[66990] in Cypherpunks
Re: This list is a joke
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sandy Sandfort)
Tue Oct 1 17:57:22 1996
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 14:09:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: Dave Temple <dtemple@ashland.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.95.961001155921.242D-100000@test1>
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SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Dave Temple wrote:
> When I subscribed to this list, I thought it would have decent
> communication on worthwhile topics. I've come to realize
> though that 75% of the messages I receive are from people
> whining like 4 year olds...
We would all do well to remember Sturgen's Rule. For those of
you who do not know the story, Theodore Sturgen(sp?) is/was a
noted science fiction writer. At a science fiction convention
some years back he began a speech by saying, "Ninty percent of
all science fiction is crap!"
The audience was stunned into absolute silence by his blasphemy.
After a pause of several beats, Sturgen quietly added, "Ninty
percent of EVERYTHING is crap."
Cypherpunks should take pride in having a crap content of only
seventy-five percent. Keep up the good work folks.
> Please take my name off of this list.
You're an adult, Dave. You'll have to do that yourself (and no
whining, okay?)
S a n d y
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