Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!adm!xadmx!mchinni@pica.army.mil From: mchinni@pica.army.mil (Michael J. Chinni, SMCAR-CCS-E) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: unix: Re: Meaning of foo and bar Message-ID: <20094@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 23 Jun 89 19:04:19 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 27 In an article bph@buengc.bu.edu writes: >In article <408@moegate.UUCP> soley@moegate.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) writes: >>Is it time for a comp.what.is.foo? >No. It is time to politely inform all readers that this word is defined >in the frequently-asked-questions section of the monthly posting to >news.announce.newusers. Therefore, there is no excuse for anyone to ask >for this definition. That comment is bull*#@% (at the least). Have you NEVER heard that not ALL people get USENET news and therefore CAN'T READ THE *.*.* NEWGROUPS! I agree that all answers to these type (frequently-asked-questions) of questions should be mailed to the requester for them to summarize, and not to the net at large. But to say "Therefore, there is no excuse for anyone to ask for this definition" is totally uncalled for and at the VERY least short-sighted. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Michael J. Chinni Chief Scientist, Simulation Techniques and Workplace Automation Team US Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center User to skeleton sitting at cobweb () Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey and dust covered workstation () ARPA: mchinni@pica.army.mil "System been down long?" () UUCP: ...!uunet!pica.army.mil!mchinni /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/