From: roy@cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 95 17:16:04 PDT
To: aba@dcs.exeter.ac.uk
Subject: Re: CYPHERPUNK considered harmful
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In list.cypherpunks, aba@dcs.exeter.ac.uk writes:

> One thing I have been thinking would be nice would be a USENET
> newsgroup, as mailing lists are a step away from easy access which
> some people never make.

That's a feature, not a bug.  Unless the group was moderated, I predict
the S/N ratio to be <= 0.  Witness the crap in alt.2600.

The mailing list, as someone said before me, works as a limited
pre-screening system.  Given the nature of the list's focus and
discussion, I think a newsgroup would end up being a stable attractor
for the clue-deficit crowd.  Not something I'd find useful.
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           Roy M. Silvernail     [ ]      roy@cybrspc.mn.org
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