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- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spdcc!merk!roscom!monty
- From: Monty Solomon <monty%roscom@think.com>
- Subject: Re: Please help Craig
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.081223.928@proponent.com>
- Sender: monty@proponent.com (Monty Solomon)
- Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
- Organization: Proponent
- References: <1992Jul17.155805.25531@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 08:12:23 GMT
- Lines: 94
-
- In article <1992Jul17.155805.25531@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- chiu@gpb-mac.sps.mot.com (Norman Chiu) writes:
- > I am forwarding this message to you. Please take a moment to
- > read it and help toward this worthy cause. Thanks.
- > ---------------------------- begin ------------------------------
- > Craig Shergold is 7 years old and dying of terminal cancer.
- > One of his last wishes is to be included in the Guinness
- > book of world records for the largest collection of business
- > cards ever collected by one person. Please help Craig's dream
- > come true. Please give your business card to the following
- > address, and ask 10 others people to do the same. Thanks.
-
-
- From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
- Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.answers
- Subject: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- Message-ID: <spaf-questions_711614923@cs.purdue.edu>
- Date: 20 Jul 92 06:48:44 GMT
- Expires: 18 Sep 92 18:48:43 GMT
- Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
- Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
-
- Archive-name: usenet-faq/part1
- Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
- Last-change: 19 Jul 1992 by mvac23!thomas@udel.edu (Thomas Lapp)
-
-
- Frequently Submitted Items
-
- This document discusses some questions and topics that occur
- repeatedly on USENET. They frequently are submitted by new users, and
- result in many followups, sometimes swamping groups for weeks. The
- purpose of this note is to head off these annoying events by answering
- some questions and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking
- others. If you don't like these answers, let spaf@cs.purdue.edu know.
-
- Note that some newsgroups have their own special "Frequent Questions &
- Answers" posting. You should read a group for a while before posting
- any questions, because the answers may already be present.
- Comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.internals are examples -- Steve Hayman
- regularly posts an article that answers common questions, including
- some of the ones asked here.
-
- This list is often referred to as FAQ -- the Frequently Asked
- Questions. If you are a new user of the Usenet and don't find an
- answer to your questions here, you can try asking in the
- news.newusers.questions group. You might also read through other FAQ
- lists, cross-posted to the news.answers group.
-
-
- 37. I heard these stories about a dying child wanting
- postcards/get-well cards/business cards to get in the Guinness
- Book of World Records. Where can I post the address for people to
- help?
-
- Post it to "junk," or better yet, don't post it at all. The
- story of the little boy keeps popping up, even though his mother
- and the agencies involved have been appealing for people to stop.
- So many postcards were sent (33 million as of May 1991) that the
- agencies involved in the effort don't know what to do with them.
- The Guinness people have recorded the boy, Craig Shergold, as the
- record holder in the category (cf. page 207 of the 1992 US
- edition). However, they will not accept claims for a new try at
- the record. For confirmation, you can see page 24 of the 29 July
- 1990 NY Times or call the publisher of the Guinness Book (in the
- US, call "Facts on File" @ 212-683-2244).
-
- If you want to do something noble, donate the cost of a stamp and
- postcard (or more) to a worthwhile charity like UNICEF or the
- International Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Magen David). There are
- tens of thousands of children dying around the world daily, and
- they could use more than a postcard.
-
-
- 38. I just heard about a scheme the FCC has to implement a tax on
- modems! Where can I post a message so everyone will hear about
- this and do something to prevent it?
-
- Post it the same place as the articles in response to #37, above.
- This is an old, old story that just won't die. Something like
- this was proposed many YEARS back and defeated. However, the
- rumor keeps spreading and people who hear about it for the first
- time get all upset. Before posting stories like this, check with
- the organizations involved (like the FCC) to see if the story is
- true and current.
-
- --
- Gene Spafford
- Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
- Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
- Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone: (317) 494-7825
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