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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer:11366 comp.os.coherent:9180 comp.os.linux:36846 comp.os.mach:2831 comp.os.minix:22055 comp.periphs:3599 comp.unix.bsd:11946 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:2579 comp.os.386bsd.development:648 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!valinor.mythical.com!n5ial!jim From: jim@n5ial.mythical.com (Jim Graham) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Ramblings about the Convention Message-ID: <1993Apr30.170338.9149@n5ial.mythical.com> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 17:03:38 GMT References: <jmonroyC5tv90.791@netcom.com> <jmonroyC5zCDu.1DB@netcom.com> <1rb0vi$f5e@agate.berkeley.edu> Organization: what, ME??? you must be joking. Lines: 36 In article <1rb0vi$f5e@agate.berkeley.edu> garrett@garnet.berkeley.edu (Garrett D'Amore) writes: >I don't know who else I speak for, but this whole thread seems rather >irrelevant to Linux -- at least from my perspective. I have also been trying to figure out just how this is related to Linux.... this guy isn't who I've been told is working on the QIC-40 drivers for Linux, so I don't know what he's up to. perhaps it's all just flame-bait? >Please either move >your ramblings to e-mail, another group, or learn to post concise, relevant >material so as to spare the rest of us the agony of trying to figure out >what the post is, and what its doing on c.o.l. and just a suggestion, in the mean time (for those who read comp.os.linux via the mailing list, this doesn't help much...sorry), you might add the following to your KILL file (as I just did): /jmonroy@netcom.com/h:j that way, his posts don't bother you. I'm also using the Trash option (much faster than Kill) in trn on this thread. of course, it still wastes bandwidth and hard disk space, but he doesn't get an audience (and the resulting flames), which is what people who post flame-bait are after.... now it's time to get back to what this group is supposed to be for...Linux. --jim -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> 73 DE N5IAL (/4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNET: jim@n5ial.mythical.com | j.graham@ieee.org ICBM: 30.23N 86.32W AMATEUR RADIO: n5ial@w4zbb (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) AMTOR SELCAL: NIAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-mail me for information about KAMterm (host mode for Kantronics TNCs).