Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!pedro From: PEDRO@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (Pedro Saizar (614-292-7881)) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Bandwidth Wasters Hall of Fame for news.groups Message-ID: <4598@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> Date: 22 Sep 89 18:25:03 GMT References: <13748@well.UUCP> <11961@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Distribution: na Lines: 26 In article <11961@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, rsk@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rich Kulawiec) writes: > ....and then lists Gene Spafford, Chuq Von Rospach, Brad Templeton, and Greg > Woods among the top five "guilty parties". > > Mr. Dolan, you're an idiot. Not only are these folks well-known for their > long history of contributions to Usenet, but it's absurd to blindly classify > their articles as "wasteful" or "offensive", tally up the bytes, and then > start pointing fingers. It's especially absurd in Gene's case, since the > articles you're counting from him are automated monthly postings -- which, > perhaps you should read thoroughly before *you* waste so much bandwidth > in the future. > -- > Rich Kulawiec, rsk@boulder.colorado.edu, boulder!rsk Rich, do you need an smiley face each time anyone is being ironic or saying something in a fun sort of way? I made the 10th place and I will keep working hard to make it better! (of course, quantity AND quality. That's our goal, isn't it?) Pedro Waster # 10 Columbus, OH ************************************************************************ VOTE FOR OR AGAINST SOC.CULTURE.LATIN-AMERICA, BUT VOTE ! ************************************************************************