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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Objection to funny header info -- objection to net.police
Message-ID: <55@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 11:03:48 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 11:03:48 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 28-Nov-84 03:32:21 EST
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA
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>On a related subject of somewhat lesser importance...
>I also object to the gratuitous alteration of header information, even when
>such alteration seems innocuous or just silly, rather than indicating any
>real attempt to conceal one's true identity. 
>Examples:    (Leo Buscaglia @ your nearest bookstore)
>             (Dish of the Day @ The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
>             (? @ inside a linked list)
>These alterations make me work much harder than I should have to in order
>to find out just where and from whom an article originated. They are 
>particularly annoying when combined with unsigned articles. Again, even if
>the intention is not to mislead or conceal identity, I belive it is, at best,
>an impolite and annoying practice. The *very* small amount of humor provided
>is simply not worth it; in any case, these things tend to become tedious
>rather quickly.
>
>W. Christensen
>Apollo Computer
>...decvax!wivax!apollo!wendya
>

Well, I can only respond to this statement with two of my own:

1)  While I certainly don't find all of them entertaining, I enjoy them for
    the most part.  I don't believe that I've EVER found them annoying.

2)  Since this does not alter the site, there is no problem in replying to
    the posting.  Also, the majority of people usually include a complete
    name and address at the end of the posting.  I might be tempted to
    suggest this as a requirement for altering the Name/Organization, but I
    tend to leave the pedantic restrictions to others.

As to annonymous postings, it depends on the context they are in.  I have
mixed feelings, as I make a habit of signing my articles; but posters to
mod/net.singles or mod/net.motss may feel differently.  Again, net.police
does not seem to be the answer -- in fact, it is being offered as a solution
far too often in this newsgroup and others.  If this keeps up, net
administration people will need their own security team.

What do others think?

                "Pfui.  More people saying what they believe would be a
                 great improvement.  Because I do I am unfit for common
                 intercourse"  -- Nero Wolfe, "Blood Will Tell"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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