From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
Subject: Re: Mixed up translations
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 21:10:13 GMT

de@moscom.com  writes:
> In article <1992Oct1.203259.21895@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Crunchy Frog) writes:
> >In article <4315@moscom.com> de@moscom.com (David Esan) writes:
> >>In article <1992Sep30.201015.27323@bradley.bradley.edu> 
> >>  death@buhub.bradley.edu (Dustin Slater) writes:
> >>>I admittedly haven't been following this string to closely, so i am
> >>>wonderin if you have mentioned the Nova (car). It didn't sell well in
> >>>Mexico because in spanish no va means (literally) "no go". not a great name
> >>>for a car.
> >>And number 3.
> >You just *love* this, don't you?
> 
> What can I say?
> 
> I don't like it.  It just amazes me that when someone goes newbie trolling
> how many people he catches.
> 
> I generally lurk in newsgroups for a while so that I don't unintentionally
> make a fool of myself.  And then join only tenatively until I am sure of the 
> flow of the group.  This is not just on the computer but in life.  One can't
> just wade in, you must test the waters first, and see if you have anything
> that can be contributed, or that you want to get involved in the first place.
> 
> I was once in a deep discussion of the nuances of model rocketry with a
> friend.  We both had launched more than 100 model rockets each, and we
> were comparing notes.  A third person entered the conversation with: "I
> shot a rocket once."  It was completely inappropriate to the existing
> conversation, and if he taken the time to listen he would have realized
> that he was out of his depth in the conversation, and had nothing to 
> contribute.
> 
> I think newbies (whether freshman or new to the net) should have the same
> politeness.  There is an FAQ list that is posted regularly that states that
> this is a strange group.  A two week perusal of the group will have the
> new user up to speed where the question of posh will not have to answered,
> and Nova can remain at GM.
> 
> Actually, I shot a rocket once, wouldn't be a bad motto for AFU.
> 
> "Vunce the rockets are up, who cares where they come down,
>  Its not my department,
>  said Werner von Braun."
> 
> 
> 
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>  -->     David Esan      de@moscom.com  
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	Since it takes the local computer about two minutes (an eternity!) to
access the 1800+ (!!) entries on this newsgroup, I plan on doing this once a 
month when I have a lot of time to read everything.
	I just waded in, going down the list, and have posted at least three 
times so far.  I knew what a UL was, or else I wouldn't have subscribed to 
this service (I have a choice of some 3,000 groups).
	I was surprised to see the "grossest" file on a UL group, and the 
stream of consciousness file with the actors is a bit different.  
	BTW, I have never shot a rocket, but I have seen instructions for 
turning a two-liter bottle into a water rocket.  (For God's sake DON'T tell
Dan Quayle!)

	Torsten at Omaha (which is currently number three on the first cities 
in the U.S. to be anihillated during World War Three (D.C. and NORAD are first
and second))