Xref: utzoo comp.unix.admin:373 comp.unix.internals:803 news.groups:24668 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ccut!wnoc-tyo-news!astemgw!icspub!creamy!iegva1!rdmei!mewserv!saturn!srl!moore From: moore@srl.mew.mei.co.jp (W. Phillip Moore) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.internals,news.groups Subject: Re: the c.u.w vote war and endless discssion Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 90 23:46:53 GMT References: <1990Oct23.013425.21701@decuac.dec.com> Sender: news@saturn.srl.mew.mei.co.jp Followup-To: comp.unix.admin Organization: Semiconductor Research Lab, Matsushita Electric Works Lines: 34 I may regret opening my mouth about this, but... In article <1990Oct23.013425.21701@decuac.dec.com> mjr@gildor.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: Can we all calm down slightly about this ? It's only usenet. Pause to think that the reorganization was to keep "newbies" from making "non-wizard" postings in comp.unix.wizards - instead we are plagued with endless rounds of comp.unix.recriminations. The signal to noise ratio is probably even lower than it was before the reorganization, not because of "how do you remove a file starting with '-'" questions but because of net politics and policies being placed at a higher priority than useful technical communication. Here, here!! I am amazed at how much bandwidth is being wasted arguing over the creation/destruction of a newsgroup(s) for the purpose of cutting down on bandwidth. This nonsense has turned into a personal argument between a few people who seem to have enough time every day to post pages and pages of continuing nonsense to keep the fight going. Don't worry about scaring off the wizards with stupid questions. Stupid debates are just as effective. And stupid debates we have seen. The arguement should be moved to email, not posted worldwide. The nonsense is no longer amuzing. I think the participants on both sides are not acting their age -- assuming they can at least vote. (set flame nil) W. Phillip Moore Phone: 06-908-1431 LSI Research Group FAX: 06-906-7251 Semiconductor Research Laboratory E-mail: moore@mew.mei.co.jp Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. 1048 Kadoma, Osaka 571, Japan