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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: the BSD toy devil
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 20:06:03 -0700
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To: syntax <syntax@eramp.net>

syntax wrote:
> 
> Berni Ernst wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > in a german newsgroup I read about a BSD toy devil. Can anybody
> > confirm that the beat is available ? If yes, where can I get it ?
> > thx
> > berni
> >
> > --
> >         ------------------------------------------------------
> >         |  Berni Ernst   -   berni@bullet.rhein-neckar.de    |
> >         |  Phone +49 6401 / 2 18 36                          |
> >         ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I would give you the address but after they spammed my e-mail
> with their advertisement, I not only deleted the letter, but
> decided they were not worth supporting.
> 
> Hint: sending out unrequested advertisements is known as bad
>         net manners.
> 
> syntax

Hint: Not checking the validity of your assertions before posting is
also generally considered bad net manners.  The "spams" you saw had
nothing whatsoever to do with the company who's offering the daemon
plushies and, if anything, that company (Liebscher & Partner) maintains
a profile so low that almost no one knows they exist.  The guy sending
the postings was just some random jerk who probably bought ten of them
and figured he could sell them at a markup to people who don't bother to
read the "News flash" page at http://www.freebsd.org and don't know you
can simply buy them directly from the manufacturer.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project