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Subject: Re: USENET Awards, anyone?
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Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 17:06:43 EST
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> 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
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