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- From: Kenneth J Flagg <emu+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Open response to Richard E Depew
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 00:50:38 -0500
- Organization: Sophomore, Music, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Message-ID: <gl_0yi600WB2QDCGBQ@andrew.cmu.edu>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga.audio: 15-Feb-96 Re: Open response
- to Richar.. by dd555@delphi.com
- > Johan, I do not understand why a binary newsgroup can have binary
- files, and a
- >
- > regular newsgroup can't. Please explain. Is it because there
- > are compression modes setup for the alt binaries, but not the text
- newsgroups?
-
- No. People who subscribe to binary groups do so with the intention
- of downloading large files automatically. Regular groups are for
- discussion and not for bandwidth-heavy binaries. It's a distinction
- made both for organizational purposes and for the benefit of those not
- connected to the net via a T1.
-
- -Ken
-
-