From: bard@dmcom.net 
  
 On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:57:13 -0700, Brian Mailman 
  wrote: 
  
 >Guy Macon wrote: 
 > 
 >> The proponent should be engaging us in a discussion of the soc.* 
 >> vs. talk.* issue. 
 > 
 >Not just the proponent.  Perhaps Joe, Jim or one of the "historians" can 
 >speak to that--I remember there's a distinct difference between soc.* 
 >and talk.* in general, not just unmoderated vs. moderated. 
 > 
  
 Well as I hread the lore talk was considered the junk groups, chatter 
 as oposed to serious discussion, that was costly to transmit over seas 
 at a rather high cost. 
 soc.aquiaime  (spelling) was defending in part because it was not 
 talk.foo at standing a better chance of being carried worldwide. 
  
 It was not an issue of moderated or unmoderated with the understanding 
 that talk.* was unmoderated.  Even that agreement has been broken 
 concerning one talk goup that I know of that has moderation now. 
  
  
 Of course as always I defer to corrects by more senior members and 
 lore keepers, as from time to time the sources of lore in retrospect 
 were not as realiable as first appearence felt.  Of course the same 
 applies to mr, I can be in error. 
  
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