John Crow wrote:I am constantly amazed at the construction knowledge and EVERYTHING else that one can get on the Web.
back in the mid-70s when the "internet" was initially invented as
a "DARPA" (Defense Adv Research Projects Admin ?) project among
a few universities... the first "function" that was implemented between
computers across the "net" was a File-Transfer (the 'ftp' command
you sometimes see, and I still use)...
The desire to communicate with people lead to a "file transfer" of a
message file to another user on another computer... eMail.
Then the ability to remotely enter commands on the distant computer...
(the 'telnet' command)... by now these pre-Geeks were needing to
help each other out with the functionality of various features and they
combined the underlying features to make a thing they called 'News'
which was a posting-ability of some message for all to read and respond.
It evolved into "News Groups" and the early categories were all network,
computer and programming oriented... but the late-night geeks had to
add some hobby/personal interest groups...
I was not "on the net" in those early days... but among the early
"news groups" was "Rec.guns" being a discussion "forum" about
guns in the "recreational" category... the features evolved and
when the "PC" began to have enough compute-power and the
networks could handle the increased transfer-sizes... (circa mid-90s )
the "graphical web" took off faster than a V-2 !! and about the same
level of relative sophistication... the various special-interest "forums"
like this are much more popular and helpful... but the evolution of the
NewsGroups still exists with the same underlying post/response with
a web-graphic interface, like:
http://Groups.Google.com/
or a more direct access/interface, like:
http://www.RecGuns.com/
Just remember, each comment is a posting by an individual who may
be knowledgeable and well-meaning... or trying to "sell" or deceive...
Being in the 'construction business', I didn't want you to be too naive
welcome to the forum... have fun with the MK3 !!
report back as to how you shoot and what ammo does well for you...
[edit: to correct a smelling error]