Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: Beware of the secret police! Message-ID: <9612@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 15:34:37 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.9612 Posted: Mon Feb 17 15:34:37 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Feb-86 04:16:29 EST References: <1001@unmvax.UUCP> <233@hoqax.UUCP> <1333@hpda.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Distribution: net Organization: AMD, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 23 In article <1333@hpda.UUCP> bd@hpda.UUCP (Bob Desinger) writes: >In article <233@hoqax.UUCP>, Tom Beattie writes: >> Unfortunately, this site doesn't get mod.sources and neither does >> the site that feeds us. >> Which (of course) kind of defeats the purpose of mod.sources. > >...So immediately the question springs to mind, "If your site gets >net.sources, why doesn't it get mod.sources too?" The signal-to-noise >ratio seems much better in mod.sources, although I enjoy both net.sources >and mod.sources. Because it's a Bell Labs site and they're too busy selling their dinette sets to Europe. (I used to believe posting junk articles like this one to net.sources was a sin but now I'm hoping it will be the straw that breaks the camel's back and gets net.sources cancelled.) -- Real men don't have answering machines. Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com