[news.admin] A sense of proportion.

peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (11/10/88)

How many man hours have been wasted --

	-- playing rogue (hack/larn/...)?

	-- in netnews --

		-- on groups like alt.flame?

		-- reading and talking about --
		
			-- comp.women?

			-- the virus?

And whose fault is it? How could it have been prevented?
-- 
Peter da Silva  `-_-'  Ferranti International Controls Corporation
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jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) (11/10/88)

In article <2180@ficc.uu.net>, peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
> How many man hours have been wasted --
> 	-- playing rogue (hack/larn/...)?
> 	-- in netnews --
> 		-- on groups like alt.flame?
> 		-- reading and talking about --
> 			-- comp.women?
> 			-- the virus?
  

(1)         211.43
(2) (A)   1,345.202
(2) (B) (i)  65.567
(2) (B) (ii) 98.6

Jeff Daiell

-- 
"Buy land.  They've stopped making it."

                 -- Mark Twain

pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) (11/12/88)

In article <2180@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
=How many man hours have been wasted --
          ^^^ you mean the women on the net are smart enough not to waste
	      all this time???
	      
=	-- playing rogue (hack/larn/...)?
=	-- in netnews --
=		-- on groups like alt.flame?
=		-- reading and talking about --
=			-- comp.women?
=			-- the virus?

Listen, Wolfie: we CHOSE to waste our time doing those things.  RTM
didn't give us a choice.  Go hug a wolf, will ya'?

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