On 1/8/2016 12:15 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
On 2016-01-07 23:15, Jeff Findley wrote:

free on most space news websites? You do know this newsgroup is nearly
dead, don't you?


Insulting people telling them to stop using the newsgroup to learn from
people who know doesn't help keep the newsgroup alive. You have the
choice to keep the knowledge to yourself and stay silent.


The regulars here are a bit of a cantankerous lot I gotta admit.
Fred gets frustrated. I suppose that might be in part because of the
quality of discussion compared to back in the 1990s. If you want to get
a feel for what some of those 'olden' days were like you should Google
"deja news".

For a more modern treatment, I would suggest the L2 forums over at
nasaspaceflight.com. They are subscription-based (require a fee to use)
but can be highly technical and very informative.

I'll be frank with everyone on this group. You might not like the noob
questions, but the kind of attitude I see on display here would not be
tolerated on the moderated forums. It'd get you banned in a heartbeat.
You're only kidding yourselves if you think hostile attitudes haven't
played a (large) part in the demise of this newsgroup. And don't pull
the seniority bs on me. No aerospace is not my field, I've always
admitted that, but I'm for sure no noob when it comes to newsgroups. If
you don't believe me, go pull Henry's tapes which have been archived
on-line and search for or
and don't cry to me if
you don't know what the '!'s are for....

Hell even the arocket mailing list, which for sure isn't for pikers, and
uses the title of "amateur" largely in name only, displays better
attitude than this place.

Also, I don't see why every inane question or response deserves a
response. If you've answered the question and a response comes back
showing they didn't understand the answer, give them a reference and
tell 'em to look it up and leave it at that. I'm not big into calling
people names. It just adds to the noise.

My two cents late on a Sunday night.

Dave