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- From: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: =3= Attack of the Usenet Winter Olympics
- Keywords: Usenet Winter Olympics coverage -- exclusively on USPN!
- Message-ID: <1ea1u0INNh9o@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 06:02:40 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.072212.29383@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov15.072436.11408@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov16.060508.16368@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Reply-To: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb)
- Organization: The Sinister Icy Black Hand of Death Club
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- In article <1992Nov16.060508.16368@cbfsb.cb.att.com> forbes@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Scott Forbes) writes:
- )>The Altlifting competition, after a | |
- )>fast start by Michael Nolan of the | |
- )>group alt.humor.oracle (now "rec"), | |
- )>was marred by tragedy when athlete | / \
- )>Joel Furr was crushed during an | / \
- )>attempt to move the alt.folklore.* | / \
- )>hierarchy. Furr is in critical but |
- )>stable condition, and is expected to | "Put that DOWN!"
- )>recover. | o o o
- )> | o -+-' -+- o -+-
- )>A subsequent attempt by Mark Brader | -+- | | '-+- |
- )>of comp.society.folklore to move only | | / \ / \ | / \
- )>the alt.folklore.computers group also | / \ / \
- )>met with failure today, leaving Nolan |
- )>as the only athlete to have succeeded | A L T L I F T I N G
- )>at this difficult, challenging event. |
- ) |1992 Usenet Winter Olympics
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- Not to put a damper on the coverage, but I think I should point out
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- alt.mud --> rec.games.mud, and later rec.games.mud.*
- alt.games.xtrek --> rec.games.netrek
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- So there are others besides alt.humor.oracle.
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