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From: dtj@sumac.cray.com (Dean "Junk Human" Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: To: Alan, Romero, Dtj, and Adam
Message-ID: <185132.21928@timbuk.cray.com>
Date: 10 Jun 91 03:06:47 GMT
References: <91158.215541EC13@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Reply-To: dtj@sumac.cray.com (Dean Johnson)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
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|> Arn't you ashamed of what you are saying? Is it civilization to make fun of
|> others.....these several articles were posted for serious people since I was
|> asked to do so not for junk ones like you....sorry to say that but you left me
|> no choice.

Somebody has to set the lower bound of humanity ;-)

In article <91158.215541EC13@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>, EC13@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK writes:
|> Some of the rules for using 'NETNEWS':
|> 
|> 1)'Never Forget that the Person on the Other Side is Human'.
|> Comment: Try to humanize your language next time or at least try.

In case nobody has said it before, I will say it now, "sarcasm is what separates
humans from the beasts".

|> 2)'Your postings Reflect Upon You -- Be Proud of Them'.
|> Comment: Are you proud of your postings?.

Yes I am! I try to "eschew obfuscation" and encourage others to do so as well.
Sometimes this requires that I parade my ignorance in front of the world and
say something like "what the hell are you talking about?". After all, I did
request an English translation...

|> 3)'Don't Use Foul or Obscene Language'.
|> Comment: You have used obscene language, what a shame!!.

I am very sorry for using the T word ("throttle"). I will never do it again.

|> 4)'Think About Your Audience'.
|> Comment: I don't think you did care about that, do you?.

Perhaps this is a point at which the "pot is calling the kettle black". Think
of all the people (and companies), all over the world, that pay *real* dollars
for the sending and receiving of netnews. The amount of information derived, by
myself (and atleast one other of the "ignorant masses"), from the abstract was
absolutely nil! I am certain that people would flame me if I started to post
exclusively in an uncommon foreign language.

Here I go parading my ignorance again, but what did your posts have to do with
software engineering? Enlighten me!

|> 4 rules so far you have broken, arn't enough?

You forgot one, my signature block is greater than 4 lines.

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