Re: GEnieLamp A2 July 1993

[neville@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Neville Smith)]

In article <1993Jul18.065413.6785@vicstoy.UUCP> aphelps@vicstoy.UUCP (Austin Phelps) writes:
>In article <93197.165142AUJGH@ASUACAD.BITNET> <AUJGH@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
>>
>>running up your phone bill.  Don't like it, don't read it ("just change the
>>channel").
>
>And how exactly is he suppose to do this?
>
Most news readers have what's called a killfile. Even rn, which is considered
to be an ancient and limited newsreader has killfiles. Just put the subjbect
"GEnie" into it and you'll never have to read anything about GEnie again.

If on the other hand he's downloading every news article via some
batch/uucp type of connection, then all I can say is bad luck.
This is not how most people read the news.
Why should thousands of other users be deprived just because this guy
has a slow modem. (Hey guys, don't make your BBS Ansi graphics.
I don't have a terminal emulator to do it!) How low should the
lowest comon denominator be?

I think it's a case of majority rules. Especially in this case
where we have a ratio in the vicinity of 100:1. (very rough guestimate)
Most people want to read it.

Neville Smith
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