Re: Space travel by humans is not possible now

"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:"Fred J. McCall" <fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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:> "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> You talk like you're the only one who's ever done this. If big Usenet
:> posts to non-binary groups were a problem on your NNTP server, I'd
:> suggest you had SEVERE technical problems.
:
:Yes, it's called having a T-1 line that is also used for other purposes.
:And hence we're back to the bandwidth issue.
:

Sorry, but that's just silly. We ran all of Usenet over a fractional
T-1 that was used for lots of other things and 'bandwidth' was never
an issue.

:
:>
:> :>
:> :> All of Usenet is a vanishingly small part of what is typically
:> :> consuming 'bandwidth' these days.
:> :
:> :It is for those who are actually READING it.
:> :
:>
:> READING isn't 'bandwidth', you silly git.
:
:I didn't say it was. Try again.
:

You just did, in your statement about "READING it". Try again.

:>
:> :In any event, it's also a time waster to have to try to scroll through
:> long
:> :posts to see 2 lines at the bottom. If people have something they think
:> is
:> :important to say, it makes little sense to make it HARDER for the reader
:> :read it.
:> :
:>
:> Do what most people do.
:>
:> 1) Get a newsreader that colour-codes things so the 'new' bits are
:> easy to pick out.
:
:That doesn't change the LENGTH of the post.
:

I didn't say it was. Try again.

:
:>
:> 2) If there's too much 'quote' and not enough 'new', hit the 'N'
:> key...
:
:Which is what I do with about 90% of your posts. I think I need to up that
:to about 95%.
:

Suit yourself. That's the nice thing about Usenet...

Oh, your value here is what, again?


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