Re: New entry for PBM List: I changed my socks today

From: lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page)

Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Rich Skrenta (skrenta@rt.com) wrote:
: casbahcarl@aol.com (CasbahCarl) writes:
: > Doesn't these two statements contradict one another?

: Like I said, Welcome to Usenet.

: > On one hand, you complain about "whiners" who disregard consensus-based
: > and tradition-bound rules in this newsgroup, while noting that Usenet,
: > where you can "post whatever you want" is no such utopia.

: Yup.

: Now let's all go review "What is Usenet" in news.announce.newusers
: one more time (you all have read it before, of course...).

I know I did within a week of first logging on.  This thread......Well,
I'm guilty of continueing it.  How about we all write about things that
have little import to the general use of this group?  Some of you can
continue the neverending flame war over Greg's policies, and I'll talk
about my cats and various other things.  Hmmm...can't think of anything
yet.          Um....            Oh, I can mention that these flame wars
did not exist before the commercial postings.  Also, they have come out
based on Greg's desire to maintain a standard by which this group was run
long before all the commercial postings.  He says things like, please
read the FAQ for this newsgroup and follow SOP.  Meanwhile, business
owners cannot resist the free adverts.  So, the war goes on.

BTW, which company sold my name to other pbm companies?  Bad Show.

Garrett

References

Re: New entry for PBM List: I changed my socks today
skrenta@rt.com (Rich Skrenta)
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: New entry for PBM List: I changed my socks today
casbahcarl@aol.com (CasbahCarl)
Thu, 17 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000