I believe it is time to revisit this group's charter, and
this seems the accepted way to do so: suggest a
revision and if an affirmative is expressed by a majority
of the group's "regs" then the motion carries. Of course,
the definition of "regular" has never been codified, and
this has led to hundreds of entertaining flame-wars
across the newsgroups since time immemorial.
For our purposes, here's an idea. If you read this
within a week of posting and have an opinion, state
it in that time. If you do not read it in that time, you
might not be a "reg".
The question is paragraph 4 of the charter, which reads:
"Posters are discouraged from posting material in excess of 1
(one) gigabyte in one day, and are discouraged from posting more
than 1,000 (one thousand) individual files in one day. Failure
to observe these cautions is considered "excessive posting". "
I move that this paragraph be stricken and replaced thus:
"Posters are discouraged from posting material in excess of 5
(five) gigabytes in one day, and are discouraged from posting more
than 5,000 (five thousand) individual files in one day. Failure
to observe these cautions is considered "excessive posting". "
Reasoning: the limitations on technology and bandwidth
of 7 and one-half years ago have been steadily erased.
The storage capacity of news services is not infinite, but
is certainly less finite than it was in 2007. In my estimation,
based on this group's usage and current news service
retention policies, increasing the nominal limits here will
have a predicted nil effect on the retention or completion
rate at any news service which carries this group.
Speak now or hold peace,
Grouse
--
Most women have long hair because they think it
distracts from their flaws. Short hair means
either that she's confident, which is always sexy,
or sometimes, it means that she simply does not
have any flaws.
"Long on hair, short on brains."
-- old French proverb
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