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From: freed@aum.UUCP (Erik Freed)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.notes
Subject: Re: Information Overload and What We Can Do About It
Message-ID: <148@aum.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 16:20:54 EDT
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> 
> With the volume of network traffic increasing, there is no doubt in my
> mind that we will have a test of fire (site death by network byte?).
> However, I think that the mechanisms I have outlined, coupled with
> sensible naming of groups (and management of that namespace as a whole)
> will `save' the network that we know as USENET. The key is getting this
> software implemented, and distributed network wide as soon as possible,
> so that the peak of the deluge of information will be that much sooner,
> and that much lower, than if we do nothing.
> 
> 	your comments and observations are solicited,
> 
> 	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU
> 

Erik,
	Your mission should you chose to accept it... Sounds like the perfect
weekend project for you :-)
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                           Erik James Freed
			   Aurora Systems
			   San Francisco, CA
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