Re: the GNINFO HIGHWAY vs. INFO HIWAY OVERPASS above the poor

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From: Kensington Kidz
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 06:41

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Rob Knauerhase (knauer@ibeam.intel.com) wrote:
: In <2socgv$2h0@network.ucsd.edu> triley@weber.ucsd.edu (Tristan Riley) writes:
: >In article <1994Jun3.133306.13118@zygot.ati.com> john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes:
: >>Do we actually want Joe in the Slammer's drivel adding to the noise
: >>level on the net? It is not just a matter of cost, but a matter of
: >>overall value of the traffic.
: >

: My personal feeling is that adding people to the net isn't so bad since the
: stupid ones (be they from a university or a prison) will naturally gravitate
: toward alt.* and leave comp.* alone.  And the stupid ones who like comp.*
: will tend toward the *.advocacy groups, leaving the technical meat to the
: people who generate/consume it.  The biggest purpose of the alt hierarchy
: these days is to act as a 'bozo drain' for the rest of the net.

I would venture to say that things like "noise level" and "stupid ones" 
and "bozos" are in the eye of the beholder.  Remember that for every 
person you or I label "bozo," there are probably 5 people out there 
labeling US "bozos."

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Subject: Re: the GNINFO HIGHWAY vs. INFO HIWAY OVERPASS above the poor
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