rkh@mtune.att.com (09/07/90)
Referring to Joseph Abernathy of the {Houston Chronicle}, who'd
written a piece back in May about how some H.S. student 'suddenly
found himself' in one of the alt.sex groups, how MIT was a 'known
storehouse of pornography', and how all this filth was being carried
cross-country on publicly-funded networking.... :-( :-(
Bob Halloran
Internet: rkh@mtune.dptg.att.com UUCP: att!mtune!rkh
Disclaimer: If you think AT&T would have ME as a spokesman, you're crazed.
[Moderator's Note: Thanks for introducing him. He sounds like a real
winner for sure! But I think the M.I. of T. would only qualify as a
'storehouse of pornography' if you included Telecom Archives! :)
Psst, for a good time, ftp lcs.mit.edu, then cd telecom-archives. PAT]telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (A Friend) (09/10/90)
[Moderator's Note: I don't usually publish anonymous messages, but I know who sent this, and agreed to do it this one time. PAT] *** You probably don't want to publish this, at least under my name *** *** that is ;-) *** >> [Moderator's Note: Who is this Tailgunner Joe person? I've seen a >> couple messages about him in news.admin but haven't paid attention. >> Will someone please explain it further? PAT] >[Moderator's Note: That's what I was told earlier. He must really >think he is something. Maybe if he keeps up his good work, he will get >promoted to the newspaper's telemarketing subscription department, or >maybe even a position as a classified ad counselor/salesperson, taking >ads over the telephone. Pat, Don't bait this guy, it's not beyond his power to publish a nice little article about comp.dcom.telecom and how it has described ripping-off the phone company in several ways. Now, we all know better, but if you had read any of the past articles he's written *and had published* in his newpaper, you would understand that it's possible to pervert just about anything into the kind of stupid sensationalism that his newspaper seems to thrive on. This is one bit of fire best left alone. A Friend [Moderator's Note: Actually, I did read something of his today. He wrote a piece on Operation Sun Devil a few days ago, and at least this time around seemed to be reasonably fair and even-handed in his report. He was very sympathetic in this article to Len Rose and Craig Neidorf. Perhaps his superiors at the newspaper got on his case. He may have even been educated a little after enough people complained about his previous disasters. You can read the article yourself in the current issue of our companion publication, Computer Underground Digest. If you'd like a copy and do not have a subscription, write to the Moderators at: tk0jut2.niu.bitnet. As for Joe making trouble here, well, we'll have to deal with that when it happens. He's not the only one with a typewriter and a forum, you know. I guess I'm not terribly impressed. Frankly my dears, I don't give a damn. PAT]
len@uunet.uu.net> (09/10/90)
Pat, give this guy a chance ... I had a long series of talks with him, and told him initially that I was scared to talk given his previous performance. However, he impressed me by admitting he was wrong and has since learned alot more about the net in general. They are to be commended for at least trying to correct past mistakes. I don't think we'll see anymore yellow journalism from this person. (I came to this conclusion before the article came out) For what it's worth. Len
levine@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Leonard P Levine) (09/10/90)
From article <11943@accuvax.nwu.edu>, by telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (A Friend): > [Moderator's Note: Who is this Tailgunner Joe person? I've seen a > couple messages about him in news.admin but haven't paid attention. > Will someone please explain it further? PAT] Just for the record, tailgunner joe was Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin who was known for his distortion of the facts in the '50s. He was in the air force during the war and was reputed to have shot off the tail of his own plane. His enemies gave him that name from that story. | Leonard P. Levine e-mail levine@cs.uwm.edu | | Professor, Computer Science Office (414) 229-5170 | | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Home (414) 962-4719 | | Milwaukee, WI 53201 U.S.A. FAX (414) 229-6958 |
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) (09/11/90)
No, the line is "publish and be damned". Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. peter@ferranti.com
jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) (09/12/90)
[Moderator's Note: Mr. Townsend and I have discussed his idea of genderless pronouns, as shown below. I do not care for them. PAT] I have attached another article from Joe Abernathy for the Digest. This is the infamous "Internet Pornography Ring" article. Credit for the electronic copy goes to "Bitslicer". Se typed it with hir own little fingers -- please leave the credit at the top if you distribute it. With regards to the story's errors: If it's an obvious spelling or punctuation error, it's not the Chron's fault. Style, format and content problems *are* Abernathy's fault. Almost-degreed journalist that I am, I can not find it in my heart to be an apologist for this particular story. :-) J. Eric Townsend -- University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics (713) 749-2120 Internet: jet@uh.edu Bitnet: jet@UHOU Skate UNIX(r) [Moderator's Note: I've forwarded your article direct to the Telecom Archives, where it resides as 'abernathy.internet.story' for anyone interested. PAT]