Topic 9 of 79: Proposed new conferences
Sun, Jan 5, 1997 (09:33) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
This is the conference incubator. What conference would you like to
see created next. Review our list of conferences to be created.
What kinds of responses do you think these conferences would draw?
Would they be popular?
118 responses total.
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Response 1 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 5, 1997 (09:35) * 114 lines
Here's the current list, 10 indicates existing conference.
9 is a high score, then 8 etc.
10 apps
10 art
10 austen
10 austentest
10 austin
10 books
10 community
10 computer
10 cultures
10 deeper
10 dpo
10 dsm
10 environment
10 fitness
10 food
10 internet
10 lovelinks
10 media
10 movies
10 music
10 newtest
10 parent
10 poetry
10 politics
10 porch
10 projects
10 radio
10 restaurants
10 sex
10 sports
10 techbusiness
10 travel
10 tv
10 web
10 windows
10 yapp
10
9 business
9 capcity
9 couples
9 crafts
9 culture
9 genx
9 health
9 homeowner
9 hosts
9 interviews
9 jazz
9 languages
9 life
9 newage
9 psychology
9 religion
9 science
9 singles
9 software
9 southwest
9 spirit
9 therapy
9 unix
9 working
9 writing
8 usenet
8 wireless
7 boomers
7 country
7 feedback
7 games
7 golf
7 hacking
7 java
7 philosophy
7 photography
7 scifi
7 space
7 zines
6 boating
6 cooking
6 energy
6 filmmaking
6 lists
6 weird
5 bastrop
5 beatles
5 disability
5 earth
5 news
5 springkids
5 theater
5 veggie
5 water
4 aging
4 apple
4 buddhism
4 cars
4 classifieds
4 comics
4 drugs
4 eff
4 newyork
4 os2
4 outdoors
4 sanfran
4 tibet
4 wildlife
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Response 2 of 118: Doc (docc) * Fri, Jul 4, 1997 (09:55) * 1 lines
How about a conference on using personal conferencing skills to launch a shadow career. See http://www.cyberlyceum.com the General Conference for commercial online networking for one idea. There must be others too!.
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Response 3 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Jul 12, 1997 (21:57) * 3 lines
Hmmm...here's one more vote for a) a Philosophy conference and b) a Christian
conference...I'm willing to host either/both
~M
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Response 4 of 118: Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp (Freedman) * Sat, Jul 12, 1997 (22:21) * 3 lines
Hey Mike! Sounds cool to me, but how 'bout a Religion Conference too since that's a bit different from Philosophy?
-Sterling
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Response 5 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Jul 13, 1997 (08:29) * 4 lines
That's what I meant...a Philosophy Conference and a Christian conference.
I don't think I'd be in a very good intellectual position to host just
a "Religion" conference, being a Christian myself...:)
~M
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Response 6 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jul 13, 1997 (12:37) * 3 lines
How about a spirit conference? But Mike's been trying to get me to cut down on
conferences and I'm looking for a way to have separate areas for a few very
popular confrences and the lesser used conferences.
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Response 7 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Mon, Jul 14, 1997 (06:12) * 6 lines
Hmm...I *have* been asking you to cut down the conferences, that's true
Terry. Perhaps I'd better heed my own advice and find out if there's
actually any *support* for such a conference :) Better leave that one on
the back-burner and I'll get back to you.
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Response 8 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Thu, Jul 17, 1997 (17:33) * 9 lines
Okay...I'm going to refer to this in the Community conference, too, but it's
relevant here. My sister has just had a baby (wahey! congrats, sis :) and
seeing as her husband still works full-time, I get the feeling she is
rather isolated. Remembering the infamous Parenting conference on the WELL,
I thought it would be a good idea to have the same here. I'm sure a lot
of people who use Spring are parents, and a good conference could be the
result. However, and this is where I shall skip to the Community conference...
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Response 9 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 17, 1997 (21:24) * 1 lines
Congratulations to your sister!
