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From: grouse1@gDONTSPAMITmail.com (Grouse)
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Subject: Re: RFC to group
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grouse1@gDONTSPAMITmail.com (Grouse) wrote:
>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,
Right, we'll consider this passed. Thanks to commenters,
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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