Re: Usenet, HTML (was Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry)

2005-08-26 Thread John Bokma
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > I'm talking about using the technology for communication, instead of >> > reinventing the wheel with crappy web forums. >> >> What is exactly crappy about those forums? >> > They are slow I have

Re: Usenet, HTML (was Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry)

2005-08-26 Thread usenet
In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm talking about using the technology for communication, instead of > > reinventing the wheel with crappy web forums. > > What is exactly crappy about those forums? > They are slow They are inflexible They are slow They do

Re: Usenet, HTML (was Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry)

2005-08-26 Thread John Bokma
Ulrich Hobelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Bokma wrote: >> Ulrich Hobelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On the information side (in contrast to the discussion side) RSS is >>> replacing Usenet, >> >> LOL, how? I can't post to RSS feeds. Or do you mean for lurkers? > > I said "inf

Re: Usenet, HTML (was Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry)

2005-08-26 Thread Ulrich Hobelmann
John Bokma wrote: > Ulrich Hobelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On the information side (in contrast to the discussion side) RSS is >> replacing Usenet, > > LOL, how? I can't post to RSS feeds. Or do you mean for lurkers? I said "information side", meaning stuff like RSS is used for. >> T

Usenet, HTML (was Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry)

2005-08-25 Thread John Bokma
Ulrich Hobelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the information side (in contrast to the discussion side) RSS is > replacing Usenet, LOL, how? I can't post to RSS feeds. Or do you mean for lurkers? > There is no real reason why NNTP couldn't be used like RSS (i.e. > contain a small description