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Response 10 of 118: Donnal Walter (donnal) * Tue, Aug 26, 1997 (14:12) * 9 lines
1. I'm interested in:
science
philosophy
Chrisianity
parenting
just for starters. There doesn't seem to be much action here on any of these fronts. Am I missing something? I tried posting in the parenting conference, for example, but as far as I can tell, no one else has posted there in some time. I'm not trying to be sarcastic when I say that from what I can tell all the interest seems to be in Bronte or drooling.
2. Is there a better conference or topic to ask these questions?
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Response 11 of 118: Donnal Walter (donnal) * Tue, Aug 26, 1997 (14:13) * 1 lines
Heh. Also, is there no way to indent a line?
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Response 12 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 26, 1997 (16:23) * 3 lines
Hmm, spaces don't work. Yeah, right now Bronte, apps, and drool are the
happening places. But we're looking into ways to pump up the other areas.
Invite some other folks if you like.
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Response 13 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (10:36) * 2 lines
Does anyone else think that there should be an
Austin Cacophony Society?
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Response 14 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (11:20) * 1 lines
and you ought to handle the host position!
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Response 15 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (11:35) * 2 lines
Me?
Why, whatever do you mean?
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Response 16 of 118: Rev. Tommy (CotC) * Fri, Nov 21, 1997 (12:40) * 1 lines
Why, yes, I also am in favor of an Austin Cacophony Society. Funny you should mention it! I've been corresponding with some high Kapoop of the Seattle CS this week (I was gonna tell you at work tonight...) and he's supposed to be getting back to me about organizing an Austin branch (or whatever...)
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Response 17 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (12:43) * 3 lines
Thomas, you work at Little Italy too?
What a mad house it must be!!
*smile*
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Response 18 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (17:25) * 2 lines
Just two more regularly scheduled shifts and
he's outta here, though.
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Response 19 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (17:28) * 1 lines
Whoa, you mean you're moving on?
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Response 20 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (17:32) * 1 lines
Thomas is. I'm still stuck for now...
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Response 21 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 24, 1997 (19:11) * 3 lines
Movin' on to where?
Thomas I mean.
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Response 22 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (08:48) * 3 lines
Droppin' food service and movin' on in the computer world.
Works for the state now and would like something that pays
more, since he's got experience now.
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Response 23 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (09:36) * 5 lines
There are a lot of high paying geek jobs in Austin.
And you can break in to high tech real easily through
a temp agency like XXCAL, Pedley Stringer, or Okeefe
Associates. They can just about get anyone on any level
a high tech job, employers are getting desparate!
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Response 24 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (11:17) * 1 lines
Here's my chance then!
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Response 25 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 25, 1997 (12:32) * 2 lines
Now, wait. Does this imply you want to come back to Austin?
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Response 26 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (08:50) * 2 lines
stacey? imply?
You sure you're talking to the right person?
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Response 27 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Nov 26, 1997 (10:22) * 5 lines
*smile*
I'm coming back to Austin to visit, that's pretty much the extent.
I was telling Brandon last night that more and more, Austin is like a FABULOUS place to visit, seeming less and less like home. As you can imagine, these feelings are paired with a growing affection for Colorado.
Right now, I'm in limbo with "feeling at home" but it's coming and I'm eager to have that comfortable sensation again.
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Response 28 of 118: Amy (Amy) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (16:17) * 9 lines
Hi Terry, everybody.
I came snooping for an old discussion of linear vs threaded discussions as Myretta and I are trying to document some of our history before it's too long forgotten. The vc discussions are interesting.
And I had an idea for a conference, based on a need we've heard voiced a few times at Pemberley: a repository for amateur romance fiction. Our fan fic board is limited to fiction written about Jane Austen characters, but some of the writers have branched out or have inquired if there is a place for stories not using Austen characters. As you know, Star Trek fanfic is legendary and has a huge following on usenet, and I understand X-Files stories have become quite popular, too.
You might start with romance -- always a nice place to start anything -- and take off from there.
-Amy
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Response 29 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (19:42) * 3 lines
I would love to do this, what new conference would be a good place to
start. So wonderful to hear from you!
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Response 30 of 118: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (20:27) * 1 lines
What a terrific idea! Hope it comes about!
