xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) (06/27/90)
Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your used Amiga games. According to the latest news.lists statistics, it costs $.0025 per kilobyte per site to post an article. The minimum size of text and header is around two kilobytes averaged over the net. There are in excess of 15,000 leaves in USENet. Your one little harmless posting has thus cost at least 15000*$0.0025*2 = $75.00 to the net, to sell your $15 game, and this only accounts for leaf costs, not inner node transit costs! If you must post games for sale to the net, start with the most local distribution available (local = your site), expand to city, region, state, after two weeks each. Never post wider than that. You will have much better luck selling games, and annoy a lot fewer people, if you join a local Amiga club and hawk your wares to its members. Kent, the man from xanth. <xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> -- in the distance a roasted cave newt screamed in agony -- Andrew Palfreyman
aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) (06/27/90)
In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your ->LOTS deleted to save some money that Kent is SOOO worried about! >Kent, the man from xanth. This will be quick, sorry to double d@mn this silliness, I try and refrain from this type, but I do NOT want people to be put off, hey Kent, what if *I* want the game coming out of <insert state> and I can NOT find it local, like its out of PRINT/Company out of business <can you say old Infocom and old EA games, I new you could!> I want to see these posts, that is why I read them... thanks for your opinion, and I am gonna be nicely upset if all/majority of people refrain from posting games forsale.. sorry again, but to reiterate DO NOT stop, I may want that $15 game, and what if <insert person> refrains from posting, there goes how I have boughten <looks up at shelf and at desk where his USED A1000+1020+10 or more games he has boughten because of posts to the 'net') a good 'hunk' of some of my most favorite games (good and inexpensive, cuz they are USED) and my computer that I bought... sorry Kent, this is a good use for the net, much better than these endless tirades about people who pirate, IMHO -dcp p.s. sorry for the cross-post, Kent did it so I did too, bad excuse I know, but I wanted to hit the same people he did! David C. Powell M.I.S. Graduate Class of 1990 Ball State University Muncie, Indiana *-David Powell :ARPA: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu--------------------------* | \/ President :UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!aegnor | | /\etwnk Industries, Ltd. : | *-"If it doesn't work, we DIDN'T do it!"-----------------------------*
xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) (06/28/90)
In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) writes: >In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> >xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your >->LOTS deleted to save some money that Kent is SOOO worried about! >>Kent, the man from xanth. >This will be quick, sorry to double d@mn this silliness, I try and refrain >from this type, but I do NOT want people to be put off, hey Kent, what >if *I* want the game coming out of <insert state> and I can NOT find it local, >like its out of PRINT/Company out of business <can you say old Infocom and >old EA games, I new you could!> I want to see these posts, that is why I >read them... thanks for your opinion, and I am gonna be nicely upset if >all/majority of people refrain from posting games forsale.. sorry again, >but to reiterate DO NOT stop, [et cetera, et cetera ... ;-( ] Well, you do as you please, this is an anarchy, and no one can easily stop you. My original posting, however, was written to appeal to those who might be able to bring some common sense to bear on the question. There are reasons to do so. The latest news from Australia is that they just lost the entire alt.* distribution (Can someone from Oz confirm?), including alt.sources.amiga; comp.sys.amiga{,*} and comp.{binaries,sources}.amiga are right up there at the top by volume of the remaining list of things that can be cut out to save money; when we are allowing ourselves to look like wastrels, some more sites, perhaps yours or one that feeds yours, may choose to drop the Amiga groups. All this _has_happened_ to the Amiga groups at least once since they were founded and gained one of the largest volumes on the net. Lots of sites dropped the Amiga groups when phone costs soared, and picked them back up only when new networks and faster modem hardware provided cheaper transmission routes. Cheaper does not mean free, and the budgets are starting to strain again. It only took publicity about a little complaint in the Houston Chronicle to get sites all over the world to review their need for the alt groups; many have dropped them in the few weeks since. How much publicity do you think the Amiga groups can withstand if we are being blatently inefficient in our use of net resources? I only led you to the issue, I can't force you to think. The "gimme" generation is alive and well. Kent, the man from xanth. <xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> -- in the distance a roasted cave newt screamed in agony -- Andrew Palfreyman
