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Is this really Mr. Pournelle? [message #91604] Wed, 26 June 2013 00:47
Jerry E. Pournelle is currently offline  Jerry E. Pournelle
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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).

    > Relay-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/12/84; site iddic.UUCP
    > Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA
    > Path: iddic!orca!tektronix!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!internet!"Jerry E. Pournelle" 
    > From: "Jerry E. Pournelle" 
    > Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
    > Subject: Microsystems/Tech Journal
    > Message-ID: <5930@brl-tgr.ARPA>
    > Date: 20 Nov 84 10:20:01 GMT
    > Date-Received: 23 Nov 84 07:51:06 GMT
    > Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA
    > Organization: Ballistic Research Lab
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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
    ...!tektronix!iddic!rick
    (csnet has problems at our site)
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