Tony Sidaway (minorityreport(a)bluebottle.com) [050507
09:54]:
David Gerard said:
>slimvirgin(a)gmail.com (slimvirgin(a)gmail.com) [050507 09:33]:
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>>The anonymous posters on Usenet are not
published authors just because
>>they post to Usenet. So yes, any editor who wanted to delete material
>>sourced to Usenet would be well within their rights - except where
>>it's being used as a primary source about itself.
>>
>>
>Although in practice, this would be disruption
to make a point. Why are
>you hardly being agreed with?
>
>
I happen to find slimvirgin's argument
impossible to answer. As a
secondary source, Usenet will never, ever be even remotely citable on the
subject of the world outside Usenet. I would not regard deletion of
Usenet-sourced material as disruption to make a point.
I found it very useful for [[The Eye of Argon]], for instance.
I also found it useful regarding a conversation between Andrew S.
Tanenbaum and some guy named Linus Torvalds. For instance, under
[[flaming]], which would you prefer?
1. For example, the Usenet discussion between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and
Linus Torvalds on microkernel versus monolithic kernel operating system
design has been described as a famous "flame war".
2. For example, the Usenet discussion between a computer science
professor and a software developer on microkernel versus monolithic
kernel operating system design has been described as a famous "flame war".