Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wyse!vsi1!ames!pasteur!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!humu!uhccux!lee From: lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: v16i090: Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory, Part01/49 Message-ID: <2812@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Date: 13 Dec 88 18:18:35 GMT References: <346@ispi.UUCP> Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 18 From article <346@ispi.UUCP>, by jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer): " In article <1280@vsi1.UUCP>, lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) writes: "... " > 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. I was happy to see the data posted. I hope more such data is (how about some dictionaries?). There are sites with no access to archives. Until last summer, my site had none, except for those few with email archive servers. No ftp. No telephone line for uucp. I read discussion of lots of interesting programs and data, mouth watering ... Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu