Re: Space travel by humans is not possible now

"Fred J. McCall" <fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

: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 us? Wow. You now speak for ever NNTP administrator out there Fred.
I'm impressed.


:> :> 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.

You're right. I did say READING. But you still don't get it. So let me
try in small words.

If I have tight bandwidth, and I'm reading USENET, I don't care how much
porn YOU are downloading. I do care how much verbal diarrhea you are
injecting into the USENET forum I'm trying to read. Hence, your diarrhea
impacts the bandwidth of those reading USENET, but your porn habits don't.



:>
:> 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.

Umm, why should I try again. Since my point was about the LENGTH of posts
and your solution doesn't address that, I have no idea why I should try
again when admit your solution doesn't solve the problem.


:
:>
:> 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?

I'll put the value of my posts up against yours any day Fred.



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