Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!! Frustration -- mostly OT

Apr 20, 2007 33 Replies

Sigh. Probably not. He has one almost finished, but has a problem with finishing. He's decided he needs an apprentice. someone to help finish up the last stuff. It is basically done, just needs some joining up bits and polishing. He has been looking at a way to put what he has on line for those that are really interested.

Of course, when his publisher, Jim Baen, died this past year that also put quit to a lot of the hope of more, unfortunately. Rick has had some problems with the fiction writing since his heart surgery. That is when he was in the middle of this last Wiz book. Part of the very real craziness that goes along with a creative mind.

Pati, > You're welcome. Speaking of your DH, any more Wiz books forthcoming?

We subscribe to Forte for news groups--$10 and lots more groups listed than there were with AT&T. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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That's a better price than I get with news.individual.net by a couple bucks. Do they ever have any down time? I've been really pleased with n.i.n. that it seems to always be working.

Yes. Reading Usenet groups through Google is like trying to empty a swimming pool one teaspoon full at a time.

Download a free news reader if your computer doesn't have one on it already. (I use Agent because I hate the Windows reader.) Check to see if your Internet provider provides Usenet groups, and if so does it provide all the ones you want. If it does set up your reader to download from your IP Usenet server. If not, then subscribe to a server like Forte and download messages from there. You will be amazed how much easier and faster you will be able to read news groups.

Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Forte offers binaries. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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LOL! Debra, that's a good one!

I have a free newsreader -- it's MT-NewsWatcher, and I've been using it for a very long time. :)

And therein lies the problem. My ISP is changing and eliminating newsgroups.

Nope. I won't be amazed, since that's how I've been doing it already. But I don't understand this Forte thing. I googled it, and it's a newsreader for Windows. I don't see anything that says it's a server or that it's Mac-friendly (I use a Mac, not Windows). Can you be a bit more specific, please? Thanks! :)

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- according to this site, they have a news server.

Thanks, Donna. :) I've written to them to ask if they're "Mac friendly". ;)

I believe Forte is a news reader. Not a news provider.

Ms P

So Forte is a news provider too? Where do you subscribe? Are they as reliable as individual.net?

Ms P

Now it is both, though of course you can have just one or just the other. If we ever get our stuff completely straightened out with windstream, we will probably be subscribing to the Forte news provider. I'll likely upgrade to agent from free agent at the same time.

NightMist

That was $10 per month. I haven't seen any down time other than when my Internet server (Embark) crashes.

If you want to see every group under the sun you can go to a web based server called easynews. One of my friend's has it and loves it. You don't download headers/subject lines, you choose what to download while online, and the download the whole message at once. Cost $12/month. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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forteinc.com

Debra in VA See my quilts at

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I like my $12 per year from news.individual.net better than $12 per month! Think I'll stick with what I have.

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