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From: webber@brandx.rutgers.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.stargate
Subject: At long last, we have found the stargate archives!
Message-ID: <236@brandx.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sat, 16-May-87 04:26:02 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 16 04:26:02 1987
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Summary: who appoints stargate hecklers? do you know what heckle means?
To: webber

In article <1870@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>, grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>...
> If your site has purged the first hundred postings, that is a local problem,
> speak perhaps to your news administrator.  I've got all 150+ of them here.

Exquisite.  With a flow of 2 meg per day, few sites can afford even
tape backups of news.  How do you want requests for your archived
stargate material formatted?   I have heard a rumour that long ago
stargate people actually posted material on their project here.

> Unfortunatly, the group has lately become somewhat tedious with ~50% of the
> postings coming from one self-appointed stargate heckler.

What other kind is there but `self-appointed'.  Who do you think
should be appointing hecklers?  If there are better stargate hecklers
on the net, I am perfectly willing to yield my position.

Incidently, Chamber's Etymological English Dictionary (1968), defines:
          heckle, hek'l, v.t. to comb: to ply with embarrassing
                  questions (as at an election). - n. the same
                  as hackle - n. heck'ler. [M.E. hekelen.]

If my questions are embarassing, it is only because others have done
foolish things.  They seem to take the opinion that instead of attempting
to defend their mistakes, they will simply wait until all trace of
messages disagreeing with their policies have passed from the memory
of the net (hence, they don't maintain archives on their machines).

>...
> Does anyone have a status report?  Has anyone bought the magic boxes?  Is
> anyone receiving the service?  Should I go out and buy me a dish?

So far, the only reply that I have seen to your request was from a
customer of stargate.  It will be interesting to see if they will
come out of their hole, even to answer such a simple question.

------------------- BOB (webber@aramis.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!topaz!webber)