Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!ucbvax!SGI.COM!baskett%forest From: baskett%forest@SGI.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: X & hotline Message-ID: <9002142028.AA00594@forest.sgi.com> Date: 14 Feb 90 20:28:01 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 8 Some of us believe that one of the several useful purposes that info-iris (or comp.sys.sgi) serves is as a sympathetic listener when we want to get some of our frustrations off our chest. Details about problems are desireable to those of us who what to fix them but sometimes they interfere with the release of emotional energy. Of course, apologizing afterward is also nice. Jim Helman is OK. Forest Baskett