The spam to content ratio of this group

[Tim Golden]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     Eric> is getting very high. Why aren't captcha's used to prevent all of
>     Eric> this noise?
> 
>     Steven> /me opens mouth to make sarcastic comment
>     Steven> /me shuts mouth again
> 
>     Steven> That's like saying "There's a lot of oil slicks washing up onto
>     Steven> the beach. Why don't we put more trashcans by the road to the
>     Steven> beach?" What good do you think captchas will do on a newsgroup?
> 
> Come on over the python-list at python.org.  The water's fine!
> 

I was going to say much the same, coupled with a vote of
thanks to the people (person?) who's done all the work to
keep the spam at bay. (part-pun partly intended)

TJG