Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site luke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!hao!noao!amd!pesnta!hplabs!oliveb!bene!luke!sml 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 Article-I.D.: luke.246 Posted: Mon Jun 24 13:39:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:14:19 EDT References: <2939@drutx.UUCP> <1294@elecvax.OZ> <904@sdcsla.UUCP> Reply-To: sml@luke.UUCP (Steven List) Followup-To: net.flame Organization: Uncle Bene's Farm Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.news:3544 net.flame:10901 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.