Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:07:43 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User Friendly has been shut down Message-ID: <19990402040902.DMPU5611744.mta2-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <19990402043827.A43002@titus.stade.co.uk> References: <19990402013507.CTMM5611744.mta2-rme@wocker>; from Dan Langille on Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 01:33:43PM %2B1200
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On 2 Apr 99, at 4:38, Adrian Wontroba wrote: > On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 01:33:43PM +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > > But it is humourous! Look at all the msgs that flew around! Everyone > > was taken in. That's the funny bit. > > I don't think it at all funny. It would have been if it were contained > within April 1st, but the long lead-in made most people suspect it was > true for too long, wasting time, effort and sympathy - which might not be > so forthcoming if the event were to occur for real. The only important point is that it did occur on 1 April. There was immedicate speculation that it was an AFJ. Those that rushed off wasting time, effort, and sympathey were premature. Everyone I spoke with adopted a wait-and-see attitude. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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