Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!cbosgd!cblpf!ege From: ege@cblpf.ATT.COM (Ernie Englehart) Newsgroups: news.misc,news.groups Subject: rec.gambling is a big loser Message-ID: <577@cblpf.ATT.COM> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 15:23:46 EDT Article-I.D.: cblpf.577 Posted: Tue Jul 7 15:23:46 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 01:12:50 EDT Organization: AT&T Network Systems, Columbus Ohio Lines: 28 Xref: mnetor news.misc:720 news.groups:1198 Well, it looks like rec.gambling is a big loser. I got about three yes votes and about ten no votes. I found extremely interesting the discussions that have followed regarding the "right" or "privledge" or "ability" of people to post articles to certain groups, or to create new groups. If an individual can control which newsgroups he wants to read, via the .newsrc file, then why can't a machine have a similar file? The machine ought to be able to toss out those articles that he does not want, or to specify a list of newsgroups to be accepted, and reject all others. This ought to solve people's objections to new groups due to the volume of articles that could be posted. Creating a mail.gambling group is a great idea, but I don't have the time or resources to manage something like that effectively. On another note, I must regretfully unsubscribe to soc.singles because there is just too much junk to read. I am a single guy who doesn't want to stay single for the rest of my life. I was hoping that I could get some fresh ideas from soc.singles. Oh, well, I'll survive without it. -- ********************************************************************* ** Ernie Englehart, AT&T Network Systems ** "Good things come ** ** (ihnp4,cbosgd)!cblpf!ege ** in small packages" ** *********************************************************************