On Sat, 27 Aug 1994, Hal wrote:
Jason W Solinsky <solman@MIT.EDU> writes:
Its scary, that having read just the first half of it, I could believe it to be true. Or maybe it merely proves that my mind is mush.
It fooled me for the first few paragraphs, too. It's traditional in these spoofs to have some "tipoff", a strange date or name, at the top, but I didn't notice anything like that. I think it's a bit unethical to send this kind of thing out; someone who just skimmed the first part may come away with entirely the wrong impression.
It sure was well written. Sounded just like a press release/story. I was starting to get a little pissed until I hit the paragrpah about licenses.
(It was an entertaining spoof, no question, I just wish they had taken a little more care to avoid misleading people.)
I suppose that for the next five years the net is going to be overflowing with reposts and requests to call your congressman. Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux - the choice of a GNU generation | finger blane@free.org "A little rebellion now and then is a good | for PGP key thing" - Thomas Jefferson | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------