Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucsfcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!arnold From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%UCB) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: "mod.fred + net.fred" Message-ID: <385@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Nov-84 20:52:11 EST Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.385 Posted: Sun Nov 11 20:52:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 01:12:50 EST References: <370@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <1786@nsc.UUCP> <1816@nsc.UUCP> <375@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <10737@gatech.UUCP> Reply-To: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: UCSF Computer Center Lines: 22 Summary: In article <10737@gatech.UUCP> spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) writes: > >One thing that can be done with moderated groups that cannot be done >with Ken Arnold's idea of pointer lists is provide a newsgroup which >can be broadcast over some public media. That is, the material has >been screened to allow it to be broadcast (like over a radio link, >for example). This is an important feature which may become more >apparent as time goes on. >-- >Off the Wall of Gene Spafford Well, yes and no. Two comments (1) It is not my idea. I support it, I argue for it, but I did not invent it. Unfortunately I lost my copy of the original article so I can not name the person who submitted it to the net. (2) If you have the ability to follow a selective list, you can as easily have distribution over the public media filtered through the same mechanism. Ken Arnold