Re: --- Regarding Chris Caputo and Altopia ---

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From: D. C. & M. V. Sessions
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 00:00

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Chris Caputo wrote:
> bspaghetti@hotmail.com (Clueless Wombat Cabal) writes:

> >My major complaint is that newsgroup flooding is going on in alt.life.sucks
> >and nothing has been done about it.  I think CC needs to define his nebulous
> >policy against newsgroup flooding, because it would seem that the complaints
> >he has received about it from others have not been listened to.
> 
> We believe newsgroup flooding is when a program automatically injects
> posts into one more newsgroups in rapid succession.
> 
> We believe it is impossible for a human to flood a newsgroup by generating
> posts by hand.

Sounds like an invitation to a Turing test.
(See "What if?")

-- 
"Amid reports that the US House of Representatives' open mail
 servers were used to relay spam, a House subcommittee met
 Thursday and approved legislation that effectively approves
 the practice." -- Deborah Scoblionkov
D. C. & M. V. Sessions
sessions@primenet.com

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Subject: Re: --- Regarding Chris Caputo and Altopia ---
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