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From: ane@hal.UUCP (Aydin "Bif" Edguer)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Moderation vs. Filtration in comp.sources.misc
Message-ID: <129@hal.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 31-May-87 21:17:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: hal.129
Posted: Sun May 31 21:17:09 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jun-87 05:17:56 EDT
References: <315@pcrat.UUCP> <922@maynard.BSW.COM> <5164@necntc.NEC.COM> <317@pcrat.UUCP> <389@hqda-ai.UUCP>
Reply-To: ane@hal.UUCP (Aydin "Bif" Edguer)
Followup-To: news.misc
Organization: Biometry Computing Facility
Lines: 42
Keywords: comp.sources.misc binaries
Summary: read your documentation

As time goes on my tolerance level goes down.  To steal a quote :
 > Message-ID: <389@hqda-ai.UUCP>
 > This has finally motivated me to act.
Well Dave (and many others too numerous to quote) you have shown a lack of
information (hopefully not to be confused with intelligence) with all your
complaints about comp.sources.misc.

 > Now, we see binaries posted to comp.sources.misc. 
Complaints about binaries showing up in a SOURCE group.  E-GADS, call out
the FBI (or better yet the NSA).  If you would be kind enough to read the
official (as much as anything is in an anarchy) list of newsgroups you 
would find that this is the proper location for source OR binary SOFTWARE.
To quote:
 > Message-ID: <15493@gatech.gatech.edu>
 > [Most recent change: 16 May 1987 by gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)]
   [ed. note : some lines deleted]
 > comp.sources.misc	Posting of software . (Moderated)

 > Message-ID: <161@madhat.UUCP>
 > ... I was also unhappy about paying for something which should have gone to
 > comp.binaries  and for which I have absolutely no use.
Oh, Now I See the LIGHT !!  Of course it should have gone in comp.binaries !
To which do you refer...
 > Message-ID: <15493@gatech.gatech.edu>
 > comp.binaries.amiga	Encoded public domain programs in binary. (Moderated)
 > comp.binaries.atari.st    Binary-only postings for the Atari ST.(Moderated)
 > comp.binaries.mac	Encoded Macintosh programs in binary. (Moderated)
Gee, I guess I don't see and I guess most people don't read even the documents
that we ask neophyte net readers to examine.  There is NO binary miscellaneous
group for Brandon or anyone else to post to.  Comp.sources.misc is where they
go.  If you wish to start such a news group feel free to start collecting
votes (BY MAIL !!) but do not jump on Brandon, who is doing a fine job of
making sure discussions and other garbage stays out of comp.sources.misc.

To borrow a quote again...
 > Please don't take this as a personal attack.  I think you've
 > made some mistakes, but I don't think you're malicious or stupid.
Well Dave, I don't think you're stupid either, merely ignorant, a state which
is curable (I hope).

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