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- From: L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk
- Subject: Re: Periodicity
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.204513.18233@lut.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk (Lloyd Wood)
- Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
- References: <1993Jan26.171544.28931@lut.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 20:45:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.171544.28931@lut.ac.uk> J.P.Knight@lut.ac.uk (Jon P. Knight) writes:
- >We've all known for years that t.b. has a periodicity effect, which mr x
- >keeps under careful control for us. However, I've just noticed that
- >rec.humor.funny also has a similar problem. There are however some
- >differences:
- >
- > a) t.b.'s periodicity is usually very funny, as it drags newbies
- >and cave newts in like a toilet sucking in bog paper, whereas r.h.f.'s
- >just means we see more old jokes, most of which weren't funny the first
- >time we heard them. Or the second, third, fourth, fifth,....
- >
-
- But we have to change rec.humor.funny moderators before the jokes come round
- again. Come on out, Maddi, your time is up.
-
- > b) t.b.'s periodicity is such that we see material spin round in
- >an ever decreasing time period, so that the repeated threads do stay
- >vaguely topical. R.h.f's periodicity means we see the same turn of the
- >century material time and time again (just look at Message-ID:
- ><S4e8.3b40@looking.on.ca>, "Fun with Servants" to see what I mean).
- >
- Really?
-
- I'm sorry, she's with me now.
-
- See what you mean.
-
- > c) t.b. isn't moderated. If it were, no-one from LUT or PSU
- >would ever get to post.
- >
- And why not?
-
- >Maybe we should get mr. x to have a look at rec.humor.funny and see what
- >he can do with it. Dropping an A-bomb on Canada might be a good
- >start... ;-)
- >
- I've got an Apple mug too, now. Nyaah nyaah nyah nyah nyyyyyyaaaaaah.
-
- >Jon
- >--
- >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- >Jon Knight, Research Student in High Performance Networking and Distributed
- >Systems in the Department of _Computer_Studies_ at Loughborough University.
- >* Its not how big your share is, its how much you share that's important. *
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