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Robo-moderation Dick Adams 04-20-2008
Posted by Dick Adams on April 20, 2008, 3:09 am
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>> Sure, some threads go on much longer than they would have under the
>> previous manual moderation system, but I think the trade-off is worth it.
>> Earlier this year, you posted a strong endorsement of robo-moderation,
>> hopefully you are not re-considering your position.

> Nope. I think it's a good idea.
>
> And it gives Dick a break to attend more beer tasting
> competitions - not to mention all the practice hours.

Thank you for your concern.

Now that my consumption of pain killers has decreased
sharply, I am practicing less. Less, but not that
much less. ;)

As for robo-moderation, I do miss not reading each
and every submission and commenting on a few. But
it is highly unlikely that we will go back to batch
processing.

Dick

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Posted by D. Stussy on April 20, 2008, 11:08 pm
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> >> Sure, some threads go on much longer than they would have under the
> >> previous manual moderation system, but I think the trade-off is worth
it.
> >> Earlier this year, you posted a strong endorsement of robo-moderation,
> >> hopefully you are not re-considering your position.
>
> > Nope. I think it's a good idea.
> >
> > And it gives Dick a break to attend more beer tasting
> > competitions - not to mention all the practice hours.
>
> Thank you for your concern.
>
> Now that my consumption of pain killers has decreased
> sharply, I am practicing less. Less, but not that
> much less. ;)
>
> As for robo-moderation, I do miss not reading each
> and every submission and commenting on a few. But
> it is highly unlikely that we will go back to batch
> processing.

What's also interesting is the traffic flow. Our moderation point is in the
greater Boston area. Sometimes articles take a direct route (from east to
west coasts) in just a few hops. I've also noted some of the articles on
here pinballing around Europe before finding their way back to the U.S. I
think that this is due to the NNTP peering connections of our moderation
point.

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Posted by Arthur Kamlet on April 21, 2008, 3:16 pm
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>> it is highly unlikely that we will go back to batch
>> processing.
>
>What's also interesting is the traffic flow. Our moderation point is in the
>greater Boston area. Sometimes articles take a direct route (from east to
>west coasts) in just a few hops. I've also noted some of the articles on
>here pinballing around Europe before finding their way back to the U.S. I
>think that this is due to the NNTP peering connections of our moderation
>point.


Well, I'm in Columbus OH but read & post to this NG via panix, a NYC
ISP.


I remember around 35 years ago when the Old Bell System (rip) used
strict hierarchical routing of toll calls, and Monday 9am-11am call
traffic would overflow the White Plains - Phila - DC Regional switching
points, that is was routine for White Plains to switch via Scaramento
and Phila to switch via San Bernadino (There were 10 US regions and
two Canadian ones) during those hours, when it was 6-8am in Calif.


So a good chunk of curcuit-switched traffic from NY to DC travelled
to California and back, and avoided any need to expand the pipelines.


Once DNHR (Direct NonHeirarchical Routing) began to take over in
the early 80s, routing was less predictable. And with expanded IP
addressing and glass pipes, bandwidth is not much of an issue.
--


ArtKamlet at a o l dot c o m Columbus OH K2PZH

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Posted by D. Stussy on April 21, 2008, 6:29 pm
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> ...
> Of course with more timely posts, some of us might have a tendency to
> engage in off topic discourse, e.g. Cubs, beer, Australia, whisky.....
> but through every message should run a tax thread and be tax related.
>
> So if any message contains the word "tax" it should pass through,
> however if it contains a word like... oh.. "p.n.s" , something similar,
> it should not. Unless we are retelling the old joke about the only
> thing left that isn't yet taxed!
>
> As an aside, I once discovered how to set up filters to send certain
> objectionable spam messages directly into the trash file. So one day
> my sister calls me on the phone to ask why I hadn't responded to her
> email. Turns out she had used the word "erect" therein.
> Yes, her message was a tax question concerning building certain statues/
> monuments on her and husband's golf course.

Now, you're taxing my patience! (Couldn't resist the pun.) ;-)

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<< The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >>
<< nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >>
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<< to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >>
<< are at www.asktax.org. >>
<< Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >>
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