Re: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be

[m_spect@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article John L. Graham <fl332@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> wrote:
>
>Would you look at the list this cr*p is being sent to...
>
>>Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,aus.computers.ibm-pc,au
[List of a few dozen unrelated newsgroups, snipped]

>I'd love to find the idiot that started this thread and throttle the little
>sh*t.

My newserver keeps messages going back a couple of weeks. This appears to
be the original post that started this annoying thread:
 
----------------begin----------------
 
From: Graeme <bc320994@student.uq.edu.au>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,aus.computers.ibm-pc,
+           aus.computers.sun,aus.computers.os2,aus.computers.amiga,comp.sys.
+           amiga.misc,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel,
+           comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.newton.misc,
+           amiga.misc,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel,
+           comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.newton.misc,
+           comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.os.ms-
+           windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.windows.misc,
+           comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc
Subject: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges - how they should be
Date: Mon Sep 04 00:08:10 EDT 1995
Organization: University of Queensland
Lines: 9
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN
 
 
I scanned some Micro$loth Winodoze 95 badges and used Photoshop to change
them to the way they should have been done - if Micro$loth were honest..
 
Check them out at my page at:
 
   http://florey.biosci.uq.oz.au/Graeme.html
 
   http://florey.biosci.uq.oz.au/Graeme.html
 
Graeme (graemeg@biosci.uq.edu.au)
 
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I don't think it was this person's intent to start an on-going debate
thread in all these different groups, but what he did was rather foolish
since it _did_ stir up a debate. A debate in which people have neglected to
check what newsgroups the original message thread was being cross-posted
to!
 
Now can we have this stop? Either remove the irrelevant groups when you
follow-up, or don't reply to it at all, letting it die! Many of us in the
Amiga, Apple II, NeXT, SGI, Sun and Newton groups are _not_ interested
in reading this drivel! I know I'm not after nearly TWO weeks of this! :/
 
Mitchell Spector
m_spect@alcor.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca