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   SRM to Steuard Jensen   
   Re: Saving Usenet communities (was: No n   
   11 Jun 09 22:40:52   
   
   XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: classic@teunc.org   
      
   "Steuard Jensen"  wrote in message   
   news:slrnh32va1.2nm.steuard@steuard.jsd...   
   > In message   
   > <>,   
   > Noel Q. von Schneiffel  wrote:   
   >> On 11 Jun., 20:25, Steuard Jensen  wrote:   
   >>> And that doesn't even address the issue of administering the thing:   
   >>> who would run the system, who would pay for it, how would we   
   >>> prepare for the inevitable changes in those answers... it's a mess.   
   >   
   >> I could organize a free subdomain on teunc.org, but I suppose that is   
   >> out of the question?   
   >> *smirk*   
   >   
   > Hey now, I apologized for complaining about TEUNC years ago. :)   
   > (Especially since a substantial fraction of my irritation at the time   
   > was due to a bizarre misconfiguration of my college's news server.)   
   >   
   > In any case, I think it's probably reasonable to keep all options   
   > open.  Though the newsgroups as a /subdomain/ of TEUNC would indeed   
   > feel a bit odd. :)  Still, I'm glad to know that you guys are still   
   > around, too.   
   > Steuard Jensen   
      
      
   LOLOL!  I just love the total elegance of this idea! It's like ... well,   
   let's not get carried away ... cosmic balance or something.   
      
   Anyway, I think Noel is really onto something. Or on something. Or   
   something.   
      
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