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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!uhog.mit.edu!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!deshaw.com!do-not-use-path-to-reply
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 08:00:35 GMT
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Expires: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 08:00:34 GMT
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From: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Subject: Changes to "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet"
Newsgroups: news.misc,news.answers
Followup-To: news.newusers.questions
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Archive-name: usenet-faq/diff
Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 15 July 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
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Archive-name: usenet-faq/part1
Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
-Last-change: 5 July 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
+Last-change: 15 July 1994 by netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Changes-posted-to: news.misc,news.answers
Frequently Submitted/Asked Items
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This refers to the alleged scanning of all USENET traffic by the
National Security Agency (and possibly other intelligence
- organizations) for interesting keywords. The "food" is believed
- to contain some of those keywords in the fond hope of overloading
- NSA's poor computers. A little thought should convince anyone
- that this is unlikely to occur. Other posters have taken up this
- practice, either as an ambiguous form of political statement, or
- as an attempt at humor. The bottom line is that excessive
- signatures in any form are discouraged, the joke has worn stale
- amongst long-time net readers, and there are specific newsgroups
- for the discussion of politics.
+ organizations) for interesting keywords. The "food" is believed to
+ contain some of those keywords in the fond hope of overloading NSA's
+ poor computers. Other posters have taken up this practice, either
+ as an ambiguous form of political statement, or as an attempt at
+ humor. The bottom line is that excessive signatures in any form are
+ discouraged, the joke has worn stale amongst long-time net readers,
+ and there are specific newsgroups for the discussion of politics.
24. Does anyone know the {pinouts, schematics, switch settings,
what does jumper J3 do} for widget X?
...
undergoing cancer chemo-therapy was sent a record 33
million get-well cards until May 1991 when his mother
pleaded for no more. A successful 5 hour operation on
- a brain tumour by neurosurgeon Neal Kassel at Virginia
- University, Charlottesville, USA in March 1991 greatly
- improved his condition.
+ a brain tumour by neurosurgeon Neal Kassel at the
+ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA in March 1991
+ greatly improved his condition.
If you want to do something noble, donate the cost of a stamp and
postcard (or more) to a worthwhile charity like UNICEF or the
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