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From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed
Message-ID: <J2mR327w164w@mantis.co.uk>
Date: 30 May 91 15:18:30 GMT
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Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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nreadwin@micrognosis.co.uk (Neil Readwin) writes:
> Let me put it this way. If somebody dumps old news onto the net then it
> wastes a lot of my time - either rereading things or (in extreme cases)
> repairing the damage. If (say) your postings get dumped then I *save* time
> since I don't get to read them.

Ah. So the purpose of Usenet is to save time?  In that case, why not unplug
your modem?  Think of the time you'll save then!

>                                  In fact if somebody wrote a news transport
> that dumped every article with a prime number in the message id but guarantee
> not to flood the net with old postings then I would still pick the former.

Let me ask you a question:  Why do you bother to get Usenet if you have so
little interest in its content?


mathew