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- From: vernonls@community.net (Vernon Sandusky)
- Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.misc,alt.retromod,comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,rec.games.video.nintendo
- Subject: Re: bincancel:3 large binaries:AR160:@@NCM
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 18:19:57 GMT
- Organization: Digital America
- Message-ID: <4gstkd$mvm@oracle.damerica.net>
- References: <ARMM-Report-160@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us> <ARMM-Report-160.a@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us> <DnA68B.5Kz@caprica.com> <twellsDnCr7A.Hq7@netcom.com>
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- Tabor J. Wells (twells@netcom.com) wrote:
- : In article <DnA68B.5Kz@caprica.com>, James Lummel (jlummel@caprica.com) wrote:
- : :Look, you better read the newsgroup charters, since several newsgroups
- : :allow binaries to be posted, despite not having binaries in the name. If
- : :I must, I'll have my system detect a cancel from your site and re-issue
- : :the canceled article back into the stream, but understand that arbitary
- : :cancelation of articles is not OK, regarless of the justification. If
- : :you detect binaries, send a message to that person and to that USENET
- : :admin, instead of doing brain dead censorship.
-
- Just my two cents worth. Using bots to cancel news postings is sort of an
- internet version of the V-chip, right?. come on, if we allow this guy to
- have his bot going around canceling news postings how long do you think
- it will be before someone discovers that it can be used for more than
- eliminating binaries that impose a heavy burden on their news group host
- disk drives. I urge everyone to discourage this idea or at least fight
- back with their own bots. If your internet provider wont'carry the news
- groups because they are too big, get yourself a new provider!
-
- Vern
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- A considerable part of the ATHENA program was devoted to attaining high
- reliability. The transistor failure rate is somewhat better than the
- median rate published in the ARINC report while the diode rates compare
- with the best 10 percent of the systme examined.- Univac Sys Desn Handbook
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