x51@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Excursiecommissie) (01/22/91)
Hello everyone, There were some rumours about comp.binaries.acorn being announced, but I haven't heard from it since. Since the last posting of NetHack, of which I don't know WHAT it is, I feel strongly for the creation of a binaries group. At the moment I am downloading and storing everything that appears on this group and, just for consistency, I also stored the Nethack posting. If the binaries posting were to be in a binaries group, and the poster would leave a message in the c.s.a. group, EXPLAINING WHAT HIS POSTING DOES! Then I think everyone would be happy. It's just that I have to download, uudecode, uncompress 1 Megabyte of data, before I know what it's good for and this is getting too silly. bye, Axel.
marksv%t3d@uk.ac.man.cs (01/23/91)
In article <1126@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> x51@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Excursiecommissie) writes: >At the moment I am downloading and storing everything that appears on this >group and, just for consistency, I also stored the Nethack posting. >If the binaries posting were to be in a binaries group, and the poster would >leave a message in the c.s.a. group, EXPLAINING WHAT HIS POSTING DOES! >Then I think everyone would be happy. > >It's just that I have to download, uudecode, uncompress 1 Megabyte of data, >before I know what it's good for and this is getting too silly. Well, noone is *forcing* you to download 1 Megabyte of data! If you don't know WHAT IT IS then try looking in rec.games.hack which is an group devoted to nethack. It is a *massive* game usually found on UN*X machines (hence the creation of unixlib by Huw Rogers!), of the D&D genre. Methinks the original poster thought that such a classic would need no introduction. It seems he was wrong, but a little bit of courtesy wouldn't hurt! ___ ______________________Vaughan Marks_____________________ \ \ /JANET: marksv@uk.ac.man.cs.p4 \ /\ \ \ /UUNET: marksv%p4%cs.man.ac.uk%cunyvm.cuny.edu@uunet.uucp \/ \ \ \ /uk.co: marksv%p4%cs.man.ac.uk%cunyvm.cuny.edu%uunet.uucp@ukc \ \ \/UUCP: ...!uunet!cunyvm.cuny.edu!cs.man.ac.uk!p4!marksv /\ /\ \ \____________________________________________________________/ \/ \__\
rogersh%t3i@uk.ac.man.cs (01/23/91)
In article <1126@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> x51@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Excursiecommissie) writes: >Hello everyone, >There were some rumours about comp.binaries.acorn being announced, but I >haven't heard from it since. Since the last posting of NetHack, of which I >don't know WHAT it is, I feel strongly for the creation of a binaries group. >At the moment I am downloading and storing everything that appears on this >group and, just for consistency, I also stored the Nethack posting. >If the binaries posting were to be in a binaries group, and the poster would >leave a message in the c.s.a. group, EXPLAINING WHAT HIS POSTING DOES! >Then I think everyone would be happy. > >It's just that I have to download, uudecode, uncompress 1 Megabyte of data, >before I know what it's good for and this is getting too silly. Nethack is a game - read rec.games.hack to find out about it. It's such a universal piece of s/ware that I assumed everyone that would want it would also know about it. Huw [ H.J.Rogers (INTERNET: rogersh%p4%cs.man.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu) ] [ ,_, (BITNET/EARN: rogersh%p4%cs.man.ac.uk@UKACRL.BITNET) ] [ :-(_)-o (UUCP: ...!uunet!cunyvm.cuny.edu!cs.man.ac.uk!p4!rogersh) ] [ _} {_ (JANET: rogersh%p4@uk.ac.man.cs) ]
x51@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Excursiecommissie) (01/24/91)
In article <1686@svin02.info.win.tue.nl> rcpieter@svin02.info.win.tue.nl (Tiggr) writes: >Normally, it is part of the moderator's job to put explanations at the >top of a posting. Yup, but if no moderator is available (i.e. no one offers himself as one) I think the poster could explain to everyone what his (HUGE) posting is all about. Axel
rcpieter@svin02.info.win.tue.nl (Tiggr) (01/24/91)
x51@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Excursiecommissie) writes: >Yup, but if no moderator is available (i.e. no one offers himself as one) >I think the poster could explain to everyone what his (HUGE) posting >is all about. Everyone should refrain from posting binaries to comp.sys.acorn for the time being, especially since comp.binaries.acorn is pending. Tiggr
mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) (01/24/91)
marksv%t3d@uk.ac.man.cs writes: > In article <1126@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> x51@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Excursiecommissie) > >At the moment I am downloading and storing everything that appears on this > >group and, just for consistency, I also stored the Nethack posting. > > Well, noone is *forcing* you to download 1 Megabyte of data! False. UUCP sites which take comp.sys.acorn have to download ALL postings, even the binaries. This is why binaries belong in a separate newsgroup. mathew. -- Internet: mathew@mantis.co.uk / mathew%mantis.co.uk@ukc.ac.uk UUCP: mathew@mantis.UUCP / ...!mcsun!ukc!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew If you know anything significant about ISDN, please mail me...