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Re: courtesy titles

#366
From: Andrew MacCormack
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 17:00
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Emas Refugee wrote:
> 
> Craig Cockburn <craig@SiliconGlen.com> wrote in message news:<NarIeaCjsAx9EwFM@SiliconGlen.com>...
> > I just wrote this out of frustration with user hostile websites,
> > comments welcome
> >
> > http://www.siliconglen.com/culture/courtesytitles.html
> 
> I'd love to see you explain this bit:
> 
> "I've been on the Internet in the UK since 1983."
According to the Jargon File, it began in 1969, started TCP/IP in 82 and
DNS in 83, so why is this so odd?

How do you explain your newsreader ignoring the Followup-To line?

-- Andrew MacCormack                            andrewm@cadence.com
-- Senior Design Engineer                    Phone: +44 1506 595360
-- Cadence Design Foundry      http://www.cadence.com/designfoundry
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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 17:00:26 +0000
From: Andrew MacCormack <andrewm@cadence.com>
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Subject: Re: courtesy titles
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