OT News server (2nd try, diff. server)

One thing that kept me from posting as much as before is that
sometimes I just had that unpleasant feeling of being ignored.

Now I have found out that my newsserver is responsible for it. Many of
my posts never showed up on Google (which I took as a reference). I
have two responses on Mike's 5-4-3-2-1 thred and neither one showed
up, for example.
It surprised me too, for I have considered it's incoming completion
rather excellent.

So untill complaining at my ISP bears fruit, can anyone recommend a
free newsserver that is reliable and allows posting? Commercial ones
are for now out of the question, unfortunately.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... A die-hard Kingston Trio fan

http://www.talkaboutsupport/group/al...t.stop-smoking

Nice alternative to Google.

"EchoTalkAbout" <echoinalberta@hotmail.com> wrote:

>http://www.talkaboutsupport/group/al...t.stop-smoking
>
>Nice alternative to Google.

Thanks but I would almost rather start smoking again than use usenet
over a web interface :-)

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... All answers questioned here.

On Jul 11, 4:54 pm, "EchoTalkAbout" <echoinalbe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.talkaboutsupport/group/al...t.stop-smoking
>
> Nice alternative to Google.

Stick a .com after talkaboutsupport and it will work. Thanks for the
link, BTW.

"EchoTalkAbout" <echoinalberta@hotmail.com> wrote:

>http://www.talkaboutsupport/group/al...t.stop-smoking
>
>Nice alternative to Google.

Besides, Google is also much faster, it has 4 messages in this thread
while talkaboutsupport only has the original post. Which is completely
beyond the point since speed is not an essential usenet quality and
you were only trying to help. But this message will help me test the
temporary server I now use for posting.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... All the kookies are not in the jar

Good catch. thx.

"EchoTalkAbout" <echoinalberta@hotmail.com> wrote:

>http://www.talkaboutsupport/group/al...t.stop-smoking
>
>Nice alternative to Google.

OK final thought about this: it's only an alternative interface since
talkaboutsupport pulls all it's articles from Google anyway.
No surprise really.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.

Tihomir <t-i-h-o_mir@hi.hinet.hr> wrote:

>
>One thing that kept me from posting as much as before is that
>sometimes I just had that unpleasant feeling of being ignored.
>
>Now I have found out that my newsserver is responsible for it. Many of
>my posts never showed up on Google (which I took as a reference). I
>have two responses on Mike's 5-4-3-2-1 thred and neither one showed
>up, for example.
>It surprised me too, for I have considered it's incoming completion
>rather excellent.
>
>So untill complaining at my ISP bears fruit, can anyone recommend a
>free newsserver that is reliable and allows posting? Commercial ones
>are for now out of the question, unfortunately.

It seems that my news server has failed to propagate all my messages
for at least 2 days now. And it might not be the first time. Some
messages I have now reposted with another news server (located in
China, no less).
I would like to apologize to all people who thought I did not respond
to them.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... As long as I'm in charge here, there will be no leaders.

I tryed to get this news group to go to my google account, but it won't
work. I got atl.general and the phono group, and it works just fine. What
am I doing wrong? I have those set to digest format.

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:36:24 +0200, Tihomir <t-i-h-o_mir@hi.hinet.hr>
wrote:

>Tihomir <t-i-h-o_mir@hi.hinet.hr> wrote:
>
>>
>>One thing that kept me from posting as much as before is that
>>sometimes I just had that unpleasant feeling of being ignored.
>>
>>Now I have found out that my newsserver is responsible for it. Many of
>>my posts never showed up on Google (which I took as a reference). I
>>have two responses on Mike's 5-4-3-2-1 thred and neither one showed
>>up, for example.
>>It surprised me too, for I have considered it's incoming completion
>>rather excellent.
>>
>>So untill complaining at my ISP bears fruit, can anyone recommend a
>>free newsserver that is reliable and allows posting? Commercial ones
>>are for now out of the question, unfortunately.
>
>It seems that my news server has failed to propagate all my messages
>for at least 2 days now. And it might not be the first time. Some
>messages I have now reposted with another news server (located in
>China, no less).

As long as toothpaste and pet food aren't involved. )
Sue

>I would like to apologize to all people who thought I did not respond
>to them.

