Can we replace 8 bits by 2 bits?

[CBFalconer]

Kenny McCormack escreveu:
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Perhaps the point is the 'experts' and zealots that have so quick
fingers to post about non topicality could change the behaviour
either not post at all (exchanging the 'off topic' repply by
silence) or first look at header of the msg and see if it is
cross-posted.

McCormack is a troll, and should always be ignored. In addition
the proper answer is to set follow-ups to a single group when
cross-posting, which will avoid the ever growing babble. Google
could do this automatically, by insisting that a cross-posted
article have a follow-up set.

 

[james of tucson]

I only use
this four alphabet in my work.

Gene sequencing?

 

[Cesar Rabak]

CBFalconer escreveu:

McCormack is a troll, and should always be ignored. In addition
the proper answer is to set follow-ups to a single group when
cross-posting, which will avoid the ever growing babble. Google
could do this automatically, by insisting that a cross-posted
article have a follow-up set.

I agree that the person from the group that is in topic and gives a
contributive answer should do so!

 

[Randy Howard]

McCormack is a troll, and should always be ignored.
True.

In addition
the proper answer is to set follow-ups to a single group when
cross-posting, which will avoid the ever growing babble.

Except for one small problem. If you do that, and it is adhered to, if
the OP replies to your response, and the followup was to a group you
don't yourself subscribe to, then you never see it. It's a nice idea,
but doesn't work all that well in practice, unless everyone subscribes
to all the groups anyway (gag).

Similarly, people complain about cross-posting, others complain about
multi-posting, of the two, the latter is far worse, as most newsreaders
are smart enough to delete all cross-posted messages (or at least mark
them as read) when you read the first one.

Google could do this automatically, by insisting that a cross-posted
article have a follow-up set.

Surely by now you realize Google has no interest in a proper NNTP
implementation, even if one could be agreed upon.