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- From: femanrs@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (BRUCE MANNERS)
- Subject: Re: To reveal or not to reveal...
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- References: <loon.84@underdog.ee.wits.ac.za> <BxM5pC.Ixs@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <BARNETT.92Nov13105053@grymoire.crd.ge.com> <1992Nov17.035955.6127@r-node.gts.org>
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 10:34 EST
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- In article <1992Nov17.035955.6127@r-node.gts.org>, wayne@r-node.gts.org (Wayne) writes...
- >In article <BARNETT.92Nov13105053@grymoire.crd.ge.com> barnett@crdgw1.ge.com writes:
- >>In article <BxM5pC.Ixs@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> djstanle@napier.uwaterloo.ca (david stanley) writes:
- >>> In the grand scheme of things there are very few people who
- >>> read this group and I believe that those who do have a very genuine intrest in
- >>> magic.
- >>
- >>According to lastest numbers, it is estimates that 13,000 people read
- >>the group. This is "very few" who "have a very genuine interest in magic"?
-
- 13,000 People???
-
- Are you saying that 13,000 people read alt.magic???? How was this number
- generated?
-
- I think that it is more likely that 13,000 people are connected to the
- overall network and that some smaller number are subscribed (and read) alt.
- magic. Please correct me if I am wrong.
-
- >
- >In the grand scheme of things 13,000 people isn't very many considering the
- >number of people in the world. It's probably also a very small percentage of
- >the number of people who watched David Copperfield's last TV special.
- >
- >Generally the discussion of to reveal or not to reveal seems a bit silly.
- >What people are saying is that it's not OK for me to post how to do a trick
- >but it's OK for me to write a mass market paperback revealing tricks or
- >go into a magic shop and buy the trick.
- >
- >--
- >Wayne Dawe
- >wayne@r-node.UUCP
-
- I generally agree with your point, but the number of people that watched DC
- last show is kind of irrelevent because he didn't expose anything.
-
- IHMO of course
-
- Bruce
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