I use outlook express to read newsgroups. I have Comcast as my ISP,and read
thru their servers.Not sure if your ISP has news servers but it might be
worth a shot.\
Becky\

"Tihomir" <t-i-h-o_mir@hi.hinet.hr> wrote in message
news:9bga93pd9j8n2pvtct9fskq3ri5r478h04@4ax.com...
>
> One thing that kept me from posting as much as before is that
> sometimes I just had that unpleasant feeling of being ignored.
>
> Now I have found out that my newsserver is responsible for it. Many of
> my posts never showed up on Google (which I took as a reference). I
> have two responses on Mike's 5-4-3-2-1 thred and neither one showed
> up, for example.
> It surprised me too, for I have considered it's incoming completion
> rather excellent.
>
> So untill complaining at my ISP bears fruit, can anyone recommend a
> free newsserver that is reliable and allows posting? Commercial ones
> are for now out of the question, unfortunately.
>
> --
> Tihomir
> *I don't smoke anymore*
>
> ... A die-hard Kingston Trio fan

"Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:

>I use outlook express to read newsgroups. I have Comcast as my ISP,and read
>thru their servers.Not sure if your ISP has news servers but it might be
>worth a shot.\

I use Agent, but that is not the problem. The problem is that I did
use the news server (news.iskon.hr) provided by my local ISP (Iskon).

It's message completion was allways good so I never doubted it, but
all the messages from the past 2 days I posted via news.iskon.hr still
did not show up.

I used the commercial Easynews service for years but right now it's
not an option.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... Chit chat and drivel unwelcome here

I have found these before for text groups, but they are short lived, as
they get abused. Just keep googling for a sponsor or...

Got to "Slycks" guide for newsgroups and browse. Yottanews offers 1 gig
a month but only download, no posting. Usenet-news and at least 2 others
offer non-expiring blocks, but you have to shell out money, less than $5
I think, and there is one that is 50mb a day, with a one time setup of
3.95.

I'm having consistency problems since moving and getting a new server,
but I'm not complaining as my speed is soo fast. Even IE seems fast, I
am not looking under my desk for the pedal to go faster!

If I find one, I will let you know.
Jbeth.

Tihomir <t-i-h-o_mir@hi.hinet.hr> wrote in
news:9bga93pd9j8n2pvtct9fskq3ri5r478h04@4ax.com:

>
> One thing that kept me from posting as much as before is that
> sometimes I just had that unpleasant feeling of being ignored.
>
> Now I have found out that my newsserver is responsible for it. Many of
> my posts never showed up on Google (which I took as a reference). I
> have two responses on Mike's 5-4-3-2-1 thred and neither one showed
> up, for example.
> It surprised me too, for I have considered it's incoming completion
> rather excellent.
>
> So untill complaining at my ISP bears fruit, can anyone recommend a
> free newsserver that is reliable and allows posting? Commercial ones
> are for now out of the question, unfortunately.
>

jbeth <jbethtoday*getridifthis*@yahoo.com> wrote:

>If I find one, I will let you know.

Thanks Beth! The various free news server web sites helped, cause all
I need is somewhere to post to. I still pull new headers from my local
one (news.iskon.hr).
I just hoped there was another news.individual.net that is still
completely free. It's not the money really, not even in the case of
Easynews (only $10 a month). It's that I don't have a valid credit
card right now, being unemployed for almost half a year.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... For certain people, after fifty, litigation takes the place of sex.

Tihomir wrote:
> "Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I use outlook express to read newsgroups. I have Comcast as my ISP,and read
>> thru their servers.Not sure if your ISP has news servers but it might be
>> worth a shot.\
>
> I use Agent, but that is not the problem. The problem is that I did
> use the news server (news.iskon.hr) provided by my local ISP (Iskon).
>
> It's message completion was allways good so I never doubted it, but
> all the messages from the past 2 days I posted via news.iskon.hr still
> did not show up.
>
> I used the commercial Easynews service for years but right now it's
> not an option.
>

I've signed up with Usenet Monster ... cheap, works. Like really cheap.
And it works ... as far as I can tell. I verify once in awhile with
Google that I'm not missing anything ...

Cheers!!

-- Marvin

--
I don't smoke. I smell like bread. Life is Good.

Marvin The Paranoid Android wrote:
> Tihomir wrote:
>> "Becky" <sobern2003@nospam.comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I use outlook express to read newsgroups. I have Comcast as my
>>> ISP,and read thru their servers.Not sure if your ISP has news servers
>>> but it might be worth a shot.\
>>
>> I use Agent, but that is not the problem. The problem is that I did
>> use the news server (news.iskon.hr) provided by my local ISP (Iskon).
>> It's message completion was allways good so I never doubted it, but
>> all the messages from the past 2 days I posted via news.iskon.hr still
>> did not show up.
>> I used the commercial Easynews service for years but right now it's
>> not an option.
>>
>
> I've signed up with Usenet Monster ... cheap, works. Like really cheap.
> And it works ... as far as I can tell. I verify once in awhile with
> Google that I'm not missing anything ...
>
> Cheers!!
>
> -- Marvin
>

http://www.usenetmonster.com/pricing.asp


--
I don't smoke. I smell like bread. Life is Good.

