Andrew, at 09:13 on Wed, Feb 08 1995, you wrote to Rod Speed ...

AWL> If the user enters "AREA:" as his/her first line, and the software 
AWL> doesn't fix it, then too bad for the user.

RS> Typical fucked abortion so common in amateur designed protocols. 

ac> If you don't fucking like the way the 
ac> brain-fart-of-a-fucked-protocol works (and it does work), go 
ac> fucking write your own bullshit damn protocol.  And stop 
ac> pissing other people off.  Fucking dickhead.

Don't beat around the bush Andrew, tell Rod how you really feel. |-)

ac> Cheers to Paul Edwards and others for getting off their butt 
ac> and putting forward an idea or three, when all you can 
ac> manage is complaints!

If a few more far-sighted individuals had questioned or criticised the
proposed specs when first mooted, we may not have ended up with the
absolute abortion that we do now.  Technology marches on, but we're still
stuck with the old FTS-n standards which are now totally inadequate.

ac> PS. Apologies to anyone who had a heart-attack after reading 
ac> this message, unless your name is Rod Speed. :-)

My cardiologist will bill you directly.  |-)

Regards, Bill

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