"Allen Thomson" wrote in message
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On May 18, 7:52 am, (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
This is the kind of thing we used to do here before the trolls took
over.

http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/05...g-for-griffin/

Sorry, Henry, but Usenet really is dying. The interesting
conversation is happening on the web now.

Just read it, and it's excellent. I wonder who "anonymous" is.

Usenet isn't totally dead, but it sure has gone downhill since a
decade ago -- and the S/N was remarkably low even then. Oh, well, as
long as there's a searchable archive it's still useful as a filing
cabinet.

Much of what anonymous discusses has been discussed here before.

That said, anonymous seems to be well informed about what's going on with
VSE/ESAS/Ares/Orion and has put together some insightful observations about
the program. He's obviously a very good writer as well. It also helps that
he shares many of my views about VSE/ESAS/Ares/Orion. ;-)

Your typical sci.space troll is none of the above.

Jeff
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