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Response 31 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Tue, Mar 3, 1998 (19:45) * 2 lines
I'll keep my eyes open for this new thang...
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Response 32 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (05:51) * 7 lines
So should I create a conference called romance? Would that be the first
step to implementing Amy's idea. Back me up with some ideas here!
And there are two new conferences to check out, news and genx. Both are
full of topics and content already. Check 'em out. Genx is a blast from
our past.
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Response 33 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (12:31) * 4 lines
Maybe it would be better to go with a Writing conf,
with different genres as topics...I would love to
have a collaborative one where you wrote so far, and
someone else took over...
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Response 34 of 118: gena (zx6rider) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (14:37) * 1 lines
How about a Women Only conference? Of course, to be fair, a Men Only conference would need to happen too. They would need to be 'private', admission after gender verification. And yes, Terry, I'll host the womens spot assuming you tell me how hosting and restricting or unrestricing access works.
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Response 35 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (17:36) * 3 lines
A writing conf. would be superb. We could have online stories, where everyone writes a chapter until we have a final story!
Gender confs? Dunno....is there a place for "girl talk" and "guy talk" that's not already fulfilled? I personally don't really feel the need to have a private bloke conference. What do others think?
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Response 36 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (20:38) * 4 lines
Sure, I'll be glad to set up a conference with you as host, Gena. And it
will be a "ulist" conference where you have to be the host to add
someone to the ulist or userlist. Whaddaya want to call it. Women?
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Response 37 of 118: gena (zx6rider) * Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (21:53) * 1 lines
I don't know... what was it over at ECHO? WON - Women On Net. I think that'll do. Unless there are problems adopting a name of another bbs conference. You'd know better 'bout that. If no problem, use the above suggestion and email me host-ly instructions please sir.
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Response 38 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Mar 5, 1998 (03:18) * 3 lines
won is ok, if won is what you want, won is it. One more chance to decide.
wos? (women on spring). women, won, or wos, or ? Any more input before
I create it?
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Response 39 of 118: gena (zx6rider) * Thu, Mar 5, 1998 (06:46) * 1 lines
Spring Women... now that's catchy. Spring Women, Spring Women!!! Make it Spring Women. Please...
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Response 40 of 118: gena (zx6rider) * Thu, Mar 5, 1998 (06:46) * 1 lines
you can use two words, right...
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Response 41 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 6, 1998 (01:41) * 2 lines
It has to be one word, fairly short.
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Response 42 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Mar 6, 1998 (09:32) * 1 lines
SHESpring?
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Response 43 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 6, 1998 (20:30) * 3 lines
shespring would work, she would work, it just can't have any spaces in
it. Gena, what think?
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Response 44 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Mar 7, 1998 (18:38) * 2 lines
How about underscores ("_") in the place of spaces?
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Response 45 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Mar 7, 1998 (19:27) * 3 lines
That would work, I'll toss it back to Gena for the final word on what it
will be called. Gena, once more please, with feeling.
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Response 46 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Mar 8, 1998 (08:40) * 2 lines
:)
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Response 47 of 118: gena (zx6rider) * Sun, Mar 15, 1998 (14:20) * 1 lines
Hi y'all... i'm back from my big ski adventure. I think stacy has hit on the winner. SHESpring sounds absolutely fab-u-lous dah-link! Send that woman a TOOTSIE POP SUCKER on me.... what's your favorite flavor Stacy?
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Response 48 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (09:30) * 1 lines
Pez...
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Response 49 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (11:51) * 3 lines
yep.
PEZ... orange flavored!
Glad you approved Gena!
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Response 50 of 118: gena (zx6rider) * Mon, Mar 16, 1998 (12:08) * 3 lines
Pez... haven't had those in ages!
I'm a 'Hot Tamale' fan myself, or cinnimon bears.
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Response 51 of 118: Wolf (Wolf) * Fri, Apr 17, 1998 (20:16) * 1 lines
love gummi bears!
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Response 52 of 118: gena (zx6rider) * Sat, Apr 18, 1998 (20:56) * 1 lines
did somebody say 'gummi bears'? my mouth is watering...
