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From: roberts@cognos.uucp (Robert Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Open letter to Marilyn Dee about her articles
Message-ID: <733@cognos.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-May-87 15:18:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: cognos.733
Posted: Thu May 14 15:18:17 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 08:46:20 EDT
References: <231@mdee.UUCP> <1055@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <1185@isl1.ri.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: roberts@cognos.UUCP (Robert Stanley)
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, Canada
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Summary: Stupidity of "world" posting

In article <1185@isl1.ri.cmu.edu> cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Christopher Young) writes:

>Perhaps it is a matter of principle for him. I wonder if her posts bother
>anybody as much as it does Mr. Bourgoin.

yes, it bothers me as much, but chiefly because the disclaimer at the end
invalidates all her messages on this side of the border.  I doubt that there
are that many expatriate AI specialist Americans here in Canada longing for
such opportunities to return home.

More importantly, I have little faith in an organization that can be so
incompetent.  Sure, I appreciate the logic that says "the way to be sure your
readers are true AIers is hit an AI newsgroup", but several of my non-AI
colleagues subscribe to this group out of simple intellectual curiosity.

Please, Ms. Dee, confine your solicitations to the jobs forum, or curtail the
distribution to a geographic region in which there is a reasonable statistical
likelihood of finding applicants who won't be victims of your disclaimer.

Robert Stanley  << I never flame ;-) >>

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