Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +MMDF+MULTI+2.11; site icdoc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!iwm From: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor) Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.internat Subject: Re: I hate to say I told you so... Message-ID: <274@ivax.icdoc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 18:55:01 EST Article-I.D.: ivax.274 Posted: Fri Jan 10 18:55:01 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jan-86 01:03:14 EST References: <2390@gatech.CSNET> Reply-To: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor) Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK. Lines: 41 Keywords: net.internat Xref: watmath net.news.group:4928 net.internat:131 Xpath: ukc eagle In article <2390@gatech.CSNET> spaf@gatech.CSNET (Gene Spafford) writes: >I just happened to go browsing through our spool directory, and >I really find it quite amusing to note that in over three weeks, there >have been only 3 articles posted to net.internat, and two of them were >items crossposted from net.jokes. > >It still astonishes me to think about the amount of abuse that I >received way back when because I dared try to "rmgroup" the group >because it hadn't gone through the proper procedure for creation. I > >Of course, maybe I missed it. Maybe all the people who obviously knew >so much used the group to solve all the international standardization >problems, using just 120 articles (total we have ever received in the >group) to do so. Good job, folks. >-- >Gene "the end is in sight" Spafford >The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332-0280 >CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ Relay.CS.NET >uucp: ...!{akgua,decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!spaf I never sent any articles because it seemed impropable that any US site would see the group. Please respond on the following topics:- US keyboards why are we forced to use them. The Dinette advert.. Is this a dollar or a pound ? $ Why are machines released over a year ahead in the colonies. (e.g. Amiga) ? Is the Torch XXX better than any American Machine ? Is Gene fit to pedal a C5 ? -- Ian W Moor UUCP: seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!iwm ARPA: iwm%icdoc@ucl Department of Computing Whereat a great and far-off voice was heard, saying, Imperial College. Poop-poop-poopy, and it was even so; and the days 180 Queensgate of Poopy Panda were long in the land. London SW7 Uk.