Right, Peg. Binaries in discussion groups are just fine. Now we have a carpetbombing in this newsgroups with the Spirit of X-mas posting. Shit like this makes admins DROP newsgroups.
I don't want to hear any of your well-my-little-posting-was-only-7K bullshit either. Shit like that makes admins set expire times for articles shorter. Resources are limited, and posting binaries (that CAN and SHOULD be distributed via ftp or www) wastes these resources.
There is nothing wrong with being a newbie. There IS something wrong with being a newbie who wants the system to work HIS way. I know you've been on Usenet for a couple of years, but you are still a clueless newbie.
Fuckhead.