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- From: barr@math.psu.edu (Dave Barr)
- 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
- Followup-To: news.admin.net-abuse.misc
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 14:38:14 -0500
- Organization: Penn State University, Department of Mathematics
- Message-ID: <4gt276$s96@augusta.math.psu.edu>
- References: <ARMM-Report-160@redpoll.mrfs.oh.us> <DnA68B.5Kz@caprica.com> <twellsDnCr7A.Hq7@netcom.com> <4gstkd$mvm@oracle.damerica.net>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: augusta.math.psu.edu
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- In article <4gstkd$mvm@oracle.damerica.net>,
- Vernon Sandusky <vernonls@community.net> wrote:
- >Just my two cents worth. Using bots to cancel news postings is sort of an
- >internet version of the V-chip, right?.
-
- In a bizzare twisted way, maybe. There's been a long-standing consensus
- that binaries belong in {comp,alt}.binaries and not elsewhere. The
- bot is merely enforcing the rule and informing people of the rules.
-
- >If your internet provider wont'carry the news
- >groups because they are too big, get yourself a new provider!
-
- I agree. However that doesn't mean that the rest of us who DONT
- want the binaries have to be subjected to them.
-
- Followups redirected.
-
- --Dave
-