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From: jose@utcs.uucp
Newsgroups: net.sources.d
Subject: Re: Posting compressed info
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Date: Thu, 28-Aug-86 02:24:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcs.1986Aug28.022437.23856
Posted: Thu Aug 28 02:24:37 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Aug-86 04:10:36 EDT
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Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX
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Keywords: cost, compress, uuencode
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In article  heiby@cuae2.UUCP (-Ron Heiby) writes:
>This article is in response to an article in net.sources which is just
>one example of a misguided trend.  That is, the use of compression and
>uuencoding by posters of "large" text information.  I'm sure that the
>posters who do this have the best of intentions, and I don't blame them
>for not understanding how the net works.
>
I second the motion!  Just imagine that if 5 people at 1 site decide that they
want to look at these files, never mind trying to use them.  Each and every
user has to:

1) save the posted file somewhere (probably in a NEW directory)
2) uudecode/de-compress/whatever to get the REAL files
3) look at them and decide
 
While each person is doing this his process is using cpu cycles and LOTS of
disk space.  And all for nothing if the files are not apropriate!  Please
folks: let's not waste our time trying to "improve" the system by out-thinking
what some system administrator has spent hours working on!  Send files as they
are and let the software worry about it!
-- 

Jose A. Dias			       University of Toronto Computing Services
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