From: ins739l@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (William Fang)
Subject: Those fun guys in comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: Monash University
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:22:06 GMT


I was having a look in the comp.sys.atari.* newsgroups to see what the other
guys talk about.  Anyway, as the FAQ maintainer, I thought I'd better see what
the atari people put in their FAQ, just in case they have something worthwile
I might add.

I found something that I found pretty unfunny.  I guess it explains a lot about
them... :-)   

Anyway, it does explain how to make a kill file.  Perfect for those falcon and
Marc Barret posts :-)


Regards,

Jim Fang

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:EMILY:
Hints from Emily Postnews
=========================

(Thanks to John Henders (jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca) for this bit of
 _humor_.)

   Emily Postnews Visits comp.sys.atari.st

   ( Due to popular demand, (well at least one persone asked anyways),
Emily has taken time out of her busy schedule to answer a few commonly 
asked questions specific to c.s.a.st. )

   Dear Emily.
      Some Amiga user is raving on c.s.a.st about how wonderful 
his computer is, and how awful mine is. What should I do?
            signed My Computer is NOT a Toy.

   Dear My Computer, etc,etc.
      Many people's egos are so tied to their possessions, they 
have to affirm their existance by raving about the superiority 
of their machine to anyone who will listen. You should immediately 
flame these people into cinders, using every rumour or misconception 
you've ever heard about their brand of computer, as this will cause 
lots of posts, and develop into a massive flame war, which is one 
of the main reasons most people read c.s.a.st. If this didn't happen 
every six months, everybody would unsubscibe to this newsgroups from
boredom.
      Or, you could put comp.sys.amiga.advocacy in the Followup to:
line, and any article replying to yours would go to the newsgroup 
designed for this discussion.
      Or, if your newsreader supports it, you could build a KILL FILE,
which eliminates any post that has the word Amiga in it.
	
	Kill files can be created in rn and trn by hitting the 'K' key.
This will make a kill file based on the article you were reading
at the time. Then control K will put that file in the editor for you 
to play with. You use the same regexp commands here that are in rn.
For example. /[Ff]oo/h:j would search all headers of unread articles 
for both Foo and foo, and junk them. Check the docs for your newsreader 
for further details.


   Dear Emily. 
      I like flame wars, and want to start one of my own, so my name 
will be as famous as Richard Covert's.
         Signed, Too much Time on My Hands.

   Dear Too much time.
      Sorry it took so long to reply, but Richard's in my kill file
and someone had to forward your post to me, or I'd never have seen it.
      Flame wars are fun. They're the main reason people creted Usenet,
and should be encouraged at every opertunity.
      Some of the most common tricks for starting flame wars are as 
follows.
   1: Post a note in another newsgroup telling all the users there that
they own a piece of junk, and if they had a half a brain, they'd have the 
same computer you do, as it's obviously the best.
   2: Toss a bit of slander against another computer in a totally 
unrelated post. This guarantees a follow up, even if your original
post wasn't of any interest.
   3: Create a signature file that has a put down of another computer 
in it. This will get flame wars going in threads that have completely
unrelated Subject: lines, thus slipping through all but he most exacting
kill files.
      I hope you find these tips handy in creating your next flame war.
And just remember, your computer MUST be the best, after all, it's yours.

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