Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site down.FUN Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!allegra!princeton!down!honey From: honey@down.FUN (code 101) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: low information content on usenet Message-ID: <400@down.FUN> Date: Mon, 31-Dec-84 01:32:22 EST Article-I.D.: down.400 Posted: Mon Dec 31 01:32:22 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 07:38:14 EST Distribution: net Organization: EECS Dept., Princeton University Lines: 7 just for kicks, i took 100 articles out of unix-wizards (more or less at random), deleted the headers, trailers, bug killers, cutesy signatures, and unmodified quoted text. this took me from 141998 bytes to 64188 bytes, a 55% reduction. i'm sure there is a lesson here somewhere. peter