XPost: news.groups, rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv   
   From: your.name@isp.com   
      
   "Whiskers"  wrote in message   
   news:slrnihml8v.cfi.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net...   
   >   
   > Google doesn't carry any binary newsgroups, whereas the majority of   
   > news-servers do.   
      
   I doubt that's true. Many newsservers do not deal with binaries newsgroups   
   and some ISPs are dropping the binaries newsgroups (rather than dropping   
   newsgroups completely) to get around the copyright and porn issues.   
      
      
   > Binaries account for the vast majority of newsgroup   
   > posts.  I suspect that many news-servers are dominated by users who   
   > contribute little or nothing to the text-only groups.   
      
   Certainly true, just like it is for all web forums / messageboards.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)