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- Subject: Changes to "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet"
- Newsgroups: news.misc,news.answers
- From: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 08:00:35 GMT
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- Archive-name: usenet-faq/diff
- Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
- Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- Last-change: 15 July 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
- Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
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- The following are the differences between two versions.
- - indicates lines that were deleted in the new version,
- + indicates lines that were added in the new version.
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- ...
- Archive-name: usenet-faq/part1
- Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
- Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- -Last-change: 5 July 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
- +Last-change: 15 July 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
- Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
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- Frequently Submitted/Asked Items
- ...
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- This refers to the alleged scanning of all USENET traffic by the
- National Security Agency (and possibly other intelligence
- - organizations) for interesting keywords. The "food" is believed
- - to contain some of those keywords in the fond hope of overloading
- - NSA's poor computers. A little thought should convince anyone
- - that this is unlikely to occur. Other posters have taken up this
- - practice, either as an ambiguous form of political statement, or
- - as an attempt at humor. The bottom line is that excessive
- - signatures in any form are discouraged, the joke has worn stale
- - amongst long-time net readers, and there are specific newsgroups
- - for the discussion of politics.
- + organizations) for interesting keywords. The "food" is believed to
- + contain some of those keywords in the fond hope of overloading NSA's
- + poor computers. Other posters have taken up this practice, either
- + as an ambiguous form of political statement, or as an attempt at
- + humor. The bottom line is that excessive signatures in any form are
- + discouraged, the joke has worn stale amongst long-time net readers,
- + and there are specific newsgroups for the discussion of politics.
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- 24. Does anyone know the {pinouts, schematics, switch settings,
- what does jumper J3 do} for widget X?
- ...
- undergoing cancer chemo-therapy was sent a record 33
- million get-well cards until May 1991 when his mother
- pleaded for no more. A successful 5 hour operation on
- - a brain tumour by neurosurgeon Neal Kassel at Virginia
- - University, Charlottesville, USA in March 1991 greatly
- - improved his condition.
- + a brain tumour by neurosurgeon Neal Kassel at the
- + University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA in March 1991
- + greatly improved his condition.
-
- 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
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