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From: tlh@pbhyf.UUCP (Lee Hounshell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Dividing comp.sys.att
Message-ID: <2650@pbhyf.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 88 16:33:54 GMT
References: <167@mcmi.UUCP> <144800006@occrsh.ATT.COM> <76@sialis.mn.org> <1925@netsys.UUCP>
Reply-To: tlh@pbhyf.UUCP (Lee Hounshell)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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In article <1925@netsys.UUCP> len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose,NetSys) writes:
->In article <76@sialis.mn.org> rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) writes:
->>How about we solve this problem once and for all, and have someone
->>write a really hugely mutant news system that allows everyone to build
->>completely custom news group definitions before you ever see it?  Now
->>that would mean that for person A, comp.sys.att would only contain 3b1
->>and 3b2 articles.  Everything else would just be vaporized.  Of
->>course, he could always pump all the rec.arts.startrek articles about
->>Tasha Yar's bra, or lack thereof into comp.sys.att if he wanted to
->>also.
->
-> Great attitude.. Just what we need on the net today.
->
->>Now, wouldn't that solve everyones problem, as well as be totally
->>ridiculous?
->
-> Yes,you are.
->
->>(Obvious sarcasm terminated).  :-)
->
-> You stand self condemned."Obviously".

Hey!  Lighten up, huh?
I thought the observation was pretty funny.
After thinking about it, Robert's idea *would* solve everyones problems..

Lee Hounshell