Text 17338, 90 rader
Skriven 2014-07-30 17:48:00 av Bill McGarrity (9618.2fidonews)
  Kommentar till text 17333 av David Drummond (3:640/305)
Ärende: Re: fidonet.org
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-=> On 07-31-14 06:37, David Drummond wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

 DD> On 31/07/2014 4:59 AM, Bill McGarrity -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>>> It seems to be working fine when I access it - what part do you
 DD>>> feel is broken?

 BM>> Where did I say broken? Out of date on a few things, yes. Why no links>
 BM>> to the other zones for one.

 DD>> You allude that it is broken by not being in "proper working order"

 BM> Proper working order and being broken are not exclusive.

 DD> Must be language differences. What part of the site is not in proper
 DD> working order?

Already explained that to you. To me, YMMV, it should be all inclusive with any
all all information... again, what information normally varies from person to
person.  Matter of preference, you say it's fine, I say it could be better.  


 DD>> Could it be that there are no web presences for those other zones? The
 DD>> zone 3 one is no longer responsive, Z4 and above seem to be history.

 BM> So being they're unresponsive now means we just follow the status quo?
 BM> I'm not saying reinvent it... update it.

 DD> Update what??? What part is out of date?

You're talking in circles... you know exactly what I mean. 

 DD> Yes there is data missing for some zones. That IS an update, there used
 DD> to be a link on there to a Z3 site at least. The fidonet.org site was
 DD> updated when the Z3 site went away.

 DD> Should you not be calling for a Z3 site to be set up so this one can
 DD> point to it?

Sure, why not. Then that link can effectively be added to the main fido site. 
It's not rocket science. 

 DD>> That's what the nodelist is for. The instructions do say who to
 DD>> contact.

 BM> Would it not be easier if a questionaire under each zone is available so
 BM> the RC can advise both the new applicant and their NC of their interest?
 DD> It's
 BM> quite possible the applicant may have questions.  Is that unreasonable?

 DD> Yes it is unreasonable. Policy (the almighty) states how a new node is
 DD> supposed to make contact to seek a node number.

I find it amusing you keep saying that.  From what I've gathered over the past
few years is you'd rather use P4 as toilet paper. But as you've said, you're
king of your little domain so whatever trips your trigger. For what it's worth,
in my opinion, having a zone cgi would simplify the matter. You feel
differently. C'est la vie..

 BM>> It's like buying a new car.. why get the basic model when you can get top
 BM>> of the line for basically the same price. Just takes a little effort.

 DD>> Except this is not a new car - it is a decades old car. The
 DD>> instructions from decades ago still work.

 BM> Agreed, it is. How about we say we put a new coat of wax on the old girl??
 BM> Would that work with you?

 DD> Produce the can - produce a sample of what you want to see. But be away
 DD> that painting a corpse up does not detract from the fact that it is
 DD> still dead. 

The sample is already available... and, if in your eyes it's dead, why are you
even having this discussion. 

How about them All Blacks?? 


Bill

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