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- From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
- Subject: Re: Right-Wing Token-Ring Network?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.044837.14896@news.columbia.edu>
- Sender: usenet@news.columbia.edu (The Network News)
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- Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1992Nov16.133504.1875@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> <1992Nov16.234756.624@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:48:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.234756.624@netcom.com> jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.133504.1875@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> sab@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
- >>I: madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann) writes:
- >>
- >> [logic and observations deleted]
- >>
- >> Consider:
- >>
- >> Kurt Ludwick and Robert Davis are the same poster.
- >> John Switzer and huang from Canada are the same poster.
- >> Both Switzers are the same poster.
- >
- >This post is certainly obscure, to say the least, but be aware that there are
- >at least three different Switzers posting on the net - two of whom have the
- >first name of John. Clever net users can take notice of the source hosts and
- >ping them to get the IP addresses; this along with the net maps will show
- >the uniqueness of all posters.
-
- Pinging doesn't prove uniqueness, as one person can set up accounts in
- many places. Long distance charges may be steep, but, hey, what a
- prank!
-
- Actually, we have no proof that you're a person. All those AI
- projects throughout the country. I wonder if Usenet would be a good
- Turing Test?
-
-
-
- In fiscal year 1991, the government agencies classified as secret a
- total of 7,107,017 documents. This marks the first time that the
- total number of reported classification decisions in a year is a
- palindrome. -- 1991 Information Security Oversight Office
-