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Sep 27 2007, 12:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
Pushing out of Earth orbit now...........
-------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Oct 3 2007, 06:59 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It doesn't need a subforum until it starts doing science in a few years. It has ONE thread right now...maybe it'll get another - but a thread on it's own in a subforum would be a tumble-weed like situation. On that basis, the front page of the C & AM subforum would need to be split into 6 subforums which would be a pointless overcomplication.
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Oct 4 2007, 02:03 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 16-March 05 Member No.: 198 |
It doesn't need a subforum until it starts doing science in a few years. It has ONE thread right now...maybe it'll get another - but a thread on it's own in a subforum would be a tumble-weed like situation. I notice Phoenix isn't "doing science" thus far either yet it has a subforum all its very own. And then there's MSL, which last I checked hasn't even been built yet, much less launched. And of course there's New Horizons which will be spending much of the next decade in hiberation before it starts doing science at Pluto, and Messenger which is still heading Mercury-ward. True, both did do a teensie bit of science at Jupiter and Venus, respectively. On the other hand I do seem to recall them getting their own sub-forums (sub-fora?) even before they got that far. On the other hand I notice Kayuga hasn't got a subforum of its own yet either so I guess that puts Dawn in good company. ===== Stephen |
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Oct 4 2007, 10:54 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Oct 5 2007, 01:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 16-March 05 Member No.: 198 |
Yeah - that pretty much sums it up. Subforums get made when they're required - not becaue of some line in the sand or event that takes place. They're made because one topic dominates another forum. Glad to hear there's a defensible logic behind such things. As opposed to ad hoc rules of a more arbitrary kind. ===== Stephen |
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