From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Subject: Re: Your english sucks, mine is better. Date: 1997/11/24 Message-ID: <65ckg3$9b7$3@darla.visi.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 292273991 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Nov 1997 13:28:03 CST Organization: Plethora Internet Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-11-24T13:28:03-06:00 List-Id: In article , wrote: >No you can't. You are in their control and not the other way around. >You are a reactionary to things people post perhaps to get a particular >effect. A lot of the posts in newsgroups are simply lies and marketing >tactics (lies again). Not everyone feels that this medium requires >honesty, integrity, ethics etc. The internet on one hand is a sesspool. While this may be true, I doubt anyone doing a comprehensive search of what I've posted would have any trouble guessing whether or not I know C. :) Similarly, if you looked at a bunch of Nutts postings, I doubt you'd take him very seriously. It's not authoritative; it's a good first approximation. -s -- seebs@plethora.net -- I am not speaking for my employer. Copyright '97 All rights reserved. This was not sent by my cat. C and Unix wizard - send mail for help, or send money for a consultation. Visit my new ISP --- More Net, Less Spam! Plethora . Net