jimmy@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jimmy Chan) (06/28/90)
>In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) writes: >>In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your >->LOTS deleted to save some money that Kent is SOOO worried about! >>Kent, the man from xanth. >I want to see these posts, that is why I >read them... thanks for your opinion, and I am gonna be nicely upset if >all/majority of people refrain from posting games forsale.. sorry again, >but to reiterate DO NOT stop, I may want that $15 game, and what if <insert >person> refrains from posting, there goes how I have boughten <looks up >that I bought... sorry Kent, this is a good use for the net, much better >than these endless tirades about people who pirate, IMHO > Kent, I gotta agree with David since I like to pick up software (albeit used) at cheap prices. Instead of wasting $40+ dollars on something I might not used after a couple of months, I feel better spending only $15-25. There are also lots and lots of garbage sometimes being posted so, I don't really see how posting games forsale is anymore worse, also I think they have a forsale newsgroup someplace so the net overall don't seem to mind the forsale postings, IMHO. Keep those forsale postings coming...anyone wants to sell me their copy of Their Finest Hour?...8-)... -- // ++-------------------------------------------------------------------++ // || Hardware : A2000, 3 megs, 2 internal 3 1/2" drives, Amax || \\ // || Future Purchases : SCSI Controller, 40-60 meg harddrives, A3000 || \X/ || jimmy@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu or jimmy@uhccux.bitnet ||
jimmy@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Jimmy Chan) (06/28/90)
In article <1990Jun27.185759.8281@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> you write: >The latest news from Australia is that they just lost the entire alt.* >distribution (Can someone from Oz confirm?), including alt.sources.amiga; >comp.sys.amiga{,*} and comp.{binaries,sources}.amiga are right up there >at the top by volume of the remaining list of things that can be cut out >to save money; when we are allowing ourselves to look like wastrels, some >more sites, perhaps yours or one that feeds yours, may choose to drop the >Amiga groups. All this _has_happened_ to the Amiga groups at least once >since they were founded and gained one of the largest volumes on the net. >Lots of sites dropped the Amiga groups when phone costs soared, and picked >them back up only when new networks and faster modem hardware provided >cheaper transmission routes. Cheaper does not mean free, and the budgets >are starting to strain again. > >It only took publicity about a little complaint in the Houston Chronicle >to get sites all over the world to review their need for the alt groups; >many have dropped them in the few weeks since. How much publicity do you >think the Amiga groups can withstand if we are being blatently inefficient >in our use of net resources? > Well here in Hawaii the alt.sex.* and alt.drugs newsgroups were dropped from our sites as of last week or 2 weeks ago due to the complaints in some mainland newspapers of the type of discussions and postings that were going on in those newsgroups. Now there is even talk of removing alt.* newsgroups altogether since they do not carry information that is necessary for University use. So far we don't have to worry about getting and amiga newsgroups dropped as yet though once alt.* newgroups get dropped for whatever reason, I can see others being dropped for not being pertinent to the uses of a University. Kent, I still do not want to see forsale notices being removed but maybe relocated? I would rather buy used games than new ones, easier on my wallet. Though I would not want others to lose their newsgroups access but I don't know if removing forsale notices will still help as the amount of forsale notices to any other posting is almost neglible. (though I am talking of games for sale and not computer systems, as there seem to be many of those being offered for sale now since the A3000 is shipping.) I really can't say what the solution is but I will be disappointed when I can't buy used games from people on the net as I look for these often. Maybe a solution is maybe an email list for selling stuff?...8-)..just something that popped into my mind so don't take it seriously. -- // ++-------------------------------------------------------------------++ // || Hardware : A2000, 3 megs, 2 internal 3 1/2" drives, Amax || \\ // || Future Purchases : SCSI Controller, 40-60 meg harddrives, A3000 || \X/ || jimmy@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu or jimmy@uhccux.bitnet ||
aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) (06/28/90)
