Author: Steve Lopez
Date: 23:42:43 05/30/00
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On May 30, 2000 at 00:46:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I agree. I've been impressed by Steve's ability to "dish it out", "take it on >the chin" and then "keep coming back for more". Thanks, Bob! Nevertheless, I've decided to hang up my gloves before I become punchdrunk. >The net is full of nuts. We >have anonymous nuts. alias nuts. incognito nuts. nuts posing as other nuts. >and we have even had nuts hold a group discussion where there was really only >one nut posting and then arguing with himself. > >I won't mention any names, but I think one would certainly pop into anybodys >thoughts if I asked. :) Hee, hee, hee...at *least* one. ;-) > >Can't let the nuts run the good folks off. No criticism intended, but I found this comment to be a bit surprising in light of your own past experiences on Usenet and your solution to those problems. >Otherwise the net becomes useless >except as a nuthouse. There are already plenty of places for nuts to collect. > Oh, good lord -- the (off-topic) stories I could tell about Internet nutjobs. As the old blues song says: "In a world full of strangers, there ain't *nothing* absurd". I'm slowly discovering that it's best to keep a relatively low profile when dealing with the Internet. It's a weird world out there. -- Steve Lopez The Chess Kamikaze Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/ludekdudek/ The Chess Kamikaze Club: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chesskamikazes
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