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From: plemmons@nsf1.mth.msu.edu (Steve Plemmons)
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: REC.PETS, REC.BIRDS division.
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Organization: Michigan State University, Dept. of Mathematics
References: <32320004@hprmokg.HP.COM> <90228.201718JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET> <1990Aug17.115823.865@agate.berkeley.edu> <1990Aug17.173217.27746@nmt.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 90 16:52:13 GMT

In article <1990Aug17.173217.27746@nmt.edu> john@nmt.edu (John Shipman) writes:
>Boris Chen (boris@tornado.Berkeley.EDU) writes:
>+--
>| Frankly, this group does not have a great amount of
>| traffic, and I don't think that any split is necessary....
>| It isn't that hard to hit 'n' or 'k.'
>+--
>
>I think that one's perception of the volume in a group
>depends on the baud rate at which one reads it.  With a
>38,400 baud hardwired connection, it doesn't take very long
>to put an article on the screen.  But I often read rec.birds
>at 1200 baud, and at that rate it takes a while just to get
>to the point where you *can* type `n' or `k'.
>
>I feel that another strong argument in favor of the split is
>that it would eliminate the large volume of articles from
>people arguing---like this one, and the one to which it is a
>followup.
>-- 
>John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, NM/john@jupiter.nmt.edu
>``Let's go outside and commiserate with nature.''  --Dave Farber

This is the most rediculous reasoning I have heard yet!  Do you really
think that splitting a group should be decided by what kind of hardware
people have, and how much people argue?  Spend 90 dollars and get a 2400
baud modem and quit crying!

Steve


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