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In article <t0gn_fr.messina@netcom.com> messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
>ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
>>In article <adgn1#p.messina@netcom.com> messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
>>>begin 666 reset.com
>Well, not to get picky, but the uuencoded post was 1 line long, your
>preaching was 5 pages long.  Talk about a waste of bandwith.

I am very sorry to see that there always are users who either miss
or pretend to miss the point when they have such a nifty term as
"waste of bandwidth" in their vocabulary. 

This was not about a single posting of uuencoded material, but
information about what will happen if the practice of posting
"binaries" to discussion newsgroups becomes more general again.  We
have had that in the past on UseNet with all the unfortunate
repercussions.  Please try to see the forest for the tress before
jumping the gun.  If you take a just a moment longer to read the
five pages (count again btw) and reflect a bit you'll probably be
able see why the logic of comparing the lenth of the two postings
has nothing to do with the actual issue. 

P.S.  Mike's helpful assembly listing is longer than the original
posting, but is perfectly in line with the established practices of
also this newsgroup.  Think why, and it'll come to you. 

   All the best, Timo

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