Xref: utzoo news.admin:14685 news.software.b:7978 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991May27.210847.24954@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 27 May 91 21:08:47 GMT References: <283E8081.4669@tct.com> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 20 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!) writes: >Yes. The problem is that this "guarantee", along with the other "guarantees" >implemented by C News, has the side effect that ordinary people can have >their postings silently dropped because they made trivial typos. > >Which is more valuable -- the "guarantee" that no old news will reappear, or >the "guarantee" that people's postings will get out to the net? I'd say the >latter. Speaking as the admin of a site very short on spare disk space, the guarantee that old news won't reappear is more important. But then, as a site admin, I accept the responsibility of ensuring that postings by local users are not silently dropped elsewhere. The high quality standards of the newest Cnews helps me live up to that responsibility. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940