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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
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Subject: Re: USENET Awards, anyone?
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 12:03:57 EST
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> .... it would seem to be a
> reasonable idea to attempt to recognize some of the truly brilliant
> people and transmissions over the course of the past year. After all,
> if "the press" can have Pulitzers, the movies have Oscars, mystery
> writers have Edgars, and SF writers have Hugos, Nebulas, and a bunch
> of other little awards too, there's no reason why USENET writers can't
> have awards, too.
> 
> First, we need a name for the things. "The USENET Awards" just doesn't
> have the right amount of zing to it; something better is required.
> Perhaps we need somebody's name (mine is not available, besides being
> too long), or some symbol of the Net.
> 
>             _\|   ____   |/_            Bill Laubenheimer
>             / \ /      \ / \            UC-Berkeley Computer Science
>                |  o  o  |               ucbvax!wildbill
> -------------------()-------------------
> Killjoy's on vacation...Murphy's running the show!


Oh come on, Bill! I think "The Laubenheimer Awards" has just the esoteric
ring to it that is needed!! Why isn't your name available? After all, the
Pulitzer Prize is named after ITS orginator, the Nobel Prize after ITS
originator -- I think we should seriously entertain the idea.

All in favor, send  10 Gigabytes to Bill; opposed, 5 Gig!!


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