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Re: A Touch of Strange Book Sale

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From: Robin Harrison
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 00:00
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Dave Nagle <dnagle@iinet.net.au> wrote:

>claw@ozemail.com.au (Chris Lawson) wrote:
>
>> Go and read about the Tragedy of the Commons, and see how your
>> sarcasm goes there.
>
>[snip]
>
>> Netscape and Explorer are crap newsreaders.
>
>[snip]
>
>> I like Ferraris, but I wouldn't drive one across the Simpson Desert.

what about the Cannonball Run? Huh? Across the centre of Australia, in
really fast cars...

 ... that go splat when crashed ...

>All of which is terribly relevant to most (all?) of these groups, 
>but at least it wasn't in html, so the common isn't being abused.
>
>Anyway, what _does_ Free Agent have that NS / Microsoft don't? <g>.

a decent newsreader?

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From: rahar8@student.monash.edu.au (Robin Harrison)
Subject: Re: A Touch of Strange Book Sale
Date: 1998/03/25
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