Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] use of a "bulletin board" system in lieu of a mailing-list discussion

2010-09-06 Thread Steve Conklin
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Douglas Geiger wrote: >  2.) I do see the value of some of the more recent Q&A type websites. > In particular I'll point to stackoverflow (and the related > stackexchange set of websites) as an excellent repository of knowledge > that excels at building a community.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] use of a "bulletin board" system in lieu of a mailing-list discussion

2010-09-03 Thread Douglas Geiger
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Matt Ettus wrote: > On 09/02/2010 10:47 AM, Dan Harasty wrote: >> >>  Hello, all. >> >> OK, I know I'm just the "new guy" here, and it may be poor form to >> suggest that a well established forum should change its ways >> >> But I find the email-based discussion

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] use of a "bulletin board" system in lieu of a mailing-list discussion

2010-09-02 Thread Matt Ettus
On 09/02/2010 10:47 AM, Dan Harasty wrote: Hello, all. OK, I know I'm just the "new guy" here, and it may be poor form to suggest that a well established forum should change its ways But I find the email-based discussion list VERY inefficient. A lot of people on here seem to use Nabble

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] use of a "bulletin board" system in lieu of a mailing-list discussion

2010-09-02 Thread Eric Blossom
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 01:47:34PM -0400, Dan Harasty wrote: > Hello, all. > > OK, I know I'm just the "new guy" here, and it may be poor form to > suggest that a well established forum should change its ways :-) > But I find the email-based discussion list VERY inefficient. > - any sense o

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] use of a "bulletin board" system in lieu of a mailing-list discussion

2010-09-02 Thread William Cox
Dan, Other than the difficulty of setting up and maintaining the site, I think it's a fabulous idea! Then again, I'm just as new as you are, but in general I think it would be *way* better. Especially for new folks jumping in and learning all the past body of knowledge. -William On Thu, Sep 2, 20

[Discuss-gnuradio] use of a "bulletin board" system in lieu of a mailing-list discussion

2010-09-02 Thread Dan Harasty
Hello, all. OK, I know I'm just the "new guy" here, and it may be poor form to suggest that a well established forum should change its ways But I find the email-based discussion list VERY inefficient. - any sense of "threading" of a conversation is lost (at least for me: I receive the "d