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Re: why do we use a list and not a newsgroup??



Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Dave,

Perhaps you hit on the key here!  Here on the Tesla list, we all sort of
have names and people know who we are.  Thus, there is a certain amount of
trust built up.  So when advice is given, you sort of have a good feeling
about it being right (or wrong ;-)) and from a good source.  Anyone can
post to a newsgroup and you really have no idea who they are.  We are all
sort of "real people" here, but on a newsgroup, you have no idea who those
whackos are ;-))

Anyone who was ever on the old USA-Tesla list knows that moderation has
it's advantages even if I do get in hot water now and then ;-))  We do
occasionally get a "bad" person or a troll but we can stop that as needed
here.  That really does make a big difference.

alt.mad.science  is another group that comes to mind but all these news
groups are real quiet these days.  Clubs/Groups on Yahoo are sort of cool
but Yahoo is sort of a questionable medium IMHO (I am glad the Tesla
webring is no longer under Yahoo).  You never know what they are going to
do with your beloved club next since they are money driven instead of fun
driven...  I note that in all this "dot-dot-com" destruction as of late, us
"free" Internet folks seem to have hardly noticed other than the bandwidth
clearing up as all those dot-dot-com's die like flies...  Chip's computers and
my hot-streamer-dot-com or just as "profitable" now as ever.  Haven't lost a
cent and haven't made a cent :-))  Of course, we ain't go no popups and
banner adds here either :o)  We don't do this for money or anything stupid
like that.  You don't have to worry about not getting your money's worth
here and you don't have worry about getting ripped off.  The only people
who do this stuff are the truly dedicated who do it because they really
like it.  And that is the key.  Only "real coilers" are here.  There is no
reason for anyone to put up with all these e-mails about coiling unless
they really care about coiling.

I am on a Sun computer list too to learn about UNIX.  Like this group, even
if you have no idea what is going on, very quickly things just start to
sink in and you start to really understand things just by "osmosis".
Getting e-mails all the time on a subject you are interested in just gets
your attention and you can't help but learn.  Just a few tips here and
there can help you tremendously.  Whether it's finding a free NST or buying
1/2 gig of Sun memory for $50 as opposed to Sun's $400.  These groups of
knowledge are just indispensable.

Of course, asking a question like the recent sanding of secondaries
question gets a bunch of answers.  They are all great answers even if they
are all a little different :o))  In the end, you know you have gotten the
best advice out there...  If "we" don't know the answer to a Tesla coiling
question, there is no answer!

There are a few web based coiling lists around too but you have to go
"find" them to read the posts.  Incoming e-mails find you even when you
forget you are interested :-)  I was surprised at how poorly other mediums
worked a year or so back and I did not understand why.  Now I know *:o)

Cheer's

	Terry 


At 11:02 PM 11/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>News groups are wonderful things.
>
>I suspect, based on decadess of observation, that for relatively
>technical (and sometimes hazardous) things like 'coiling, a
>well run list is more beterrer than a NG.  
>
>(Hint:
> I consider this list notably well run...)
>
>There are at least two applicable NG, neither very active, should
>one desire to explore:
>
>   alt.fan.nikola-tesla
>
>   alt.energy.high=voltage
>
>best
> dwp
>