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From: deg@mtgzz.UUCP (d.e.gillespie)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: LATE POSTINGS!
Message-ID: <925@mtgzz.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 02:00:23 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 20 02:00:23 1985
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Newsgroups: net.astro
To: bill@utastro.UUCP
Subject: Re: LATE POSTINGS!
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> > 
> > 
> >          I always enjoy reading the postings on net.astro and 
> >          net.astro.expert, but why are all the articles about
> >          stardates that are usually ten days old.  I read the 
> >          net everyday, and there are postings for dates three
> >          or four days old. Why not come up to date people????
> 
> The Stardate postings are posted on the same day that they are
> broadcast on the radio.  They are posted to USENET as a service
> to its readers.  It would be unfair to the broadcasters
> (who pay for Stardate) if it were to be posted earlier.
> Unfortunately, there is an unavoidable propagation delay in the
> net, and the farther you are from utastro, the later you will
> read Stardate.


The delay you mention is unpleasant, but how can you complain about
*free* information?  The folks at UTA are doing a superb job!

		Don Gillespie
		AT&T-IS Labs (Holmdel)
		[inhp4]!mtgzz!deg