Re: Re****ting Spam in Google Groups

Tim Little <tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:slrnfup9lo.kdq.tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

> On 2008-03-28, Fred J  McCall <fmccall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Both are using network access that your employer pays for. 
>> This impacts everyone else.
> 
> Even assuming that the internet connection costs per-byte
> instead of a flat rate like pretty much everywhere, it's almost
> certainly less than the cost of replacing chairs due to the
> extra wear from employees sitting in them for their lunch break
> instead of leaving the property. 
> 
> Some costs are negligible.  Bandwidth for text Usenet groups is
> one of them.
> 
> You're still missing the point, which is that in many cases an
> employer couldn't give a damn whether their employees are
> browsing Usenet during their lunch break, but will not install
> and maintain specific software for the purpose.
> 
The counter point would be that many businesses use Microsoft 
Office, which includes Outlook, and Windows comes with Outlook 
Express, both of which are (****y) usenet clients. It is virtually 
impossible to have a Windows machine that doesn't already have a 
usenet client installed on it.

-- 
Terry Austin

"There's no law west of the internet."
    - Nick Stump

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.