Xref: utzoo news.admin:3255 news.config:862 Path: utzoo!linus!husc6!bbn!mit-eddie!killer!csccat!loci From: loci@csccat.UUCP (Chuck Brunow) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.config Subject: Re: Map updates in news.config Message-ID: <2027@csccat.UUCP> Date: 13 Aug 88 04:42:44 GMT References: <670@ontenv.UUCP> <5359@rpp386.UUCP> Organization: Loci Products Lines: 50 In article <5359@rpp386.UUCP> jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes: >In article <670@ontenv.UUCP> soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) writes: >>Can something be done about the practice some sites have of posting >>their map entry to news.config every time they add or drop local >>connections (I don't know what it is about Texans). Sometimes multiple >>times in a week! > >well, like i said, for some of us this is a world wide sort of >problem. uustat -montenv tells me even you have the potential to >be a bad boy, norman. > >% uustat -montenv >ontenv 07/19-09:51 conversation succeeded > >looks like it's been about three weeks since you paid a visit, so >maybe next time i'll put !can on the distribution line ;-) Is this some "hidden cost" of using a purported "public access" system? Call this bbs and not only can you scan the index but you can get insulted as well. Nice touch. >leave us poor texans alone. you wouldn't want us to grab some >tennessee volunteers and do to canada what we once did to mexico ... And threats! This is funny coming from a guy who claims to be part Canadian and just arrived in Texas a few months ago. I'll bet Tennessee doesn't want to claim him either. Maybe back to New Jersey? >-- What I'm really wondering is what is the relevance of this kind of geographic squabbleing? Can't this kind of humor be better served by e-mail? The original question considered the value of frequent map postings, sometimes several in a week. It brings out the question of usage: do most people use posted updates or do most people rely on the posted maps? My guess is that updates are not of critical importance and serve little useful purpose. It is time-consuming enough to maintain posted maps without adding hand-patched additions and the interested audience can better be served by e-mail. Have I missed something here? Is there a good use for mass distribution of minor updates? Do lots of people use these things? Or are they just disorganized static? -- CLBrunow - ka5sof clb@loci.uucp, loci@csccat.uucp, loci@killer.dallas.tx.us Loci Products, POB 833846-131, Richardson, Texas 75083