Path: utzoo!yunexus!stpl!bbm!darcy From: darcy@bbm.UUCP (D'Arcy Cain) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Funny messages Message-ID: <791@bbm.UUCP> Date: 12 Sep 89 13:52:22 GMT Article-I.D.: bbm.791 Organization: BBM Bureau of Measurement, Toronto Lines: 12 I guess this is the perfect newsgroup for this question. Can anyone tell me why when I get to comp.unix.wizards in the news I get the following on the screen: /:*Look! An xargs!! (Re: r/:j It even comes out reverse video and then gives a message that it is trashing some articles. At first I thought it was a one time glitch but it seems to be persistent. D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@bbm, darcy@cain)