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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: news.stargate
Subject: Re: "try-out trials" (and some general opinions)
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Date: Tue, 21-Apr-87 14:34:26 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 21 14:34:26 1987
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> ... You will tell your children about a free network
> where people all over the country/world discussed whatever they wanted to.
> Once they get over the shock of the concept, they will ask you why it
> was destroyed...

They will also ask "gee, didn't that get awfully boring at times, when
people with nothing interesting to say nevertheless tried to say it?".
I'll tell them "Yes, it certainly did.  As the volume rose, we had to be
more and more selective about what we read.  Eventually it occurred to
many people that being selective about what was sent out would make more
sense.  Wide realization of that was the beginning of the end."
-- 
"If you want PL/I, you know       Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
where to find it." -- DMR         {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry