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On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 02:24:00PM -0800, Tony Li wrote: > [email protected] (Vadim Antonov) writes: > > Am i paranoid, or is mass-media hell-bent on propaganda of antisocial > > behavior in the Internet? > > > > Or are they just really clueless? > > They found out a long time ago that controversy and sensationalism sells > papers. This predates the Internet or its founders. Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. -- Lazarus Long, among others. They're just _really_ clueless. They don't understand "the _right_ answer"... if the answer works, they'll promote it. Kind of like the UDP meltdowns when I-phones first hit. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Buy copies of The New Hackers Dictionary. The Suncoast Freenet Give them to all your friends. Tampa Bay, Florida http://www.ccil.org/jargon/ +1 813 790 7592
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