[212] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
News or Advertising--Final Installment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Fri May 8 09:47:36 1992
Date: Fri, 8 May 1992 08:38:10 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
3 Messages, 67 Lines
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Moderator's Note: Since our readers have said about everything there
is to say, relevant to PACS-L, I'm considering this subject closed.
Next topic! --Dana
From: "Clyde W. Grotohorst" <WALLYG%fen1.gmu.edu@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
Subject: Re: News/Adverts/JunkMail/Trees...
>I would rather get my junk mail in electronic format, than
>continue the deforestation required to deliver it in DEAD-TREE
>format....
/* turn flame on */
DEAD-TREE format? What about all the electrons being wasted to
store this stuff on the disks of every recipient of the list? If you
expand your ecological horizons to include virtual resources, you'd
have to admit that wasting bytes is equally repugnent.
As a matter of fact, folks overly impressed with the 'include'
command--where 75% of the message consists of quoting information
already rec'd by subscribers--are not only wasting precious
magnetic resources but the time and keystrokes of hundreds of users
who have to wade through the >'s to find the kernel of wisdom
that's being added...
p.s. Does anyone know a good source of information for what RLG's
been doing in the past 24 hours? PACS-L is OK for some info
but I'm starting to get the itch for real-time updates...
/* hose flame */
:Clyde W. Grotophorst Library Systems Office Fenwick Library :
:George Mason Univ 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 :
:Voice: (703) 993-2239 wallyg@fen1.gmu.edu CIS: 70704,3376 :
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From: karlf@unllib.unl.edu (Karl Fattig)
Subject: Re: News or Advertising
Steve Nelson says that e-communication is necessarily more environmental
than paper mail -- at least in the case of the RLG blurb. Well, has this
been proven? How much energy does it cost to run the net? Where is it
coming from? Just a thought -- not a barb.
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From: linnzy criswell <LSCRISWE@ECUVM1>
Subject: Re: News or Advertising
well, think of it like this: disposing of junk e-mail is more
environmentally sound than paper! :)
later on...
linzy
lscriswe@ecuvm1.bitnet
