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From: sml@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.flame
Subject: Re: RE: Stolen Modem
Message-ID: <246@luke.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 13:39:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 13:39:00 1985
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In article <904@sdcsla.UUCP> west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) writes:
>In article <1294@elecvax.OZ> dave@elecvax.OZ writes:
>>Why is the report of a stolen modem going out all over the world?
>>Can't stuff like this be restricted to the place of origin or
>>something?
>
>I think there is a problem of naming.   What does "net.news" suggest
>to you?   Perhaps a name like "net.news.grungy-details" would better
>convey the topic of this newsgroup.
>-- 
>Larry West			Institute for Cognitive Science

Have you never heard of DIS-TRI-BU-TION?  Its intent is to limit the
geographical (rather than logical) distribution of articles.  Its use
is perfect for something like this.  Being a smartass doesn't help.