Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!uudell!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Password Pipe Message-ID: <19127@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 28 Mar 91 15:32:58 GMT References: <13766@helios.TAMU.EDU> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II) Organization: Lone Star Cafe and BBS Service Lines: 19 X-Clever-Slogan: Recycle or Die. In article jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes: > It is a sad comment on what comp.unix.wizards has become that when >someone posts a message to the newsgroup asking a question that is >specifically answered in the comp.unix.questions FAQ posting, three >people post responses that are less correct than the FAQ's answer (not >quite "wrong," but definitely sub-obtimal) and that don't even mention >the fact that the FAQ answers the question. No, it's worse than that. Did you notice that your posting went to comp.unix.internals? Yes, there is still much confusion in USENET land about where comp.unix.wizards and comp.unix.internals go. It is quite possible that the FAQ (which I've not seen posted in weeks either) is getting lost between the various systems which have different ideas about what is what. -- John F. Haugh II | Distribution to | UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 | GEnie PROHIBITED :-) | Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org "I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman." -- Vice President Dan Quayle