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In reply to "grouse1@gDONTSPAMITmail.com (Grouse)" who wrote the following:
> I believe it is time to revisit this group's charter, and
> this seems the accepted way to do so: suggest a
> revision and if an affirmative is expressed by a majority
> of the group's "regs" then the motion carries. Of course,
> the definition of "regular" has never been codified, and
> this has led to hundreds of entertaining flame-wars
> across the newsgroups since time immemorial.
>
> For our purposes, here's an idea. If you read this
> within a week of posting and have an opinion, state
> it in that time. If you do not read it in that time, you
> might not be a "reg".
>
> The question is paragraph 4 of the charter, which reads:
>
> "Posters are discouraged from posting material in excess of 1
> (one) gigabyte in one day, and are discouraged from posting more
> than 1,000 (one thousand) individual files in one day. Failure
> to observe these cautions is considered "excessive posting". "
>
> I move that this paragraph be stricken and replaced thus:
>
> "Posters are discouraged from posting material in excess of 5
> (five) gigabytes in one day, and are discouraged from posting more
> than 5,000 (five thousand) individual files in one day. Failure
> to observe these cautions is considered "excessive posting". "
>
> Reasoning: the limitations on technology and bandwidth
> of 7 and one-half years ago have been steadily erased.
> The storage capacity of news services is not infinite, but
> is certainly less finite than it was in 2007. In my estimation,
> based on this group's usage and current news service
> retention policies, increasing the nominal limits here will
> have a predicted nil effect on the retention or completion
> rate at any news service which carries this group.
>
> Speak now or hold peace,
>
> Grouse
>
> --
> Most women have long hair because they think it
> distracts from their flaws. Short hair means
> either that she's confident, which is always sexy,
> or sometimes, it means that she simply does not
> have any flaws.
>
> "Long on hair, short on brains."
> -- old French proverb
Grouse, I share your opinion.
Tati.
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