Re: Who remembers this guy?

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From: Richard Tobin
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:42

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In article <5itk8lF3qug0fU1@mid.individual.net>,
The Todal <deadmailbox@beeb.net> wrote:
>But he isn't.  He's an intelligent, good-humoured, helpful person, who has 
>offered much good advice on usenet. I've met him in person. I liked him.

But he seems to be rather unwise.  I am sure there are thousands of
people like me who would otherwise never have heard of him but now
know him only as someone who sues people who disagree with him on
usenet.  His lawsuits and threats may have been completely justified,
but have they really had the effect he wanted?

-- Richard
-- 
"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.

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From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
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Subject: Re: Who remembers this guy?
Date: 20 Aug 2007 22:42:02 GMT
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