Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site laidbak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!laidbak!jeq From: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: Re: lock-up for lunch Message-ID: <234@laidbak.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 02:10:51 EDT Article-I.D.: laidbak.234 Posted: Wed Oct 2 02:10:51 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 04:57:58 EDT References: <437@aero.ARPA> <821@gitpyr.UUCP> <166@circadia.UUCP> Reply-To: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist) Distribution: net Organization: LAI Chicago Lines: 26 Keywords: net.sources.render_your_terminal_useless Summary: In article <166@circadia.UUCP> dave@circadia.UUCP (David Messer) writes: >How about a new newsgroup -- net.sources.lock-up? :-> >-- Exothermic reaction follows. Kind of amazing, actually. A mere 6 weeks ago, somebody posted a request for a program to log off idle users. Also kind of amazing seeing people bragging about being able to lock up a terminal at a crowded comp. center while they wander off to go shopping for a few hours. When I was in school (no, this is not a good ol' days reverie, this was 2 years ago) terminals were in such demand that we had to sign up for them, and anyone who intentionally left a terminal unusable was subject to weeks of verbal abuse. Of course, anyone *clever* enough to lock up a terminal need not concern themselves with someone less clever who is struggling to meet a deadline. Afterburner off. Jonathan E. Quist ihnp4!laidbak!jeq Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com