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emarenot is currently offline  emarenot   UNITED STATES
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I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times that
I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help.
So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there be
any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
explicit about what we want to talk about here?
Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
MR

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Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80600 is a reply to message #80598] Sat, 24 February 2007 07:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Cujjo is currently offline  Cujjo   
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Great idea, besides I need all you guys around still as I am keeping Paris
for a while and will undoubtedly have questions. I have really been enjoying
the variety of discussion at GS.
We could do that sort of thing?






"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
that
>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help.
>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
be
>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>MR
>
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Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80602 is a reply to message #80598] Sat, 24 February 2007 07:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dedric Terry is currently offline  Dedric Terry   UNITED STATES
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How about a digital audio, and/or DAW newsgroup ­ so the remaining Paris
users donąt feel alienated and the outboard gear discussions are as on topic
as anything else (already are, but no sense in limiting what we already
discuss :-)?

I agree this NG far exceeds others in terms of community. There may be more
info on a specific DAW on itsą own NG, but those are seldom enjoyable
experiences (at least in my experience).

Regards,
Dedric

On 2/24/07 10:30 AM, in article 45e04bb3@linux, "Mike R."
<emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
> got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG is,
> I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to
> gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times that I've had
> questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while
> I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product related
> newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this
> wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far,
> and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,
> etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be more
> inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of organic way.
> Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there be any benefit to
> exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more explicit about what
> we want to talk about here?
> Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
> MR
>



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Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80604 is a reply to message #80602] Sat, 24 February 2007 09:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Neil is currently offline  Neil
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We could always just call it the
cheapbastardsthatrefusetoinvestinprotools newsgroup. :D

Because, basically, that's what it comes down to, innit? lol

I mean, at this point there is absolutely no reason other than
the cost to NOT use PTHD - it sounds just as good as anything
else out there (of course, that wasn't the case prior to the HD
series stuff).

I thought the same thing though, when Deej announced his "Crazy
Doug's Liquidation Blowout" sale... it was like: "Well, there
goes half the reasons to read the Paris NG anymore" lol

There's already a gearslutz, there's already a Prosoundweb, now
there's Mixerman's "womb"... I say leave this place be - it'll
evolve on it's own. It's still the only place to get Paris
help, a better place than the Swineberg forums to get Cubase
help, and if another person or two here buys a Pulsar card,
it'll probably end up being a better place than PlanetX to get
Pulsar tips, too lol.

Neil
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80609 is a reply to message #80600] Sat, 24 February 2007 08:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
EK Sound is currently offline  EK Sound   CANADA
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I thought we were... ;-)

David.

CUjo wrote:

> Great idea, besides I need all you guys around still as I am keeping Paris
> for a while and will undoubtedly have questions. I have really been enjoying
> the variety of discussion at GS.
> We could do that sort of thing?
>
>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80610 is a reply to message #80604] Sat, 24 February 2007 08:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
EK Sound is currently offline  EK Sound   CANADA
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HEY! But then I couldn't play here anymore... :-(

David.

Neil wrote:

> We could always just call it the
> cheapbastardsthatrefusetoinvestinprotools newsgroup. :D
>
> Because, basically, that's what it comes down to, innit? lol
>
snip.
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80612 is a reply to message #80602] Sat, 24 February 2007 08:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej [4] is currently offline  Deej [4]   UNITED STATES
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Re: Maybe refocus this NG???Dedric,

Do you think that refocusing the group, etc. will invite the same bunch =
of wankers that hang on other groups to come here? Just a thought. I =
think one reason there is such a great community here is the commonality =
factor and I'm still able and willing to give Paris advice even though I =
don't use the system andy more. We pretty much discourage the troll =
community from hanging here primarily because the focus is on a DAW that =
is exclusive to this community.

Now I'm off to try to get my friend's Digi 002/Macbook studio I'm been =
working on up to speed. I should have sold him a Paris rig. All he does =
is audio. No midi, no VSTi's..........hmmm..........I may be hanging out =
on the FS site again soon.

