Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-june Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon From: gordon@uw-june (Gordon Davisson) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Juvenile use of Followup-To header line Message-ID: <178@uw-june> Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 06:34:18 EDT Article-I.D.: uw-june.178 Posted: Fri Jun 21 06:34:18 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Jun-85 00:30:13 EDT References: <146@epicen.UUCP> <5973@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 61 In article <5973@ucla-cs.UUCP> alex@ucla-cs.UUCP (Alex Quilici) writes: >In article <146@epicen.UUCP> jbuck@epicen.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes: >>In an incredible display of maturity, Alex Quilici of UCLA put a Followup-To >>line that will send all followups to his message to net.abortion and >>net.lang.pascal... >>Joe Buck Entropic Processing, Inc. (epi) >> {ucbvax,ihnp4}!dual!epicen!jbuck > >Spare me the self-righteous bullshit, ok? We made a little bet >here that some asshole would notice the followup line and >complain to the whole net, bothering every one in sight. Uh-uh, it was all a joke. Sure. How many times have we heard that one? How high can you count? How high can *I* count? How high can our favorite bignums package count? The simple fact is that if you act like an obnoxious fuckhead, people are going to think you're an obnoxious fuckhead (I sure do). In some circles, people might do no more than avoid you, but that's not the way it's done in net.flame. Can we help it if we're perceptive? > And guess >what, you win! We also made a bet that most intelligent people >would realize that this was a joke and not actually followup to those >groups (both of which I read). A question for the humans out there: do you actually read header lines? one of the first things I learned when I started reading news was to skip over headers because they contain so little useful information. > And no one has. Except you. >Now don't you feel stupid, dumb-shit. Why don't you try carrying a stick of dynamite with a lit fuse hanging out the end into a police station some time. I'm sure you'd get a real charge out of watching all those dumb cops who don't realize it's just a joke scramble for cover. I'm also sure the rest of us will get a real charge out of watching them lock you up afterwards (they hear the "it was just a joke" line almost as often as we do). -- Human: Gordon Davisson ARPA: gordon@uw-june.ARPA UUCP: {ihnp4,decvax,tektronix}!uw-beaver!uw-june!gordon ATT: (206) 527-0832 USnail: 5008 12th NE, Seattle, WA, 98105 Earth: 47 39' 55" N, 122 18' 46" W Reality?: An unimportant member of an unimportant species residing in an unimportant area of an unimportant planet circling an unimportant star partway out one arm of an unimportant galaxy in an Einsteinian, but otherwise unimportant universe. P.S. I'd like to comment on Steven List's suggestion that Alex be bodily removed from the net. Usually (being in favor of freedom of speech) I oppose this type of thing, in favor of liberal use of the 'n' key, kill files, and tollerance. But since Alex's behavior screws up the net even for those who choose not to read his postings, I agree with you in this case.