Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!world!eff!mnemonic
From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: Re: Hmm...
Message-ID: <1991Feb19.163649.10603@eff.org>
Date: 19 Feb 91 16:36:49 GMT
References: <9102191013.AA25200@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu>
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Approved: mnemonic@eff.org

In article <9102191013.AA25200@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu> newton@ARISTOTLE.ILS.NWU.EDU (David Newton) writes:
>Hmm, I have now been flamed three times for my post in which I stated that
>I found it quite against the "hacker ethic" to restrict access to the
>newsgroup.
>
>Sorta proves my point.  

So far as I can tell, access isn't restricted. All one needs to do to 
acquire access is learn how to post to a moderated newsgroup.

While that is no measure of hacking ability, it does seem to serve
a purpose: screening out posters who are unlikely to be able to
contribute meaningfully to the newsgroup. 


--Mike



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