erice (01/04/83)
I made a terrible mistake in submitting my article, Great Moments in Quantum Mechanics, to Net.General rather than to Net.Physics or Net.Jokes, as several Net readers have graciously condescended to point out to me. I assure the network community that this inexcusable violation of all common decency and propriety will never be repeated. Please understand that I was raised in a dismal background, devoid of social amenities or concern for others' feelings and am struggling to find a place in the genteel and gracious company of my fellow programmers. I try to obey all the rules unquestioningly, and I realize that ignorance is no excuse, but sometimes my baser conditioning takes hold and I commit vicious depradations such as you have lately witnessed. Perhaps with enough love and tenderness, and sharing and caring, and meaningful realtionships, and granola and backpacking, and Dungeons and Dragons, and tasty jazz and fine wine, I will be able to slowly crawl out of the gutter of my present existence. But for now, I can only hope that my lack of consideration and obscene violation of decorum will someday be forgiven; as for myself, I will probably never live it down.