fredrickson@celica.DEC (03/18/86)
>Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops >Path: decwrl!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!burl!gc49!smithrd >Subject: Re: NCAA contest picks >Posted: 14 Mar 86 20:06:00 GMT >Organization: AT&T Technologies, Guilford Center, NC >Keywords: ethics >Summary: me-thinks something is fishy about this one > >In article <1654@decwrl.DEC.COM> fredrickson@celica.DEC writes: ><142 lines of text deleted> >>The preceding picks were submitted Thursday morning, March 13. >> >>Mark Fredrickson > > >However, from the article, we also note: > >Date: 13 Mar 86 17:31:20 GMT > >Date-Received: 14 Mar 86 09:28:02 GMT > >Sender: daemon@decwrl.DEC.COM > >I can only assume: > (1) you're pulling our leg > (2) you're desparate > (3) "submitted" should have been followed by "to the keypunch > group" >or > (4) you're using some home(DEC)-brewed interface to posting > news (as evidenced by the daemon sender and your > machine name being different from the posting machine) > >I'd guess #4 (I believe in the goodness of mankind), but you can >understand my reluctance to take such a posting seriously. > >But then again, I could be wrong (remember the NIT....) >-- > Randy D. Smith (919) 279-5312 > AT&T Technologies, Guilford Center, NC > ....!{ihnp4,burl}!{gc49,gc3ba}!smithrd I have no desire (or motive) to deceive you folks. I know nothing of the process a posting follows before it reaches its final destination. I sat here at my desk last Thursday morning and made my picks and whisked them away to the address I always use. I put the note on the bottom because I had no idea how long it would take for it to be posted and I knew the games were starting that day. I guess following your choice #3 would have been advisable ("submitted to the keypunch group") if I knew enough to do that. As for your #4, I haven't got the foggiest notion of what that even means. I realize the fact that I was 14-2 (I missed Depaul and Oklahoma) in Thursday's games may fuel your accusation (did you have a tough first round, Randy?), but first-round games are pretty easy to have a high percentage on. The only ones I missed on Friday were the two big upsets, Cleveland St. and Ark. L-R. Do you think I would have had Northeastern advancing to the final 16 if I was trying to cheat? As you can tell, I'm not a veteran netter. If the person running the contest wants to disqualify me, I promise I'll still sleep at night. Mark Fredrickson