rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller) writes:
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>rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org (Felix S. Gallo) wrote:
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>>If that's the way fidonet works, then fidonet is broken and needs to
>>be fixed.  Certainly, if what you say is true, then I can't comprehend
>
>Ha.... Ha!  You've got to be kidding!  That's like saying 'Well, since
>internet mail can't handle binary data, it's broken... it's just got
>to be fixed!'

Exactly!  That's why protocols were developed for internet mail that
do handle binary data -- see 'uuencode' and 'uudecode'.  The situation
was incorrect, and so people fixed it.

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>>I'm interested in hearing a reasonable reason why comp.os.linux shouldn't
>>follow the path of every group that gets this large and chaotic and
>>unreadable.
>
>Because the mojority of the world isn't democratic.

What does global political theory have to do with anything?

Mr. Giller went on to say, before I accidentally deleted his line, that
most of the PC users of the world don't have access to usenet feeds.  This
is true.  However, it's also true that most of them don't have access to
any sort of netnews at all.  I think that most of the people who have some
sort of access to comp.os.linux have it direct, and that only a very small
fragment of them have it via fidonet.  I believe it's very inappropriate
for the few (1%) to dictate the actions of the many (99%).

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>David Giller, Box 134 | Q: How many Oregonians does it take to screw in a light
>Occidental College    | bulb?  A: Three.  One to replace the bulb, and two to
>1600 Campus Road      | fend off all the Californians trying to share the
>Los Angeles, CA 90041 | experience. ---------------------------rafetmad@oxy.edu
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Felix Sebastian Gallo                              rhodesia@wixer.cactus.org
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