Quote #424
"Usenet is essentially Letters to the Editor without the editor. Editors
don't appreciate this, for some reason."
-- Larry Wall
"Usenet is essentially Letters to the Editor without the editor. Editors
don't appreciate this, for some reason."
-- Larry Wall
Related:
- Quote #188
Some people said that emacs belongs in :
Editor too big! -- Louis... - kill file n.
[Usenet; very common] (alt. `KILL
file') Per-user file(s) used by some Usenet reading programs
(originally Larry Wall's rn(1)) to discard summarily
(without presenting for reading) articles matching some
particularly uninteresting (or unwanted) patterns of subject,
author, or other header lines. Thus to add a person... - People regularly kill one another,
and then write passionate letters to the editor about... - Read in the "Letters to the Editor" column of "TIME" in response to an
article on teen suicide:
"People should be aware of the dangers of killing themselves... - The number of letters written to the editor is inversely proportional
to the importance of the article.
Robert L.... - kill file: [USENET] n. (alt. `KILL file') Per-user file(s) used
by some {USENET} reading programs (originally Larry Wall's
`rn(1)') to discard summarily (without presenting for reading)
articles matching some particularly uninteresting (or unwanted)
patterns of subject,
author, or other header lines. Thus to add a person... - Dear Emily:
I collected replies to an article I wrote,
and now it's time to summarize. What should I do?... - Because I'm the editor,
that's why... - Ed is the standard text
editor...
