Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan From: mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: first bike? (rot6) Message-ID: <36200246@uiucdcs> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 14:30:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.36200246 Posted: Sat Nov 2 14:30:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 05:34:46 EST References: <7293@ucla-cs.ARPA> Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:ucla-cs.ARPA:7293:uiucdcs:36200246:000:928 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!mcewan Nov 2 13:30:00 1985 > I have seen several articles beginning with lines of the sort: >>> > Why the hell should I bother? Some people obviously think that their words are > such gems that we will go to all sorts of extraordinary lengths to read them! > I will read regular articles or articles I can read with 'D', but 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 don't anymore. I went to the trouble the first 2 times that I saw this, only to discover totally worthless drivel that wasn't worth reading even if it weren't rotated. I assume that this is just an attention getting device from someone who doesn't really have anything to say but wants to be noticed. Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"