Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!unsvax!arrakis.nevada.edu!maniac From: maniac@arrakis.nevada.edu (ERIC SCHWERTFEGER) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Badge Killer Demo's on Xanth Message-ID: <1057@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> Date: 22 Nov 89 19:11:35 GMT References: <1035@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> <1981@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> <1054@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> Sender: news@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU Reply-To: maniac@arrakis.nevada.edu.uucp (ERIC SCHWERTFEGER) Organization: Univ of Nevada System Computing Services - Las Vegas Lines: 38 In article tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) writes: > >Let me make something clear to you: the files available via ftp from >xanth are provided as a courtesy. You don't pay me for those files. >Thus, I'm under no obligation to you to present those files in a >particular format. > >The complaints address for xanth is clearly listed in the /README. >Had you contacted me directly (or had your posting been less >aggressive), I would have been willing to work something out... > >Have you tried using /tmp or /usr/tmp on your machine? >They should be quota-less... > > ...tad > >(I should point out that I have not received via mail any complaints > about the presentation of the badge demos on xanth...) I think a public appology is in order. I really should reread messages before I post them. This is the second time that I've come across as aggressive or just as a sh*t-head, without meaning to. I was not, despite the content of the message, upset or attempting to insult. Cranky yes, but that's due to my cold. I thought I had found something that might cause other users problems, but was wrong. I will try using /tmp, but appologies come first. Also, I had read the README file back when I first started ftp'ing, but I've got a memory like a sieve, and had forgot all about the complaints address. Also, I'm well aware that the ftp site at xanth, as well as ftp'ing and UseNet in general, is a privledge, and provided as a courtesy (at my level at least, since the site does pay for it). Finally, I'd like to appologize for taking up net-bandwidth with this message, but I was brought up to believe that an appology for a public incident should be as public as the incident itself. Eric J. Schwertfeger, UNLV maniac@arrakis.nevada.edu