From: timm@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren)
Subject: Re: Avoid RightBrain (was: Re: PasteUp vs PageMaker vs Quark...)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 08:04:23 GMT

jmd@cube.handheld.com writes:

>> glenn@rightbrain.com (Glenn Reid) writes:
>> 
>> >My sense is that people are overreacting somewhat, but let me just say
>> >this in response to those of you who are advocating "Avoid RightBrain"
>> >or "Boycott RightBrain" or whatever:  first of all, we're not Pillsbury
>> >or Carnation, and a boycott is not just a nuisance, it's a big deal.  Do
>> >you really think that's the right way to handle an inappropriate net
>> >posting, or are you just still in college?
>> 
>> Very dimplomatic of you.  I suppose making digs on the college students
>> won't lose you any sales though, so what the hell.
>> 
>I must say I  agree with Glenn here.  Just look at the 'sides', and the 
>domains they tend post from.

Did I disagree?  Did you read it?  Do you understand any of what's
being said?

>> >And one final thing: USENET is an anarchy.  There is no police force,
>> >barely any guidelines, and certainly no central authority.  Your opinions
>> >are just opinions, and so are ours.  We pay for our news feed and we obey
>> >the laws.  We have observed over time that there are approximately 10,000
>> >"silent" readers for every vocal poster, and that the vast majority of
>> >people who send us Email DO NOT AGREE with the five or six people who
>> >flame constantly on the net.
>> 
>> We all know this.  It is not a matter of rules or laws or anything else.
>> Even if the posts in news.announce.newuser mentioned nothing of blatant
>> commercial advertising on the net, I would still ask that you refrain
>> from posting them, and also label RTF posts as such, not so much that
>> it would be "following the rules", but out of consideration of your fellow
>> USENETters.  The unlabelled RTF post thing is simply a major nuisance
>> for many of us with wimpy data feeds.  I would think being UUCP that
>> you might understand that.
>> 

>Why do you pay-per-byters always DEMAND that the rest of us cater to your 
>chosen situation? 

Did I DEMAND?  I don't know...I'm reading it and I'm seeing the phrase
"I would still ask"...you're reading it, and you're reading "demand".
I think one of us needs to go back to school.  Funny, I'm on the
19-year-old side, but I seem to be able to comprehend the posts...

>On the one hand, it is your choice of how to connect, and 
>on the other hand,  you would get more sympathy (from me, at least) if you weren't 
>so demanding about it all. 

What's "demanding about it all"?  Wow...I never though asking someone
to put THREE FUCKING LETTERS on the top of their posts was asking
so much.

> I like the NeXT and DPS.  I don't see why I should therefore
>be happy with a command-line newreader, or the style of output it tends to
> product.

Interesting.  I don't see the connection between the first sentence and
the following one, but interesting nonetheless.

Sigh...you asking me to look up "listen".  Geesh.  Try looking up
"humane".

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