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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: Let's keep net.suicide alive
Message-ID: <1034@ulysses.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 09:57:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: ulysses.1034
Posted: Fri Aug  9 09:57:01 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 20:45:29 EDT
References: <27@tekchips.UUCP> <660@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> <47@tekchips.UUCP> <702@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP>
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> In article <47@tekchips.UUCP> wm@tekchips.UUCP (Wm Leler) writes:
> >
> >Revisionism?  Naw, just provincialism.  Both Tom and Byron are
> >correct within their respecitive contexts.  The earlier (and
> >decidedly weirder) net.suicide never made it out to this neck of
> >the woods until the motorcycle helmet discussion got going.
> >Actually, my major rememberance of net.suicide is a wonderful
> >article by Byron (himself!) about driving with your headlights
> >off at night.
> 
> Hmmm.  Your memory must be better than mine.  I remember the article,
> but don't remember writing it....  Ah well, that's what happens when
> you get to be over 40.
> 
> >But, speaking of provincialism, come on Byron!  What kind of
> >line is "those of us who witnessed it should be content in our
> >knowledge"?  I've never known you to shy away from a typewriter.
> >I'm not "content in my knowledge", and would love to see your
> >version of this group's birth (besides, when did you start
> >believing in an absolute reality?).
> 
> I couldn't possibly describe it in all its richness.  Until bimmler
> herself comes forward I must remain silent.  There are larger things at
> stake here.
> 
> Net reality is not absolute reality.  I'm not sure what kind of reality
> net reality is if it is any kind of reality at all...

Ah, but who else remembers net.db....