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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: referencing material off the net. - (nf)
Message-ID: <725@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 10-Dec-83 01:14:57 EST
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.725
Posted: Sat Dec 10 01:14:57 1983
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I'm sorry, but to those of you who think that anything you say is
somehow temporary and cannot be referenced, I'd like to correct
your misconception.

Everything you post to Usenet is IN WRITING.  A copy of it is
kept on a large number of machines for 2 weeks, and on some
machines for much longer.  There are a few machines that keep
copies of everything forever, although there is no official
archive service.  In addition, anybody who sees you say something
can save a copy of it in their own directory, or send it to a
hard copy device.

Just because there is no easy way to look up an arbitrary Usenet
reference does not mean that you can sit back, comfortably assured
that next month or next year, someone won't come along and use your
own words to haunt you.

If you have something to say that you don't want known, don't
say it in the first place.

	Mark Horton