From: udumudi@vanilla (u v babu srinivas)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Newsgroup monopolized by riffraff?
Date: 21 Nov 1992 01:37:27 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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ab == Anindya Basu (basu@cs.cornell.edu) wrote:

ab> The following is a summary of a study I made regarding the nature 
ab> and quality of articles being posted on this newsgroup. The findings 
ab> are in the nature of a scientific enquiry and must be accepted in 

and 

ab> The latest flame wars between certain individuals from such obscure 
ab> places like WPI, Emory University, Massey University (who or what is 
ab> Massey anyway?), to name a few, have really degenerated into verbal 
ab> fisticuffs of a most abusive and obscene nature. It is high time that 

and

ab> An interesting fact regarding the source of most of the postings on 
ab> the net is that about 90% of these posts come from individuals associated 
ab> with very obscure universities or colleges and seems to lead to the 
ab> conclusion that such people have nothing better to do with their time 
ab> (like research for example) and spend most of their waking hours thinking 
ab> of and posting new and more derogatory flames on the net. Invariably, 
ab> even discussions which start out with rational arguments very soon 
ab> collapse into ad hominem attacks at the level of the lowest common 
ab> denominator.


I see. so people like me who come from such very obscure universities 
have nothing better to do than to waste time, and people like you who 
come from great universities like cornell have time only to conduct 
'studies' on the nature of the articles on s.c.i. haha.

and pray tell why these great people from these great universities
have not had great minds to create great kill files.

and, btw, did you also notice that the best of the articles come from
some obscure universities too [and sometimes from the very ones you
quoted]


ab> It seems to me that the majority of traffic generated in the newsgroup
ab> involves inane, puerile, immature, incoherent, intemperate rantings of 
ab> individuals who should know better than to use this newsgroup as a forum 
ab> to display their colossal ignorance and personal bigotry. Unfortunately,
ab> most netters seem to be under the impression that an unmoderated newsgroup 
ab> gives them the license to spew out the garbage in their minds as and when 
ab> they feel the urge. This not only wastes valuable bandwidth, but also 
ab> leaves most first time readers of the newsgroup with a bad taste in the 
ab> mouth.

true. everyone knows that already, on s.c.i. 

me thinks that large amounts of money is being wasted at these great 
universities where people do 'studies' to discover an already well
known [self-evident] fact.

ab> Disclaimer: All opinions are mine alone and do not reflect the views 
ab>             of Cornell University.

don't worry. I don't think anyone would believe that either.

yes I am from WPI, and no, I don't know why I respond to such articles...

                                                   -- srinivas
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