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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: I fear any new group creation/deletion scheme will be worse
Keywords: not a dipwad
Message-ID: <472@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 89 09:38:12 GMT
References: <2153.AA2153@panchax> <461@flatline.UUCP> <14241@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend)
Organization: Cold Lampin With Flav'
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In article <14241@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>In article <461@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>>buy yourself a unix box, and you can help make the rules.
>Thats odd. Every unix system I've worked with DIDN'T COME WITH
>a little form to fill out to register me to be able to make the
>rules. Was I gypped or what ?


No, you just have to call Customer Support and pretend that you're a VAR
for a while, and they finally admit that there is such a form, and
that they will mail it to you in a couple of years (if they feel like it).


>Of course neither did the Amiga at home who is at this very minute
>polling for news and mail. Without unix! Must be some sort of
>hallucination or something.


Touche.  The "unix box" above should read "netnews capable machine".

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