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Article #162Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
From: Magnus Y Alvestad
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 03:17
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 03:17
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>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Lewis <clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca> writes: Chris> wouldn't take much more than an hour's fiddling to produce a Chris> modified "Usenet Death Penalty" program that could globally Chris> nuke almost everything that refers to the case. Doesn't need Chris> much of a machine either. A Sparc II with an NNTP or V.32bis Chris> feed could do it quite handily. Heck, even a 3b1 could do it. Sure. Would be no sweat. If someone did it, however, half the sites on Usenet would disable 'Cancel' within two weeks. The sysadm of the site giving that Sparc it's feed would be flooded with mail. -Magnus
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