jj@alice.UUCP (03/03/85)
>Summary: We cannot afford to save "all" of it... > >>> ... The complete collection of all such articles should be available ... > >Who is going to pay for the mass-storage for all the articles ever entered? >I think this is highly unreasonable... > >-- >Ben Cranston ...seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!zben zben@umd2.ARPA Ben. Your uninformed, out of context, and utterly misleading remark demonstrates just the problems that the net faces. The quote you so snappily destroy is incomplete, as must be obvious to anyone who actually READ the original article. The "articles" in question refer to a database of ONE ARTICLE PER NEWSGROUP, to be used for the sole and exclusive purpose of explaining to new net participants (and confused ones, I suppose, Ben) just what the various newsgroups are for. Nobody is suggesting that anyone keep all this drivel, Ben. Have a nice day, too! -- TEDDY BEARS SURVIVE EVEN IN TODAY'S BULL MARKET. HUG YOURS, IT NEEDS YOU! "...other side, the other man's grass is always greener, some are ..." (allegra,harpo,ulysses)!alice!jj
zben@umd5.UUCP (03/04/85)
Yes, I misread the original article, mea culpa. As Emily Letilla would say: ...never mind... (... here stands for a suitably humiliated tone of voice) Not quoting more was not a deliberate slight, but a response to the criticisms floating around the net that some people quote an entire article just to add one line of commentary, often just "yes, I agree". -- Ben Cranston ...seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!zben zben@umd2.ARPA