On 25 May 2004, ET wrote:
You jest, surely :-)
I go to the library, pick up a book off the shelf and browse - taking mental notes. I go to USENET, open a ng and browse - taking mental notes. I have achieved the same result.
Yes, but when you opened the newsgroup and began browsing, you created dozens of copies -- on intermediate servers, possibly in your ISP's cache, probably in your own buffer or cache, certainly in your desktop RAM. Also additional copies if you are using a modem. This is not the case for the book.
I go to the library, pick up a book off the shelf and write down some notes. I go to USENET, open an ng and write down some notes. I have achieved the same result.
While creating dozens of electronic copies in one case, and not in the other.
I go to the library, pick up a book off the shelf and photocopy some pages. I go to USENET, open an ng and save a few pages. I have achieved the same result.
Creating dozens of electronic copies in one case, and some paper copies in the other.
It is exactly the same thing - but if you dont want to see that, then its fine by me.
You appear to have a very unusual definition of "exactly the same." You may want to think more carefully about the operational differences of the technologies you are using. Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011