Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Proposed Guidelines Change Keywords: Salzenberg, no clue Message-ID: <7095@ficc.uu.net> Date: 23 Nov 89 14:49:32 GMT References: <1989Nov10.045531.4549@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> <36393@apple.Apple.COM> <1626@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <2562D3D9.16489@ateng.com> <5289@ncar.ucar.edu> <1530@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> <25683F82.25276@ateng.com> <1601@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14 In article <1601@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> hb@Virginia.EDU (Hank Bovis) writes: > Into this mess wanders the casual reader, who sees reasonable arguments > on both sides and an apparent 50-50 split in volume. I submit that > the "disinterested" readers in such cases will split about 50-50. > So essentially, the more "disinterested" people become "interested", the > closer the vote will get to 50-50. The problem is that this is completely at odds with observed behaviour on usenet. You talk a good line of theory, but the facts don't back you up. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva . 'U` -------------- +1 713 274 5180. "The basic notion underlying USENET is the flame." -- Chuq Von Rospach, chuq@Apple.COM