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| | Q0: | I am new to the 'Net. What should I know about being online? |
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| Welcome to news.newusers.questions |
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| ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/doc-net/usenews.zip |
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| A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community |
| ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/usenet/primer/part1 |
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| Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet |
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| Rules for posting to Usenet |
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| Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette |
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| Hints on writing style for Usenet |
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| What is Usenet? |
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| There are a couple of common mistakes people make, posting ads, posting |
| large binaries (images or programs), and posting off-topic. |
| Do Not Post Images to sci.fractals. If you follow this rule people will be |
| your friend. There is a special place for you to post your images, |
| alt.binaries.pictures.fractals. The other group (alt.fractals.pictures) is |
| considered obsolete and may not be carried to as many people as |
| alt.binaries.pictures.fractals. In fact there is CancelBot which will delete |
| any posts it finds in sci.fractals (and most other non-binaries newsgroup) so |
| nearly no one will see it. |
| Post only about fractals, this includes fractal mathematics, software to |
| generate fractals, where to get fractal posters and T-shirts, and fractals as |
| art. Do not bother posting about news events not directly related to fractals, |
| or about which OS / hardware / language is better. These lead to flame wars. |
| Do not post advertisements. I should not have to mention this, but people |
| do stupid things. If you have some fractal software (or posters) available is |
| shareware or shrink-wrap commerical, post your brief announcement once. After |
| than, you should limit yourself to notices of upgrades and responding via |
| e-mail to people looking for fractal software. |
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