Re: Reporting Spam in Google Groups

"Fred J. McCall" <fmccall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 

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> No, not only if he pays by the byte.  Unless you have infinite
> bandwidth ANY use of the bandwidth by a user impacts all other users.
> Claiming "Oh, but the impact of my recreation is trivial on those
> working" is just a cop-out.

This looks to me like one of those threads
whose meaning averages out to zero.  I can
see that some people have a problem about
what are their responsibilities when they 
are on company time; but the point standing
out so strongly here, is how useless non
quantitative reasoning can be in a topic
where quantity is centrally important.  It
also illustrates how Usenet has lost its
(former) immense value as a hotbed of ideas
and divergent thinking. 

Out of quality and context here, I estimate
the average age of Usenet posters has gone
down from mid 20's to early adolescence; 
with large increase in content that clearly
reflects pathology.

Titeotwawki -- mha [sci.space.policy 2008
Mar 31]