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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
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Subject: Re: Removing net.flame locally, the easy way
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Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 02:34:21 EDT
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> Another method is to simply expire net.flame after 1 day.
> 
> 					Tony Hansen
> 					[ihnp4!]pegasus!hansen

  The trouble with that idea is it's too good. It's too easy, and it
makes sense. It conserves disk space, while still giving the "hard-cores"
on your own site the chance to catch the flames if they really want to.
And no one can flame about it! :-) As Steve Martin used to say, NAAAAAH!

--Greg
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