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From: wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner)
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Subject: Re:  Re: editing .newsrc
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Date: 19 Aug 89 03:43:16 GMT
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>Wait a minute Bill, class isn't over. Did we forget the part of the
>lecture that concerned commercial use of the net ?

What, like "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"?

But, Richard, we won't be needing that part of the lecture just now, because
Mr. Esker has reformed. His signature no longer contains a plug for "the hard
drive specialists." Why, just look at it:

>---------- Lawrence W. Esker ----------  Modern Amish: Thou shalt not need any
>\  *        *             *  *******  /  computer that is not IBM compatible.
> \  *        *     *     *  *        /
>  \  *        *   * *   *  *****    / Sr. Hardware/ASIC Design Engineer
>   \  *        * *   * *  *        /  Allen-Bradley Communications Div.
>    \  *******  *     *  *******  /   Work: (313)668-2500  Home: (313)973-8561
>     -----------------------------    Compuserve: 76337,2524
>UseNet Smart: esker@abaa.uucp  or  abaa!esker@itivax.iti.org
>UseNet Other: __!uunet!mimsy!rutgers!citi!itivax!abaa!esker
>Nothing left to do but :-) ;-) ;-D

I count three network addresses (one would do quite nicely), two phone numbers
(so he won't miss the flood of callers congratulating him on his beautiful
signature), his job title (for the prospective employers out there), his
current employer and two, count them, *two* cute little slogans. All I see
missing are his physical characteristics and whether he's an organ donor.

I won't even mention the "graphic" initials, which should have been part of
the Geneva Convention.