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From: ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Ken Arromdee)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: The 50% rule is in--now what?
Message-ID: <4039@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Nov-86 01:52:24 EST
Article-I.D.: jhunix.4039
Posted: Thu Nov 27 01:52:24 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 27-Nov-86 06:52:06 EST
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Reply-To: ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Ken Arromdee)
Organization: TARDIS Repairs, Inc.
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>The 50% rule is there, it seems to me, to catch the careless, not the
>malicious.  If it's going to take as much energy to beat inews as it
>would to edit the article, I think most users would opt for editing.
>We have a *lot* of accounts on sphinx (over 2500), and if people were
>inclined to entertain themselves by playing games with inews we'd be
>seeing some evidence of it.

I opted for "playing games".  Although it certainly takes more energy than
"editing", it only has to be done once and thus requires less energy overall.

DISCLIAMER: I am NOT saying I don't edit followup postings!
--
Look before you leap, but he who hesitates is lost.

Kenneth Arromdee
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