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Re: =5= The Last of the Usenet Winter Olympics

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From: Ian Dickinson
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:21
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In article <1992Nov18.073649.23538@cbfsb.cb.att.com> forbes@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Scott Forbes) writes:
>The preceding events are fictional, sort of.  There is no secret Backbone
>Cabal trying to gain control of the net and drive normal people insane with
>silly Guidelines and anal-retentive policies written in stone by a committee
>of lunatics.  I think.

You're mostly right.

There is a "no secret" Backbone Cabal.

There's no "trying" about it - it's in place and has been for a long time.

How that affects people is anyones guess, though I suppose *THEY* know.

Cheers,
-- 
\/ato - Ian Dickinson - NIC handle: ID17                   No-one is to molest
vato@csv.warwick.ac.uk  ...!mcsun!uknet!warwick!vato           the wombat when
/I=I/S=Dickinson/OU=CSV/O=Warwick/PRMD=UK.AC/ADMD= /C=GB/            anyone is
@c=GB@o=University of Warwick@ou=Computing Services@cn=Ian Dickinson  watching.
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From: cudep@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson)
Newsgroups: news.admin.policy,rec.humor
Subject: Re: =5= The Last of the Usenet Winter Olympics
Date: 18 Nov 1992 15:21:54 -0000
Organization: Team Limpid's Meathead With Aptitude - Kunst und Wahnsinn
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Keywords: Usenet Winter Olympics coverage -- exclusively on USPN!