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From: knight@stolaf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Naivete and the Net
Message-ID: <1130@stolaf.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Aug-83 01:51:21 EDT
Article-I.D.: stolaf.1130
Posted: Fri Aug  5 01:51:21 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Aug-83 08:28:21 EDT
Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN
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<FLAME ON>

I can hold back no longer.  Invariably during a week of netnews, one
or two articles will show up containing a line like, "I don't know if
this is the right group to post this in..." or, "Sorry if you've
already seen this article, but I've just started reading netnews..."
Almost invariably, these articles come from people at organizations
that don't have much exposure to the net, like, oh, Bell Labs.  I HAVE
A DAMNABLY HARD TIME BELIEVING that these sites are so devoid of
netnews readers or that these people are so isolated in their work
environments that they are totally unable to ask a coworker about such
things and have to resort to posting articles.

C'MON, PEOPLE!  IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE SOMETHING, ASK AROUND
AND DON'T BOTHER THE WHOLE NET UNLESS NO ONE KNOWS LOCALLY!

<FLAME OFF>

Sorry for shouting, but whew, that felt good...

						Steve Knight
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