Credentials,Chit-Chat

[fostel at ncsu.UUCP]

    Well, I have heard of Mike Bracca.  Funny though I can't say I know
    you or any of your friends at Berkley.  (Where is 4.2 by the way.)

    Yup, dirty pool.  Actually, there are usually several ways to interpret
    many english sentences.  "... beyond needing anyone to bless UNIX
    wizardry ..." [pardon any paraphrase] might be interpreted as a true
    statement for someone who knew NOTHING about UNIX.  It can be seen as
    an a priori statement of maturity in general.  In spite of my inability
    to diagnose glitches on MAGTAPE drives interface cables with my tongue,
    I might say I was " ... beyond needing ...".  Perhaps "beyond help" too.

    My 2 cents worth on the great issues of what the unix-wizards group should
    be is that I rather like it the way it is -- however that is.  Ya see,
    I try to think of it as the great national coffee pot where hackers might
    expect to rub elbows and discuss ... well lots of things.  Including
    device drivers, bugs in BSD4.1a, flames on raw/rare/etc modes, and junk
    like this.  A lot of valuable information gets disseminated at the coffee
    pots of the world. Or coke machines ....
    ----GaryFostel----