len@csd1.milw.wisc.edu (Leonard P Levine,1045E,5170,9624719) (03/24/88)
From article <4680@teddy.UUCP>, by jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson): > In article <70500002@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> zinzow@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >> >>/* Written 4:05 pm Feb 6, 1988 by creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu in uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.binaries.ibm.pc */ >>/* ---------- "Patch, ed, diff for MS-DOS, 1/2" ---------- */ > > OK, who was the IDIOT who reposted every binary seen in this group > since Feb 6?!?!? This was a STUPID and WASTEFUL thing to do. At > a minimum, this should be stopped, the articles should be Cancelled, I did not do the posting, but I sure appreciate seeing the dicuments. They did not reach this site in their original posting, and I had been looking for them. lpl
NU098674@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Myself) (03/24/88)
In article <4680@teddy.UUCP> jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes: >In article <70500002@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> zinzow@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >> >>/* Written 4:05 pm Feb 6, 1988 by creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu >> in uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.binaries.ibm.pc */ >>/* ---------- "Patch, ed, diff for MS-DOS, 1/2" ---------- */ >OK, who was the IDIOT who reposted every binary seen in this group >since Feb 6?!?!? This was a STUPID and WASTEFUL thing to do. At >a minimum, this should be stopped, the articles should be Cancelled, >and we should see a formal apology to usenet from whoever did it! >-- > john nelson Yeah, but didn't it cut the noise ratio of the .binaries group to ribbons? It is my personal opinion that it would be easier to filter out all of the articles in .binaries under 100 lines. This pretty much takes out all of the garbage like I'm typing here. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Gee, Penfold. It looks like we'll have to save the world again!" "Ooooh, Ick!" <Danger Mouse> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=