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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4318 alt.folklore.computers:69094 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!cray.bitcon.no!gunnar From: gunnar@bitcon.no (Gunnar Helliesen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: BSD sluggish compared to Linux? Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers Date: 5 Dec 1994 00:07:49 GMT Organization: Bergen IT Consult AS Lines: 45 Message-ID: <3btlkl$b1p@cray.bitcon.no> References: <3am248$7kv@itu1.sun.ac.za> <3ao31t$9fo@itu1.sun.ac.za> <1994Nov21.000855.124757@slate.mines.colorado.edu> <3atqbj$9u5@muise.hookup.net> <Czq128.506@bonkers.taronga.com> <3b0ut5$637@itu1.sun.ac.za> <3bbi0r$dff@muise.hookup.net> <Pine.OSF.3.91.941128105220.32580A-100000@broken.isltd.insignia.com> <3bj6cc$khg@cray.bitcon.no> <3bk788$prr@itu1.sun.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: bedrock.bitcon.no X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 (NOV) arichfld@cs.sun.ac.za (Antony Richfield) writes: >One interesting thing I note from this, (which finally brings this thread into >the realm of a.f.c) is the differing attitudes of various people to the >internet and the various things that can be done to/on it. Especially >the attitudes which some display of:" Don't BUG us " >and others of "OK, we won't mind what you do as long as it isn't actually >antisocial/destructive" Good point. I guess most people would regard Canter & Siegel's ad to every newsgroup from here to hell and back as antisocial. Many (most?) regard that as unacceptable behavior on the Internet/USENET. The question is: Will we just have to accept that kind of thing as the price of the freedom of speech we enjoy here? I mean, what is the alternative? That every group be moderated? That would wake up the shub-internet pretty fast... ;-) If we say that we've gotta stop this kind of behavior once and for all, then we'll have to answer this question at once: Who's going to police the Internet? Which reminds me of a famous quote (but who said it?): "It's always september somewhere on the net". It's true, of course. There will also always be new AOL and Delphi users connecting to the net. What kind of community do we want here, and how are we going to respond to antisocial/destructive behavior? And who will decide what is acceptable and what is not? Who, if anyone, should be called in to act? I'd like to recommend Mike Godwin's article "Censorship on the net" in the september(!) issue of _Micro Times_, he has some interesting thoughts on the subject. (Godwin serves as staff counsel for the EFF) >Just remarking in general ... feel free to flame me. Nah, what on earth for? You're just expressing your views... ;-) Followups set to a.f.c., as this has wandered a bit off from the original subject of Linux vs. BSD (surprise!) Gunnar -- -- __ _ Gunnar Helliesen | This .sig is | / / (_)__ __ ____ __ | The choice Systems Consultant | stolen property! | / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / | of a GNU gunnar@bitcon.no | Vicki who?? | /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ | Generation