My $0.02

;o)
"Dedric Terry" <dterry@keyofd.net> wrote in message =
news:C205A836.7CE3%dterry@keyofd.net...
How about a digital audio, and/or DAW newsgroup - so the remaining =
Paris users don't feel alienated and the outboard gear discussions are =
as on topic as anything else (already are, but no sense in limiting what =
we already discuss :-)? =20

I agree this NG far exceeds others in terms of community. There may =
be more info on a specific DAW on its' own NG, but those are seldom =
enjoyable experiences (at least in my experience). =20

Regards,
Dedric

On 2/24/07 10:30 AM, in article 45e04bb3@linux, "Mike R." =
<emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:


I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've =
visited got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill =
at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks =
leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have =
been times that I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects =
other than Paris, and while I've posted these questions at times, =
generally I'll try a product related newsgroup instead. The bummer is =
that there probably someone here, on this wonderful friendly patient =
group, that could have offered some help. So far, and rightly, this has =
been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live, etc... I'm =
wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be more inclusive? =
I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of organic way. =
Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there be any =
benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more =
explicit about what we want to talk about here? =20
Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
MR




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Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80613 is a reply to message #80598] Sat, 24 February 2007 09:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gene lennon is currently offline  gene lennon
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When was the last time someone was sent away because they posted about something
other than Paris?

"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
that
>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help.
>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
be
>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>MR
>
>
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>instead.  The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
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>and=20
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Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80614 is a reply to message #80609] Sat, 24 February 2007 08:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej [4] is currently offline  Deej [4]   UNITED STATES
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.......but at Gearslutz, they don't have a separate forum for talking about
the virtues of bathroom overspray whilst peeing standing up vs lowering the
toilet seat and trying to hit the opposite wall by focusing the stream
between the bowl and the seat vs just going outside and havin' a good
satisfying whiz with you faithful hound. You can only get that
here......fair & balanced.

;o)


"EK Sound" <askme@nospam.com> wrote in message news:45e069cf@linux...
>I thought we were... ;-)
>
> David.
>
> CUjo wrote:
>
>> Great idea, besides I need all you guys around still as I am keeping
>> Paris
>> for a while and will undoubtedly have questions. I have really been
>> enjoying
>> the variety of discussion at GS.
>> We could do that sort of thing?
>>
>>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80617 is a reply to message #80613] Sat, 24 February 2007 10:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
brandon[2] is currently offline  brandon[2]
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I havent thought of this ng as paris only for a long time.






"Gene Lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote:
>
>When was the last time someone was sent away because they posted about something
>other than Paris?
>
>"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this
NG
>>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
>that
>>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
help.
>>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to
be
>>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
>be
>>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>>MR
>>
>>
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>>but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one.  The sense of =
>>comradship=20
>>and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual.  =
>>I'm=20
>>saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>>elsewhere.  There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>>
>>software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>>these=20
>>questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>>instead.  The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>>wonderful=20
>>friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>>and=20
>>rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>>etc...  I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>>more=20
>>inclusive?  I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>>organic=20
>>way.  Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>>be any=20
>>benefit to exploring this idea a little bit  and perhaps being more =
>>
>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?  </FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>>nose.</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>
>>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80618 is a reply to message #80598] Sat, 24 February 2007 10:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Rod Lincoln is currently offline  Rod Lincoln
Messages: 883
Registered: September 2005
Senior Member
"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
that
>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help.
>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
be
>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>MR
>
>
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>newsgroups,=20
>but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one.  The sense of =
>comradship=20
>and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual.  =
>I'm=20
>saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>elsewhere.  There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>
>software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>these=20
>questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>instead.  The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>wonderful=20
>friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>and=20
>rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>etc...  I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>more=20
>inclusive?  I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>organic=20
>way.  Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>be any=20
>benefit to exploring this idea a little bit  and perhaps being more =
>
>explicit about what we want to talk about here?  </FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>nose.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80620 is a reply to message #80618] Sat, 24 February 2007 10:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Rod Lincoln is currently offline  Rod Lincoln
Messages: 883
Registered: September 2005
Senior Member
Ha...I'll try to actually type something this time.
To me, it's already OK for anyone here to talk pretty much about anything,
audio related or not. I think this group is special, and WAY better than
any other group I've taken part of.
Rod
"Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this
NG
>>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
>that
>>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
help.
>>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to
be
>>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
>be
>>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>>MR
>>
>>
>><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>><HTML><HEAD>
>><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>>charset=3Diso-8859-1">
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>><STYLE></STYLE>
>></HEAD>
>><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other
=
>>newsgroups,=20
>>but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one.  The sense of =
>>comradship=20
>>and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual.  =
>>I'm=20
>>saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>>elsewhere.  There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>>
>>software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>>these=20
>>questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>>instead.  The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>>wonderful=20
>>friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>>and=20
>>rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>>etc...  I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>>more=20
>>inclusive?  I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>>organic=20
>>way.  Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>>be any=20
>>benefit to exploring this idea a little bit  and perhaps being more =
>>
>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?  </FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>>nose.</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>
>>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80623 is a reply to message #80614] Sat, 24 February 2007 10:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gene lennon is currently offline  gene lennon
Messages: 565
Registered: July 2006
Senior Member
LOL
Actually we do seem to have a magic formula here and that’s why I don’t see
any compelling reason to screw with it.

