On 07/11/2014 10:58, Lostgallifreyan wrote:

snipped for brevity

It looks like the net's good times are over, it's likely to get harder after
being easy for about ten years. I'm not going to try to speculate about why,
but I know that if Usenet is no longer possible without a lot of additional
expense equivalent to a new utility service, then I'm out.


There are good, including moderated, Yahoo Groups where you can find
useful technical discussions- free of the nonsense we suffer on Usenet.
The trolls and stirrers like Evans aren't tolerated their and are either
excluded or their posts are rejected if they are offensive.

You can find specialist groups and general ones, between them you should
find your needs can be met.

73
Brian