Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!alembic!csu From: csu@alembic.acs.com (Dave Mack) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Group creation time; favorable postings Message-ID: <1990Feb18.010132.29374@alembic.acs.com> Date: 18 Feb 90 01:01:32 GMT References: Organization: Alembic Computer Services, McLean VA Lines: 30 In article jeffd@ficc.uu.net (Jeff Daiell) writes: >Having the YES/NO and "which name" votes run together >strikes me as a possible way of eliminating the occasional >abuses cited so often. I like this idea very much. Had it been in place before the sci.aquaria vote, we would have gotten sci.aquaria without all that useless whining from a malignant minority of anal retentives who were more concerned over the group's placement than its content. If this rule is adopted, perhaps all those who vote against groups based on the name will finally realize the futility of their actions. >Let me reply once more to Tom, and then, hopefully, we can let >this particular thread drop. > >Tom, > >You have apparently constructed in your mind a very malevolent >malformation of reality. In your mind, there apparently can [ etc. ] Jeff, Congratulations on finally learning how to change your name in the From: line to upper case. Perhaps your next education project should be to get someone to teach you how to use e-mail? Your Friend in Zoroaster, Dave