rob@haddock.UUCP (10/13/84)
Chuq Von Rospach writes:
The proper fix to this is to upgrade to 2.10.2, recently
posted to net.sources. ...
I disagree. Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available
from the University of Illinois.
Rob Adams, INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation,
{ihnp4,allegra}!ima!rob (617) 247 1155chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui) (10/15/84)
> Rob Adams writes: > > Chuq Von Rospach writes: > The proper fix to this is to upgrade to 2.10.2, recently > posted to net.sources. ... > > I disagree. Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available > from the University of Illinois. Before we start (another) range war on the notes/news fight, let me clarify: NEWS sites that have not upgraded to 2.10.2 should. Now. Immediately. You are losing out on significant features, fixes, and fun. You can also be creating lots of grief for your neighbors and other sites on the net if your don't (what you do or don't do DOES affect the rest of the net, and you DO have a responsibility to the net... *gripe* *gripe* NOTES sites should make sure that their systems conform to the news standards. Many don't. Versions are available that do. The big complaints (the ones that usually start the range wars) are caused by the notes sites that don't bother to run decent software or fix it when it breaks. WHICHEVER you use is up to personal preference. I like news. He likes notes. It doesn't matter, as long as the software you DO use is up to date. chuq -- From the Department of Bistromatics: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA How about 'reason for living?'
phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (10/15/84)
> I disagree. Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available > from the University of Illinois. Barf. Take your (notes') stupid "Orphaned Responses" and keep them, I don't want to see them. Or the truncated article titles. -- Phil Ngai (408) 982-6554 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!phil ARPAnet: amd!phil@decwrl.ARPA
greg@sdcsvax.UUCP (Greg Noel) (10/22/84)
In article <245@haddock.UUCP> rob@haddock.UUCP (Rob Adams) writes: >I disagree. Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available >from the University of Illinois. I disagree with that -- the "notes" interface to the outside world is simply not adequate, no matter how good it is for human beings. Notice, for example, how "notes" has truncated the the subject line in the followup to which I am following up. A more suitable "proper" response would be to run "rn" -- I can't speak highly enough about how well it has been engineered, both for human beings and for other news computers. -- -- Greg Noel, NCR Torrey Pines Greg@sdcsvax.UUCP or Greg@nosc.ARPA