Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!umd5!uvaarpa!mcnc!decvax!ucbvax!cbosgd!cbdkc1!czei From: czei@cbdkc1.ATT.COM (Michael Czeiszperger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Are BINARIES really a waste of disk space? Message-ID: <2823@cbdkc1.ATT.COM> Date: 2 Feb 88 13:43:39 GMT References: <745@umbc3.UMD.EDU> <1028@edge.UUCP> Reply-To: czei@cbdkc1.UUCP (Michael S. Czeiszperger CB 1L334 x4952 ADMIN) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 36 In article <1028@edge.UUCP> doug@edge.UUCP (Doug Pardee) writes: >[As the #1 poster of lengthy game reviews, I obviously have a small bone >to pick...] > >> The controversy over binary files wasting disk space would be moot if >> people would STOP posting lengthy game reviews, STOP posting redundant >> articles, and STOP using News as a private mail system. > >Gee, I didn't know there WAS a controversy... Me neither. Comp.sys.cbm has so little traffic compared to the others, (try reading through 150 comp.sys.mac articles a day!) I really don't see what the problem would be to send binaries. Sites that don't care about cbm shouldn't receive the news group in the first place. As for lengthy game reviews, they are the #1 reason why I even bother reading this board. Games, (and my Dr. T MIDI software), are the only reason I even keep my C64 now that I've got a Mac Plus ,MIDI interface, and MIDI software. There still aren't that many games for the Mac. (or at least as many good ones as there are for the C64). So, keep the length game reviews coming. You see, by reading these reviews, you know exactly what you are getting before purchasing. The only other alternative is to *steal* the game to try out for a while before purchasing, and we all know that isn't a very ethical way of doing things. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael S. Czeiszperger | "HELP! I'm stuck in 3B HELL !!!" Contracted to AT&T | Phone: (614) 860-4952 (formerly with Ohio Unix Systems Administration | UUCP: cbosgd!dkc1!czei State University) 6200 E. Broad Street | Disclaimer: "The above opinions are those of Columbus, OH RM 1L334 | a large rodent with sharp teeth" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~