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- From: mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney)
- Subject: Re: Digital News and Review's irresponsible attitude
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:23:23 GMT
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- >richard@npri6.npri.com <Richard Head>
-
- As a followup to DickHead's posts, I might note that I have been informed, via
- email, of his non-existance.
-
- According to another person on the same machine, richard@npri6.npri.com is
- one of a number of made up names that the sysadmin uses. He sent the same
- boring flame through email nearly a week ago (it's amazing, since most
- people could actually flame better under a made-up account).
-
- Ehud commented on this problem a few months ago, attributing the source to
- David Murphy. Apparently it isn't David, but the system administrator there.
-
- I'm not sure what should be done in this case, since it unusual for a
- person in charge to do such immature stunts as forging posts by creating
- accounts for non-existant people. I have considered writing to the
- company to alert the higher up's of his escapades. That may or may not
- work.
-
- As an alternative, whoever supplies their newsfeed might be interested in
- this information.
-
- I'm not mad at this guy because he happens to be in a flame war with me.
- There's just a problem when a system administrator makes up accounts and
- uses them to be a net.dickhead. Who watches the watchmen?
-
- Any comments?
-
- Darrin
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