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In <73uviq$pav$1@dosa.alt.net>, 
mr_spiro@yahoo.com (Spiro) wrote:

> In article <6630770673.236617645@news.stray.cat.edu>, 
> Stray_Cat@alt.anonymous.messages confounded himself with...
> >
> >Expand your newsgroups to include:
> >
> >alt.horror.werewolves
> >
> I've added that one in. I'm still not in breach of the BI, so I figure 
> that makes me OK. Afterall, surely that dear old chap Caputo wouldn't 
> dream of engaging in content based cancelling. 
> 
For the general edification:  

http://www.cybernothing.org/faqs/net-abuse-faq.html

"The Breidbart Index (BI) is a measure of the breadth of any multi-posting,
cross-posting, or combination of the two.  BI is defined as the sum of the
square roots of how many newsgroups each article was posted to. If that number
approaches 20, then the posts will probably be cancelled by somebody.

"For instance, four identical posts to nine newsgroups each (4 times 3) has a
BI of 12. However, nine identical posts to four newsgroups each (9 times 2)
has a BI of 18."

Thus, for a single posting, you would have to crosspost it to FOUR HUNDRED
newsgroups to have a BI of 20; although allowable under the "rules", such an
article would break many newsreaders, and some news servers as well.
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The Prince of Lies                                      mhm 16x8
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telling them they need enlightenment."
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