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From: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc
Subject: Re: The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 4 of 19
Message-ID: <3459@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 91 07:07:34 GMT
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/* <3586@polari.UUCP> by bruceki@polari.UUCP (Bruce King)
 * 
 *   This complete waste of network resources brought to you by ERIC.
 *

This complete waste of bandwidth and intelligence brought to you by Bruce.

 *   WHY CAN'T YOU FIGURE OUT FTP SITES ERIC?

Why can't you get off your high internet mount point, Bruce?

 * 
 *   POST A NOTE LIKE THIS:  
 * 
 *   "If you're interested in helping to edit the jargon file, mail me and
 * I'll mail you a copy of the jargon file, or get it from anonymous ftp
 * site..."

That's all well and good, but there are some of us who can't get to ftp
sites because *we* *don't* *have* *direct* *internet* *access*.  Or has that
thought never occurred to you?  (That was a redundant question).  If you tell
me to get the access or get an account somewhere that *does* have access,
consider yourself slugged across the CRT, because that's a fucking pompous
attitude to take (Yes, I'm on the attacking side here!).  Some of us don't
have that luxury.

 *   SAVE BANDWIDTH AND STOP FOLKS FROM NOT CARRYING THE ALT HEIRARCHY
 * DUE TO VOLUME PROBLEMS.  Sure, you're only a percent or so over a few
 * days, but this applies to all "bandwidth is free" uses.  You just happen
 * to be the most blatant example of waste.  

And what percent is he over, say, a month?  A year?  Probably quite
insignificant.  The "bandwidth waste" will probably never stop until
bandwidth becomes zero.  It's consumer nature -- human(oid) nature, if you
will.  When options are available, they are taken advantage of.

For everyone who tries to do something to make the world a little bit more
livable, there's at least one person who bitches about the way it's done.
Go pour yourself a beer, Bruce.  Kick back, relax.  Is his posting going to
have a significant impact on your life down the road?