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From: rees@apollo.uucp (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.notes
Subject: Re: Information Overload and What We Can Do About It
Message-ID: <28f87e10.1de6@apollo.uucp>
Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 09:03:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 16 09:03:18 1985
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As Peter Honeyman likes to point out, the news system is a database and
should be treated as such.  Maybe we could use the Maryland multiple-key
dbm library.  If articles were keyed by author, subject, references,
submission date, and message-id, we would be part way there.  Or maybe we
need something more elaborate to keep track of the discussion trees.
This might make a good thesis if someone is interested (or can be strong-
armed).


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