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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5d56b695cd5b394d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-16 15:24:39 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!cwi.nl!dik From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) Subject: Re: An error on my part ... (was Re: Robert Dewar's horrible posts) Message-ID: Sender: news@cwi.nl (The Daily Dross) Nntp-Posting-Host: boring.cwi.nl Organization: CWI, Amsterdam References: Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 23:24:39 GMT Date: 1994-12-16T23:24:39+00:00 List-Id: In article bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan) writes: > I cancelled the post (but apparently not quick enough) once I realised > the the post I was responding to did have a reference line. Alright. Never assume that cancelling your article will put it in oblivion. I once found that an article in a sources newsgroup that I cancelled only two seconds after posting (there was a packaging error) was not only sent around already, but archived at some places as well. -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924098 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; e-mail: dik@cwi.nl