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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Password Pipe
Message-ID: <4350:Apr106:02:5191@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 1 Apr 91 06:02:51 GMT
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In article <8952@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Varney) writes:
> In article <JIK.91Mar27232213@pit-manager.mit.edu> 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.
> What an insulting asshole.

It's an even sadder 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, not only
do five people post responses that are less correct than the FAQ's
answer (not quite ``wrong,'' but definitely suboptimal) and that don't
even mention the fact that the FAQ answers the question, but the one
person to post a proper answer is flamed for his effort.

---Dan