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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!karl From: karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Subject: Hitler .signature flame (was Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!) Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 14:53:10 GMT Message-ID: <1992Aug05.145310.801@NeoSoft.com> Summary: Get a clue. References: <EPHRAIM.92Jul31124831@fysas.fys.ruu.nl> <1992Aug01.141903.20814@NeoSoft.com> <5243@shum.huji.ac.il> Lines: 30 In article <5243@shum.huji.ac.il> allon@batata.huji.ac.il (Allon Herman) flames me for quoting Adolph Hitler in my .signature file, apparently because he thinks that, based on the article body, it implicitly compared AT&T to Hitler or some shit. Thank you for understanding my motives so much better than I do. Allon, anyone who has been one the net more than a couple of weeks understands that signature quotes are automatically added to every posting. Every posting I have made in the last month or so has the Hitler quote, "What luck for rulers that men do not think," including the one in the same newsgroup, on the same day, containing a patch to get "less" to work under 386BSD. Why didn't you think I was comparing the author of "less" to Hitler, too? Now you may find it offensive that Hitler gets quoted in a signature, but it was there in fact as a warning, that we should be vigilant that it not happen again. It, of course, had nothing whatsoever to do with the body of my posting, and that you would make the ludicrous assumption that it did really shows that you are just on the lookout for an opportunity to bone someone. So next time you need to castigate me in a public forum for something that you know nothing about, something created entirely within your mind and built on a foundation of bullshit, why don't you save everyone a few cycles and post it to /dev/null? Thanks. -- -- Email info@NeoSoft.com for info on getting interactive Internet access. "What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolph Hitler (1889-1945)