Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: Post ALL "sources wanted" requests to THIS newsgroup, Message-ID: <635@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 04:01:59 EST Article-I.D.: watcgl.635 Posted: Mon Dec 3 04:01:59 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 06:26:00 EST References: <2417@tekig.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 31 > because, as should be obvious to anyone with a FRAGMENT of intelligence > (this obviously excludes all you silly little traffic cops who keep > complaining monotonously) there are VERY FEW if ANY netizens who > read net.wanted.sources to see if there's anything they can give away!!! > (If your self-image of charitability has been damaged, you may now wail > indignantly.) Therefore, the probability of whoever has GOT a source > that you're looking for seeing your request on net.wanted.sources or > is *** VANISHINGLY *** small... since if they have the what you want, > they have to be a net reader (excludes everybody that does useful work) > and they have to read net.sources (excludes an additional segment) > and they have to be looking to give something away (excludes 99.44% > of humanity)... > > In FACT, you're damned lucky if somebody that's GOT a source that you > want, even reads THIS newsgroup, since most people that read THIS > newsgroup are (again!) reading it because they WANT something, not > because they have something to offer. > > I hope I get some good flames out of this. I'm really sleepy and bored. Well, a minor flame: There has been a quite a bit of good software posted to net.sources, much of it by people who do useful work. I believe in exchanging software whenever possible. I read both net.sources and net.wanted.sources. However, I'm more likely to pay attention to a request for sofware that is in net.wanted.sources. After all, if you're going to be arrogant enough to post requests to net.sources, obviously against the wishes of many netters, why should I bother trying to help you out? Dave Martindale