Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!rex!ukma!rayssd!mirror!necntc!ima!haddock!suitti From: suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti) Newsgroups: alt.sources Subject: Re: Bandwidth Wasters Hall of Fame - The Code Keywords: flame Message-ID: <14777@haddock.ima.isc.com> Date: 29 Sep 89 00:05:00 GMT References: <1618@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US> <9797@cbnews.ATT.COM> Reply-To: suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Stephen Uitti) Distribution: alt Organization: Interactive Systems, Cambridge, MA 02138-5302 Lines: 15 >}> I couldn't get the csh script to work on our system for >}> /usr/spool/news/comp/sys/mac - the program said the argument was too long - >}> any suggestions/help from anyone? One suggestion is "don't bother". comp.sys.mac is a high volume news group, but most of the articles have something to do with reality, with few flame wars. Even when Canvas is compared to Superpaint, a description of both products emerges. The bug lists for uSoft Word 4.0 were long, but helpful. This stupid script has been the cause of the most useless flame wars in comp.arch and other groups. I didn't save the program. I suggest that people actually delete their copies. The high bandwidth waster was the posting of the script. With that action, hundreds or thousands of people could mindlessly post long articles. We don't need more mindless posts. Stephen.