Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site x.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!x!john From: john@x.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: net.news,net.followup Subject: Re: net overload-- comments and suggestions Message-ID: <415@x.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 11:58:26 EST Article-I.D.: x.415 Posted: Tue Mar 5 11:58:26 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 05:18:16 EST References: <2404@nsc.UUCP> <3429@alice.UUCP> Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.news:3234 net.followup:4604 Having accompanied!jj in the trek from a USENET you could draw on one type-written page to today, I generally agree with his conclusions. However, I think that it is not that "the current crop is the..." worst ever; I can recall a few cheeseheads from the early days (``Bimmler'' (which may or may not have been Bimmler) and erewhon!root (which lead to the first Repetitive-Signature-Messages!) come to mind). Unfortunately, the problem is this: when 5 out of 500 people are generating garbage, the amount of time reading garbage (and even responses to said garbage) is small. When 200 out of 20000 people are generating garbage [The conclusion is left as an exercise for the reader]. Perhaps USENET will collapse, not under the weight of the traffic, but under the sheer weight of contributors. Not afraid to let postnews sign my name, (now there's a Blast from the Past!) -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA Sorry, I don't feel deep right now.