"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote:
>......but at Gearslutz, they don't have a separate forum for talking about

>the virtues of bathroom overspray whilst peeing standing up vs lowering
the
>toilet seat and trying to hit the opposite wall by focusing the stream
>between the bowl and the seat vs just going outside and havin' a good
>satisfying whiz with you faithful hound. You can only get that
>here......fair & balanced.
>
>;o)
>
>
>"EK Sound" <askme@nospam.com> wrote in message news:45e069cf@linux...
>>I thought we were... ;-)
>>
>> David.
>>
>> CUjo wrote:
>>
>>> Great idea, besides I need all you guys around still as I am keeping

>>> Paris
>>> for a while and will undoubtedly have questions. I have really been
>>> enjoying
>>> the variety of discussion at GS.
>>> We could do that sort of thing?
>>>
>>>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80628 is a reply to message #80623] Sat, 24 February 2007 10:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
excelav is currently offline  excelav   
Messages: 2130
Registered: July 2005
Location: Metro Detroit
Senior Member
"Gene Lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote:
>
>LOL
>Actually we do seem to have a magic formula here and that’s why I don’t
see
>any compelling reason to screw with it.

I agree!

James
>
>"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote:
>>......but at Gearslutz, they don't have a separate forum for talking about
>
>>the virtues of bathroom overspray whilst peeing standing up vs lowering
>the
>>toilet seat and trying to hit the opposite wall by focusing the stream

>>between the bowl and the seat vs just going outside and havin' a good
>>satisfying whiz with you faithful hound. You can only get that
>>here......fair & balanced.
>>
>>;o)
>>
>>
>>"EK Sound" <askme@nospam.com> wrote in message news:45e069cf@linux...
>>>I thought we were... ;-)
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>> CUjo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great idea, besides I need all you guys around still as I am keeping
>
>>>> Paris
>>>> for a while and will undoubtedly have questions. I have really been

>>>> enjoying
>>>> the variety of discussion at GS.
>>>> We could do that sort of thing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80631 is a reply to message #80598] Sat, 24 February 2007 14:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kim is currently offline  Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
Senior Member
Mike,

Having read your post, and the others as of this time. I do see what you're
saying, however...

Firstly, not that I consider myself in charge here (someone's in charge?!?
;o), but I'd like to point out that as far as I am concerned people on this
newsgroup can discuss anything they like. I do prefer that we don't get overly
swamped in politics on the main group for long periods, but only because
multiple other users have stated concerns about this. Personally I think
discussing politics is critically important to society, and isn't done enough.
Arguably, if it was, the world would be a better place, though I seem to
now be discussing politics, so I'll shut up. ;o) Point is, I consider this
now to be a general purpose audio based (social?) group primarily for ex-Paris
users. Other discussions are welcome also. It's almost a social club really,
but like minded people obvious can help each other out.

I'm happy to change the group name or whatever if people think that will
help, though I do kinda consider DJ's point to be relevant. If we actually
"market" (not that I'd go marketing it) the group as a general audio group,
perhaps we'll start attracting crowds we don't want.

Basically, I think everyone knows and accepts now that the scope of this
group now is beyond Paris. There's simply not enough Paris users left to
keep it going on their own. And if people wish to bring new users along to
the group who will fit the mold, that's fine by me. I certainly wouldn't
be in favour of any general purpose spamming / advertising in other places
however, which may attract any random to come along. Word of mouth from users
who know what we're about is, I think, the way to go.

As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad processor
servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool like
that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
Paris to stay in there somewhere.

My $0.02...

Cheers,
Kim.



