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From: crunch@iastate.edu (Joe Yong)
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Subject: Talk: Net Cops :P
Date: 21 Feb 1995 14:00:17 -0600
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In article <3i1137$c50@gagme.wwa.com>, dcau@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Daniel Au) writes:
|> 
|> Ack!  I got busted by a self proclaimed 'Net Cop' via net mail for posting an
|> 8 line sig in another newsgroup.  He was nice about it, giving me a compliment
|> for it (it was on a star-trek newsgroup and it was the first time I actually
|> used the darn trek sig I made), but told me it was a 'waste of internet
|> resources'. *sigh* 

	Well, I really don't care much for 'net cop' wannabes, heck, I work for
the campus cops. However, in most newsgroups, especially those where discussions
are often quite serious (for whatever reason), readers don't appreciate long
sigs. It does take up unnecessary disk space on news servers and the long term
effect is, the administrators cutting down on the number of days articles are
held due to lack of space. That's why we have newsgroups like this one,
dedicated to those gifted with creativity and/or a lotta patience.


Joe Yong.