Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom From: john@wash.demon.co.uk (John Washington) Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!demon!wash.demon.co.uk!john Subject: Re: CD-ROM Access Distribution: alt References: <2kq6th$ke1@nuscc.nus.sg> Organization: - Reply-To: john@wash.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 2.0 (ka9q DIS 1.24) Lines: 46 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 12:57:28 +0000 Message-ID: <762440248snz@wash.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk In article <2kq6th$ke1@nuscc.nus.sg> med90077@solar.cc.nus.sg writes: >Scott A. May (smay01@BIGCAT.MISSOURI.EDU) wrote: >: On Thu, 24 Feb 1994, Kirk Jensen wrote: > >: > ****** CD-ROM ACCESS ****** >: > >: > We stock over 500 top-quality CD-ROM titles, including all the latest >: > products, blah blah blah.... > >: My god, we can't even escape commercials on the Internet. Just a matter of >: time? I think we should all boycott anyone who advertises here. This is >: not a free corkboard at the neighborhood grocer. If you want to advertise, >: buy your space on Computer Shopper or your local penny saver. > > >Oh give me a break... advertising in this group has been going on for >months now and you decide to wait until _now_ to complain?? Agreed. This guy must have subscribed and posted the same day. No other explanation for picking on Kirk, one of the more reasonable advertisers around. Whatever happened to the idea one should read the FAQ and listen to the group at least two weeks before posting? > >PPS: I don't agree or disagree with the use of the Net as an advertising > medium. IMO, it serves a purpose - the same way commercials on the TV > and radio do. Besides, what's so difficult about pressing the "K" > button or whatever to skip the post? Maybe we should have all adverts > preceded by a [ADVERT] bracket so you can setup a kill file ;) This is a widespread misunderstanding. For some of us, pressing the 'K' button (or whatever) skips reading the post, but our long distance phone bill has already been hit by downloading the article. I have no choice, except receive a newsgroup, or don't receive it. If I receive it, I pay for it. So I object to the overlong full catalogs especially (and on principle I do not buy from those advertisers). I could use a kill file. However it involves sufficient extra processing that I am online for longer than it takes to receive the whole group (unless killing a very high proportion of the traffic). The only answer is responsible posting. Please. -- John Washington