Marvin The Paranoid Android <marvinparanoidandroid@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I've signed up with Usenet Monster ... cheap, works. Like really cheap.
>And it works ... as far as I can tell. I verify once in awhile with
>Google that I'm not missing anything ...

Thanks Marvin, seems to be a nice service but as I said in my other
post it's not about the price really.

BTW I swear by Easynews!

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more. - Harriman, Edward H.

Ahh come on, Tiho! ITs those 486's you use over there!

Jsteam -
One Year, Three Months, Twenty Six Days, 17 Hours and 21 Minutes; I
have gladly notsmoked 12551 cings, saving more than $3,200.78, and
adding 43 Days and 13 Hours to my life, although it should possibly be
more since it's a non-linear function.


On Jul 11, 3:45 pm, Tihomir <t-i-h-o_...@hi.hinet.hr> wrote:
> One thing that kept me from posting as much as before is that
> sometimes I just had that unpleasant feeling of being ignored.
>
> Now I have found out that my newsserver is responsible for it. Many of
> my posts never showed up on Google (which I took as a reference). I
> have two responses on Mike's 5-4-3-2-1 thred and neither one showed
> up, for example.
> It surprised me too, for I have considered it's incoming completion
> rather excellent.
>
> So untill complaining at my ISP bears fruit, can anyone recommend a
> free newsserver that is reliable and allows posting? Commercial ones
> are for now out of the question, unfortunately.
>
> --
> Tihomir
> *I don't smoke anymore*
>
> ... A die-hard Kingston Trio fan

fft@dodgeit.com wrote:

>Ahh come on, Tiho! ITs those 486's you use over there!

486's? Are you out of your mind? Do I look like bloody Rockfeller to
you? A 286 is all I need, all else is fancy bells and whistles nobody
needs anyway.

Good to see you de-lurk.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

.... Environmental condoms; y'want paper or plastic

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:45:33 +0200, Tihomir <t-i-h-o_mir@hi.hinet.hr>
wrote:

>...sometimes I just had that unpleasant feeling of being ignored.

Tiho,




















































hehehehehe

Gary W.
--

Gary W. <jd123_marquez@hotmail.com> wrote:

>hehehehehe

Oooooooo! For this I want an expert opinion!

I have a Loewe TV whose remote has crapped out. I am giving it a last
chance by asking:

The thing consists of a crystal and an IC. The crystal is of a very
rare frequency that I simply can't get hold of locally.
Question is, what does statistic say, is it the little IC or the
crystal that go bad?
I hate generic remotes and can't get an original either.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

Windows 3.1 not found: (C)heer, (P)arty, (D)ance?

On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:05:17 +0200, Tihomir <t-i-h-o_mir@hi.hinet.hr>
wrote:

>Gary W. <jd123_marquez@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>hehehehehe
>
>Oooooooo! For this I want an expert opinion!
>
>I have a Loewe TV whose remote has crapped out. I am giving it a last
>chance by asking:
>
>The thing consists of a crystal and an IC. The crystal is of a very
>rare frequency that I simply can't get hold of locally.
>Question is, what does statistic say, is it the little IC or the
>crystal that go bad?
>I hate generic remotes and can't get an original either.

Most remotes run on a 455khz, some on 500khz. The crystals themselves
usually don't go bad, so much as the connections to them or broken
leads of the crystals. Check the solder around and at the IR LED.
Check solder of batter terminals where they attach to the PCB. Remove
the neoprene button sheet and make sure there is no fluid between the
button pad and the PCB (most common reason for remote failure -
spilled drinks on remote). After that check PCB close for cracks and
cut runs. Past that, it's the micro controller IC, which most you
can't get.

Now see, your not being ignored, you're being educated!

Uh, after I think about it... in school I always thought I was being
ignored :-0

Gary W.
--

Gary W. <jd123_marquez@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Most remotes run on a 455khz, some on 500khz. The crystals themselves
>usually don't go bad, so much as the connections to them or broken
>leads of the crystals. Check the solder around and at the IR LED.
>Check solder of batter terminals where they attach to the PCB. Remove
>the neoprene button sheet and make sure there is no fluid between the
>button pad and the PCB (most common reason for remote failure -
>spilled drinks on remote). After that check PCB close for cracks and
>cut runs. Past that, it's the micro controller IC, which most you
>can't get.

I'll get back to you on this. I can't find the sucker right now, but
I'm positive the freq. was much weirder than that.

How do you test a crystal anyway? Other than swapping of course.

--
Tihomir
*I don't smoke anymore*

"It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." - Moliere