RE: From NewsMax.com: Rumsfeld: Nukes Not Considered for Terrorist Retaliation

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Monday, September 24, 2001 1:48 PM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: From NewsMax.com: Rumsfeld: Nukes Not Considered for
> Terrorist Retaliation

> > Ronn (and others), please do NOT post entire articles here if they
> > are already available on the WWW. Only post the URL; not everybody
> > on this list
> 
> Depends on the article and the circumstance.  If it was intended to
> make a point that was being argued it should be posted whole.  Some
> sites hide their info behind 'free registration' and similar gimmicks.

Most sites do not. The only one I know of that does that is the New York
Times website -- and you only have to register *once*, not every time you
want to read an article.


> > has a toll-free number for their dial-up access, or a 24/7 broadband
> > connection. Some us have to pay the phone company for every second
> > they are on-line; posting entire articles only leads to waste of
> > bandwidth, more time needed to download e-mail or read e-mail online,
> > and a higher phone bill.
> 
> You are implying one of three things here: 
> 
> 1.  That you read these articles pointed at on the web.  This would of
> course be the same or probably greater bandwidth, phone charges.  This
> negates your reasoning above.
> 
> 2.  That you do NOT read these articles.  
> 
> 3.  That you might read an article pointed at, but probably don't in
> the majority of cases.

Option #3. I do not always find a topic interesting, and I do not have the
time to read every article someone provides a link to.


> > If an article is not yet available on-line, put it on your own
> > own website and post the URL, or send it off-list to people who ask
> > for it.
> 
> Impractical, and burdensome.  Water flows down the path of least
> resistance.

If you have a website, it is not impractical to post an article there. All
you need is to copy the document to your site. Sending it off-list to
interested parties is also easy -- all you need is hit the "Reply" button,
then the "Attach" button (or whatever it is called in your e-mail client),
select the file, and hit "Send".


> > Thank you for your cooperation.
> 
> I would like to point out that unless a message is VERY long (>12k) the
> amount of time to download it almost negligible--Fractions of a second.
> It will not appreciably change your phone bill.

If it happens only once, no. If it happens regularly, it adds up. This, BTW,
is the same reason why you are supposed to quote only relevant parts of a
post, not entire posts.


Jeroen

_________________________________________________________________________
Wonderful World of Brin-L Website:                    http://go.to/brin-l