Cypherpunk signal/noise ration

[Paul Ferguson]

> 
> I've been subscribed just about a week now, but I've been quite pleasantly
> shocked by the S/N ratio, after getting completely turned off by the
> Sternlight wars on Usenet. Ironic that a group calling themselves "punks"
> should be civilized, intelligent, scholarly, altruistic, and basic good
> 'net citizens, while sci.crypt is often little more than a bunch of people
> playing "did so!" games. And the PGP group!
>

It also helps weed out the list when the subscription list gets vaporized
every so often. 

,-)  (smiley for the humor-impaired)