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Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 11:28:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 5 11:28:17 1984
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You are certainly correct. One should never write anything,
even for limited public distribution, that is not letter perfect
in spelling and grammar. To do so is inexcusable; therefore I
can hardly beg your forgiveness. Mr. Coates, I appreciate your
pointing out the egregious error I have committed, and I assure
you I shall endeavor not to do so again; certainly not for so
frivolous a purpose as giving net correspondents the benefits of
my experiences at shows they might not have attended.
Of course I am usually paid for careful writing; so
perhaps the thing to do is obvious.
My thanks.
Date: 27 Nov 84 17:49:24 GMT
From: Rick Coates
Reply-To: info-cpm at AMSAA.ARPA
To: info-cpm at AMSAA.ARPA
Re: Is this really Mr. Pournelle?
Is this really from Jerry Pournelle, science fiction author and columnist
in Byte Magazine - or is someone on the net impersonating him?
(Remember moscvax, et al).
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> From: "Jerry E. Pournelle"
> Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
> Subject: Microsystems/Tech Journal
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> Date: 20 Nov 84 10:20:01 GMT
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> I met Susan Gelpert-Cole, Ph.D., one of the editors of PC Tech
> Journal at COMDEX. She's sharp. The magazine may not be a bad
> buy. Me, I never saw one before. Obviously fyou don't care
> for PC you won't want it since it is a captive; Susan says they
> do not write about PClones even yet already.
I find it hard to believe that a professional writer would put out something
like this, even to a limited public audience. Several of the other recent
submissions from POURNE@mit-mc are similar in English quality. Typos
are one thing, 'even yet already' is another.
Rick Coates
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