Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site iddic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!iddic!galenr From: galenr@iddic.UUCP (Galen Redfield) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.misc Subject: Re: net.flame will no longer be distributed by many sites Message-ID: <2287@iddic.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 20:49:36 EST Article-I.D.: iddic.2287 Posted: Mon Nov 11 20:49:36 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:35:11 EST References: <738@seismo.CSS.GOV> Reply-To: galenr@iddic.UUCP (Galen Redfield) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.news.group:4472 net.misc:8873 Summary: Burn-out I hope this is not tattling, but we read today that Tektronix will no longer pass net.flame (not to our own machines, nor to others down the line, I believe). I suppose it was inevitable (nothing lasts forever). It is hard for me to believe that we actually *need* a newsgroup with worldwide coverage just for the purpose of letting off steam, but then again, there must be a bit of antidisestablishmentarianist in each of us (I've been waiting a long time to use that "word"). Many articles have been (and probably will continue to be) written for and against this type of action. Flames are safer when fragmented. It is said that a flame may be extinguished either by removing the heat, the fuel, or the oxygen. In this case, I believe it must be all three. Combustion is a source of pollution anyhow. Warm regards, Galen.