[gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

On 02/23/2010 05:15 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:59:33 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>
>> You and I do the same thing in the end.  The difference is that you
>> waste bandwidth, need to set up filters every time you subscribe to a
>> new list
>
> Which takes about ten seconds usually.

10 is more than 0 :D


>> , need to unsubscribe when you don't want to receive email
>> anymore,
>
> Which takes about half that time, and both of these are infrequent
> occurrences. For lists that I had only a transient interest in, I would
> look at usenet versions.

And when later you want to subscribe again...


>> need hard disk space to store all the downloaded messages,
>> don't have access to messages from the time you weren't subscribed yet,
>
> No, but I do have access to  Google :)

Yes, but this requires to go to Google.  I have the messages right there 
in front of me.


>> So in the end, we end up doing the same thing, by I do it in a saner
>> way that was designed to do exactly that. :)
>
> No, you do it in a different way that suits your needs. That doesn't make
> you right and people with other needs wrong. It just illustrates the
> benefits of choice. I did not insult your choice, why assume that you
> know better than me what I need?

No, that wasn't my intention.  All I'm saying in the end is that people 
stick to the ways they are used to do their tasks.  There might be 
better options out there, but it requires getting used to those new 
options so they usually don't bother.  I just though I'd mention the 
stuff here so people actually know the option exists and has saved me 
from quite some annoyances I had to deal with in the past.


>> It appears it only has
>> pros and no cons, so I don't see a reason to use email instead.
>
> How do you read messages without an Internet connection?
>
> Everything has pros and cons.

You got me with that one :)  Just because I don't have this problem 
doesn't mean no else does either.