>>> davisn at mailandnews.com 09/12/02 11:29PM >>>
>As to noise-to-signal ratio:
>1) < does not imply noise

In this case, yes, it does. 
We have already read the crap 
that came before. It also exists 
in the web archive.

>2) The correlation between signal strength (i.e., meaningfulness) and
>signal length (i.e., number of lines or character) is not 1.

With those definitions of signal strength 
and length, perhaps not. But perhaps not 
everyone would agree with those 
definitions.  

>As to trimming:  yes, I should have trimmed some of it.

Yes, you should have. 
Do it next time, please.