Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bnl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!sbcs!bnl!$s From: 's@davisonbnl (.UUCP) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.jokes Subject: Re: USENET Awards, anyone? Message-ID: <846@bnl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 17:06:43 EST Article-I.D.: bnl.846 Posted: Sun Jan 13 17:06:43 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 00:44:41 EST References: <4082@ucbvax.ARPA> Distribution: net Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.misc:7311 net.jokes:10351 > Given that the total volume of USENET traffic can now be measured in > terms of megabytes per week (I have no idea how that compares to > anything, but it is certainly impressive), 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. > > > _\| ____ |/_ Bill Laubenheimer > / \ / \ / \ UC-Berkeley Computer Science > | o o | ucbvax!wildbill As a name how about the :-) award, to be pronounced as anyone cares to, maybe colon-dash-close? dan davison ..decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!davison