grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (05/12/86)
In article <13729@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@brahms.UUCP (Matthew P. Wiener) writes: >First there was Unknown@hplabs. Now I see an occasional Unknown@decwrl >or even just Unknown. And articles appear two or three or four or even >*five* times duplicated. And the latest is ridiculous. Two to two dozen >week old articles show up all of a sudden in a newsgroup. Yikes! > >ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720 No, this is just an organic netwide response of usenet against the resurgence of the net.bizzaroids: Step 1: The net.software will echo all the bizzaroid artices back at theirs originators, probably in triplicate... Step 2: The net.hardware will wedge in local loopback mode, such that they will see only their own postings... Step 3: The net.terminals will revolt and selectivly disable their 'n' keys, perhaps substituting 'M'... .... and everyone else will live happily ever after .... In a more serious vein, I wish those people at hplabs would quit experimenting with new software on net time - my spool directory is laced with bogus articles that they've neither canceled or apologized for. -- George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
jimb@ism780.UUCP (05/14/86)
>Apparently hplabs and other hp sites have been experimenting with some >new "notes" software. As far as I know, hplabs is the only backbone site >running notes. Notes is so different from news (especially for followups) >that I'm surprised it works as well as it does. If I were a net.god I'd >ban notes from the net. >-- >- Joe Buck {ihnp4!pesnta,oliveb}!epimass!jbuck Ack! I find notes the easiest & most convenient net.reading system to use. -- Jim Brunet ihnp4/ima/ISM780