tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) (07/07/89)
Even net.veterans are guilty of this now. (I have been too, so I'm not trying to be holier than thou.) Alt.sources is a precious net resource where you can get red hot code without the dead weight of a moderator's icy hand. We are currently p***ing people off because alt.sources is full of chatter about Germany and Russia and Elvis and Peanut Butter. PLEASE EVERYBODY STOP IT! Now I crossposted this into alt.sources too, but if you look at the header you'll see the OTHER thing people should be doing but they're not -- including a "Followup-To:" line in any crossposted article. (I wish newsreader programs would enforce this!) By directing followup discussion to a ".d" newsgroup I prevent this posting from turning into yet another alt.sources flame war. Kapisch? Get with it people. Or no dessert. :-) -- "My God, Thiokol, when do you \\ Tom Neff want me to launch -- next April?" \\ uunet!bfmny0!tneff
allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (07/09/89)
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# -rw-r--r-- 1 allbery member 1283 Jul 8 13:52 discourse.c
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echo 'x - discourse.c'
if test -f discourse.c; then echo 'shar: not overwriting discourse.c'; else
sed 's/^X//' << '________This_Is_The_END________' > discourse.c
X#include <stdio.h>
X
Xextern int printf();
Xextern int fprintf();
Xextern int puts();
Xextern void exit();
X
Xchar *msg[] = {
X"Back in April 1987 the newsgroup net.sources, an unmoderated sources",
X"newsgroup, was changed into the moderated sources newsgroup comp.sources.misc",
X"by the net.gods because they were sick and tired of the noise.",
X"",
X"Do you who have argued so steadily against moderated sources groups *really*",
X"want to convince the alt.net.gods to make *this* sources newsgroup moderated?",
X"",
X"Think about it. Then get your drivel out of this newsgroup.",
X"",
X"Thank you.",
X0};
X
Xchar *ps[] = {
X"(Disclaimer) Were I against unmoderated sources newsgroups, I would not",
X"have posted this; instead, I would have stayed silent and let nature take",
X"its course.",
X0};
X
Xvoid discourse(msg)
X register char *msg[];
X{
X while (*msg)
X (void) puts(*msg++);
X}
X
Xint main(argc, argv)
X char **argv;
X{
X if (argc != 1)
X {
X (void) fprintf(stderr, "usage: discourse\n");
X exit(1);
X }
X (void) puts("A message from the moderator of comp.sources.misc:");
X (void) putchar('\n');
X discourse(msg);
X (void) putchar('\n');
X for (c = 0; c < 79; c++)
X (void) putchar('-');
X (void) putchar('\n');
X (void) putchar('\n');
X (void) puts("P.S.:");
X (void) putchar('\n');
X discourse(ps);
X exit(0);
X}
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if test `wc -c < discourse.c` -ne 1285; then
echo 'shar: discourse.c was damaged during transit (should have been 1285 bytes)'
fi
fi ; : end of overwriting check
exit 0
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