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Article #42Re: Call for new group.: alt.flame.roddles
From: Derek Woodlands
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 00:00
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'Twas a dark and stormy night on Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:59:40 +1000 as Chris Lewis
<cllewis@bigpond.com> took time out from the neverending quest to rid the world
of grues and wrote:
> > But how would ISPs handle the 100,000 messages a day such a group would
> > generate? ;-)
>
> Ah!! THAT much we could handle - we were expecting MANY, MANY more! We thought
> maybe we'd set the Roddulator on automatic and let it answer some for Rod (don't
> want to actuially KILL the poor old duffer).
He would go through keyboards like Cliff Young goes through gumboots.
> How many do you reckon you'd drop in??
Ummmm, what is the population of China and India combined?
> BTW: if I'd cross posted to aus.comms as well I reckon it'd be up and running by
> now <g>
Prolly by yesterday. ;-)
Catchya
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