20 Aug
1993
20 Aug
'93
8:26 p.m.
Timothy C. May says:
So calling our cyberspace mail drop "alt.waste" would have resonances wit
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this Oedipal error, allowing the correcting of newbies.
Yes, Tim, but none the less creating newsgroups with .s used as puncutation instead of as heirarchy seperators is considered Very Rude. I think there is no reason for us to do something that is considered Very Rude even if it is a good joke. Dashes are likely a good compromise.
Perry
I'm confused, Perry. I was acknowledging that "alt.waste" (with no periods, no punctuation, in the "waste" part) would be nearly as acceptable as the more Pynchonesque form.
Is "alt.waste" a rude formation in some way?
Sorry -- I misunderstood. "alt.waste" would be perfectly fine. Perry