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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer:11195 comp.os.coherent:9101 comp.os.linux:36188 comp.os.mach:2797 comp.os.minix:21962 comp.periphs:3559 comp.unix.bsd:11912 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:2512 comp.os.386bsd.development:579 alt.religion.kibology:7030 Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,alt.religion.kibology,alt.non.sequitur Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!bogus.sura.net!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!mykle From: mykle@netcom.com (prince of tildes) Subject: Re: Ramblings about the Convention Message-ID: <mykleC647A1.12s@netcom.com> Keywords: rambeling convention Organization: XAOS Tools, San Francisco References: <jmonroyC5tv90.791@netcom.com> <1rcq75$i11@fitz.TC.Cornell.EDU> <messinaC60u74.MpC@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 23:44:24 GMT Lines: 24 In article <messinaC60u74.MpC@netcom.com> messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes: >mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes: > >>This is my favorite posting of the DECADE. Talk about one hell of an RFD. >>[8 pages of quoted article deleted] > >FLAME ON: > >If there is one thing in the world that pisses me off beyond imagination >is posting one line and EIGHT f*&^%$& pages of an entire article quoted - >an article that was posted here just TWO days ago. Read the f**&$#* >group for newbies before you start posting and learn how to post. Now >I know why some administrators set up news software to reject articles >with quoted material larger than new material - it's for you. > >t. > > sorry. -- "sometimes the treatment you get by your fellow human beings is worse than the treatment you get from the space people abducting you." -John_-_Winston-