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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!fizban.solace.mh.se!vampire.xinit.se!newsfeed.tip.net!nic.tip.net!icon!daniel From: daniel@icon.pp.se (Daniel Eriksson) Subject: Re: REPOST: quick and dirty pcmcia support X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: ICON Message-ID: <DKvJFt.Fxp@icon.pp.se> References: <4cq6j1$f5o@news.eecs.umich.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 18:02:17 GMT Lines: 23 Dan Muntz (dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu) wrote: > Someone sent a nastygram to my postmaster about the previous posting > of this code, and either this (anonymous) twit or our local "User Advocates" > cancelled the post. As I have had no problems in the past with my code > postings to this group (and the 386bsd groups, previously), and have > received requests for reposting, here it is again. Should this post > be cancelled as well, I'd appreciate any pointers to the canceller. If such > posts are not considered appropriate here, perhaps a discussion should > be started in this group about them. Seems a bit nicer and more productive > than reacting by sending insulting email to one's postmaster. Well, consider this a complaint! I'm quite sure your code is excellent and all that, but 150k in a discussion-group is a bit too much, at least when you are sitting behind a slow and rather expensive UUCP-connection (28k8 @ 0.1USD/min). (Ok, 150K is a drop in the bucket for me, but many drops soon form a flood...) Why not put it up for FTP someplace and post a notice her instead? Have a nice day! -- Daniel Eriksson, daniel@icon.pp.se