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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
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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
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