perlman@wanginst.UUCP (Gary Perlman) (01/27/85)
Recent hate mail has made me decide to leave the net,
at least for a year or two. When my mail becomes a
source of pain for my loved ones, as it recently has,
it is time to take positive action. I refuse to let
shmucks such as those on down at Princeton do any
more damage. My final offering is a replacement for
the news and postnews programs. I think these will
work for me from now on.
Farewell to {x|x on net & x !in {y|y is a shithead}}.
Gary Perlman/Wang Institute/Tyngsboro, MA/01879/(617) 649-9731
#!/bin/sh
# This is a shell archive, meaning:
# 1. Remove everything above the #!/bin/sh line.
# 2. Save the resulting text in a file.
# 3. Execute the file with /bin/sh (not csh) to create the files:
# news
# postnews
# This archive created: Sat Jan 26 19:33:09 1985
# By: Gary Perlman (Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, MA 01879 USA)
export PATH; PATH=/bin:$PATH
echo shar: extracting "'news'" '(307 characters)'
if test -f 'news'
then
echo shar: over-writing existing file "'news'"
fi
cat << \SHAR_EOF > 'news'
/bin/cat << EOF
$NAME, you really don't want to get involved in reading netnews.
Most of the articles are not very good, and even when one is okay,
watching the person get maligned by misfits and geeks is depressing,
especially when it is you. Take in a good movie or a walk in the woods.
-- A friend
EOF
SHAR_EOF
if test 307 -ne "`wc -c 'news'`"
then
echo shar: error transmitting "'news'" '(should have been 307 characters)'
fi
chmod +x 'news'
echo shar: extracting "'postnews'" '(512 characters)'
if test -f 'postnews'
then
echo shar: over-writing existing file "'postnews'"
fi
cat << \SHAR_EOF > 'postnews'
/bin/cat << EOF
$NAME, you really don't want to post anything to netnews.
Sure, you might help out some people with some code, or
you might give some advice or make people think about something
important to you, and you even may get some complementary comments
from people all over the world. But that may not compensate for
the tasteless and provocative remarks you will have to endure.
Why, you may even be provoked into reacting against your better
judgement, and be reduced to their level.
-- A friend
EOF
SHAR_EOF
if test 512 -ne "`wc -c 'postnews'`"
then
echo shar: error transmitting "'postnews'" '(should have been 512 characters)'
fi
chmod +x 'postnews'
# End of shell archive
exit 0