"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
that
>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help.
>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
be
>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>MR
>
>
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><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>charset=3Diso-8859-1">
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><STYLE></STYLE>
></HEAD>
><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other =
>newsgroups,=20
>but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one. The sense of =
>comradship=20
>and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. =
>I'm=20
>saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>elsewhere. There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>
>software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>these=20
>questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>wonderful=20
>friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>and=20
>rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>more=20
>inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>organic=20
>way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>be any=20
>benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more =
>
>explicit about what we want to talk about here? </FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>nose.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80634 is a reply to message #80631] Sat, 24 February 2007 14:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Rod Lincoln is currently offline  Rod Lincoln
Messages: 883
Registered: September 2005
Senior Member
Well said Kim.
Rod
"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>Mike,
>
>Having read your post, and the others as of this time. I do see what you're
>saying, however...
>
>Firstly, not that I consider myself in charge here (someone's in charge?!?
>;o), but I'd like to point out that as far as I am concerned people on this
>newsgroup can discuss anything they like. I do prefer that we don't get
overly
>swamped in politics on the main group for long periods, but only because
>multiple other users have stated concerns about this. Personally I think
>discussing politics is critically important to society, and isn't done enough.
>Arguably, if it was, the world would be a better place, though I seem to
>now be discussing politics, so I'll shut up. ;o) Point is, I consider this
>now to be a general purpose audio based (social?) group primarily for ex-Paris
>users. Other discussions are welcome also. It's almost a social club really,
>but like minded people obvious can help each other out.
>
>I'm happy to change the group name or whatever if people think that will
>help, though I do kinda consider DJ's point to be relevant. If we actually
>"market" (not that I'd go marketing it) the group as a general audio group,
>perhaps we'll start attracting crowds we don't want.
>
>Basically, I think everyone knows and accepts now that the scope of this
>group now is beyond Paris. There's simply not enough Paris users left to
>keep it going on their own. And if people wish to bring new users along
to
>the group who will fit the mold, that's fine by me. I certainly wouldn't
>be in favour of any general purpose spamming / advertising in other places
>however, which may attract any random to come along. Word of mouth from
users
>who know what we're about is, I think, the way to go.
>
>As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
>by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad processor
>servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool
like
>that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
>Paris to stay in there somewhere.
>
>My $0.02...
>
>Cheers,
>Kim.
>
>
>
>"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this
NG
>>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
>that
>>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
help.
>>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to
be
>>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
>be
>>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>>MR
>>
>>
>><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>><HTML><HEAD>
>><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>>charset=3Diso-8859-1">
>><META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR>
>><STYLE></STYLE>
>></HEAD>
>><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other
=
>>newsgroups,=20
>>but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one. The sense of =
>>comradship=20
>>and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. =
>>I'm=20
>>saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>>elsewhere. There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>>
>>software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>>these=20
>>questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>>instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>>wonderful=20
>>friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>>and=20
>>rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>>etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>>more=20
>>inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>>organic=20
>>way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>>be any=20
>>benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more =
>>
>>explicit about what we want to talk about here? </FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>>nose.</FONT></DIV>
>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>
>>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80637 is a reply to message #80634] Sat, 24 February 2007 13:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Lorentzen is currently offline  Bill Lorentzen   UNITED STATES
Messages: 140
Registered: June 2005
Senior Member
Let's change the name to "We'll always have Paris". One day you'll realize
the problems of a small news group like ours don't amount to a hill of beans
in this world...

"Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45e0af8a$1@linux...
>
> Well said Kim.
> Rod
> "Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>Mike,
>>
>>Having read your post, and the others as of this time. I do see what
>>you're
>>saying, however...
>>
>>Firstly, not that I consider myself in charge here (someone's in charge?!?
>>;o), but I'd like to point out that as far as I am concerned people on
>>this
>>newsgroup can discuss anything they like. I do prefer that we don't get
> overly
>>swamped in politics on the main group for long periods, but only because
>>multiple other users have stated concerns about this. Personally I think
>>discussing politics is critically important to society, and isn't done
>>enough.
>>Arguably, if it was, the world would be a better place, though I seem to
>>now be discussing politics, so I'll shut up. ;o) Point is, I consider this
>>now to be a general purpose audio based (social?) group primarily for
>>ex-Paris
>>users. Other discussions are welcome also. It's almost a social club
>>really,
>>but like minded people obvious can help each other out.
>>
>>I'm happy to change the group name or whatever if people think that will
>>help, though I do kinda consider DJ's point to be relevant. If we actually
>>"market" (not that I'd go marketing it) the group as a general audio
>>group,
>>perhaps we'll start attracting crowds we don't want.
>>
>>Basically, I think everyone knows and accepts now that the scope of this
>>group now is beyond Paris. There's simply not enough Paris users left to
>>keep it going on their own. And if people wish to bring new users along
> to
>>the group who will fit the mold, that's fine by me. I certainly wouldn't
>>be in favour of any general purpose spamming / advertising in other places
>>however, which may attract any random to come along. Word of mouth from
> users
>>who know what we're about is, I think, the way to go.
>>
>>As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
>>by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad
>>processor
>>servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool
> like
>>that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
>>Paris to stay in there somewhere.
>>
>>My $0.02...
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Kim.
>>
>>
>>
>>"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've
>>>visited
>>>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this
> NG
>>>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>>>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
>>that
>>>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than
>>>Paris,
>>>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a
>>>product
>>>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone
>>>here,
>>>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
> help.
>>>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not
>>>Cubase,
>>>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to
> be
>>>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>>>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
>>be
>>>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>>>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>>>MR
>>>
>>>
>>><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>>><HTML><HEAD>
>>><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>>>charset=3Diso-8859-1">
>>><META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR>
>>><STYLE></STYLE>
>>></HEAD>
>>><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other
> =
>>>newsgroups,=20
>>>but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one. The sense of =
>>>comradship=20
>>>and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. =
>>>I'm=20
>>>saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>>>elsewhere. There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>>>
>>>software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>>>these=20
>>>questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>>>instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>>>wonderful=20
>>>friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>>>and=20
>>>rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>>>etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>>>more=20
>>>inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>>>organic=20
>>>way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>>>be any=20
>>>benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more =
>>>
>>>explicit about what we want to talk about here? </FONT></DIV>
>>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>>>nose.</FONT></DIV>
>>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80642 is a reply to message #80610] Sat, 24 February 2007 16:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Don Nafe is currently offline  Don Nafe   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1206
Registered: July 2005
Senior Member
Don't want to burst your bubble Dave but we never really liked you all that
much anyway

