Re: A question for those interested in physics...

Rowland McDonnell wrote:
 > Chris Wiegand <wie...@alum.rpi.edunospamm> wrote:
 >
 >
 >> jea...@ipricot.com wrote:
 >>
 >>
 >>> Le Fri, 29 Mar 2002 04:17:49 GMT Chris Wiegand
 >>> <wie...@alum.rpi.edunospamm> dit:
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>> From your posts it seems as if you believe that no energy is
 >>>> required to move air particles.  The work done by the air on
 >>>> the object will be equal to the area under the drag-force vs.
 >>>> displacement curve.
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>
 >>> How much energy do you think I should require to move you out of
 >>> comp.unix.bsd.* and stop all thoses cross-postings ?
 >>
 >
 > [snip]
 >
 >
 >> just ignore the thread, how hard is that.
 >
 >
 > You're quite right.  As Emily Postnews tells us in
 > <http://www.landfield.com/faqs/usenet/emily-postnews/part1/>:
 >
 > Q: How can I choose what groups to post in?
 >
 > A: Pick as many as you can, so that you get the widest audience. After
 > all, the net exists to give you an audience.  Ignore those who suggest
 > you should only use groups where you think the article is highly
 > appropriate.  Pick all groups where anybody might even be slightly
 > interested.
 >
 > Always make sure followups go to all the groups.  In the rare event that
 > you post a followup which contains something original, make sure you
 > expand the list of groups.  Never include a "Followup-to:" line in the
 > header, since some people might miss part of the valuable discussion
 > in the fringe groups.
 >
 > Rowland.
 >
 > P.S. Or you might try:
 >
 > <http://www.landfield.com/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/>
 >
 > Be considerate with your use of network resources.  Your individual usage
 > may not seem like much compared to the net as a whole, but in aggregate,
 > small savings in disk or CPU add up to a great deal.  For instance,
 > messages offering thanks, jibes, or congratulations will only need
 > to be seen by the interested parties -- send these by mail rather
 > than posting them. The same goes for simple questions, and especially
 > for any form of "me too" posting.

Gotta love the Net Cop.  He probably makes more Usenet traffic
complaining about "off topic" posts than those posts generate 
themselves.  ;-)

Edwin
-- 

"I use MacOS X (and ported *nix apps), MacOS 9, YDL linux, and window$
(though not voluntarily). Why do you call e a Linux user?"  -- Rick
Hatton, March 29, 2002

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