xchar (11/28/82)
[ The demise of net.db, apparently now permanent, compels me to post
this followup item to net.suicide, the nearest viable alternative. ]
Another in the long line of organic additives hyped by the
merchandisers (lanolin, chlorophyl, lemon, musk, honey,
jojoba,...) appears to be catching on:
On the side of a package of Neo-Synephrine nose drops,
in large pink letters, it says
1/8%
infants
--Charlie Harris, Bell Labs, Murray Hill (rabbit!xchar)rhm (11/28/82)
Mr. Harris is not to be commended for posting his (to some, revolting) articles to a serious newsgroup. But then, what can he do? This is another example of a common newsgroup phenomenon. When net.jokes.q was deleted, filthy jokes immediately started turning up on net.jokes. Now that net.db is gone, dead-baby articles turn up on net.suicide. Who is killing all these newsgroups?
xchar (11/29/82)
My gratitude to alice!rhm for expressing his sympathy for my quandary
in seeking a proper resting place for a followup to his article in a
now-defunct newsgroup.
Just before net.db suffered its (to borrow research!dmr's phrase)
"premature demise," I proposed broadening net.db's charter to encompass
ALL dead topics. I noted that it could then serve as the net.followup
to net.suicide.
Little did I imagine that just the opposite would so soon come to pass!
--Charlie Harris, Bell Labs, Murray Hill (rabbit!xchar)mclure (03/09/83)
#R:rabbit:-93800:sri-unix:2200001:000:56 sri-unix!mclure Nov 29 22:40:00 1982 net.db was created for the purpose of dead-babies-only.