Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!husc6!purdue!decwrl!eda!jim From: jim@eda.com (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: comp.sources.unix Message-ID: <368@eda.com> Date: 21 Nov 88 02:54:54 GMT References: <13092@ncoast.UUCP> <7670@well.UUCP> Reply-To: jim@eda.com (Jim Budler) Organization: EDA Systems,Inc. Santa Clara, CA Lines: 38 In article <7670@well.UUCP> Jef Poskanzer writes: | In the referenced message, allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) wrote: | >>>> Suggestion: every moderated group should be required | >>>>to have at least two moderators. [...] | >>>hmm, that could lead to coordination problems. [...] | >>Sci.med.aids seems to do just fine with its multiplicity of moderators. [...] | >Sci.med.aids doesn't have Posting-Number: headers. Synchronizing with the [...] | Gee, you're right, a centralized mechanism doesn't work in a distributed | environment. How CLEVER you are to figure this out! Nevertheless, [...] | Anyway, I was thinking more along the lines of a primary moderator and | a backup moderator. Both would receive the postings, but the backup would [...] | Maybe if you had been thinking about solving the problem instead of about | protecting your position, you would have come up with this idea yourself. AH, COME ON! Unnecessary, [expletive deleted]! "protect your position", indeed! Protect the many unpaid hours spent on a voluntary position. You may be right he didn't think of "Anyway, I was thinking...", but then he never claimed to be telepathic. I'm sure you didn't think about the fact that coordinated posting numbers assist people to retrieve material from multiple archives across this network. | --- | Jef Lighten up! So you didn't get your freebies as fast as you like. jim -- uucp: {decwrl,uunet}!eda!jim Jim Budler internet: jim@eda.com EDA Systems, Inc.