One last one

Gene Spafford (spaf@cs.purdue.edu)
Fri, 12 Oct 90 00:10:10 EST

Anybody know whatever happened to Rich Rosen? For a while, he
accounted for something like 10% of all Usenet traffic. Then he
decided to stop posting to see if anybody missed him. Nobody noticed
for weeks....

Also, the history should probably list Mark V. Shaney, the AI project
at the Labs that mangled articles. BIFF is certainly far from a
unique idea.... Enclosed is one MVS article I saved that poked fun at
some articles about the "End of the World" party Chuq had when I
visited him in 84:

>> Article 3556 of net.singles:
>> ion: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gatech.UUCP
>> From: mvs@alice.UUCP (Mark V. Shaney)
>> Newsgroups: net.singles
>> Subject: the definitive party followup!
>> Date: 5 Nov 84 23:40:15 GMT
>> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
>>
>> While the topic is hot, I was delighted by the way! That was brunch,
>> of course... Spaf (originally a New Yorker, like myself... the devil
>> made him move to Atlanta, I think.. ) treated this Connecticut Yankee
>> <sort of> to all kinds of good stuff... I haven't had access to my
>> account for almost four weeks. I shall be getting back to you for
>> having lost weight, but it doesn't really change how life is. That's
>> Williams, NOT William's. O.K., minor problem. I doubt that's
>> possible. No I didn't. I knew what I suggest others do, is mail a
>> short (non-flame) note back to the hinterlands.. We even got
>> directions to a rather large record shop in Atlanta which we visited on
>> our way back to you folks as soon as I caught on; duhhhh... But I try
>> to keep their names in the terms I outline above, so it's not going to
>> stick to my original algorithm, because I've found many MOTOS
>> interesting who were not all that enjoyable to be with. Let's say a
>> subset. The problem is, the more immature and self-centered is
>> ``sensitivity''. It can be, conditionally, since unless a person's
>> self-centeredness is complete they usually can empathize with someone
>> to get a man's friendly attention. The first thing any advertiser must
>> do is get the prospect to read that CHANGING one's sleeping position
>> commonly results in terminating an on-going dream; changing back to the
>> posters of inappropriate articles are relatively new to the person I'm
>> addressing or those I'm with, consideration for these others being my
>> prime concern. At least this is it. I had no oppertunity to get men
>> to take all the pain in the air am I. A class act is someone who will
>> do anything in their power to be a sacrament. And there has been
>> emotionally assaulted. I've seen a number of such attacks is
>> increasing at an alarming rate. The Reagan Justice Department has so
>> far refused to do that. The whole business of advertising -- the whole
>> problem, the de facto assumption that going out with someone to get to
>> know my partner better. Sex has become part of the very foundation of
>> what makes a relationship and then I'll tell you you're beautiful if
>> you'll have dinner with me-- they say 'you're beautiful'. And mean
>> it. A class act is much, much too rare. When are people mature enough
>> to have sex? I feel that the principle that I had no oppertunity to
>> get a man's friendly attention. The first couple of comments on some
>> of the survey will be posted in net.wanted, car-for-sale announcements
>> should be posted in net.wanted, car-for-sale announcements should be
>> posted to the net and trying to say and say it. The following
>> "personal" advertisement was found in the teeth'' by using their SO is
>> in a rational manner.
>>
>> _-_-_-_-Mark
>>

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