Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.stargate,net.followup Subject: Re: STARGATE (READ THIS!) - Let's help a little Message-ID: <1038@opus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 04:00:26 EST Article-I.D.: opus.1038 Posted: Fri Jan 18 04:00:26 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 01:13:54 EST References: <504@vortex.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 34 Xref: watmath net.news:3008 net.news.stargate:48 net.followup:4360 A lot of us have been following what Lauren has been telling us about the Stargate work. If you're like me, you've been watching, pondering what's going on, and wishing there were some way to help a little--you know, lend a hand here or there without getting up to your ears in it 'cause you're already overcommitted. After reading the tripe that Frank Adrian posted about Stargate, it's clear to me what we need to do. If he wants to hear what we think about his attempt to abort an experiment before it even gets going, let's let him hear. If you would like to see Stargate given a chance, e-mail to Adrian and let him know that you're not about to start leaving dog turds in anyone's desk to stop Stargate, nor are you about to start harrassing people and skirting the law. If you're a member of the ACLU, you might choose to take up with Mr. Adrian the matter that it is NOT a tenet of that organization to do whatever it can to prevent a citizen from exercizing his rights. Nor is the ACLU big on organized harrassment of individuals (regardless of whether the harrassment is from inside or outside of the government). Lauren's posting is (504@vortex.uucp) and is referenced by this article. The text of Frank Adrian's article is included in it. Adrian's email address is hercules!franka, according to the path in the header. At this point, I wouldn't blame Lauren if he dropped the whole thing--but I still hope very much that he doesn't. Dammit, people are trying to shoot this thing down before it's even been tried. We don't have any idea whether it will work in practice or what unexpected benefits or problems it will turn up. And here's this Adrian clod who's willing to spit on a guy and hide turds in his desk to prevent him from even TRYING the idea. Sounds like rampant paranoia, or else something he needs to hide. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.