bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (11/21/89)
That does it. Enough is enough. I'm dropping alt.* entirely. Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu
hoyt@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Sir Hoyt) (11/21/89)
In article <1162@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: >That does it. Enough is enough. I'm dropping alt.* entirely. Why don't you do: ME:!alt,alt.sys.sun,alt.<whever you want>,.....:: This way you get what you want, but trash what you don't. Just an idea.... -- John H. Pochmara A career is great, UUCP: {sdsu,voder,trwind}!polyslo!hoyt But you can't run your Internet: hoyt@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU fingers through its hair -Graffiti 4/13/83
tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) (11/21/89)
In <1162@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral):
Paul> That does it. Enough is enough. I'm dropping alt.* entirely.
The newgroup was apparently intended to be local to jarthur; dropping
alt.* entirely because the use of the Distribution: mechanism is
faulty seems a little rash. (We only restrict one distribution
outgoing from here in general -- local.)
Dave
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(setq mail '("tale@pawl.rpi.edu" "tale@ai.mit.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet"))bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (11/21/89)
From article <1989Nov21.105006.10730@rpi.edu>, by tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence): > In <1162@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral): > Paul> That does it. Enough is enough. I'm dropping alt.* entirely. > > The newgroup was apparently intended to be local to jarthur; dropping > alt.* entirely because the use of the Distribution: mechanism is > faulty seems a little rash. (We only restrict one distribution > outgoing from here in general -- local.) alt...bork in itself was not enough to cause my rash reaction. I have been skeptical of alt.* for a long time. I've never accepted alt.sex (the cesspool of the net), for instance (no doubt someone will call me a prude or some such; that doesn't bother me). Add to my skepticism the random or senseless newgrouping of such groups alt.stupidity, alt.peeve, alt.tasteless, and the newgrouping (and subsequent rmgrouping) of alt.sex.mast[eu]rbation to win a bet, etc., over the last several weeks or months ... and my tolerance has been lowered considerably. alt...bork simply pushed me over the edge. alt.* is a mess that I'm unwilling to put up with anymore. Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu
tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) (11/22/89)
Most of alt.* is just fine. There are many enjoyable groups. The idea behind alt.* is that you pick what you want and ignore the rest. (Obsessing on alt.sex says more about the observer than the material.) On leaf sites, use a sensible 'sys' file. On well-connected sites, use a sensible 'newsrc' file. When changing either of the above files, spare us the bulletins. :-) -- "A man came into the the office one day and said he \|/ Tom Neff was a sailor. We cured him of that." - Mark Twain, -O- tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET on his days as a doctor's apprentice in California. /|\ uunet!bfmny0!tneff
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) (11/23/89)
In article <1162@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: |That does it. Enough is enough. I'm dropping alt.* entirely. Oh, good. We were beginning to fear that you weren't going to take the hint. It's simpler for everyone this way. Satisfied, -- ^^ Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \**/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/v/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _/ >_ Ceci n'est pas une | - Rene Macwrite