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- From: clifto@indep1.chi.il.us (Clifton T. Sharp)
- Subject: Re: bincancel:3 large binaries:AR160:@@NCM
- Message-ID: <DnEJC8.xq@indep1.chi.il.us>
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- References: <DnA68B.5Kz@caprica.com> <twellsDnCr7A.Hq7@netcom.com> <4gstkd$mvm@oracle.damerica.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 21:21:44 GMT
-
- In article <4gstkd$mvm@oracle.damerica.net> vernonls@community.net (Vernon Sandusky) writes:
- >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.
-
- About negative six months. It's been done. There was a heavy cancel
- storm some months back, created by some pigs trying to damage other
- people.
-
- >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!
-
- You really want those binaries everywhere no matter who (other than
- your almighty self) it hurts, don't you?
-
- --
- Cliff Sharp There are days when no matter which
- WA9PDM way you spit, it's upwind.
- clifto@indep1.chi.il.us --The First Law of Reality
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