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From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: v16i090:  Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory, Part01/49
Summary: cancel this please
Message-ID: <346@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 88 15:06:06 GMT
References: <1249@fig.bbn.com> <1280@vsi1.UUCP>
Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
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In article <1280@vsi1.UUCP>, lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) writes:
> In article <1249@fig.bbn.com> rsalz@uunet.uu.net (Rich Salz) writes:
> =The following describes the SAO (Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory) dataset,
> =reduced to RA/DECL/MAG records and posted in ASCII format in 48 parts.
> 
> HEY! 3MB of posting for extremely limited interest?  I strongly urge you,
> Rich, to not send the rest of this out in this manner.  I'm sure there must
> be a much better channel for distribution.



I agree.  This  is a strong argument for maintaining at archive sites this 
kind of distribution, and publishing a notice in  comp.sources... that it
is available and where to get it from.

Jonathan Bayer
Intelligent Software Products, Inc.