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From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
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Subject: Re: split
Message-ID: <1991May10.220444.20012@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 10 May 91 22:04:44 GMT
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In article <1991May10.145918.4830@rodan.acs.syr.edu> rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) writes:
>One more person cries out for sanity.  

One person's sanity is another's....

>The HP48 is transient.
>Granted, the lifespan of interest in the HP48 is longer than for any Arnie
>movie; it's still too short a time, for too small an audience, to justify
>a separate newsgroup, judged by the standards of other newsgroups.

This does not seem to be the case. Last year we had a something.something.twin-
peaks.  It was very busy for about six months and then when interest in TP
declined, the group went away.

Michael


-- 
Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on
 kaufman        | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in
  @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be
                | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die.     Roy Batty