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From: silver@csu-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Login prompts
Message-ID: <2373@csu-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Aug-83 23:52:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: csu-cs.2373
Posted: Mon Aug 22 23:52:25 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 24-Aug-83 02:36:55 EDT
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As long as we are "socializing"  about uses and abuses of login prompts,
consider  the  following.  On some (many?)  terminals,  there are escape
sequences which do a home, clear of the screen.  Plant THAT in someone's
prompt and watch the fun!