;-)


"EK Sound" <askme@nospam.com> wrote in message news:45e06a4b$1@linux...
> HEY! But then I couldn't play here anymore... :-(
>
> David.
>
> Neil wrote:
>
>> We could always just call it the
>> cheapbastardsthatrefusetoinvestinprotools newsgroup. :D
>>
>> Because, basically, that's what it comes down to, innit? lol
>>
> snip.
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80643 is a reply to message #80631] Sat, 24 February 2007 19:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
emarenot is currently offline  emarenot   UNITED STATES
Messages: 345
Registered: June 2005
Senior Member
Hey Kim,
Thanks for your thoughtful reply, and all the others. I guess my thoughts
were motivated by two things: I feel a little guilty when I post stuff that
isn't really Paris related (though I know its very cool to do so... just
old-brain guilt I guess), also I hate to see folks leave. I guess Henry's
ciao kind of got to me!
Whatever the case, in the end, I was just wondering with no particular
outcome in mind. When on the net, this is such a great place to hang out,
thanks to YOU and all the other Paris-audio gals and gents.
MR


"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45e0a8e1$1@linux...
>
>
> Mike,
>
> Having read your post, and the others as of this time. I do see what
you're
> saying, however...
>
> Firstly, not that I consider myself in charge here (someone's in charge?!?
> ;o), but I'd like to point out that as far as I am concerned people on
this
> newsgroup can discuss anything they like. I do prefer that we don't get
overly
> swamped in politics on the main group for long periods, but only because
> multiple other users have stated concerns about this. Personally I think
> discussing politics is critically important to society, and isn't done
enough.
> Arguably, if it was, the world would be a better place, though I seem to
> now be discussing politics, so I'll shut up. ;o) Point is, I consider this
> now to be a general purpose audio based (social?) group primarily for
ex-Paris
> users. Other discussions are welcome also. It's almost a social club
really,
> but like minded people obvious can help each other out.
>
> I'm happy to change the group name or whatever if people think that will
> help, though I do kinda consider DJ's point to be relevant. If we actually
> "market" (not that I'd go marketing it) the group as a general audio
group,
> perhaps we'll start attracting crowds we don't want.
>
> Basically, I think everyone knows and accepts now that the scope of this
> group now is beyond Paris. There's simply not enough Paris users left to
> keep it going on their own. And if people wish to bring new users along to
> the group who will fit the mold, that's fine by me. I certainly wouldn't
> be in favour of any general purpose spamming / advertising in other places
> however, which may attract any random to come along. Word of mouth from
users
> who know what we're about is, I think, the way to go.
>
> As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
> by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad
processor
> servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool
like
> that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
> Paris to stay in there somewhere.
>
> My $0.02...
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
>
>
>
> "Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've
visited
> >got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
> >is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
> >perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
> that
> >I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than
Paris,
> >and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a
product
> >related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone
here,
> >on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
help.
> >So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not
Cubase,
> >Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
> >more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
> >organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
> be
> >any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
> >explicit about what we want to talk about here?
> >Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
> >MR
> >
> >
> ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> ><HTML><HEAD>
> ><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
> >charset=3Diso-8859-1">
> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR>
> ><STYLE></STYLE>
> ></HEAD>
> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other =
> >newsgroups,=20
> >but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one. The sense of =
> >comradship=20
> >and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. =
> >I'm=20
> >saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
> >elsewhere. There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
> >
> >software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
> >these=20
> >questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
> >instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
> >wonderful=20
> >friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
> >and=20
> >rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
> >etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
> >more=20
> >inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
> >organic=20
> >way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
> >be any=20
> >benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more =
> >
> >explicit about what we want to talk about here? </FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
> >nose.</FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
> >
> >
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80647 is a reply to message #80620] Sat, 24 February 2007 20:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Braun is currently offline  Paul Braun   UNITED STATES
Messages: 391
Registered: September 2005
Senior Member
On 25 Feb 2007 04:12:29 +1000, "Rod Lincoln"
<rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote:

