Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!killer!jfh From: jfh@killer.UUCP Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Novel new idea to stop followups Message-ID: <2258@killer.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:22:14 EST Article-I.D.: killer.2258 Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:22:14 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 22:46:18 EST References: <1173@looking.UUCP> Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers Lines: 21 Xref: utgpu news.admin:1293 news.software.b:934 Summary: Things be bad in net land ... In article <1173@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes: > I just had an interesting thought for future versions of news. [ idea deleted ... ] > You make call this drastic, but people are leaving the net in great numbers > these days. Almost as fast as people are joining. > > Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473 I like the idea of lowering net traffic. As one of the Bigger Unix.Gods wrote to me recently, (paraphrasing) "I don't read netnews because the signal to noise ratio is too high". What an incredible loss this is to those of us who need the feedback these guys have to offer. - John. -- John F. Haugh II SNAIL: HECI Exploration Co. Inc. UUCP: ...!ihnp4!killer!jfh 11910 Greenville Ave, Suite 600 ...!ihnp4!killer!rpp386!jfh Dallas, TX. 75243 "Don't Have an Oil Well? Then Buy One!" (214) 231-0993