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From: kevyn@watarts.UUCP (KCT)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.singles
Subject: Reading USENET articles
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Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 03:54:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  2 03:54:55 1985
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I am sure some users of the Net must have noticed a definite difference in
tone between articles which are displayed and scrolled on a video screen
and the same articles written to a printer, and read later as a printed page.
Have YOU noticed this? Why do you think this is so?
Many USENET articles have been of excellent quality, and I have printed
some of these to re-read "normally", later on.  An "anthology" of these
makes for fascinating and thought-provoking reading.  Unfortunately, there
is ten times more GARBAGE which never goes away, and, admittedly, I have
contributed my share of heated non-information.  Would you believe that I
have a little C program called  collect  which finds all such INTERESTING
material, while discarding the other 90% and making a note of continuous
offenders? (i.e. collect | nmiscfeb)  Nice, eh?  April Fool! :-|

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Kevyn Collins-Thompson    University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CANADA !!
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