>
>Ha...I'll try to actually type something this time.
>To me, it's already OK for anyone here to talk pretty much about anything,
>audio related or not. I think this group is special, and WAY better than
>any other group I've taken part of.
>Rod

Yep. I've made a lot of friends I've never met. And I'm not afraid
to post my attempts at engineering, knowing that I'll get useful
critiques and not blasted all to hell by self-righteous experts who
know everything better than everyone.

This is a warm, cozy place. I know I'd miss the hell out of it if it
went away, or turned into RAP.

pab
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80648 is a reply to message #80643] Sat, 24 February 2007 20:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Braun is currently offline  Paul Braun   UNITED STATES
Messages: 391
Registered: September 2005
Senior Member
>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45e0a8e1$1@linux...
>>
>> As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
>> by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad
>processor
>> servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool
>like
>> that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
>> Paris to stay in there somewhere.

I'm actually running Paris on a quad-6502 system, composed of 4 C=64's
clustered together, all overclocked to hell with liquid nitrogen
coolers and a 32-slot Magma chassis.. If I add 2 more, I can also run
Dr. T's and sync it all up. You think Deej's Frankencomp is
impressive? You should see the 8' rack of C=64's all
cross-connected....

;-P

pab
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80652 is a reply to message #80631] Sat, 24 February 2007 21:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jamie K is currently offline  Jamie K   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1115
Registered: July 2006
Senior Member
Well put, Kim, and thanks for your benevolent hosting!

We don't have to change the name, just what the acronym stands for.

Let's see, how about

People
Actually
Responding
Intelligently
Sometimes

:^)

Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com


Kim wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Having read your post, and the others as of this time. I do see what you're
> saying, however...
>
> Firstly, not that I consider myself in charge here (someone's in charge?!?
> ;o), but I'd like to point out that as far as I am concerned people on this
> newsgroup can discuss anything they like. I do prefer that we don't get overly
> swamped in politics on the main group for long periods, but only because
> multiple other users have stated concerns about this. Personally I think
> discussing politics is critically important to society, and isn't done enough.
> Arguably, if it was, the world would be a better place, though I seem to
> now be discussing politics, so I'll shut up. ;o) Point is, I consider this
> now to be a general purpose audio based (social?) group primarily for ex-Paris
> users. Other discussions are welcome also. It's almost a social club really,
> but like minded people obvious can help each other out.
>
> I'm happy to change the group name or whatever if people think that will
> help, though I do kinda consider DJ's point to be relevant. If we actually
> "market" (not that I'd go marketing it) the group as a general audio group,
> perhaps we'll start attracting crowds we don't want.
>
> Basically, I think everyone knows and accepts now that the scope of this
> group now is beyond Paris. There's simply not enough Paris users left to
> keep it going on their own. And if people wish to bring new users along to
> the group who will fit the mold, that's fine by me. I certainly wouldn't
> be in favour of any general purpose spamming / advertising in other places
> however, which may attract any random to come along. Word of mouth from users
> who know what we're about is, I think, the way to go.
>
> As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
> by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad processor
> servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool like
> that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
> Paris to stay in there somewhere.
>
> My $0.02...
>
> Cheers,
> Kim.
>
>
>
> "Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>> got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
>> is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>> perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
> that
>> I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>> and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>> related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>> on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help.
>> So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>> Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
>> more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>> organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
> be
>> any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>> explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>> Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>> MR
>>
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>> <HTML><HEAD>
>> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>> charset=3Diso-8859-1">
>> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR>
>> <STYLE></STYLE>
>> </HEAD>
>> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other =
>> newsgroups,=20
>> but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one. The sense of =
>> comradship=20
>> and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. =
>> I'm=20
>> saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>> elsewhere. There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>>
>> software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>> these=20
>> questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>> instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>> wonderful=20
>> friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>> and=20
>> rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>> etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>> more=20
>> inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>> organic=20
>> way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>> be any=20
>> benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more =
>>
>> explicit about what we want to talk about here? </FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>> nose.</FONT></DIV>
>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>
>>
>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80656 is a reply to message #80652] Sat, 24 February 2007 23:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej [4] is currently offline  Deej [4]   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1292
Registered: January 2007
Senior Member
the *sometimes* is very relavent.

