/1/11

to

In article
<1d33dccb-c16f-427e...@t7g2000vbv.googlegroups.com>,
calvin <cri...@windstream.net> wrote:

Too little, too late, this time.

--
"Am I a bird? No, I'm a bat. I'm Batman. Or am I? Yes, I am Batman."
- Abed as "Batman" on "Halloween", "Community", 10/29/09

David

unread,

Jul 1, 2011, 9:47:50 PM7/1/11

to

On Jul 1, 8:17 pm, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball-NO_S...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> In article
> <1d33dccb-c16f-427e-abc7-5a77991d6...@t7g2000vbv.googlegroups.com>,

>
> calvin <cri...@windstream.net> wrote:
> > On Jul 1, 7:18 am, "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> > > As some of the busiest newsgroups, FYI: After being several days behind,
> > > Google Groups is updated on the Usenet newsgroups up to yesterday.
>
> > > I guess all the work on the secret launch of Google Plus and What Do You
> > > Love distracted the Google engineers (googlers? googleneers?) from Google's
> > > first buy out, Groups (formerly Deja News).
>
> > And now it has become fully current again, as of around 7:00 PM, EDT.
>
> Too little, too late, this time.

You'll be back.

moviePig

unread,

Jul 1, 2011, 10:05:23 PM7/1/11

to

...although it would be nice to be granted a clue about wtf has been
going on.

--

- - - - - - - -
YOUR taste at work...
http://www.moviepig.com

Adam H. Kerman

unread,

Jul 2, 2011, 1:02:24 AM7/2/11

to

>You'll be back.

Ian has kicked his Google Groups habit. You can too. C'mon. Real Usenet awaits.

David

unread,

Jul 2, 2011, 1:41:30 AM7/2/11

to

Ask Ian to show you his "30 days free of Secret Life of the American
Teenager" chip. Oh wait, he doesn't have one.

>You can too. C'mon. Real Usenet awaits.

Is this about Google Groups? AIOE? I can't tell what I'm being
peer-pressured about! Meanwhile I'll continue using whatever's
convenient at that moment.

Stephen Newport

unread,

Jul 2, 2011, 4:26:38 AM7/2/11

to

From: a...@chinet.com (Adam H. Kerman) Real Usenet awaits.
----------------------------------
SN: But does that include YOU??

Stephen Newport

unread,

Jul 2, 2011, 12:24:07 PM7/2/11

to

From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)

I'll continue using whatever's convenient at that moment.

---------------------------------
SN: Very revealing.

engelke2006

unread,

Jul 2, 2011, 2:56:35 PM7/2/11

to

On Jul 1, 10:02 pm, "Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:

So what FREE Usenet server would you recommend? I'd rather not have to
pay just to get what I can for free through Google Groups.

supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations

unread,

Jul 2, 2011, 5:26:18 PM7/2/11

to

AIOE works reasonably well if you avoid the x-posted political threads.
Then you're likely to run afoul of its crosspost limits and various
arcane and unspecified rules banning random groups, group combinations,
and even political site URLs in body text. On the plus side, no need for
jumping through registration hoops of any sort.

Ian J. Ball

unread,

Jul 2, 2011, 5:38:26 PM7/2/11

to

In article
<45c7c04a-4526-471c...@j14g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
engelke2006 <engel...@gmail.com> wrote:

Go for Eternal September if you want to avoid being inadvertently
kill-filed as an AIOE poster...

Adam H. Kerman

unread,

Jul 3, 2011, 2:45:52 AM7/3/11

to

engelke2006 <engel...@gmail.com> wrote:

>So what FREE Usenet server would you recommend? I'd rather not have to
>pay just to get what I can for free through Google Groups.

albasani, eternal-september, AIOE

Stephen Newport

unread,

Jul 3, 2011, 3:37:01 AM7/3/11

to

AIOE works reasonably well if you avoid the x-posted political threads.
Then you're likely to run afoul of its crosspost limits and various
arcane and unspecified rules banning random groups, group combinations,
and even political site URLs in body text.

-----------------------------------
SN: Sounds like a lot of trouble.

supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations

unread,

Jul 3, 2011, 3:44:30 AM7/3/11

to

Only if you try to participate in the OT political threads, and then you
probably deserve what you get.

Jim G.

unread,

Jul 3, 2011, 8:42:19 PM7/3/11

to

Adam H. Kerman sent the following on Sun, 3 Jul 2011 06:45:52 +0000
(UTC):

You expect people to drive all the way to Italy in order to log onto
Usenet? :)

--
Jim G.
Waukesha, WI

suzeeq

unread,

Jul 3, 2011, 11:44:14 PM7/3/11

to

I log onto E-S right here in the Rocky Mtn states. I can do it with aioe
too, haven't added albasani yet as a provider...

Paul

unread,

Jul 4, 2011, 11:24:02 AM7/4/11

to

Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote in
news:i52217pats3n23pko...@4ax.com:

My computer has its own drivers...

--
Paul

Adam H. Kerman

unread,

Jul 4, 2011, 12:08:14 PM7/4/11

to

>>albasani, eternal-september, AIOE

I forgot. The reason we have all those Google Gropers is their
rejection of the need to drive beyond Mountain View, California.

Stephen Newport

unread,

Jul 6, 2011, 9:48:58 AM7/6/11

to

From: a...@chinet.com (Adam H. Kerman) The reason we have all those
Google Gropers
---------------------------------------
SN: Oh, shut up you-- relic.

Jim G.

unread,

Jul 6, 2011, 4:48:29 PM7/6/11

to

suzeeq sent the following on 7/3/2011 10:44 PM:

You're fibbing. I have it on good authority that you must go to an ISP's
home country if you want to log on to that ISP. :)

(The smileys are key here).

Jim G.

unread,

Jul 6, 2011, 4:49:21 PM7/6/11

to

Paul sent the following on 7/4/2011 10:24 AM:

Nicely done. :)

suzeeq

unread,

Jul 8, 2011, 1:28:16 AM7/8/11

to

Well, heh....

(late reply because I've been moving).

Adam H. Kerman

unread,

Jul 8, 2011, 1:29:53 AM7/8/11

to

My congratulations to your husband's technique.

suzeeq

unread,

Jul 8, 2011, 11:44:47 PM7/8/11

to

Whatever are you talking about? I haven't had a husband in nearly 20
years...

Adam H. Kerman

unread,

Jul 9, 2011, 12:27:27 AM7/9/11

to

That makes that joke rather impotent; sorry.

suzeeq

unread,

Jul 9, 2011, 12:47:49 AM7/9/11

to

I moved without my boyfriend (so he's now an ex) if that makes a difference.