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Subject: Re: The Passing of Eric Mading - an AI gone bad .
Message-ID: <15934@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: Sun, 15-Nov-87 13:54:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 15 13:54:35 1987
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References: <Eric> <Mading> <?> <812@elmgate.UUCP>
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Keywords: Eric Mading is NOT gone spam
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Summary: not bloody likely

In article <812@elmgate.UUCP> ram@elmgate.UUCP (The Man from Hades) writes:
>Well folks, it happened.
>
>Apparently the sysops at puff got wind of Eric Mading's sensless bigotted
>driveling onto the net, and cut him off. At the balls, I believe.
>
>His account is gone.
>
>This unfortunately means that we lose one of our greatest sources of 
>entertainment that we have had for some time.  We can not even flame him,
>since he can no longer even read mail.  Sigh.  Just when I was warming
>up for some first class white hot Eric Flammage, he is gone.

I hate to pop your bubble but I did this this morning:

	% finger mading@puff.wisc.edu

and got:

[PUFF.WISC.EDU]
Login name: mading    			In real life: Eric Mading
Directory: /usr2/mading             	Shell: /bin/csh
Last login Sun Nov 15 11:22 on tty94
No Plan.

So, not only does he have an account, but he logged in just a couple
of hours ago.  I hope he likes the mail I sent him.

(Isn't technology amazing?  Even from about 1000 miles away I can tell
that the dude lives on /usr2 and logged in this morning!  BTW, note
that it says "no plan."  Somehow apropos.)

This isn't bizarre but the fact that I'm eating a food with the more
monosodium glutamate in it than there is flavoring is.  At least
according to the package.  I suppose between flavor-enhancers and
preservatives, by the time I'm 40 I'll be petrified but at least I'll
taste good.

jim