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Response 53 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Mon, Apr 20, 1998 (18:26) * 2 lines
gummi bears! bouncin' here and there and everywhere!
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Response 54 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (16:38) * 1 lines
do ya eat their heads off first??
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Response 55 of 118: Wolf (Wolf) * Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (17:49) * 1 lines
pop 'em in full-bodied!
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Response 56 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Thu, Apr 23, 1998 (17:39) * 2 lines
*nibble nibble*
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Response 57 of 118: Wolf (Wolf) * Thu, Apr 23, 1998 (19:44) * 1 lines
you're a nibbler, eh?
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Response 58 of 118: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (08:49) * 1 lines
just don't touch Autumn's ears!
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Response 59 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (23:27) * 2 lines
No, you can touch, and probably nibble, too,
just don't shove your tongue in them...
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Response 60 of 118: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Apr 27, 1998 (20:15) * 1 lines
Bingo!
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Response 61 of 118: Wolf (Wolf) * Mon, Apr 27, 1998 (21:03) * 1 lines
*lol*
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Response 62 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, May 9, 1998 (00:23) * 3 lines
inre response #28:
I would love to host any said repository on
adultstory...
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Response 63 of 118: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Sun, May 10, 1998 (21:05) * 1 lines
Why, that comes as such a shock, wer! (*sarcasm*)
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Response 64 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Mon, May 11, 1998 (18:55) * 1 lines
i'd like to host an Infinity conference, since it's one of my favourite subjects :)
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Response 65 of 118: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Wed, Jul 22, 1998 (20:46) * 4 lines
terry, is there a conf here on the spring analogous to the weird conf
on the WeLL? we seem to have enough critical mass of weird springperns
now to where something like that just might take off.
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Response 66 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (09:23) * 2 lines
We can start one. Can anyone think of a weird name for it?
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Response 67 of 118: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (09:26) * 2 lines
i was thinking of "screwed" as the name of the conf!
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Response 68 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (11:14) * 2 lines
Any other ideas? Or anyone second that one? We'll leave it open for a
couple of days before launching this new conf.
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Response 69 of 118: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (13:09) * 1 lines
SCREWED is good. It's versatile....
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Response 70 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (13:15) * 1 lines
and rolls off the tongue easily, too, I might add...
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Response 71 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (13:16) * 1 lines
... and it's catching on. Any more thoughts on 'screwed'.
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Response 72 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (13:16) * 2 lines
wer slipped me.
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Response 73 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (15:44) * 1 lines
hehe...
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Response 74 of 118: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (21:08) * 1 lines
What is this conference about? "Weird" and "screwed" don't seem synonymous to me. (uh-oh, there's that word again...)
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Response 75 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (23:56) * 4 lines
It's about stuff that's way over the edge. It's about letting your hair
down and tossing aside your inhibitions. It's about getting as crazy and
wild as you can. It's, well, weird. Or, uh, screwed. Maybe screwed up
would be more descriptive. strange? odd?
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Response 76 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (00:07) * 1 lines
You know, Autumn, our regular conversations...
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Response 77 of 118: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (04:13) * 1 lines
Yeah, the old screwing around thing.
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Response 78 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (06:57) * 3 lines
What do you think for a name, Riette. We're still tossing this around.
Screwed?
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Response 79 of 118: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (07:37) * 1 lines
Defenitely! Everyone loves screwing!
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Response 80 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (11:14) * 7 lines
I don't know, how about
Discombobulated?
Screwey?
Babble?
Blather?
Babylon?
BabbleOn?
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Response 81 of 118: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Jul 25, 1998 (12:40) * 3 lines
How 'bout
ScrewOn?
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Response 82 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (11:59) * 10 lines
I would appreciate a Conference called "International Conflicts", to be able to provide focused topics on all these things that sometimes are religiously, politically or militarily slugged out.
Appropriate topics from other conferences ought to be welcome there, too. Maybe this would also draw visitors from other places than Austin, Colorado, Switzerland or Frankfurt to the Spring. International folks, who report of conflicts in their area. Stuff that makes the news, and stuff that never makes the news.
