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  1. Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!taronga!peter
  3. From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
  4. Subject: Re: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON-LINE
  5. Message-ID: <YW0JCL5@taronga.com>
  6. Organization: Taronga Park BBS
  7. References: <21778.2AA9BC4B@puddle.fidonet.org>
  8. Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 12:44:30 GMT
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  11. In article <21778.2AA9BC4B@puddle.fidonet.org> Claude.Vanhorn@f69.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Claude Vanhorn) writes:
  12. >            2)    Mandate that every publicly accessible comput-
  13. >                  er network provide a quantity of node connec-
  14. >                  tions to this computer so that any person
  15. >                  accessing the network would be able to type "C
  16. >                  RECORD" or some simple identifier and be
  17. >                  connected to this archive.  The FCC could
  18. >                  mandate this, though I suspect the networks
  19. >                  might actually cooperate without it.
  20.  
  21. I don't care for this sort of government interference.
  22.  
  23. Here's another alternative: simply publish the CR on CD-ROM, through the
  24. usual low-cost government publication channels. Then sit back and watch
  25. the fun.
  26. -- 
  27.                                                                 `-_-'
  28.                          Have you hugged your wolf today?        'U`
  29.  
  30. Peter da Silva, Taronga Park BBS, Houston, TX  +1 713 568 0480/1032
  31.