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Re: Brad Justus is real
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Sun, 12 Dec 1999 04:00:56 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWEST.NETnospam
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I thought the same thing, until someone showed how it could be done here as
well. But your point is well taken. People here in LUGNET are on the whole
mature adults who are responsible people. It is our little utopia (8 wide, of
course;) based on bricks. But you are right. This little incident is a perfect
example of why RTL is a vast wasteland.
ObTLC: Brad, I think Michael Jackson said it best when he sang "One bad apple
don't spoil the whole bunch, girl"
{;^) John
Follow-up set to Lugnet.off-topic.singers.nosejobs
> For me, this hammers in why LUGNET is where I want
> to be. You notice that the forged posts were posted to USENET and
> not to here.
>
> I'll continue to read r.t.l, but I'm quite fond of having
> a stand alone news server with an administrator who's active
> in protecting the health of the community -- the authentication and
> tracability should continue to instill better behavior in the sort of
> <s>loser</s> person who would otherwise would want to pull the same
> sort of garbage here that they are used to being able to do on USENET.
>
> --
>
> jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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| (...) Actually, no, it's not possible to effectively forge messages here. Yes, you can post messages using someone else's name (easily, even). But it is _not_ possible to forge the originating IP in Todd's logs. Which means that even though _we_ (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brad Justus is real
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, Todd Lehman writes: [snip] (...) For me, this hammers in why LUGNET is where I want to be. You notice that the forged posts were posted to USENET and not to here. I'll continue to read r.t.l, but I'm quite fond of having a stand (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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