Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Weep for poor poor bill Message-ID: Date: 21 Dec 90 03:34:03 GMT References: <1990Dec20.005855.4429@NCoast.ORG> <1990Dec20.122427.26421@fiver> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: 1000000011000101, Inc. Lines: 37 In-reply-to: palowoda@fiver's message of 20 Dec 90 12:24:27 GMT Bob> palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda) writes: Brandon> allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR): Brandon> The "guru" who considers spelling too trivial to bother with Brandon> may cut other supposedly "trivial" corners. Would you entrust Brandon> your system to such a person? Bob> I must be really dense today. What's your point Brandon? "Gee, I don't want to bother spelling everything correctly; everyone understands what I'm trying to say." "Gee, I don't want to bother fixing that DEBUG thing in sendmail; nobody's gonna take advantage of it, anyway." I want a sysadmin with DETAIL on his or her mind. Bob> Bob Palowoda palowoda@fiver | *Home of Fiver BBS* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gee, Bob, this didn't work for me. Care to qualify it somehow (even a pseudo-domain would be nice)? Bob> Home {sun}!ys2!fiver!palowoda | 415-623-8809 1200/2400 Bob> {pacbell}!indetech!fiver!palowoda | An XBBS System Speaking of details, the extra 16 spaces after "An XBBS System" produced a visible "wrap" effect once I quoted them (before I deleted them). Another trivial detail, yes, this one was actually trivial; but what about the next one? --Chris -- [ Christopher Davis - - <..!bu.edu!cs.bu.edu!ckd> ] A message destined for delivery in *your* domain is fair game for anything you may want to do, up to and including translating the entire message, header and all, into Swahili. -- chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)