Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!mimsy!haven!purdue!decwrl!decvax!ima!cfisun!lakart!dg
From: dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Maps Subverted
Message-ID: <399@lakart.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 89 16:08:31 GMT
References: <405@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US>
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Organization: Lakart Corporation, Newton, MA
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From article <11891@netsys.COM>, by len@netsys.COM (Len Rose):
> I would like to find out who took the maps and turned them
> into a bloody mailing list. I would also like to find out how
> much money they got for it. 

Just a thought :-)

OK - it looks as if the process was semi-automatic, I get the stuff
both here at Lakart (work) and at home, using the two addresses in
the maps. Now suppose we create a lot of bogus addresses, something
like:

#N	pallio
#S	Televideo TS803; Zilog Z80A; CP/M 2.2
#O	Guru's Anon.
#C	Sebastian Wheaties
#E	pallio!dg
#T	+1 617 555 1212
#P	543 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA, 02159
#L	42 20 N / 71 11 W
#R	For real - this is a CP/M machine
#W	pallio!dg (David Goodenough); Mon Oct  3 11:24:26 EDT 1988
#

with a genuine "No such address". Can you imagine the effect that will
have on the mailing list when it gets used ....... :-)
BTW - I live at 541 Commonwealth Ave (see pallio in the real maps),
and can assure you there is no 543: the grocery next door is 545.

I grant that this is closing the stable door after the horse has
bolted, but it would be worth it for next time (yes, I'll take a $5.00
bet says there is a next time)

As a separate note, perhaps we could get the Government interested in the
fact that someone has used their machines for commercial purposes without
their permission. Naaahhh, just another silly thought.

(for those that claim that sarcasm doesn't work on usenet, the above
paragraph is meant to be a bit sarcastic, as shown by my use of
Naaahhh, rather than No)
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