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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Salmon)
Fri Jun 5 11:13:05 1992
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1992 09:43:42 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
From: Steve Salmon <steve@carlyle.carlyle.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
As a special present to you on this first Friday of summer, I offer the
posting submitted by Steve Salmon to brighten the beginning of your long
hot summer (at least for those of us who live in Houston). Have a pleasant
weekend. --Dana
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Since we don't seem to be able to avoid FF (frequent flaming), I offer
herewith a standard form to make it more efficient. If there's enough
interest, I'll submit it to Z39 for consideration as a possible ANSI
standard:
STANDARD PACS-L REPLY FORM
To :_________________________
From:_________________________
I have read your recent post concerning________________________________.
I regret that due to severe time constraints I am unable to respond to
your posting directly. However, I would like to advise you that I
believe that your posting:
__contains an unacceptable ____logic
number of errors in: ____fact
____spelling/grammar
__is based on stereotypes of: ____race, ethnic, national origin
____gender differences
____sexual orientation / preferences
____regionalisms
____employer and/or school affiliations
____religious affiliation/non-affiliation
__violates commonly-accepted ____.signature size
net standards concerning: ____posting to subjects not of general interest
____editing of quoted material
____posting of copyrighted material
__is uninteresting because it ____contains hackneyed expressions
____contains outright stupidities
____is inherently self-contradictory
____reflects inadequate intellectual
development or maturity
____reiterates points made better by others
____is a gratuitous attack on an obvious
provocateur
__reflects serious mis- ____the basic functioning of PACS-L
understandings concerning: ____the basic purposes of the INTERNET
____the basic nature of libraries
____basic human nature
____the basic nature of computers
____the profit motive of vendors
____other's interest in your thoughts
____copyright
__is an unjustified, unprovoked and thoughtless response to my previous
posting, which was careful, moderate and well-reasoned.
(Adapted from another list)
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Stephen R. Salmon E-mail: steve@carlyle.com
Carlyle Systems, Inc. Phone: 415-345-2500
2000 Alameda de las Pulgas Fax: 415-349-3874
San Mateo, CA 94403
