Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 Jul 1994.
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alt.ascii-art wins SPY magazine award!
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 18 Jul 1994 - 19 Jul 1994
In article <304dbr$gf...@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> (J. Durr) writes: >In article <3011og$2i...@sbctri.sbc.com>, Alan Asper <aas...@sbctri.sbc.com> >wrote: > >> Congratulations! This newsgroup, along with alt.sex.bestiality >> and alt.tv.twin-peaks (among others) was determined to be one of >> the stupidest newsgroups by the recently revived SPY magazine. >They're right, you know. This group sucks anymore. All it is is >a bunch of whiners asking for "help on my sig!" Sheesh. >On the other hand, SPY is from New York. I would tend to mildly disagree. While the signal noise ratio of this (and any alt group) is rather high, there are the occasional gem that crops up once a week or so which makes it worthwhile. I mean this group has surely got to be better than alt.cobol! . . ..... . .... .... . . . .... ..... "Dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . all ..... . . ..... ... . . . ..... .... . ya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . need . . ..... . . . .... .... . . . . . . . to know!" | --- --/ /-\ /-\ | Christopher Beattie | Disclamer: | | | / | | | / | Tantalus @ Key West | My opinions are mine. | | | /-- \-/ | \ | chr...@central.keywest.mpgn.com |
Christopher Beattie:
>I mean this group has surely got to be better than alt.cobol!
Don't you people understand? It's a lame old technology, based on
ancient, primitive hardware. Noone bothers to learn it any more. I'm
embarrassed to admit I know anything about it.
Oh, wait. Are we talking about COBOL or ASCII art?
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