Re: [opennic-discuss] new enthusiastic member!
"craig mcgee" <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 01:01:35 -0000
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would be great if my joining is the cause of a new topic! I might even get the honour of hosting it, I have a website my-question.co.uk its a very odd conscept, my site, but think how many visitors I might get if say domainname.tld.my-question.co.uk was linked up! all very exciting. just a thought i prob wont be that lucky ahah. soon off to bed its 1 in the morning here. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:58 AM Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] new enthusiastic member! > Hi Craig, > > I know what you mean by fast moving IRC, but our > channel tends to move as slow as emails. I think > you'll be fine there most times. Actually, there > is often a space of a few hours to a few days. > > Your idea is interesting. I think there was some > talk about it, but I don't think anybody actually > implemented it. Others could chime in on this, > and a new topic started if there is more discussion. > > ~ Ole > > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:45:24 -0000 > "craig mcgee" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> thank you for the welcome! >> >> Don't really use irc, as I find it pretty difficult to >> keep up if there's a lot of chat back and forth, with the >> screen reader, it's more a group chatting system isnt it >> rather than something like skype or facebook where you >> chat one on one in text? >> >> with emails I can more easily keep up, but if things are >> too quiet here for a while I might brave irc. >> >> thinking about a system for none opennic users to access >> opennic domains something like >> domainname.tld.opennic.org >> has this already been done or is there a reason why it >> hasnt? take care >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:39 AM >> Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] new enthusiastic member! >> >> >> > Welcome Craig. And no there are no restrictions on the >> > mailing list subjects, though it's mainly used for >> > discussion regarding new TLDs and servers etc. >> > >> > For more trivial and faster moving discussion we tend >> > to use IRC. We're on Freenode #opennic >> > >> > There is also a new OpenNIC channel on Discord, although >> > there is not much chat there. In fact the level of chat >> > on OpenNIC channels (including the mailing list) varies >> > very much. There might not be an email here for a month, >> > and then suddenly there's a whole flurry of emails about >> > something. These last few months, IRC has been a little >> > slow compared to past times, but you're welcome to go >> > there and liven things up a little. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Ole Juul (vvande on IRC) >> > >> > >> > On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:36:54 -0000 >> > "craig mcgee" <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Hello all, my names Craig, and I looked over the >> >> policies, but couldn't find anything forbidding this >> >> kind of message, so I hope I'm not about to get in >> >> trouble for violating a policy I haven't seen yet! >> >> >> >> I'm totally blind and very deaf myself, so don't go out >> >> on my own, only go out with my support worker, who's >> >> like a second mum to me. Recently heard about the >> >> OpenNic project, about 2 or 3 weeks ago and finally >> >> switched over to an opennic dns server! its like >> >> opening a whole new internet, just knowing all the >> >> tld's that I can now access is amazing! >> >> >> >> I'm very into decentralized stuff and crypto currency, >> >> but have to be careful as far as earning money is >> >> concerned, the benefits people [department for work and >> >> pentions] basically social welfare, can get very nasty >> >> about earning when your on benefit, and don't even get >> >> me started on the tax forms urgh! so if I have to stop >> >> with investing a little in crypto currencies, to see >> >> if they grow, because the government don't like it, I >> >> was thinking, what am I going to do now, stuck in most >> >> of the time! But, Opennic has come to the rescue. I >> >> don't know what stuff I can do on a voluntary basis, >> >> I'm pretty technical, but no good at all with >> >> programming, but have a super fast internet >> >> connection, virgin media 350mbps, so well able to >> >> handle a dns resolver if someone would help me set it >> >> up? Also going to be very interested in things like >> >> votes and discussions, sounds wright up my street, >> >> looking at pros and cons for an idea and deciding if I >> >> like it or not, also happy to become a moderator, if >> >> the lists have moderation? >> >> >> >> Hoping also to make a lot of new friends in this >> >> comunity! >> >> >> >> take care all >> >> Craig >> > >> > >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > >> > >> > -------- >> > You are a member of the OpenNIC Discuss list. >> > You may unsubscribe by emailing >> > [email protected] >> > >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------- > You are a member of the OpenNIC Discuss list. > You may unsubscribe by emailing > [email protected] > -------- You are a member of the OpenNIC Discuss list. You may unsubscribe by emailing [email protected]