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From: haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (99700000)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: Bug in users command
Message-ID: <11336@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Date: 21 Jan 91 06:19:00 GMT
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In article <14919@celit.fps.com> billd@fps.com (Bill Davidson) writes:
>In article <19095:Jan1916:41:3291@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>>...
>
>Huh?  Your undergrads run "users" every minute?  REALLY????!!!!
>
>Bizarre.
>
>Would you explain this please?

Well our undergrads do the same sort of thing.  They have programs that
tell them when their friends log in or out.  And waiting even a minute
is too much for some of these anxious kids.
haynes@ucscc.ucsc.edu
haynes@ucscc.bitnet

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