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From: billp@bronze.UUCP (Bill Pfeifer)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: Re: signs of intelligent life - (nf)
Message-ID: <662@bronze.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 11:54:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: bronze.662
Posted: Fri Jul 22 11:54:41 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jul-83 17:35:48 EDT
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>		Perhaps, since not much joke discussing is going on here, we
>	could turn it into net.jokes.d(irty), so those who were whining about
>	not having a derotter won't need one...
>
>			 Dave Aronson
>			(412) 682-9580
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Please don't!
A while back there was a net.jokes.q(uestionable).  The problem was that anyone
subscribing to net.jokes also got net.jokes.q, if he/she did not explicitly
de-subscribe.  At various times innocent secretaries new to the net
read net.jokes and also got un-rotated filth from net.jokes.q.
When they complained to their bosses, the "fuvg" (rot13) hit the fan.
As a result, at least one site cancelled *all* news.
To avoid this situation in the future, rot13 was implemented.
This way, nobody can (or should) complain about filth on net.jokes,
because the only way to read it is through a conscious effort.

	Bill Pfeifer
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