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From: odom@aur.alcatel.com (R. M. Odom)
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Subject: Talk: Net Cops :P
Date: 25 Feb 1995 09:27:18 -0600
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In article nk4@gagme.wwa.com, crunch@iastate.edu (Joe Yong) writes:

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>	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.
>

It has been my experience on the net that far more server space is wasted
on eight screensfulls of flame bait, or other unnecessary content, for a 
two line "Up yours" reply than all the five to ten line .sigs could ever 
hog.  Seems to me the .sigs are the least of the problems.  So how are
the net cops going to deal with the commercial junk mail?  Lets hope this
type of admin person busts an artery with frustration and just go away. 
Not all admin people have personal "agendas" like this.  

At least the .sigs tend to be more creative/informative than the posts I 
just described.  My .sig is a little long, but for some groups, I trim it to
six lines.  If the net cops can't handle that, they can just go cry over it.
For me it's a safety issue.  If I cut it to four lines, how the heck am I 
going to land my plane?  ;-)

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