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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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 12:26:04 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!news.tele.dk!195.54.122.107!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!nntp.teliafi.net!nntp.inet.fi!central.inet.fi!inet.fi!read2.inet.fi.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Anders Wirzenius" 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: Definitions. (Was Re: Latin and other irrelevant topics) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:20:24 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.165.148.172 X-Trace: read2.inet.fi 980799624 195.165.148.172 (Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:20:24 EET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:20:24 EET Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4671 Date: 2001-01-29T20:20:24+00:00 List-Id: "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