From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fca456da8e6ec463 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-29 19:38:04 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <94s5iq$rdk$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A720BAE.4060204@acm.org> <3A72D99C.D7B062B3@acm.org> <94vnon$kgj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <952i6j$nv5$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <9534fn$5nt$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <28ed6.71$1Q4.26810@news.flash.net> Subject: Re: Definitions. (Was Re: Latin and other irrelevant topics) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 03:35:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.50.241.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 980825712 216.50.241.91 (Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:35:12 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:35:12 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4681 Date: 2001-01-30T03:35:12+00:00 List-Id: "Anders Wirzenius" wrote in message news:cgkd6.411$9v.20772@read2.inet.fi... : : "Ken Garlington" wrote in message : news:28ed6.71$1Q4.26810@news.flash.net... : > wrote in message news:9534fn$5nt$1@nnrp1.deja.com... : > : : > : Which may be decoded to be an allowance to : > : discuss anything on comp.lang.ada as long as the : > : thread is popular with an extensive participation? : > : > Assuming comp.lang.ada represents a community, and "extensive : participation" : > implies majority consent that the thread is acceptable to them, sounds : > reasonable to me... : : is_acceptable ::= written_acceptance | passive_silence | ? : them ::= 80_ %_of_persons_ever_particapated_in_cla | some_of_ ... | : cla_police_force | ? : : Anders Wirzenius Yes :)