;o)

"Jamie K" <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote in message news:45e119ed$1@linux...
>
> Well put, Kim, and thanks for your benevolent hosting!
>
> We don't have to change the name, just what the acronym stands for.
>
> Let's see, how about
>
> People
> Actually
> Responding
> Intelligently
> Sometimes
>
> :^)
>
> Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
> Kim wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> Having read your post, and the others as of this time. I do see what
>> you're
>> saying, however...
>>
>> Firstly, not that I consider myself in charge here (someone's in
>> charge?!?
>> ;o), but I'd like to point out that as far as I am concerned people on
>> this
>> newsgroup can discuss anything they like. I do prefer that we don't get
>> overly
>> swamped in politics on the main group for long periods, but only because
>> multiple other users have stated concerns about this. Personally I think
>> discussing politics is critically important to society, and isn't done
>> enough.
>> Arguably, if it was, the world would be a better place, though I seem to
>> now be discussing politics, so I'll shut up. ;o) Point is, I consider
>> this
>> now to be a general purpose audio based (social?) group primarily for
>> ex-Paris
>> users. Other discussions are welcome also. It's almost a social club
>> really,
>> but like minded people obvious can help each other out.
>>
>> I'm happy to change the group name or whatever if people think that will
>> help, though I do kinda consider DJ's point to be relevant. If we
>> actually
>> "market" (not that I'd go marketing it) the group as a general audio
>> group,
>> perhaps we'll start attracting crowds we don't want.
>>
>> Basically, I think everyone knows and accepts now that the scope of this
>> group now is beyond Paris. There's simply not enough Paris users left to
>> keep it going on their own. And if people wish to bring new users along
>> to
>> the group who will fit the mold, that's fine by me. I certainly wouldn't
>> be in favour of any general purpose spamming / advertising in other
>> places
>> however, which may attract any random to come along. Word of mouth from
>> users
>> who know what we're about is, I think, the way to go.
>>
>> As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
>> by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad
>> processor
>> servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool
>> like
>> that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
>> Paris to stay in there somewhere.
>>
>> My $0.02...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kim.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've
>>> visited
>>> got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this
>>> NG
>>> is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>>> perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
>> that
>>> I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than
>>> Paris,
>>> and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a
>>> product
>>> related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone
>>> here,
>>> on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
>>> help.
>>> So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not
>>> Cubase,
>>> Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to
>>> be
>>> more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>>> organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would
>>> there
>> be
>>> any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>>> explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>>> Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>>> MR
>>>
>>>
>>> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>>> <HTML><HEAD>
>>> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>>> charset=3Diso-8859-1">
>>> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR>
>>> <STYLE></STYLE>
>>> </HEAD>
>>> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other =
>>> newsgroups,=20
>>> but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one. The sense of =
>>> comradship=20
>>> and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. =
>>> I'm=20
>>> saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>>> elsewhere. There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>>>
>>> software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>>> these=20
>>> questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>>> instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>>> wonderful=20
>>> friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>>> and=20
>>> rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>>> etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>>> more=20
>>> inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>>> organic=20
>>> way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>>> be any=20
>>> benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more =
>>>
>>> explicit about what we want to talk about here? </FONT></DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>>> nose.</FONT></DIV>
>>> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>>
>>>
>>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80660 is a reply to message #80598] Sun, 25 February 2007 02:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rick is currently offline  rick   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1976
Registered: February 2006
Senior Member
we had a great infomercial about proper peeing techniques just the
other day.

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:30:38 -0800, "Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this NG
>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times that
>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some help.
>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be
>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there be
>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>MR
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80661 is a reply to message #80620] Sun, 25 February 2007 02:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rick is currently offline  rick   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1976
Registered: February 2006
Senior Member
not buying that i forgot to type something crap...you just like to
talk to yourself in the company of others.



On 25 Feb 2007 04:12:29 +1000, "Rod Lincoln"
<rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote:

