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From: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
Newsgroups: net.sources
Subject: Re: Re: lock-up for lunch
Message-ID: <234@laidbak.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 02:10:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: laidbak.234
Posted: Wed Oct  2 02:10:51 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 04:57:58 EDT
References: <437@aero.ARPA> <821@gitpyr.UUCP> <166@circadia.UUCP>
Reply-To: jeq@laidbak.UUCP (Jonathan E. Quist)
Distribution: net
Organization: LAI Chicago
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Keywords: net.sources.render_your_terminal_useless
Summary: 

In article <166@circadia.UUCP> dave@circadia.UUCP (David Messer) writes:
>How about a new newsgroup -- net.sources.lock-up?  :->
>-- 

Exothermic reaction follows.

Kind of amazing, actually.  A mere 6 weeks ago, somebody posted
a request for a program to log off idle users.

Also kind of amazing seeing people bragging about being able
to lock up a terminal at a crowded comp. center while
they wander off to go shopping for a few hours.
When I was in school (no, this is not a good ol' days
reverie, this was 2 years ago) terminals were in such
demand that we had to sign up for them, and anyone who
intentionally left a terminal unusable was subject
to weeks of verbal abuse.

Of course, anyone *clever* enough to lock up a terminal
need not concern themselves with someone less clever
who is struggling to meet a deadline.

Afterburner off.

Jonathan E. Quist
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