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From: schuh@geowhiz.UUCP (David Schuh)
Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.misc
Subject: Re: *FLAME* Re: Computer Horror Stories
Message-ID: <391@geowhiz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Mar-86 03:01:04 EST
Article-I.D.: geowhiz.391
Posted: Wed Mar 26 03:01:04 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 27-Mar-86 21:46:30 EST
References: <205@nbs-amrf.UUCP> <723@osiris.UUCP> <2050@gondor.UUCP>
Reply-To: schuh@geowhiz.UUCP (David Schuh)
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Organization: UW Madison, Geology Dept.
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Keywords: anecdote
Summary: Yes there is a single word to describe these things.
Xref: mit-eddie net.rumor:1619 net.misc:7142

In article <2050@gondor.UUCP> okunewck@gondor.UUCP (Philip E. OKunewick) writes:
>In article <723@osiris.UUCP> jsl@osiris.UUCP (Jeffrey S. Levine) writes:
>>> .
>>> .
>>> Jeff Sauder     {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!sauder
>>If there is no net.bizzare, where do they go?
>Oh gods of the network, we beseech you for a net.crashes.odd
>(or something like that.)
>
>In the meantime, I can not think of another place for them to go.
>net.jokes is populated with rubbish, much of it not worth reading.
>Some of these horror stories are not funny anyway, though still
>worth reading.  a Net.stories.horror won't do it, this stuff is not
>Alfred Hitchcock material.
>
>Cany anybody out there think of one word that means 'Computer Horror Stories"?
>
>							---Duck

I really dont think we should get to concerned about outbreaks of
this nature.  It seems simular things happen in each group and 
every time there are always some who get annoyed.  Personally I just subscribed
because of a cross ref to net.misc, I went hungrily through ~170 articles in 
a day, GREAT stuff.  Actually a new group is not really needed. If one just
has a little patience soon all of the stories get played out.  Count to ten
before you flame about outbreaks, besides they make life interesting.

Oh, BTW The perfect group name for all stories, horror or not would
                                       ^^^^^^^
be .... net.anecdotes.  
[New World] Anecdote:
1) Little-known entertaining facts of history or biography; hence, 
2) a short, entertaining account of some happening, usually personal
   or biographical.

Anecdote fits the bill perfectly for most of the recent 100 or so postings
in net.rumor.  How about net.anecdotes if people are really concerned.

dave schuh

IknowyoubelieveyouenderstandwhatIthinkIsaidbut
I'mnotsureyourealizethatwhatyouheardisnotwhatImeant.

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