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Bruce White 3807 <bw@WS029.TORREYPINESCA.NCR.COM> writes:
>> Has there ever been an attempt made to create alt.extropians and to
>> gate bit.listserv.xtropy-l?  Does the extropian mail list own rights
>> to newsgroups?
>
>I don't think that any formal attempt has been made to create alt.extropians.
>It is rather easy to create an alt newsgroup - just run newgroup!
>
>How could the current extropian mail list possibly own rights to any
>newgroups?

It doesn't have any. You are free to set anything up you like. We are
simply free not to use it, and given that no one has used the bit.
list, it isn't clear that an alt list would have any additional
traffic. In any case, do what you like. Its a free country.

>There is no maintenance, no stupid list rules, no quibbling about who
>should be on/off the list. It is PURE ANARCHY.

Well, more accurately, what you desire is chaos, not anarchy. The
existing list is anarchy right now, and works quite well. Obviously,
an individual like yourself that was kicked off the list would not
view things that way, but I would rather like to think that the ease
with which we disposed of you demonstrates the power of a PPL run list
over a usenet newsgroup.  David Sternlight, for instance, recently
nearly brought sci.crypt to its knees by being an obnoxious toad -- if
sci.crypt had been operated on a PPL basis he could have simply been
kicked off if he refused to stop flaming, thus neutralizing the
problem. However, there is no point to this. If you really want to
create an alt group, create it. You are free to do whatever you like.
No one will stop you. However, its also unlikely anyone will care.

>BRUCE'S WAGER:
>
>I bet that within 6 months the number of readers of alt.extropians will
>exceed the current numbers of readers of sci.cryonics (10000 according
>to the data which Kevin Brown just published).

Who cares? Prehaps you are right, and prehaps you are wrong. It makes
no difference.

Enjoy.
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