kraut@ut-ngp.UUCP (11/21/87)
In article <34234@sun.uucp>, chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > ..... > dozen cases in the last couple of years where the idiot involved WAS the > System Administrator. What do you do when the problem is the person in charge? and can't be brought back to his/her senses? In serious cases, you lobby the sites adjacent to reevaluate if they really think that a news-link to the offending site is such a good idea ..... if someone offends a community he becomes an outcast. that's saying "go play somewhere else and with someone else" - it doesn't mean "you can't play" it means "you can't play with me or my ball or in my backyard ... " the complaint that I am the only "free" game in town will only cause me to remark that "while it may be free for you, my disk-space, CPU-cycles or phone-bill haven't been free yet ...." ...with the arrival of single-user workstations we'll, probably, see more and more of that - it's likely to have happened already more than we may think .... I guess, if we continue this discussion we, probably, should change the Subject:-header - my remarks, certainly are no longer in any connection to what Eric Madding may have once said .... as a matter of fact, I'm going to do that .... it's done, as you can tell by the Subject:-header ... and the misinformed references to First Amendment rights regarding USENET are really getting tiring (but I guess this topic will come up again and again; sigh ...) it's like this: until a court decides differently, any site can refuse to accept or forward news-articles (or loose them in a crash :-)) .... because (and I'm willing to claim before any court to be an expert on this) that is the NATURE of USENET!!! (on the other hand, it is not likely that a site which becomes known as a "black hole" or a "censors' hangout" is going to be long on this net ....) simply because I/you/they purposefully or accidentally fail to broadcast some articles does not prevent an author to get "published" elsewhere. (for example, he can pay to post on a commercial net, if they will have him, or he can buy a machine (and find lots of sites willing to establish a news-link to it ...) and, directly distribute to anyone who is interested in being associated with him. of course, our courts have surprised me sometimes with their wisdom .... :-) BTW, I am in no way speaking for the site from which I post; I only read and post here because my machine does not have enough disk-space or the required news-software .... for all I know, someone/something may decide to drop all my articles into the bit-bucket ... and what you are reading is only a result of your telepathic abilities ... -- werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (prefered address) kraut@ut-ngp.uucp (if you must)