I guess if the Spring would "market" services like that to a more international community - perhaps also conferences on continents or areas, like AFRICA or SOUTH-AMERICA, EASTERN-EUROPE, ASIA, NEAR-EAST, MIDDLE-EAST, etc. - we (!) might gain more importance. People from e.g. Cuba discussing things, and reporting on state of affairs in their country, people from the balkans, etc.
There are a lot of people in the internet - and a lot of peoples! (Admittedly, not all speak english; what to do?).
What does the Spring say to my proposals?
(Spring-time is proposal-time on the Spring, and these are mine to you. As is custom around this place at this time - two current cases proove the fact -, you mustn't refuse my plea.)
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Response 83 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (12:57) * 2 lines
sounds very intriguing...
you wanna host your proposed conference?
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Response 84 of 118: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (13:03) * 1 lines
sounds good to me! but we do have people from other parts of the world who visit. need to be careful that this place doesn't turn into something ugly, you know what i mean? a place for discussion/reporting not for slander and hate.
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Response 85 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (13:47) * 5 lines
Yes, there's always that. But it's part of live, and part of a community to live with things like that. I mean, look at what happens right now in the Kosovo, THIS really confuses me. I'd love to have a dedicated conference where we could have people discuss things, present view points, etc. Report on what they saw or heard. Here in Germany, news fail us miserably in this matter.
Anyway, doesn't the Spring have hosts to straighten things out? Isn't this like a benevolent dictatorship? I would not think this would influence most other places that much - see how much traffic the whole DROOL thing has, and have my paths ever crossed with somebody regularly posting there? Not yet, and they don't bother about COLLECTING or MEDIA or GARDEN, etc.
Wolf, do you think we should be brave and see what the world tells us? Or do you think I'm too naive on that area (might well be...). I think that would, ahem, be exciting, any which way...
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Response 86 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (19:32) * 5 lines
i like the idea, Alexander.
with regard to the benevolent dictatorship of hosts (love the expression): yes, hosts do have a certain amount of control over conferences. However, to my knowledge the tools aren't very well developed - in theory there is "scribbling" available, although the only way to do this seems to be through the web interface. also, sites/users can be banned from a conference, but i believe these settings can only be changed by the Yapp administrator, who is terry (and possibly wer - I don't know)
so, whilst attracting lots of new ppl would be nice it seems to me that the tools required for dealing with them aren't yet in place. any comments anyone?
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Response 87 of 118: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (22:33) * 6 lines
Good idea. Cut the conference name down to one word like conflict and get
in touch with the Jimmy Carter Institute in Georgia that tracks conflicts
worldwide. Maybe they could get behind this?
Go fer it!
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Response 88 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (01:20) * 11 lines
I think you can scribble from telnet, too, although I've never
tried...whenever Terry scribbles, his responses show that they
have been scribbled, whereas mine are just blank...
and as for banning, it is much easier to include a select group
of sites/users than it is to ban the same...
Give me a yes on the host question and a suitable one word title
if you would prefer one other than what Terry suggested, and I'll
set it up, Alexander!
(well, you can say no as well I guess...)
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Response 89 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (05:52) * 9 lines
Explain this scribble thing to me, pls.
How to put annotations into already posted mail (with offensive content, e.g.)? E-Mail the answer, pls.
I'd co-host as soon as at least two others are willing to share responsibility. I'd like the other two to be from different continents, too, so we have three hosts from three continents... Less bias, perhaps... Need not all be boys, either...
What are the limits on naming conferences? Must it be ONE (1) word?
Any more feedback, please. This ought to be discussed (& later okayed, perhaps) by more Spring-folks, too, or it's no good. Wolf is right about this likely not being as tame as e.g. Travels or Music...
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Response 90 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (11:43) * 6 lines
when you scribble, you delete an already posted response,
I'm not sure I understand your annotation question
(maybe because I've only been awake twenty minutes and
haven't had near enough coffee yet...)
let me know when I should create the world conf...