In article <1990Jun27.185759.8281@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu >(David C. Powell) writes: >>In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> >>xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>>Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your >>->LOTS deleted to save some money that Kent is SOOO worried about! >>>Kent, the man from xanth. >>This will be quick, sorry to double d@mn this silliness, I try and refrain >[et cetera, et cetera ... ;-( ] by the by, most of this would have been pretty much totally avoided if you SAID WHAT YOU MEANT first, not AFTER the fact... all you talked about was COST (that I pay for at my site, can you say 5 years tuition, I new you could...) not that you had ANY fear(s) of groups being dropped... > >Well, you do as you please, this is an anarchy, and no one can easily stop >you. My original posting, however, was written to appeal to those who >might be able to bring some common sense to bear on the question. There >are reasons to do so. > >The latest news from Australia is that they just lost the entire alt.* >distribution (Can someone from Oz confirm?), including alt.sources.amiga; >comp.sys.amiga{,*} and comp.{binaries,sources}.amiga are right up there >at the top by volume of the remaining list of things that can be cut out >to save money; when we are allowing ourselves to look like wastrels, some blah blah blah... 1/2 :-) Thanks Kent, (this is only going to games by the by) now to repeat what I have been saying in mail, your FIRST post said nothing about your fears about droppage of comp.amiga.*, would have quelled my 'knee-jerk' some... as you will read in your mail, say what you mean FIRST not as the afterthought, I am NOT physchic (sp?) and can NOT tell what your greater fear is... your post has some good points and some bad, my rationale is that I read the stuff I am interested in and you do the same, the other stuff we ALL subsidize be it THIS drivel or 'pirates are scum' for WEEKS drivel or or or... you get the point, I subsidize YOUR stuff you like, you do the same for me, what we call push and pull, tit for tat, etc. How bout we just keep ALL computer anything in misc.forsale/.computers and SHOOT anybody who disobeys (be they employee of C=, piddly game seller or what not, I care no more to see $3000 Amiga 2000's I can NOT afford posted ANYWHERE but in the forsale groups then..... and or we BAN all forsale except for local newspapers, yeah heaven forbid I might want to buy something from California (Hi Patrick H.) and deserve NOT to know about it I guess..) if 'all posts are NOT created equal' and the person selling the most expensive item is in the 'right' and the person selling the $15 game/$25 S100 'pc' should quit, then I guess I have the concept of the 'net' wrong... I always thought it was a 'pretty' open FORUM where any and all (to a certain, loosely defined extent) types of discussions/posts could be made... OOPS... :-( -dcp p.s. sorry .game readers, this is MY LAST post on the subject, KENT if you want to keep this up, use mail... I hate public 'shield banging' David C. Powell M.I.S. Graduate Class of 1990 Ball State University Muncie, Indiana *-David Powell :ARPA: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu--------------------------* | \/ President :UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!aegnor | | /\etwnk Industries, Ltd. : | *-"If it doesn't work, we DIDN'T do it!"-----------------------------*
xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) (06/28/90)
In article <1990Jun27.185759.8281@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes... ^In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu ^(David C. Powell) writes: ^>In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> ^>xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: [Dave saying I want to see those ads! Deleted] ^ ^Well, you do as you please, this is an anarchy, and no one can easily stop ^you. My original posting, however, was written to appeal to those who ^might be able to bring some common sense to bear on the question. There ^are reasons to do so. How about a compromise and simply post to the forsale groups? I like seeing the ads too since I've pick up many things via these ads. If the concern is the traffic on the amiga groups the comprimise should be satifactory for all involved. Just make sure you include the word Amiga in your subject line ;-). Since this is an unmoderated group no one can tell you what to post or not to post but I wouldn't quite call it anarchy ;-). ^ [loss of alt groups and cost considerations for amiga.* groups deleted] ^ ^It only took publicity about a little complaint in the Houston Chronicle ^to get sites all over the world to review their need for the alt groups; ^many have dropped them in the few weeks since. How much publicity do you ^think the Amiga groups can withstand if we are being blatently inefficient ^in our use of net resources? We only lost the alt.sex.* groups and the junk group. The concern is probably more for potential legal problems that sites would rather not get involved in... Unless we start posting IFF nudes here I don't think many sites will review the amiga groups for these sort of concerns :-) (or is it :-(??? Politics/Constititution threads to one of the talk groups please...). ^ ^Kent, the man from xanth. ^<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us> Nuff Said...lets not spend another $75 (or whatever) bucks rehashing this ;-). NT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE Project \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov | Amiga | Standard Disclaimer Applies: The opinions expressed are my own.
