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From: garry@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.misc,news.software.b
Subject: Bogus loud warning messages
Message-ID: <1216@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 29-May-87 23:33:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: batcompu.1216
Posted: Fri May 29 23:33:57 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 31-May-87 08:37:12 EDT
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From a recent version of Pnews:

> This program posts news to thousands of machines throughout the entire
> civilized world.  You message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands of
> dollars to send everywhere.  Please be sure you know what you are doing.

Does this mean that someone is spending millions if not tens of millions
of dollars per year to support 'soc.singles'?  

(Is it unethical to program in false warning messages?)

garry wiegand   (garry@oak.cadif.cornell.edu - ARPA)
		(garry@crnlthry - BITNET)