Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site jhunix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!aplcen!jhunix!ins_akaa From: ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Kenneth Adam Arromdee) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group,net.flame Subject: Re: Fear and Loathing on the Clouds Message-ID: <1089@jhunix.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 11:10:46 EST Article-I.D.: jhunix.1089 Posted: Sat Nov 2 11:10:46 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Nov-85 01:48:20 EST References: <614@h-sc1.UUCP> <1817@hao.UUCP> <1078@trwrdc.UUCP> <642@hou2b.UUCP> Reply-To: ins_akaa@jhunix.ARPA (Kenneth Adam Arromdee) Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ. Computing Ctr. Lines: 29 Xref: watmath net.news:4246 net.news.group:4227 net.flame:12615 In article <642@hou2b.UUCP> halle@hou2b.UUCP (J.HALLE) writes: >Please do not kill net.politics, net.religion, net.philosophy, >net.abortion, or any other "soapbox" groups. They serve a very >important purpose: keeping the net clear of junk so that others >can read what they want without having to wade through the >(insert favorite expletive). Without these groups, net.flame, >net.misc, and others will be flooded even worse than they are >now. And don't say, "Use the n key." Often the titles are >misleading or incomplete. Besides, why waste the time reading >the header when it should be unnecessary. > >Instead of removing the groups, why not make it impossible to >cross-post from them. Thus something posted to net.politics, >net.flame, and net.misc, e.g., will only go to net.politics. I agree that the groups should stay, but why make it impossible to cross post? That would remove some traffic, but also remove some readers for articles that cover several categories. Anyway, it's not too hard to save a file, then post it separately several times to several newsgroups. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you know the alphabet up to 'k', you can teach it up to 'k'. Kenneth Arromdee BITNET: G46I4701 at JHUVM and INS_AKAA at JHUVMS CSNET: ins_akaa@jhunix.CSNET ARPA: ins_akaa%jhunix@hopkins.ARPA UUCP: ...{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!aplcen!jhunix!ins_akaa