atul@cadence.com (Atul Srinivasan) (06/28/90)
In article <8432@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> jimmy@uhccux.UUCP (Jimmy Chan) writes: >>In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) writes: >>>In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>>Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your >>->LOTS deleted to save some money that Kent is SOOO worried about! >Kent, I gotta agree with David since I like to pick up software (albeit used) >at cheap prices. Instead of wasting $40+ dollars on something I might not >used after a couple of months, I feel better spending only $15-25. There are >also lots and lots of garbage sometimes being posted so, I don't really >see how posting games forsale is anymore worse, also I think they have >a forsale newsgroup someplace so the net overall don't seem to mind the >forsale postings, IMHO. > >Keep those forsale postings coming...anyone wants to sell me their copy >of Their Finest Hour?...8-)... > > OK, now we know you'd rather own a $15-20 game than have a otherwise useful and worthwhile newsgroup around. Games are games, sure they are nice, and I PLAY A LOT OF THEM. But I just don't believe posting is efficient. Just because there are dipshits out there who post garbage (me included) is no reason to justify being one. Score Kent 1: others 0 BTW, I am not saying (at least I don't want to be saying) don't do it because <insert reason>. I just felt like kanking on a lame argument. Atul <insert sig>
jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Jules Cisek) (06/28/90)
I think the problem with the size of the comp.sys.amiga groups is not caused by selling software. It is caused by a great deal of people who just have to have a word about everything. The amiga newsgroups are filled with people disagreeing about this and that, very little information exchange actually takes place. It usually takes me about 1 hour to read the four groups, but I actually only read about 20 articles out of all of these. I don't think we should point fingers at specific problems (piracy discussions, for sale ads, arguing about how the net should be used and what groups we should support, etc.). We should simply cut back on the temptation to post all the time (especially when all we want to say is "Right on", or "Word up"). I know the temptation is huge to be part of discussion, part of the team, but really, mail is a much better way of communicating your ideas to other users. The only time you should post is when your posting absolutely has to be seen by everyone on the net. Even then, think about just how far the message has to go, and don't use world distribution unless you have to. Sometimes I get the feeling that many of you just post so that the amiga groups are the biggest... That's truly silly, since bulk doesn't make the information any more worthwhile. I know my post is not going to a bit of difference, but I really feel this is a way to cut down on the hugeness of this thing, certainly not by cutting out for sale ads. -- | // Amiga Student on Campus Consultant Jules Cisek I do think | | \X/ Computing Services Center Consultant SUNYA, NY USA it's good! | | AMIGA Computer Science Major/Music Minor jac423@leah.albany.edu |
kosma%human-torch@STC.LOCKHEED.COM (Monty Kosma) (06/29/90)
How about a compromise and simply post to the forsale groups? I like seeing
the ads too since I've pick up many things via these ads. If the concern is
the traffic on the amiga groups the comprimise should be satifactory for all
involved. Just make sure you include the word Amiga in your subject line ;-).
Since this is an unmoderated group no one can tell you what to post or not to
post but I wouldn't quite call it anarchy ;-).
Unfortunately, posting games (and equipment) for sale specifically for the
amiga reaches the GREATEST number of amiga users by posting it to c.s.a{.g}
and not to the forsale groups. There's lots of people out there who don't
get the forsale groups and lots more who get it and don't ever really look
there, and items like amiga games for sale just seem more appropriate IMHO
to be in an amiga-specific group rather than a generic forsale group.jbb@contact.uucp (Jordan Baker) (06/29/90)
In article <8432@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> jimmy@uhccux.UUCP (Jimmy Chan) writes: >>In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) writes: >>>In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>>Please use a little common sense and courtesy when trying to sell your >>->LOTS deleted to save some money that Kent is SOOO worried about! >>>Kent, the man from xanth. >>I want to see these posts, that is why I >>read them... thanks for your opinion, and I am gonna be nicely upset if >>all/majority of people refrain from posting games forsale.. sorry again, >>but to reiterate DO NOT stop, I may want that $15 game, and what if <insert >>person> refrains from posting, there goes how I have boughten <looks up >>that I bought... sorry Kent, this is a good use for the net, much better >>than these endless tirades about people who pirate, IMHO >> > >Kent, I gotta agree with David since I like to pick up software (albeit used) >at cheap prices. Instead of wasting $40+ dollars on something I might not >used after a couple of months, I feel better spending only $15-25. There are >also lots and lots of garbage sometimes being posted so, I don't really >see how posting games forsale is anymore worse, also I think they have >a forsale newsgroup someplace so the net overall don't seem to mind the >forsale postings, IMHO. > >Keep those forsale postings coming...anyone wants to sell me their copy >of Their Finest Hour?...8-)... I think this is pathetic. One of the best things about Usenet is that it's accessable to everyone and that from the user standpoint, it's free. What we have here is people abusing the network. How would you feel about comp.sys.amiga.games if 50% of everything that was posted there are ads for people selling software. I think that if we try to think of an alternative we can. What about a mail server that you can request games from and then it looks down a list of games that people have to sell and then it mails the person who owns the game that you want to buy and they can mail you back with prices, etc.. Anyone here willing to donate some time in writing a mail server, or maybe I'll do it myself.. -jordan
xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) (06/29/90)
In article <9006281843.AA18590@human-torch.lockheed.com>, kosma%human-torch@STC.LOCKHEED.COM (Monty Kosma) writes... ^ ^ How about a compromise and simply post to the forsale groups? I like seeing ^ the ads too since I've pick up many things via these ads. If the concern is ^ the traffic on the amiga groups the comprimise should be satifactory for all ^ involved. Just make sure you include the word Amiga in your subject line ;-). ^ ^Unfortunately, posting games (and equipment) for sale specifically for the ^amiga reaches the GREATEST number of amiga users by posting it to c.s.a{.g} ^and not to the forsale groups. There's lots of people out there who don't ^get the forsale groups and lots more who get it and don't ever really look ^there, and items like amiga games for sale just seem more appropriate IMHO ^to be in an amiga-specific group rather than a generic forsale group. Oh, I agree...except that the concern was over the traffic (and possibly s/n ratio) on the main amiga newsgroup. The suggestion of posting to the local forsale area (or using the "local" distribution which occationally thinks New Zealand is local to Washington DC ;-) first isn't a bad one since you can save on shipping and stuff for local buyers. Not to mention they can check out the item before they buy. Kind of an additional hassle for the seller but not a major one. Slightly for the casual impulse buyer like myself too since I have to scan yet another newsgroup... Isn't this covered in the monthly "about this newsgroup" posting? I have to admit I've never read the whole thing through...what does it say? (I guess I'm just talking about c.s.a and not c.s.a.g). ObGame: I picked up Double Dragon out of the $10 bin recently. Quite a bit easier than the arcade version. In my opinion it sucked pretty bad. Is it worth $10? Maybe. I'm going to turn it over to my cousin (elementary school age) to play...about that level. Looks like an Atari port or something. Other useless data: 512k min, non-multitasking, non-exitable and non-hd installable. Requires joysticks. 2 player option. Limited lives (5 quarters worth). 1/2 star rating. NT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE Project \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov | Amiga | Standard Disclaimer Applies: The opinions expressed are my own.
richard@cs.ua.oz.au (Richard Siggs) (07/02/90)
In article <1990Jun27.185759.8281@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: |> |>The latest news from Australia is that they just lost the entire alt.* |>distribution (Can someone from Oz confirm?), including alt.sources.amiga; |>comp.sys.amiga{,*} and comp.{binaries,sources}.amiga are right up there |>at the top by volume of the remaining list of things that can be cut out |>to save money; when we are allowing ourselves to look like wastrels, some |>more sites, perhaps yours or one that feeds yours, may choose to drop the |>Amiga groups. All this _has_happened_ to the Amiga groups at least once |>since they were founded and gained one of the largest volumes on the net. |>Lots of sites dropped the Amiga groups when phone costs soared, and picked |>them back up only when new networks and faster modem hardware provided |>cheaper transmission routes. Cheaper does not mean free, and the budgets |>are starting to strain again. |> |>It only took publicity about a little complaint in the Houston Chronicle |>to get sites all over the world to review their need for the alt groups; |>many have dropped them in the few weeks since. How much publicity do you |>think the Amiga groups can withstand if we are being blatently inefficient |>in our use of net resources? |> |>I only led you to the issue, I can't force you to think. The "gimme" |>generation is alive and well. |> I can confirm for all of you. The administrators of AARNet (Australian Academic Research Network) stopped all alt.sex.* & alt.drugs groups from entering their network (which is the main/only backbone Aust. wide network) at the link to Hawaii (in Melbourne Uni., Victoria). So, we've still got ALL the groups we proviously had, but alt.sex.* & alt.drugs (ONLY) aren't getting any DIRECT posting (you can still cross-post to these groups :-)! Well, there you have it..Just when you thought it was safe to look at that gif....! Richard Siggs | "As the joys of Heaven are enjoyed by men, Computer Science Dept., | so shall the pains of Hell be suffered. Adelaide University, | For they will be men still, South Australia. | so they will act and feel as men." ACSnet: richard@cs.ua.oz.au | - quote from the film "Bliss".
lord@leadsv.UUCP (Parker Lord) (07/03/90)
I think its funny how an article was posted to complain about wasting bandwidth on the net for a For Sale post that takes up maybe ten lines, and then for the next week or so there are 20 - 30 postings, amany of which contain the last two previous postings, that appearred using approximatley 9000% more space than anyones For Sale posting ever would. Isnt that kind of ironic? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // AA M M I GGGGGG AA | | Parker J. Lord // A A MM MM G A A | | lord@leadsv.UUCP // A A M M M M I G A A | | 415-326-7539 \\ // AAAAAA M M M I G GGG AAAAAA | | \\ // A A M M I G G A A | | \\/ A A M M I GGGGGG A A | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+