Re: Incoming files on Asimov (Georgia Mirror)

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Rubywand wrote:

> Andy McFadden writes ...
> >
> > In article <394F300B.6C838386@swbell.net>,
> > Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> > >ronfucci@bellsouth.net writes ...
> > >>
> > >> What is the policy of Asimov with regard to handling incoming files ?
> > >> Are they distributed into the existing directory structure on a
> > >> regular basis ?
> > > ....
> > >
> > >     The Georgia site is a mirror; so, it seems more likely that newly
> > >uploaded material would be transferred to Asimov and sorted there. Since
> > >Asimov is currently down, it may be a while before new uploads appear in
> > >regular folders.
> >
> > Would be nice if somebody would just take it and throw it into a
> > world-readable directory.  The point of a non-world-readable directory
> > is to prevent "bad people" from using it as a drop point, but given
> > how long that stuff has been sitting there it's unlikely to contain
> > anything less legal than the accessible contents of the web site.  (Did
> > I phrase that diplomatically enough?)
> >
>  ....
>
>      Except for giving a few of our remaining anti-user vogon types purple faced
> apoplexy, sure!
>
> Rubywand

Not sure at all. The post was phrased "diplomatically", only someone with tunnel
vision would think that defenders of personal property rights would pop a vein over
that. And with the dwindling supply of web/ftp pirate sites, I think *we* can speak
of the few remaining pirates.  :-)

Roy