Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucdavis.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!ucdavis!ccs020 From: ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: RE: (rot6) Message-ID: <245@ucdavis.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 03:34:44 EST Article-I.D.: ucdavis.245 Posted: Wed Nov 6 03:34:44 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 08:19:58 EST References: <678@ihlts.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 24 > > >I have seen several articles beginning with lines of the sort: > > >>>> > >Why the hell should I bother? I will *not* go through the hassle of > >saving the article, extracting the 'tr' line, and running it. > >Does anyone read these egocentric articles? > > I'm not sure which is funnier. The thought that someone actually might > go to the trouble of reading those articles, or you asking. Of course > no one reads them. Silly question. > > Robert I was stupid enough to try it, and it didn't even work. Just sat there. tr (all the junk) < old > new That was the real joke. -- --Kevin Chu ..!{ucbvax,lll-crg,dual}!ucdavis!vega!ccs020