A little off topic but I know many sysops here are connected
to Gert's networks too. I've not been able to connect for a
day or so and not got a response to my email. Does anyone
have any insight into what's going on with him or his
systems?

Thanks,
Nigel
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On Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:28:07 -0700, Nigel Reed wrote:

A little off topic but I know many sysops here are connected to Gert's networks too. I've not been able to connect for a day or so and not got
a response to my email. Does anyone have any insight into what's going
on with him or his systems?

I was connected to a couple of Gert's nets at one time but they seem to
be quiet and contacting Gert works sometime and not others.

It didn't seem worth it to me since the nets seemed to be so quiet so I
just let them go. I think in those nets if you hang around you need a lot
of patience.. :)


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Al wrote:

It didn't seem worth it to me since the nets seemed to be so quiet so I
just let them go. I think in those nets if you hang around you need a lot
of patience.. :)

That is very true.

Anyway, I finally heard back from Gert. Some sort of linux issue...
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*** Quoting Al from a message to Nigel Reed ***

I was connected to a couple of Gert's nets at one time but they seem
to be quiet and contacting Gert works sometime and not others.

I think I applied to one or two when I first re-entered the scene, but never heard back.

Jay

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Warpslide wrote to Al:

I was connected to a couple of Gert's nets at one time but they seem
to be quiet and contacting Gert works sometime and not others.

I think I applied to one or two when I first re-entered the scene, but never heard back.

Yep, that is a problem. Even if you did hear back it could still be a
problem. ;)

Gert is running quite a few nets that he has taken over from others and I'm
not sure how well all that works. It would probably be better if Gert just
ran his own net properly instead of trying to maintain all those old nets
that were let go by the folks who started them.

It's a worthy endeavor but it must be hard to make sure all those zones, regions and nets are all doing the right thing single handed.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Re: Re: Gert's systems?
By: Warpslide to Al on Thu Jul 02 2020 04:13 pm

I think I applied to one or two when I first re-entered the scene, but never heard back.

Like Al, I used to be on a few of the nets hosted by Gert - linuxnet, sysoptechnet IIRC - but there was zero posts there for the time I was on (10-12
months or so).

So Ive abandoned them as well.. (I think there are more than enough nets in existance now, and I think many of use are in many of them... !)

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Al wrote to Warpslide <=-

It's a worthy endeavor but it must be hard to make sure all those
zones, regions and nets are all doing the right thing single handed.

Maybe he should just merge them all into one network?


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Blue White wrote to Al:

It's a worthy endeavor but it must be hard to make sure all those zones, regions and nets are all doing the right thing single handed.

Maybe he should just merge them all into one network?

It would be easier for him to do that. I don't know the numbers he is
working with but that might be a good workable solution.

He may not want to do that and I can understand that too. Some of those nets thrived at one time, PascalNet and SysopsTechnet at least so he may be trying/hoping to keep it all together. I don't know how successful he can be but maybe it is worth a try.

JustaNet comes to mind also. I was their in the heydays. That was a great
net back then. I don't know what is happening there today.

Here in fsxNet we seem to have the best of all worlds.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Al wrote:

Gert is running quite a few nets that he has taken over from others and I'm not sure how well all that works. It would probably be better if Gert just ran his own net properly instead of trying to maintain all those old nets that were let go by the folks who started them.

It's a worthy endeavor but it must be hard to make sure all those zones, regions and nets are all doing the right thing single handed.

I'm probably a member of all of them. I think the main problem is that there are too few users to go around. They see nothing posted so don't leave any messages and it's a vicious circle of decay. Personally, I would love to see him throw them all out and merge the popular groups into one network. People would see activity and partake, at least that'd be the hope.
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Hello Nigel!

** On Friday 03.07.20 - 20:09, Nigel Reed wrote to Al:

Gert is running quite a few nets that he has taken over from others and

I'm probably a member of all of them. I think the main problem is..

HEY Nigel.. while I have your attenttion, I just wanted to point out that
a few of the FamilyNet areas that I get from you don't look right.

/COFFEE, /HACKERS, and /HELPDESK have the same message posted in there
over and over.


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Nigel Reed wrote to Al:

I'm probably a member of all of them. I think the main problem is that there are too few users to go around. They see nothing posted so don't leave any messages and it's a vicious circle of decay.

That's the problem.

Personally, I would love to see him throw them all out and merge the popular groups into one network. People would see activity and partake,
at least that'd be the hope.

I wonder how Gert would feel about that? You should ask him if he has
thought of doing that. It would save him (and us) all those nodelists, dailylists, nodediffs and pointlists.. ;)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Gert is running quite a few nets that he has taken over from others and I'm not sure how well all that works. It would probably be better if
Gert just ran his own net properly instead of trying to maintain all
those old nets that were let go by the folks who started them.

Oh I agree Al

Running four or five zones and then keeping up with adding nodes and drop
soon dead nodes. In just one network is enough then thinking 4 or more nets?

I wouldn't be able to sleep at night!!!

-Havok

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Ogg wrote:

Hello Nigel!

** On Friday 03.07.20 - 20:09, Nigel Reed wrote to Al:

Gert is running quite a few nets that he has taken over from others and

I'm probably a member of all of them. I think the main problem is..

HEY Nigel.. while I have your attenttion, I just wanted to point out that a few of the FamilyNet areas that I get from you don't look right.

/COFFEE, /HACKERS, and /HELPDESK have the same message posted in there
over and over.

Send me a netmail and I'll into it. I won't remember to come back and look here.
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Al wrote:

Personally, I would love to see him throw them all out and merge the popular groups into one network. People would see activity and partake, at least that'd be the hope.

I wonder how Gert would feel about that? You should ask him if he has
thought of doing that. It would save him (and us) all those nodelists, dailylists, nodediffs and pointlists.. ;)

You know how that conversation would go, don't you?
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Al wrote:

Warpslide wrote to Al:

I was connected to a couple of Gert's nets at one time but they seem to be quiet and contacting Gert works sometime and not others.

I think I applied to one or two when I first re-entered the scene, but never heard back.

Yep, that is a problem. Even if you did hear back it could still be a problem. ;)

Not everyone speaks English as a first language and his English is infinitely better than my Danish.
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Nigel Reed wrote to Al:

popular groups into one network. People would see activity and partake, at least that'd be the hope.

I wonder how Gert would feel about that? You should ask him if he has thought of doing that. It would save him (and us) all those nodelists, dailylists, nodediffs and pointlists.. ;)

You know how that conversation would go, don't you?

I haven't spoken with Gert in a very long time and I don't know how that conversation would go. There's only one way to find out.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Nigel Reed wrote to Al:

Yep, that is a problem. Even if you did hear back it could still be a problem. ;)

Not everyone speaks English as a first language and his English is infinitely better than my Danish.

Likewise. I never got to know Gert well but I found him to be a likeable
sort.

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On |1504 Jul 2020|08, |15Havok |08said the following...

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Gert is running quite a few nets that he has taken over from others a I'm not sure how well all that works. It would probably be better if Gert just ran his own net properly instead of trying to maintain all those old nets that were let go by the folks who started them.

What exactly IS his own net? (im not sure) ;)

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