Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!wri!dragonfly.wri.com!ben From: ben@wri.com (Ben Cox) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: CNEWS MUST DIE! Message-ID: Date: 21 May 91 18:44:20 GMT Article-I.D.: dragonfl.ben.674851460 References: <1991May18.041319.29490@zoo.toronto.edu> <1991May21.180108.22477@rice.edu> Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc. Lines: 36 ben@wri.com (Ben Cox) writes: >It's a good thing Cnews isn't for sale. cathyf@lost.rice.edu (Catherine Anne Foulston) writes: >Yup, because then we'd have to pay for it - and we _would_ pay if I had >anything to say about it. Bet you wouldn't pay for it if all your questions were answered like this: From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Message-ID: <1991May18.211109.20401@zoo.toronto.edu> >If you >want this to be changed, propose a workable, fully thought out alternative >without serious side effects. (Hint: you're going to have to put some >serious effort into this, because all the obvious schemes occurred to us >long ago. You needn't bother repeating them, and I'm not going to bother >telling you yet again what's wrong with them.) From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Message-ID: <1991May16.180014.4791@zoo.toronto.edu> >It's been answered at least twice in the last week, for heaven's sake... From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Message-ID: <1991May19.023101.29200@zoo.toronto.edu> >Please read news(5) instead of trying to wing it. This does not display a very good attitude on the part of the authors of cnews. If you're sick of answering dumb questions, Henry, just hit "U". If you write software and pretend to support it (and your presence in this newsgroup indicates that you are at least *pretending* to support it), you're gonna have to put up with stupid questions, and answer them either with a smile on your face or not at all. -- Ben Cox ben@wri.com