Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!tymix!figmo From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Jerry Pournelle vs. the ARPANET Message-ID: <460@tymix.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 00:24:26 EDT Article-I.D.: tymix.460 Posted: Mon Jul 15 00:24:26 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 04:45:54 EDT Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 22 > If this is true and he did get drunk, I respect him less. I wrote > him once and received a form letter back. I wrote Asimov and > got a PERSONAL LETTER. Pournelle writes fairly well, but seems > to lack humanity and care for anyone who gets in his way. > > Todd Cooper I had the occasion, a few years ago, to exchange ARPAnet mail with Dr. Pournelle. His messages were well written, personable, and clearly thought out. Somehow the topic of drinking came up. Pournelle says he doesn't drink during the month of February "just to show that [he] can." I wish I hadn't deleted the exchange; it was written during the month of (as if you couldn't guess) February. In spite of his behaviour, I found Pournelle to be a most colorful guest to the Internet and wish there were a way other people in the SF business could access the net and exchange knowledge. --Lynn Gold ...tymix!figmo