At 08:53 AM 9/26/01, you wrote: > > From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Guess you were not around, back when a month with less than 1,400 > > > > messages was considered a relatively QUIET month... > > > > > > As opposed to say ~500 messages / Day? (in quiet times between books). > > > > Are those ~500 messages per day actual discussions, or are they to a large > > extent rants, flames and personal attacks (not entirely uncommon in > > newsgroups)? > >Yes. Very tiny percent. Some percent. > >Depends on the thread. Some people there do not tolerate idiocy. A large >percentage of the discussions tend to be off topic. > >Then again, there is the _Great_ M*rm*n Flame war (one of the best >arguments I've ever read): > >Hmm. Google groups seems to have changed it. After some hard work I >think it starts here: > >http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&th=b1e06bb07319e346&as_drrb=b&as_maxd=11&as_maxm=9&as_maxy=1997&as_mind=29&as_minm=3&as_miny=1 >995 > >Then there seems to be a break that wasn't there before, and my old link >points to this: > >http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=b1e06bb07319e346,1079&ic=1 > >When I read it, it was 1100+ messages, but this dosent seem to add up to >that many.
Apparently this occurred before I got here. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
