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On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > > Now, even at this late date, it seems to me that many people, some in > > positions of power over the stuff we do here, still think that the > > folks who run the net are a bunch of asocial geeks and nerds who can't > > play nice together. > > The folks on this list don't run the net. They just operate the equipment > that runs one of the private networks that forms a portion of the > Internet. They don't necessarily even make all of the policy decisions for > that one network that they do operate. This is a plumbers list, not the > municipal water board list. Stipulated. > > Anyway, my point is: if we, as the keepers of the bits, give the > > appearance that we can't keep our own sandbox clean, when someone is so > > clearly violating the rules which pertain to that portion of it, what > > appearance does that give of us to "outsiders", who may be listening in, > > about our ability to do the job we actually get paid for. > > They're probably wondering why those plumbers don't solve the problem with > a piece of lead pipe. Of course they fail to realize that most of the > plumbers are wearing earplugs and are wondering what all the fuss is > about. <chuckle> I was _reaching_ for my lead pipe, Michael. > > I've changed the subject line so people who aren't interested in this > > thread can can it. > > Darn! Me too. Silly boy. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com
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