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- From: garyg@jax.jaxnet.com (Gary M. Greenberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: C Tutor (CBT) - c_tutor.zip (0/2)
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 21:06:03 GMT
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- Gene Wirchenko (genew@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
- : herborn@exis.net wrote:
-
- : >For Those who want it!
-
- : Asshole, you posted both a 15,001 and a 5,417 line post to a
- ^^^^^?????
- If you're walking down the street and someone accidently bumps into you,
- do you shoot their head off and/or start a brawl? In the all the time that
- I've been reading c.l.c, I've never seen the original (guilty) poster commit
- any previous transgression. Granted it was a nasty mistake, but your
- nasty reply is out of proportion.
- : newsgroup. This is an extreme waste of bandwidth. Are you aware of
- : the havoc this causes? Some of us download all messages because most
- : posters post reasonable length articles.
- Bet he never knew that.
- : A simple posting that the file was available at such-and-such
- : would suffice.
- So would a polite (1st time) notification. He probably thought he was
- being helpful. Have a bit of humanity.
- [snip ...]
- : Gene Wirchenko
-
- gary /* the Sorcerer's Apprentice */
-
- "Why do we have to hide from the police, Daddy?"
- "Because we use vi, honey. They use emacs."
- "Unless we're on the Mac. Then we use BBEdit 'cause 'It doesn't suck.'"
-