Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bader+ From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Soviet Access to Usenet Message-ID: Date: 26 Nov 88 21:43:47 GMT References: <7649@well.UUCP> <8081@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <17651@gatech.edu> <8114@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <268@lloyd.camex.uucp>, <2331@cbnews.ATT.COM> Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: <2331@cbnews.ATT.COM> lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes: > This is not the complete picture. Suppose someone asks "Where can I > find such and such", or "How does one get this program to work". The > time spent in searching for information can be reduced quite a lot > when one uses USENET. Would you offer help to someone from the Soviet > Union? Yes > I will not knowingly offer help to someone from the Soviet Union. God forbid the russians get a hold of the latest proof of the superiority of objectivist cisc cpus... > A Soviet Union that is fat and happy with the status quo would seem to > me to be more likely to engage in military adventures. Dealing with the > Soviets is a very tricky business, but one fact is very clear, they > respect military strength. Time to gear up those bomb factories!