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Response 91 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (11:54) * 1 lines
or maybe worldviews would be a good name...
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Response 92 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (11:54) * 1 lines
or globaltalk...
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Response 93 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:13) * 12 lines
No, that's all slightly off my point.
It's International Conflicts, because global would in may cases be too much, world - the same. What if this basically just impacts two small nations, or internal skirmishes, such as the Karen people vs. the Thai army (or was it Burmese?).
With annotations I mean, editing a posting so you take out offensive stuff and leave Note of your censorship without deleting everything...
Good morning, my friend. May your coffee be a good one!
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Any suggestions to who would host with me? Any Africans or Asians on this here Spring who'd be interested?
Please, I'd like to hear more people's opinions on this!
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Response 94 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:27) * 5 lines
none I know of...currently just North Americans and Europeans...
our former African turned European is currently unavailable in
Africa...
two cups down, more on the way...
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Response 95 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (12:57) * 14 lines
We are strongly impacted here by these international struggles, more than you'd probably notice in the US. Perhaps that's why I feel a certain urge. But it must be supported by more people around here.
When �calan, leader of kurdish party PKK was kidnapped in Africa and flown to Turkey for prosecution, we had quite the uproar here. We already in the past had these people block motorways, drenching themselves (and german police) with gasoline. Some people set fire to themselves, to get some attention to their plight.
This time, they stormed Greece institutions - embassies, tourism agencies - and kidnapped people for some hours. The attempt to storm the Israeli embassy in Berlin ended in Israeli security shooting several people, three of which died.
Frankfurt was full with police in full riot gear, the Turkish embassy turned into a fortress. (This even lead to some important superstar-staff meetings in February not taking place: the city was partly not accessible, and the places we wanted to meet were all closed...)
Today, I walked by Alte Oper (the Old Opera) in Frankfurt, and there was a stage, and people shouting and signs held up. It was a demonstration of Serbians, protesting the Nato-bombing of their country. In Frankfurt, many Serbians (and other ex-Jugoslavian people) live. The demonstrators were shouting that Nato would be killing civilians and destroying their homes. Some others were booing, shouting that the Serbians started destroying homes first. Lots of police there, but not as much as you'd expect.
German politics are mainly behind Nato's attacks. Still, the people are not all happy about the first German military venture since 1945. Also, some are not sure NATO had a proper mandate to attack at all, no matter what cause this served. Still, Nato does what they do anyways, and in the meantime, thousands get killed every day.
Since Jugovslavia attacked a village on Albanian soil, the aspect of "commiting ground forces" gains more plausibility. An event I seriously dread.
Even after the ongoing large-scale fighting will be over, there are enough tensions on all sides to make living together extremely interesting. It's Bosnia all over again.
I admit that things like this are a mess. But what do we know about it? Right, only what they tell us. We can't do anything. Or can we? With this tool here, everybody and every side could tell everybody else how they see things. Maybe somebody learns something. Maybe finally sees individuals on the other side, not just "them". Maybe we get the news they keep from us...
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Response 96 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (13:45) * 6 lines
It is an excellent prospect, Alexander, the trouble is in
advertising the conference and getting correspondants(sp?)
and participants from everywhere so that the conference
will be what it should be...I've been out of the global
mail loop for a while and not sure if I can get back in...
do you have "connections" on other continents?
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Response 97 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Apr 16, 1999 (14:05) * 3 lines
I'd have to rely on the Spring's regulars for that to start off. All my current WWW-accessing contacts are Europeans or Americans. Let's hear from our friends here first. It's important.
(The other things come after that, and can been worked on, when it's time for it. Right now, I'd like to know more what other Spring-people think. And I'd like to learn more about a host's options and tools. Then we can rig it up - if agreed upon favorably by more folks here - and then work on populating it. And see if it works out.)
