X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb118,c675cd1e60f39a88 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb118,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,c675cd1e60f39a88 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: f9437,c675cd1e60f39a88 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9437,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,c675cd1e60f39a88 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-23 01:03:51 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii,alt.binaries.pictures.d,news.groups Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!get.hooked.net!decwrl!ames!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!ieunet!tcdcs!news.tcd.ie!unix1.tcd.ie!mcauleyd From: mcauleyd@unix1.tcd.ie (David Mc Auley) Subject: Re: VOTING: rec.arts.ascii (MODERATED) Message-ID: Sender: usenet@news.tcd.ie (TCD News System ) Organization: University of Dublin, Trinity College References: Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 07:10:59 GMT Lines: 26 Xref: bga.com alt.ascii-art:8230 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:558 alt.binaries.pictures.d:2666 news.groups:14868 There are a couple of things I have to say about all this. 1) Requests are part of the life blood of alt.ascii-art! How often has someone posted a request which has caused a new pic to be created, an old pic to be altered or unseen pics to be released? Sure Bob could reply to requests posted on the net but that wouldn't get the same variety of results. Personally I like to see requests and more particularily their followups being posted to the group. 2) Sure some pictures get posted often enough to make people well and truly sick of them. That's because they are spectacular art. We don't _HAVE_ to look at them each time they show up! 3) What good does sending out a FAQ do? If it's to point you towards ftp sites, not everyone has ftp priviledges. If it's to tell you how to draw them yourself, not everyone has the talent! ++++++ In fact I voted YES but now I'm not so sure. Does anyone know the procedure for changing your vote? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Mc Auley Trinity College Dublin mcauleyd@unix1.tcd.ie Disclaimer -- My college cannot be responsible for my opinions. Nor can I for that matter!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~