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Re: The name/purpose of the QOTD group
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 5 May 1999 19:59:12 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> Well, I keep thinking of all the QOTD utilities that I've run under
> DOS, Windows, Linux, etc that basically generate quotes of the type
> people seem to want to post to this group.
Kind of like the 'fortune' program then?
> Many of them even used qotd as the executable name, so I think you're
> going to have to deal with people doing that.
Aha. OK. Uh oh. :-}
> For my part, having not paid much attention to the discussion about
> this group before now, I'll probably unsubscribe. I really have no
> interest in reading things that were either posted in groups I already
> read or in groups that I don't read.
>
> I would, however, read random quote posts. I'm just that kind of guy.
I probably would too (if they were semi-original), but there are already
*so* many places out on the net that collect and disseminate quotes.
For example, LEGO-fan Matt Miller's _Quotes_'R'_Us_ site (www.quotes-r-
us.org) is a really great place. And he even has an excellent page talking
about the types of tired old quotes that they don't want submitted:
http://www.quotes-r-us.org/hall-of-stupid.html
Not that there's anything wrong with quotes like this; they're just already
plenty abundant.
--Todd
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