Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!intercon!amanda@intercon.uu.net From: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: In Moderation Message-ID: <1153@intercon.UUCP> Date: 5 Jul 89 17:32:33 GMT References: <8853@chinet.chi.il.us> <8831@chinet.chi.il.us> <3300@epimass.EPI.COM> <197600001@inmet> <14403@bfmny0.UUCP> <3749@viscous.sco.COM> <24A91A67.28396@ateng.com> <3579@looking.on.ca> <1147@intercon.UUCP> Sender: news@intercon.UUCP Reply-To: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation Lines: 25 In article <8853@chinet.chi.il.us>, patrick@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick A. Townson) writes: > I assume your employer > has other things going on, and your use of occassional articles from the > Digest is incidental to whether you work there or not. Am I mistaken? > If the Digest, or all of Usenet shut down operations tomorrow, would there > still be a purpose in your employment? Grin. I certainly hope so... This was a hypothetical situation, I assure you :-). > Geoff is not attempting to start an electronic press clip service. If he > were, I would praise his efforts. He is attempting to start a Usenet > version of [Reader's Digest], where ideas and concepts which meet his > approval will receive circulation, and he will receive payment for same. Hmm. Here's where we disagree, I think. By the way, I'd like to commend you on elaborating your position more clearly than is usual on Usenet... I still disagree with you, but I think I see your position a lot better. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation