Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!geoffs From: geoffs@brl-tgr.ARPA (Geoffrey Sauerborn ) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.movies.sw,net.sf-lovers,net.flame Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal Message-ID: <6719@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 10:46:18 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6719 Posted: Fri Dec 21 10:46:18 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Dec-84 00:17:50 EST References: <2481@ucla-cs.ARPA> <1605@drutx.UUCP> <383@hou2e.UUCP> <393@klipper.UUCP> <24@epsilon.UUCP> Reply-To: geoffs@brl-tgr.ARPA (Geoffrey Sauerborn (TANK)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 53 Keywords: dfslkfl; -- (AND NOT! -> "DfXlkfl;:" !!!!) Xref: watmath net.movies:5319 net.movies.sw:513 net.sf-lovers:5427 net.flame:7348 Summary: In article <24@epsilon.UUCP> you write: >In article <393@klipper.UUCP> biep writes: >>>> From: schu@drutx.UUCP (SchulteSM) >>>> Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> q >>>> >>>> >>>> w >>>> . >>>> dfslkfl; >>>> >>>> >>>> lkfdg >>>> ;lfdkg;lka;dlgk >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ZZ >>>> agkfjlkadfgkj >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Yes, I agree. This is definately a proposal worth considering. >>> >> >>No, no, no!!! >>I know, it sounds nice, but believe me, it just doesn't work. >>Someone over here brought this up on our local network, and we've >>been discussing it over and again, and indeed, it sounds appealing, >>but when you work out the details you'll find lots of inconsistencies >>and problems. Don't try to reinvent the wheel, there are already >>enough other proposals on this net which ask for our attention. >> >Well, we've actually done it here, and it works out just fine. Of course, >we had to make certain minor changes like "DfXlkfl;:" instead of >"dfslkfl;" as was indicated in the original article. You'll note that >otherwise a contradiction arises when "ZZ" is implemented. > > Ed Sheppard > Bell Communications Research Alright! I'm sick of this! Why is it that every time someone puts a good piece into public domain, somebody has to good and change the source! The next thing to happen it some BO-ZO will try to use this changed version without taking the time to read the documentation - and naturally the FOOL starts flaming to the original poster!!!! Geoff Sauerborn