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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,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: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: billg@jk.pst.com Subject: Re: Your english sucks, mine is better. Date: 1997/11/23 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 291932285 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <64vdi2$88b@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> <01bcf528$91a46ba0$0200000a@kld_mcs> <64vl4h$3qh@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> Organization: IDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu says... > Andy Koenig says > > < expect any prospective employer to look in, say, DejaNews to > see what I has posted on Usenet in the past.>> > > Absolutely, I think this is standard practice at this stage. I also do > a search of this kind for any student applying for a job or for admission. > You can often find out quite a lot about peoploe by seeing what they have > said in public! > > 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. bill