On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:24 PM, Karl von Laudermann wrote: >> On Mar 24, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Elliott C. Evans wrote: >> 1) Im concerned that other forums I frequent have already started >> to stagnate and see diminished use. Discussion forums seem to have >> been an aughties thing. What's next? > Fads come and go, and sometimes what's old is new again. I'm holding out > for Usenet to make a comeback. Or perhaps Gopher. I still host a telnet-based mud-like-thing on my home server. I gotta say, it's a lot easier to run older software these days. The old difficulty of holding 5megs in a student account on campus is such a non-issue now, ya know? Getting other people to join you in these revitalized spaces, and explaining to people how to use a terminal emulator, and convincing people to type in commands ... that can be a little more tricky =) I'm sorry, we've gotten off subject haven't we. I apologize. I'm posting this to the "geeks" list. wheee! Cheers! --Scott -- A pizza with the radius 'z' and thickness 'a' has the volume pi*z*z*a.