Re: RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR NEWSGROUP

Russell Whitaker (whitaker@extropia.corp.sgi.com)
Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:11:40 -0700

On Aug 23, 8:52am, Chris Hind wrote this (quoted with ">"):
> Subject: RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR NEWSGROUP
> Many people in the past have tried to tame the wildly spammed newsgroup
> alt.extropians in the past. Now that we realize that the audience is out
> there, IT IS TIME TO ACT! *MANY* people are interested in these principles
> and we *NEED* some type of public debating forum where we can bring the
> extropian meme to the public rather than sit in isolation hiding in our
> mailinglist. I will begin to post messages to alt.extropians and I *STRONGLY
> URGE* you to do the same. EXTROPIANISM CAN DEBUNK ANY OTHER MEME ON THE
> PLANET AND I WISH TO PROVE THAT FACT.
>
> Let the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to the opening of the *NEW* alt.extropians
> begin!
> SNIP!
>-- End of quoted excerpt from Chris Hind

You _are_ new, and have not done your homework. The Extropians
mailing list has been advertised for 5 years in various media,
including print venues such as *Wired* and major newspapers.
We are not "hiding in our mailinglist".

Realize that most unmoderated newsgroups are routinely
"wildly spammed". That's their nature: the net has not yet
grown out of the "commons" mentality, and so, to paraphrase
Dean Tribble, the newsgroups are the most vulnerable areas
of "overgrazing". No one owns alt.extropians. Sometimes
the grass grows tall, it gets eaten, the winds whip up and
rip out the topsoil, and the land lies barren for a few years.
Only the tracks of pickup trucks loaded with partying teenagers
break up the sterile landscape...

OK, a little over the top, I admit, but this is the regard
in which I hold alt.extropians.

Chris, also, note that posting as "Chris Hind" on this list
and "an579689@anon.penet.fi (CiXeL)" is bad form. You posted this:

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Date:
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Welcome to the *NEW* alt.extropians where we will discuss breakthrough
and currently theoretical technologies such as personality uploading,
telepresence (those webblimps), manipulating global climate with
technologies like HAARP, new breakthrough information such as the
evidence of possible life on Mars and how it could've possibly been
the source of all life in the solar system. I will begin a new thread
every week and you are welcome to post and voice your opinion on the
topic even if you're against what is being discussed.

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You need to learn to use the anonymizer with a bit more
skill.

Russell

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 soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee
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