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Re: New York Times article

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gintaras Richard Gircys (GG148))
Fri Oct 13 01:45:09 1995

From: "Gintaras Richard Gircys (GG148)" <Rich.Gircys@empac.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: Message from Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:54:14 -0400.
             <199510130254.WAA00638@arkady.hygnet.com> 
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 20:00:55 -0700
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu

> I recently emailed the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (a daily, not a tabloid) to
> correct some bogus 'Net reporting they were doing.  Their response (aside
> from justifying data they refuse to admit was wrong): We run a newspaper,
> not a postgraduate course for electrical engineers.
> 
i can't resist, but didn't someone lecture me on generalizations? well,
in general, media people are now no only stupid sh*ts, but also arrogant.

> I think newspapers are largely beyond hope.  Let's make them obsolete. ;)
> 
no, let's generalize: make the media obsolete ;-)

grg

p.s. proud to be a star trek watching geek; but my wife does make me take a 
bath every once in awhile :-(

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