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Response 98 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (06:53) * 11 lines
this conference sounds really really interesting, Alexander - great idea!
going back to the scribbling/editing thing: i think that there is always a
role that negativity can play in a post. so, perhaps, having a
"selective" edit-out tool is not so helpful. To my mind a post either
stays as a genuine opinion of a person (no matter how seemingly
objectionable) or it is removed entirely because it blatantly flagrates
one of the rules/customs.
incidentally, do we have any rules/customs? :-)
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Response 99 of 118: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (10:48) * 1 lines
i think it's all good in the end. i like worldview because this opens up for discussions on culture and opinions on different things up to and including conflicts. are you wanting a clashing of opinions type thing or are you wanting an enlightening fact finding conference on what's really going on? and we do have some rules of engagement...at least i remember discussing them but don't remember where in the heck they are.
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Response 100 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (10:54) * 1 lines
something tells me they were in porch somewhere.....
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Response 101 of 118: Wolf (wolf) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (10:59) * 1 lines
porch or inner methinks (hi mike, how are you?)
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Response 102 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Apr 17, 1999 (13:16) * 3 lines
inner has it's own...there used to be a page around here that you got
to through help which had some useful tips, but that is all that I
remember...
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Response 103 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (13:07) * 7 lines
how about these names:
worldnews
truthquest
now
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Response 104 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (13:35) * 3 lines
Hmh, lemme think in me leedle head...
Anyway, any more opinions, everybody? Should the Spring have a conference like that at all or not? Speak up, please!
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Response 105 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (14:39) * 3 lines
or maybe just
conflicts
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Response 106 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (17:10) * 1 lines
i like conflicts....truthquest sounds a bit fluffy and worldnews maybe a bit too general?
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Response 107 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (17:44) * 2 lines
International_Conflicts
Conflicts_International
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Response 108 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Apr 18, 1999 (20:08) * 1 lines
possible...
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Response 109 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (00:35) * 8 lines
the naming is done,
InternationalConflicts is now a conference...
(no topics yet, though...)
Mike, do you want to be on the host list as well?
Anyone else?
(I know, I jumped the gun...so fire me...)
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Response 110 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, Apr 19, 1999 (10:21) * 3 lines
No way. Firing squad''s too busy right now, could send the fire fighters, though...
It has topics now. It's gone live!
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Response 111 of 118: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 20, 1999 (19:33) * 1 lines
yippee!
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Response 112 of 118: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, May 21, 1999 (04:43) * 3 lines
OK, here's Mr Naive-Conference-Suggestor again. I would like to post on an excavation project here, where archaeologists have found the 2,500 years old grave and sarcophagus of a celtic warrior and noble man at a major celtic cult area in my county. Two years or so ago, they had found the intact (but for broken off feet) statue of a celtic prince, LIFESIZE!
Where would I post this? Cultures focuses on current things or mindsets. Medieval obviously is no choice. News - well, today it's news, tomorrow it's - HISTORY ! Get me a History conf, pls.
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Response 113 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sun, Nov 26, 2000 (05:03) * 3 lines
How about a Finance conference? The markets are hot these days and it might even bring in more people if advertised in the right places...
Just a thought...
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Response 114 of 118: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Nov 26, 2000 (18:53) * 3 lines
The is a moribund Business conference... you might check into it first and let Terry make you Host - it surely needs one. I was wondering if there was enough interest in Photograhphy for a conference. It has been mentioned to me a few times in the past, but I can always put it as a topic in Crafts?! Somehow seemd demeaning to do that, however.
Comments welcome!!!
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Response 115 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Mon, Nov 27, 2000 (01:41) * 1 lines
ahhh...I looked through the conf. list and didn't see that. I'll check it out. Probably needs a good dusting off.
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Response 116 of 118: (sprin5) * Mon, Nov 27, 2000 (07:24) * 1 lines
I'll be glad to set you up as host in business Mike, so great you're back with us!
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Response 117 of 118: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Mon, Nov 27, 2000 (11:21) * 5 lines
It's good to be back :-) I hadn't heard a peep from you so I wasn't sure if I was still welcome or not :-)
I've got a few ideas for graphics, etc., in business. Hmmm...it'll be fun to host that.
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Response 118 of 118: (sprin5) * Tue, Nov 28, 2000 (08:24) * 1 lines
There are only like 3 topics there!
porch conference 
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