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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
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References: <370@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <1786@nsc.UUCP> <1816@nsc.UUCP> <375@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <10737@gatech.UUCP>
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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