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From: andy@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16,net.mail
Subject: Re: abuse of the net
Message-ID: <218@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-May-86 15:43:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.218
Posted: Thu May  8 15:43:40 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 14-May-86 04:43:12 EDT
References: <306@sdcarl.UUCP> <779@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <779@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>In article <306@sdcarl.UUCP>, tre@sdcarl.UUCP (Tom Erbe) writes:
>> I logged on to the Atari Home Base BBS last night and found many useful
>> programs.  However, I do not wish to pay for the phone time.  Would any
>> one at Atari be willing to make these programs available by E-mail???
>> 	thomas r. erbe
>> 	{ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!tre
>
>Sure, let's let {ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax} pay so this guy can
>play with his Atari.  After all, he can't afford it, but they
>can.  In fact, why not just post the entire contents of the BBS to
>the net -- then *everybody* can pay for the phone time.
>
>John Gilmore  {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu   jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa

Please!  He didn't say he couldn't afford it; He said he didn't WISH
to pay for the phone time.

Somehow, that makes it worse.

-- 

			andy finkel
			Commodore(Amiga)
			{ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy
		or	 pyramid!amiga!andy


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