Re: Discussion: rmgroup comp.software.year-2000

From: Dr John Stockton (spam_at_merlyn.demon.co.uk)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:48:04 +0000

JRS: In article <c1pb1d$1ll67m$1@ID-119884.news.uni-berlin.de>, seen in
news:comp.software.year-2000, Crimefighter <crimefighter@deadspam.com>
posted at Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:05:17 :-
>"Jamie Andrews; real address @ bottom of message" <me@privacy.net> wrote in
>message news:c1lfc3$1k5bdq$1@ID-193590.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> This is a discussion concerning the removal (rmgrouping)
>> of the newsgroup "comp.software.year-2000". This is not a
>> formal call for votes, nor is it a threat of rmgrouping the
>> newsgroup without a vote.
>
>
>I'd say if you do a remove vote on the group, that any RELEVANT traffic
>about the Y2K program be redirected to comp.software.misc. I can't see
>anyone having to deal with the Y2K problem anymore.

News:comp.software.misc is not listed by my generally-reliable-in-such-
matters news provider, and I therefore doubt its legitimate existence.

If it has indeed been created by proper vote, could you please provide a
URL to that effect which I can draw Newsmaster's attention to? Or can
you suggest a real group - news:comp.misc is listed, but may be too
general.

On the continued relevance of the Y2K problem - as long as people write
dates with YY years in international media, there will be the problem of
field order identification - when will 04/06/08 occur?
  

-- 
© John Stockton, Surrey, UK.  ???@merlyn.demon.co.uk   Turnpike v4.00   MIME. ©
 Web  <URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> - w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms
 Dates - miscdate.htm  Year 2000 - date2000.htm  Critical Dates - critdate.htm
 Euro computing - eurocash.htm  UK Y2k mini-FAQ: y2k_mfaq.txt  Don't Mail News

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Discussion: rmgroup comp.software.year-2000
    ... nor is it a threat of rmgrouping the ... >> newsgroup without a vote. ... matters news provider, and I therefore doubt its legitimate existence. ... you suggest a real group - news:comp.misc is listed, ...
    (comp.programming)
  • Re: Discussion: rmgroup comp.software.year-2000
    ... "Jamie Andrews; real address @ bottom of message" wrote in ... nor is it a threat of rmgrouping the ... I'd say if you do a remove vote on the group, ...
    (comp.programming)
  • Re: Discussion: rmgroup comp.software.year-2000
    ... "Jamie Andrews; real address @ bottom of message" wrote in ... nor is it a threat of rmgrouping the ... I'd say if you do a remove vote on the group, ...
    (comp.lang.cobol)
  • Re: Discussion: rmgroup comp.software.year-2000
    ... "Dr John Stockton" wrote in message ... >>I'd say if you do a remove vote on the group, ... > matters news provider, and I therefore doubt its legitimate existence. ...
    (comp.programming)
  • Re: Discussion: rmgroup comp.software.year-2000
    ... "Dr John Stockton" wrote in message ... >>I'd say if you do a remove vote on the group, ... > matters news provider, and I therefore doubt its legitimate existence. ...
    (comp.lang.cobol)