Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:10515 comp.misc:11826 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!news.larc.nasa.gov!ipsun.larc.nasa.gov!jcburt From: jcburt@ipsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Jargon File Re: Re: Re: Re: Respect Message-ID: <1991Mar26.131840.2140@news.larc.nasa.gov> Date: 26 Mar 91 13:18:40 GMT References: Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA Lines: 33 In article peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article gordon@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Gordon E. Greene) writes: >> I for one am not interested in 19 parts of the jargon file. > >I for one *AM*. > >> Why not post it to Alt.jargon.file or Waste.of.bandwidth or some such? > >because then people who want it won't get it. but there are a whole lot of people who DON'T want it that got it... I think the biggest complaint is the fact that it was crossposted to comp.misc. Perhaps if Eric had only posted it to alt.folklore.computers, or equivalent groups, there wouldn't have been a problem. comp.misc tends to be for specific Q&A about computer hardware/software that doesn't seem to fit elsewhere in comp. keep the jargon file in alt.whatever and most folks will be happy. >-- >Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com >+1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?" Have *you* hugged *your* wolf today? (I have...:-) +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | John Burton | | G & A Technical Software | | jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov | | jcburt@cs.wm.edu | | | | Disclaimer: Hey, what can I say...These are *my* views, not those | | of anyone else, be they employer, school, or government| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+