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From: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell [Admin])
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Subject: Re: referencing material off the net. - (nf)
Message-ID: <580@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 07:26:43 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  6 07:26:43 1983
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Personal conversations are usually termed "private communications",
and are referable.  This is especially true when people have stolen
(ahem- I mean "used the informal results") of another person before
the other person has published them.

Personally,  I have tried the following format:

Tannenbauem, Andy, "The life and times of an AI project,"
Usenet articles, Jan.-1982 to Feb.-1983.

Spafford, Gene, "Why Unix has more holes than my shoes",
personal communication, Usenix Hacks Drinking Session,
1983


While this may not be formally correct, is seems to go by the ACM editors,
cause that's where I stole it from.

Patrick Powell

P.S.- Is trb alive?  or did they pull the plug?