Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site epsilon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!egs From: egs@epsilon.UUCP (Ed Sheppard) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.movies.sw,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal Message-ID: <24@epsilon.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 19:28:29 EST Article-I.D.: epsilon.24 Posted: Tue Dec 18 19:28:29 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 03:04:49 EST References: <2481@ucla-cs.ARPA> <1605@drutx.UUCP> <383@hou2e.UUCP>, <393@klipper.UUCP> Organization: BELLCORE, Murray Hill, NJ Lines: 42 Xref: watmath net.movies:5281 net.movies.sw:512 net.sf-lovers:5409 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