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From: kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Summary: too low
Message-ID: <417@lloyd.camex.uucp>
Date: 9 Jun 89 15:38:40 GMT
Reply-To: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg)
Organization: Camex, Inc., Boston, Mass USA
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It seems that half of what I have read today has been 1) `For Sale'
notices at high prices (which is of doubious service, and, only to 1
final buyer at that), or 2) `I don't bother to read this group, so
everybody please do some free private consulting for me and mail your
responses.'  (which is only a service to 1 person).

Even on a fairly fast serial line it takes time to fill up the screen
with this junk and hit the `n' key.

We have already hashed over the `For Sale' question, but what about
the `I don't bother to read this group' folks?  Should we send them
mail?

(I usually try to only make postings that are `Signal', please forgive
me if this one constitutes `Noise'.)

Kent "It-takes-too-long-to-get-through-comp.sys.mac" Borg
kent@lloyd.uucp
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