Conference 7.286::sports_90

Let it die.... to be reborn as a number of separate conferences on the 
individual sports.

When I get back from vacation, I will look into hosting a college
hoop conference on my workstation.

    There is a NFL confrence out there thats pretty good and as previously
    stated the boston celtics notes file has entrys for all the teams....
    is there a notes file out there called NBA ???
    

    Oh, I can see it now.  SPORTS dies so we all meet in another conference
    all of a sudden.  Imagine the current members of those conferences when
    this fraternity (no offense to Karen et.al.) of ours comes barging in.
    That would be like the homeless shelter closing so all the bums head
    over to the Ritz Carlton. :-)
    
    	--dan'l
    

    
       re: .1
    
      -< I've got 2 floppies I'm not using right now... >-
    
    	How can you talk about your personal problems at a time like this??
    
    	
    	PJ

Well, I had an idea last night.

If what Doug Ross says is true (and gee, I sincerely will miss ya
Doug. If you ever up this way you'd better stop in for a home brew
so we can finally meet), then there won't be a need for SPORTS
as we know it.

Now, I don't think I can get permission to host SPORTS on CAM, but
I do think I might be able to start a SPORTS TAVERN notes file.
I'm sure it'd attract just the junk noters....;^)

Let me see what I can do.

Mac, I know there's a RUGBY LEAGUE (yuk!) notesfile.  Do you think
there'd be enough interest out and around to start a rugby notes
file?

Enquiring minds might be schlepped for the lasted time,
'Saw

	I also do not think that descending on these other conferences in
hordes is the answer. The AMERICAN_FOOTBALL conference is pretty tame,
pretty tightly moderated, and resides in Sweden. I don't think that
conference would tolerate what goes on in here, and rightfully so. It has set
it's own tone and style, and changing it would be most unfortunate and unfair.
	The BASEBALL conference was created to get discuss baseball, and get
away from the bashing that goes on in here. It has succeeded in that, and I 
don't think an influx of that type of noting would, or should, be tolerated.
	There is a CELTICS conference but no NBA or COLLEGE HOOP conferences.
Doug's idea for a College BB note is a good one. Can the rest of the NBA fit 
into the CELTICS conference? Maybe, but it would be tough. Alot of the
active members in that conference are not heard from in here at all.
	Same goes for Hockey and Bruins.

	I'm afraid we've all combined to create our own strange beast here, 
and it's not the kind of beast that people want in their "zoo". I hope we
do find a home, but I can see the difficulties inherent in doing so.

	Jim M

   �Who is he going to throw to?

There. There down the sidelines, #80 is wide open....  the name on
the back of the jersey?  Chainsaw!


Okay, don't start breathing too hard yet, but here's the story.

I spoke with our system manager today.  He has no problem with moving
sports to CAM.  There is enough space.  However, we are kind of a
backwater off of the main line of the e-net, so there might be some
sluggish response possibly.

Anyway, he's going to look into it further.  Now, if I can just get
a manager to approve, we can move SPORTS to CAM!!!!

Keep your fingers crossed...
'Saw

    I can put SPORTS on node QUOKKA (a VAXstation II/GPX in Colorado
    Springs) but I can't guarantee how long QUOKKA will remain on the net. 
    It will be around for at least several months and possibly for quite a
    bit longer.  It is my old workstation (my new one is a DECstation 3100
    running Ultrix, so it can't host a notes conference) and is not used
    for much other than hosting another conference (OZ).  I've got plenty
    of disk space to accommodate the conference.
    
    If nothing better shows up, I'll take it, at least for now.
    
    Sid

    ...Chainsaw looks over his shoulder, the ball is in the air, he turns...
    he sees the free safety out of the corner of his eye....the ball, the
    defender, the ball, the defender....Chainsaw knows that if he can catch
    this, he's going to get hit by a steamroller  (visions of Mark Bavaro a
    few weeks back on MNF)....shivers go down Chainsaw's spine....but the fate
    of SportsNoters everywhere depend on him....this is what separates the
    men from the mice...this is where we find out if the Chainsaw really
    has filberts or fluff...
    
    
    Merry Christmas, 'saw!!
    
    (Just thought I'd add a little pressure!!  Good Luck!!)
    
    PJ

    Alright, Sid and Saw.  Two noters to the rescue!!!
    
    Lee

    
    I don't think we should have SPORTS on CAM::.  How could Doug and MAc
    get urinated at 'saw if it was on his node?
    
    Bruce

�    
�    I don't think we should have SPORTS on CAM::.  How could Doug and MAc
�    get urinated at 'saw if it was on his node?
�    

Well, Mac doesn't get peeved at me any more now that I started playing
rugby. 8^)

As for Doug, well, I'd just do a few note totes on him ;^)

Seriously, it'd be no problem...  In fact, the only problem is that
I don't think there will be manager in here till Friday!  (And I'm 
out nexted week).  If my manager says ok, we can maybe make the
move Friday.... we'll have to see....

later,
'Saw

�Mac, I know there's a RUGBY LEAGUE (yuk!) notesfile.  Do you think
�there'd be enough interest out and around to start a rugby notes
�file?
    
    The file is dedicated to Rugby, both league and union.  I believe it's
    on BLKPUD::RUGBY.  

    BLKPUD::?  I ain't touchin' that one!  :-)
    
    Hawk

The ball is arcing downwards, Chainsaw is deep in the corner of the
endzone....

He leaps high over the [insert name of NFL team you hate] cornerback,
and, 

and
and

HE MAKES THE CATCH!!!! 

CHAINSAW MAKES THE TD CATCH.....

SPORTS IS ON CAM, SPORTS IS ON CAM, SPORTS IS ON CAM!!!!!!

Oh, this is unbelievable fans, what a brilliant catch!



okay, here's the story.  My manager okayed transfering SPORTS to CAM.

However, our system manager is out today, and I don't want to make the
transfer by myself.  (lack of privs for one thing).  Anyway, I'll
be back in on Jan 2.

Jeff, if it's okay to leave the file physically on OURGNG until then,
we can move it.  Otherwise, I suppose I could come in one day next
week (when the system manager is here) and deal with it...


Congrats folks, SPORTS lives...

'Saw

    
    What time are you leaving the office today, 'Saw?  I wanna type in a
    'CONGRATS' after you're gone.
    
    Dickstah
    

>    What time are you leaving the office today, 'Saw?  I wanna type in a
>    'CONGRATS' after you're gone.
>    
>    Dickstah


Not sure Dickstah!

If you type it in and I read it, I'll just pretend I didn't, even though
I will have and known that you wrote it....


Oh yeah, btw, my manager says all the sports noters owe her one...8^)

'Saw    

    Great news!
    
    Chainsaw, instead of moving this version of SPORTS, why not archive it
    and start a new version.  I mean, new era and all.........
    
    Actually, wouldn't a new version save lots of disk space too, or does
    my non-technoweenie fuzzied brain know not of what it's thinking?
    
    Hawk

    I think Haw's suggestion should be taken and run with.  Jeff was going
    to do that anyway if the conference stayed on OURGNG.  Mike Corbett
    used to archive and restart Sports after the Super Bowl.

I was about to suggest the same thing.  And if privs are a problem, you can
start the new one in your own directory and have your system mangler move it to
NOTES$LIBRARY when he gets back.  I'm sure we can all MODIFY/ENTRY later.  And
this way, people can migrate to the new one while discussions in the old one
run down.

As always, just axe if you need any assistance.

j.

    re .21
    
    As the official king of the non-technoweenies, I am sad to announce a
    departure from our ranks.  The Hawkster made some sort of suggestion
    having to do with _archiving_ and _conserving resources_ that actually
    made sense to the preemminent technoweenie, Jeff Needle.  To compound
    matters, the 'saw (a technoweenie of some repute) hadn't even thought
    of Hawk's idea. 
    
    Hawkster, it's time to turn in your Dockers for a plastic pocket
    protector.
    
    

    Holy Cow! [said in Phil Rizzuto voice]
    
    You mean, what I said made sense, and real technoweenie's even agree
    with me?
    
    This is scarey.........  :-)
    
    Hawk

    'Saw -
    
    Many, many thanks.  Even if I gotta wait a coupla days while the
    old and new get worked out, just knowing we'll be back is great.
    
    What sort of a gift do we our your manager?  (Or should this be
    the first note in the new file?)
    
    A&W

    
    To Hacksaw's system manager:  CONGRATS!
    

    Hawk, just because I agreed with you, don't lump *me* in with the
    technoweenies!

I think we should all send 'saw's manager a congratulatory mail message.  At
least then she'd have some idea of the scope of thing she just bought into ;-).

j.

 Hold it folks there's an instant replay on that catch...



 IT"S GOOD way to go Saw...

 brand new file I say...

 mike

    If we want to give her an "idea of the scope of thing she just bought
    into," we should give her a complimentary ticket to an upcoming
    Sox/Tiger Mania complete with the pre-game festivities at the Rat!
    
    If that doesn't show her..........!  :-)
    
    Hawk

    
    Or we could all send her toothbrushes as a Xmas present.
    
     

    
    If we delete note 110 we can transfer this file and have enough space
    left to last another six months.
    
    Dickstah
    

    Thanks, Saw, and pass on my thanks to your manager.  We certainly DO
    owe her one.
    
    Lee

Okay, here's the scoop:

	I'll start a new SPORTS conference on CAM::

	But, the catch is, I'd like to hold off access until
	Jan 2.  See, that way, the system manager will be around
	should anything go south.

	I've got enough privs to get at NOTES$LIBRARY, so I can
	do that, set up the moderators, and I'll even try to
	start the stock topics (Rugby, NFL, NBA, NHL, AL, NL etc etc)

	
Hawk, welcome to technoweenie-dom.  We have to have an initiation now,
so at the Nexted Get-Together (Patriots day?) you'll be formally
inducted.  Till then, get down you 'weenie!

'Saw

    
    Way to go 'Saw...
    
    If DEC would just start porting some decent software (notes,,,) over to
    UN*X I bet we could have somebody host it on their decstation 4000 with
    out it even burping...instead of begging for somebody to host it every
    few years....
    
    
    Down with VMS,
    
    
       Metz