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In article <5473@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> chased@rbbb.Eng.Sun.COM (David Chase) writes:
> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
> > Dan politely observes that *constructive* criticism would take the
> > form of an alternate definition of ``has'' that everyone could agree
> > to.
    [ etc. ]
> Ah, but what happened is that we redefined "constructive" and didn't
> tell you.  By inciting you into repeated and lengthy net diatribes, we
> take up more and more of your time,

As my text-processing utilities are gradually growing smarter, and as my
selections of polite canned texts are growing larger, each message takes
less and less time to respond to. Mailing off responses to every third
question in comp.unix.questions, for example, takes me about ten seconds
per message. I spend most of my time on programming and mathematics.

> which (judging from what you put
> on the net)

Since I joined this net, I've posted eight packages to alt.sources, sent
several to comp.sources.unix, coded a thousand lines for Kerberos v5,
and contributed code to Berkeley, among other things. What have you done
for the public good recently?

> There are AI projects underway to see
> if we can automate this process.

Indeed. Your brain, for instance.

---Dan