rec.books.pynchon

[David Andignac]

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>I vote against the idea.  My experience with other lists that
>have been converted to newspgroups is that you get 
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>a)  too many casual surfers taking up bandwidth
>b)  too much annoying crossposting, advertisements, etc.
>c)  the good people dropping out of discussions because of the
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>I think our set-up here is democratic, consensual and open.  It
>is a nice balance between an academic and moderated group and the
>anarchy of the news Zone.
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>-- 
>chris stolz		16 oakview pl. sw calgary ab canada t2v-3z9
>cstolz at acs.ucalgary.ca	(403) 281-6794
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>"But you must admit that our ignorance is manifestly of a very rich 
>and varied sort?" said Ulrich.
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>			Robert Musil, _The Man Without Qualities_		
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I would be against a newsgroup for the sole reason that my Internet account 
is through work and I do not get newsgroup access. I would be shut out.

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