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From: Jim De Arras
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 02:06
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 02:06
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In article <1992Aug23.230035.16836@access.usask.ca> jake@skatter.usask.ca writes: > From article <BtGGwz.7JJ.2@cs.cmu.edu>, by anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar Mohammed): > > In article <1992Aug20.164517.2148@macc.wisc.edu> anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes: > >> > >>In article <1992Aug20.161439.7358@leland.Stanford.EDU> > >>m@crito.stanford.edu (M Carling) writes: > >> > >>>M Carling > >>>Director, Bay Area NeXT Group > >> > >>>I believe George Bush, Anita Hill, and Pinocchio. > >> > [stuff deleted] > > > Can we stop complaining about .sig's? What is the freaking point? > > I see a lot of .sig's I've found offensive and I haven't seen you > > complain about them. > > > > -anwar > > > > Bill Clinton and Al Gore, Vote Ecoterrorists in '92! > > -- > > Anwar Mohammed Graduate Student > > anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (NeXTmail welcome) School of Computer Science > > Voice: +1 412 268 3043 Carnegie-Mellon University > > Fax: +1 412 681 5739 Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 > > Why does ANYONE ANYWHERE EVER get their shit in a knot over something > as completely insignificant as a .sig? > > I second Anwar's opinion. > > jake I tend to agree, however, in case you missed it ;-), a .sig recently caused a flame war, where the original .sig poster choose to defend it publicly in these forums, rather than take it off-net to e-mail. Totally inappropriate, in my own opinion. I think, therefore, the 'group' is a bit sensitive to perceived inflammatory .sigs here. Hopefully it'll all die down. Don't fan the fire. Jim De Arras
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!clem!news From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: NeXT Sales figures Message-ID: <1992Aug24.020631.12079@cube.handheld.com> Date: 24 Aug 92 02:06:31 GMT References: <1992Aug23.230035.16836@access.usask.ca> Sender: news@cube.handheld.com Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc. Lines: 45 Nntp-Posting-Host: dale