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Article #268Re: Cyber curtain drops on Manitoba?
From: bt351
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 00:00
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Sean Ennis (ennis@mail.escape.compostmaster) wrote: : man.* and wpg.* since their creation, were always meant to be distributed : only withing Manitoba. ummm. if this is the case, why on earth were they not done on a bulletin board? what's wrong, could not your forebears read faq's? if you want to restrict read/write, why on earth would it be done from an open platform? : For whatever reason, the man.* and wpg.* hierarchiefs leaked out of : Manitoba, and started receiveing posts from out side. MBNet's news server : (where most of the ISP's recieve their news feeds) until recenetly was not : able to filter out these 'rogue' posts. Within the last month the server : was upgraded, and a rule that was ALWAYS in existance was now able to be : enforced (i.e. that you should only be able to post/read from it, from : sites within Manitoba). so if we stick all the "hierarchiefs" back in their manitoba pants, can open access be restored? if ips were free to seek or setup their own feeds (without risking penalty or other retribution), would this be a problem? the ALWAYS rule has a habit of falling on its subjective ass. and normally ends up being another excuse for censorship and ego grooming. by doing as you are, you are content cancelling. uncool ozark airman. beside, inbreeding is hazardous to your heir's health. --
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f67a2,5ed475be11c224e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf67a2,public X-Google-Thread: 1160de,880e2d82064f1a3f X-Google-Attributes: gid1160de,public X-Google-Thread: 103731,5ed475be11c224e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,5ed475be11c224e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,5ed475be11c224e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 108c64,5ed475be11c224e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c64,public From: bt351@torfree.net (bt351) Subject: Re: Cyber curtain drops on Manitoba? Date: 1998/02/21 Message-ID: <EopqLz.ECA.0.sheppard@torfree.net> X-Deja-AN: 327176984 References: <EoLBCn.5tC.0.queen@torfree.net> <EoLqo8.B7J.0.spadina@torfree.net> <6ck4c7$a1k$1@usenet50.supernews.com> Followup-To: torfree.general,tor.general,can.infohighway,wpg.general,man.general,news.admin.net-abuse.usenet Organization: Toronto Free-Net Newsgroups: torfree.general,tor.general,can.infohighway,wpg.general,man.general,news.admin.net-abuse.usenet