>
>Ha...I'll try to actually type something this time.
>To me, it's already OK for anyone here to talk pretty much about anything,
>audio related or not. I think this group is special, and WAY better than
>any other group I've taken part of.
>Rod
>"Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>>>got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this
>NG
>>>is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>>>perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
>>that
>>>I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>>>and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a product
>>>related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone here,
>>>on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
>help.
>>>So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>>>Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to
>be
>>>more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>>>organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
>>be
>>>any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>>>Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>>>MR
>>>
>>>
>>><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
>>><HTML><HEAD>
>>><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
>>>charset=3Diso-8859-1">
>>><META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1555" name=3DGENERATOR>
>>><STYLE></STYLE>
>>></HEAD>
>>><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
>>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've not spent a TON of time at other
>=
>>>newsgroups,=20
>>>but the ones I've visited got nothin' on this one.  The sense of =
>>>comradship=20
>>>and goodwill at this NG is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual.  =
>>>I'm=20
>>>saddened to see folks leaving, perhaps to gather helpful information=20
>>>elsewhere.  There have been times that I've had questions regarding =
>>>
>>>software and audio subjects other than Paris, and while I've posted =
>>>these=20
>>>questions at times, generally I'll try a product related newsgroup=20
>>>instead.  The bummer is that there probably someone here, on this =
>>>wonderful=20
>>>friendly patient group, that could have offered some help. So far, =
>>>and=20
>>>rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase, Live,=20
>>>etc...  I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to be =
>>>more=20
>>>inclusive?  I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of =
>>>organic=20
>>>way.  Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there =
>>>be any=20
>>>benefit to exploring this idea a little bit  and perhaps being more =
>>>
>>>explicit about what we want to talk about here?  </FONT></DIV>
>>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I'm gonna go blow my =
>>>nose.</FONT></DIV>
>>><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>>>
>>>
>>
Re: Maybe refocus this NG??? [message #80663 is a reply to message #80652] Sun, 25 February 2007 04:01 Go to previous message
Kim is currently offline  Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
Senior Member
LOL!

No, I mean it, definately out loud. ;o)

Well said. I migt throw that on the website. ;o)

Cheers,
Kim.

Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>
>Well put, Kim, and thanks for your benevolent hosting!
>
>We don't have to change the name, just what the acronym stands for.
>
>Let's see, how about
>
>People
>Actually
>Responding
>Intelligently
>Sometimes
>
>:^)
>
>Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
>Kim wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> Having read your post, and the others as of this time. I do see what you're
>> saying, however...
>>
>> Firstly, not that I consider myself in charge here (someone's in charge?!?
>> ;o), but I'd like to point out that as far as I am concerned people on
this
>> newsgroup can discuss anything they like. I do prefer that we don't get
overly
>> swamped in politics on the main group for long periods, but only because
>> multiple other users have stated concerns about this. Personally I think
>> discussing politics is critically important to society, and isn't done
enough.
>> Arguably, if it was, the world would be a better place, though I seem
to
>> now be discussing politics, so I'll shut up. ;o) Point is, I consider
this
>> now to be a general purpose audio based (social?) group primarily for
ex-Paris
>> users. Other discussions are welcome also. It's almost a social club really,
>> but like minded people obvious can help each other out.
>>
>> I'm happy to change the group name or whatever if people think that will
>> help, though I do kinda consider DJ's point to be relevant. If we actually
>> "market" (not that I'd go marketing it) the group as a general audio group,
>> perhaps we'll start attracting crowds we don't want.
>>
>> Basically, I think everyone knows and accepts now that the scope of this
>> group now is beyond Paris. There's simply not enough Paris users left
to
>> keep it going on their own. And if people wish to bring new users along
to
>> the group who will fit the mold, that's fine by me. I certainly wouldn't
>> be in favour of any general purpose spamming / advertising in other places
>> however, which may attract any random to come along. Word of mouth from
users
>> who know what we're about is, I think, the way to go.
>>
>> As I said, if people want the name of the main group changed, that's fine
>> by me, but ya know, I kinda feel like we're discussing the latest Quad
processor
>> servers on a forum called the Commodore 64 users group. It's kinda cool
like
>> that. It's our history. If we were to change the name I'd certainly want
>> Paris to stay in there somewhere.
>>
>> My $0.02...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kim.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've not spent a TON of time at other newsgroups, but the ones I've visited
>>> got nothin' on this one. The sense of comradship and goodwill at this
NG
>>> is, I'm gonna bet, pretty unusual. I'm saddened to see folks leaving,
>>> perhaps to gather helpful information elsewhere. There have been times
>> that
>>> I've had questions regarding software and audio subjects other than Paris,
>>> and while I've posted these questions at times, generally I'll try a
product
>>> related newsgroup instead. The bummer is that there probably someone
here,
>>> on this wonderful friendly patient group, that could have offered some
help.
>>> So far, and rightly, this has been primarily a Paris newsgroup, not Cubase,
>>> Live, etc... I'm wondering if there is a way to re-focus the group to
be
>>> more inclusive? I know that we have broadened our focus in a sort of
>>> organic way. Implicitly, this is a Paris Plus newsgroup, but would there
>> be
>>> any benefit to exploring this idea a little bit and perhaps being more
>>> explicit about what we want to talk about here?
>>> Now I'm gonna go blow my nose.
>>> MR
>>>
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